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Observations and case reports on fever: [Philadelphia]

Collection:
Medicine in the Americas, 1610-1920
Author(s):
Parrish, Joseph, 1779-1840
Publication:
Produced: [ca. 1825-1830]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Manuscript text
Subject(s):
Disease Outbreaks
Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne
Yellow Fever
Philadelphia
Genre(s):
Lectures
Manuscripts
Abstract:
Contains lectures compiled by an unidentified physician in Philadelphia, possibly Joseph Parrish. Includes first-hand accounts of yellow fever and typhus epidemics as well as illustrative treated cases. Major sections include poisons, diseases of the thoracic viscera, spasmodic affections of the respiratory organs, diseases of the heart, and diseases of the head.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain (More information)
Extent:
507 p.
Provenance:
Purchase, Carmen Valentino; 08/16/87; 469/87-17501.
NLM Unique ID:
9803011 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9803011