Essays on fevers and other medical subjects
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Author / Creator: | Miner, Thomas, 1777-1841. |
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Imprint: | Middletown, Conn. : Printed and published by E. & H. Clark, 1823. |
Description: | 484 p. |
Language: | English |
Subject: | Miller, John L. -- Account of an epidemic fever, which has prevailed in certain parts of Virginia, for the last eight years. Medicine. Fever. Yellow fever -- Connecticut -- Middletown. Yellow fever -- Connecticut -- Chatham. |
Format: | E-Resource Book |
Local Note: | Medicine. |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8674648 |
Table of Contents:
- pt. 1. By T. Miner: The resolution and treatment of fevers. Medical authors are rarely practical physicians. Diseases on the river Connecticut. Fallacy of popular reports on medical subjects. Medical facts. Spotted-fever, (phrenitis-typhodes). Experience. Indications of cure depend on certain and fixed principles. Pulse. Stage of fevers. Type of fevers. Crisis and critical periods. Diathesis. Counteracting and coinciding agents. Conclusion
- Pt. 2. By W. Tully: History of the yellow-fever of Middletown, Connecticut, 1820. Yellow-fever in Chatham, 1796. Cases of yellow-fever in Middletown, 1820. Analysis of Dr. Miller's account of an epidemic, &c. (pneumonia-typhodes).