Notes on the last illness of Dr. W. S. Coxe with the autopsy : ms., [1837 July 21?] / by Thos. T. Hewson, M.D.

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Notes on the last illness of Dr. W. S. Coxe with the autopsy : ms., [1837 July 21?] / by Thos. T. Hewson, M.D.

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Describes lifestyle and habits of William Smith Coxe, then his symptoms and Hewson's treatment. Includes findings from autopsy of Coxe, performed twenty-four hours after his death on 20 July 1837. Cause of death not specified, but Coxe suffered from orchitis (an inflamed and enlarged testicle).

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Coxe, William Smith, 1790-1837

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Hewson, Thomas T. (Thomas Tickell), 1773-1848

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Thomas Tickell Hewson, Philadelphia physician, was born on 9 Apr. 1773. He married Emily Banks in 1812; they had twelve children, including physician Addinell Hewson. Thomas T. Hewson died on 17 Feb. 1848. Hewson received an A.B. from the College of Philadelphia in 1789. In 1794, he became house surgeon to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London. He returned to practice medicine in Philadelphia in 1800. Hewson was physician to the Walnut Street Prison and Orphan Asylum an...