On the Phthisis pulmonalis, and the discriminating marks of all such cases of thoracic affection as admit of or require the operation of paracentesis, circa 1809.

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On the Phthisis pulmonalis, and the discriminating marks of all such cases of thoracic affection as admit of or require the operation of paracentesis, circa 1809.

Describes symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. This essay won the Boylston Prize in 1809.

2 volumes; 24 x 20 x 1 centimeters.

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Bigelow, Jacob, 1786-1879

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Physician and botanist of Boston, Mass. From the description of Jacob Bigelow letter, 1822-1833, [Boston]. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 34847536 Jacob Bigelow (Harvard University, A.B. 1806 and University of Pennsylvania, M.D. 1810) taught at Harvard Medical School from 1815-1855. With Dr. Francis Boott he began work on a flora of New England but this project was given up. From 1817-1820 he published American medical botany for which he drew many of the plates and ...