CARSON, James (1772 – 1843)
1772 – 1843
2 entries in the GMN corpus.
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1815 CE
#765.2
An inquiry into the causes of the motion of the blood; with an appendix, in which the process of respiration and its connexion with the circulation of the blood are attempted to be elucidated.
Carson recognized the vital effect on venous return played by the negative pressure in the pleural cavity.
1822 CE
#3220
Essays, physiological and practical.
Carson proposed the induction of open pneumothorax for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis (p. 64). Later he attempted it on a patient (see his An inquiry into the cause of respiration, etc. 2nd ed., London, 1833,…