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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine
MORTON, Richard (1637 – 1698)

MORTON, Richard (1637 – 1698)

1637 – 1698

1 entries in the GMN corpus.

Image source B. Orchard? · Browne, Edith O, and J R. Burton. Short Biographies of the Worthies of Worcestershire. Worcester: E.G. Humphreys, 1916. Print. Page 107 · Public domain

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1689 CE

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Phthisiologia, seu exercitationes de phthisi.

MORTON, Richard (1637 – 1698)
MORTON, Richard (1637 – 1698)

The first application of the principles of pathology to the study of pulmonary tuberculosis. Morton showed that the formation of tubercles is a necessary part of the development of this lung disease, and pointed out t…