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MOORE, James Carrick (1763 – 1834)

MOORE, James Carrick (1763 – 1834)

1763 – 1834

2 entries in the GMN corpus.

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1784 CE

#5645.91

A method of preventing or diminishing pain in several operations of surgery.

Moore revived the ancient concept of nerve compression, developing a special clamp for its use. John Hunter used Moore’s clamp in a leg amputation in 1784 in which analgesia was successfully obtained.

1815 CE

#13799

The history of the small pox.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.