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Historical Bibliography Updated: April 8, 2020

Diphtheritis: A concise historical and critical essay on the late epidemic pseudo-membranous sore throat of California (1856-7), with a few remarks illustrating the diagnosis, pathology, and treatment of the disease.

Publication Details

Sacramento, CA: James Anthony & Co., 1858 CE.

For publishing this 46-page pamphlet Fourgeaud has been called "California's first medical historian." Digital facsimile from U.S. National Library of Medicine at this link.

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#12152
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/14362
Author Bio LinkPubMedCentral ↗
External URLdiphtheritis-a-concise-historical-and-critical-essay-on-the-late-epidemic-pseudomembranous-sore-throat-of-california-18567-with-a-few-remarks-illustrating-the-diagnosis-pathology-and-treatment-of-the-disease

Geographic Context

Publication place: Sacramento, CA