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An account of what appeared on opening the body of an asthmatic person.

Publication Details

Phil. Trans., 54, 239-45. 1746 CE.

Probably the earliest comprehensive clinical and pathological account of emphysema.

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Entry Number#3166.1
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/4122
Author Bio LinkDictionary of National Biography ↗
External URLan-account-of-what-appeared-on-opening-the-body-of-an-asthmatic-person