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Account of a new mode of extracting poisonous substances from the stomach.
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Eclectic Repert., 3, 111-13, 380-81.. 1812 CE–1813 CE.
Physick was the first, in 1805, to use a stomach tube for gastric lavage in a case of poisoning. He acknowledged the priority of Monro secundus in the invention of a similar instrument in 1767. For history of the stomach tube, see R. H. Major, Ann. med. Hist., 1934, n.s. 6, 500-09.
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| Catalog Metadata | Reference Information |
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| Entry Number | #3432 |
| Permanent Link | https://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/5391 |
| Author Bio Link | archives.penn.edu ↗ |
| External URL | account-of-a-new-mode-of-extracting-poisonous-substances-from-the-stomach |