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On the typhus fever which occurred at Philadelphia in the spring and summer of 1836; illustrated by clinical observations at the Philadelphia Hospital; showing the distinction between this form of disease and dothinenteritis, the typhoid fever with alteration of the follicles of the small intestine.
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Amer J. med. Sci., 19, 289-322; 20, 289-322. 1837 CE.
Gerhard, a pupil of Louis, correctly differentiated between typhus and typhoid. Part of his paper is reproduced in R. H. Major, Classic descriptions of disease, 3rd ed., 1945, p. 174.
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| Catalog Metadata | Reference Information |
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| Entry Number | #5024 |
| Permanent Link | https://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/6740 |
| Author Bio Link | archives.dickinson.edu ↗ |
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