Historical Bibliography Updated: December 27, 2019

Observations on the dropsy in the brain.

Publication Details

Edinburgh: J. Balfour, 1768 CE.

The first account of the clinical course of tuberculous meningitis in children. This work is notable for its fullness of detail and its accuracy. Whytt divided the disease into three stages, according to the character of the pulse, and he attributed its various manifestations to the presence of a serous exudate in the brain.

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Plagues & Epidemics

Thematic Classifications

INFECTIOUS DISEASE › Neuroinfectious Diseases › Meningitis INFECTIOUS DISEASE › Tuberculosis NEUROLOGY › Inflammatory Conditions › Cerebrospinal Meningitis PEDIATRICS

Catalog Metadata	Reference Information
Entry Number	#4634
Permanent Link	https://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/696
Author Bio Link	Wikipedia ↗
External URL	observations-on-the-dropsy-in-the-brain

Geographic Context

Publication place: Edinburgh