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Historical Bibliography Updated: January 30, 2020

A treatise on a malignant epidemic, commonly called spotted fever.

Publication Details

New York: T. & J. Swords, 1811 CE.

First book on cerebrospinal meningitis; in it North recommended the use of the clinical thermometer, not in general use until the time of Wunderlich. For more information on this book, see the article by F. L. Pleadwell in Ann. med. Hist., 1924, 6, 245-57.

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Entry Number#4676
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/944
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External URLa-treatise-on-a-malignant-epidemic-commonly-called-spotted-fever

Geographic Context

Publication place: New York