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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

Galveston, TX

2 entries published in this place. (Galveston, US)

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1839 CE

#13896

An account of the yellow fever which appeared in the city of Galveston, Republic of Texas, in the autumn of 1839, with cases and dissections,

SMITH, Ashbel (1805 – 1886)
SMITH, Ashbel (1805 – 1886)

In 1839 Smith treated the victims of a yellow fever epidemic in Galveston while writing reports about the treatment of the disease in the Galveston News. As a result of this experience, he wrote the first treatise on …

1986 CE

#6786.31

The Truman G. Blocker, Jr. history of medicine collections: Books and manuscripts

WYGANT, Larry J. BLOCKER, Truman Graves Jr. (1809 – 1984)

Describes approximately 13,000 books chiefly acquired for the Moody Medical Library by Truman G. Blocker, Jr. Includes the Alfred H. Whittacker library on the history of occupational medicine..