An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2022 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

15961 entries, 13944 authors and 1935 subjects. Updated: March 22, 2024

BOSTOCK, John

2 entries
  • 2582

Case of periodical affection of the eyes and chest.

Med. -chir. Trans., 10, 161-65, 1819.

Bostock’s classical description of the “catarrhus aestivus,” hay fever, is also referred to as “Bostock’s catarrh”. It begins the modern era in the clinical recognition of hay fever. The case he described was in fact himself. He was physician to Guy’s Hospital, London.



Subjects: ALLERGY
  • 2583

Of the catarrhus aestivus, or summer catarrh.

Med. -chir. Trans., 14, 437-46, 1828.

On the history and aetiology of hay fever.



Subjects: ALLERGY