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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

NORTH, Elisha (1771 – 1843)

1771 – 1843

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1811

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

NORTH, Elisha (1771 – 1843)

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. Pleadwe…