An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2024 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

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The navy-surgeon, or a practical system of surgery.

London: C. Ward and R. Chandler, 1734.

Atkins was an English naval surgeon. His book includes some useful case reports and contains the first English description of African trypanosomiasis.



Subjects: INFECTIOUS DISEASE › VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES › Triatomine Bug-Borne Diseases › Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis) , MILITARY MEDICINE, SURGERY & HYGIENE › Navy
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