Bath, England
5 entries published in this place. (Bath, GB)
1789
#10387
An essay on the preservation of the health of persons employed in agriculture, and on the cure of the diseases incident to that way of life.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1799
#2888
An inquiry into the symptoms and causes of the syncope anginosa commonly called angina pectoris.
This was a paper read before the Gloucester Medical Society in 1788, but not published until 1799. Largely confirming the earlier work of Heberden on the condition, Parry stated his conclusion that disease of the coro…
1800
#7749
Of the imagination, as a cause and as a cure of disorders of the body; exemplified by fictitious tractors, and epidemical convulsions. Read to the Literary and Philosophical Society of Bath.
The first clinical demonstration of the placebo effect, specifically in the context of Perkins' metallic tractors. Haygarth demonstrated the placebo effect caused by the tractors by obtaining the same results with woo…
1816
#2742
An experimental inquiry into the nature, cause and varieties of the arterial pulse: And into certain other properties of the larger arteries, in animals with warm blood.
This work "included a summary of more than two dozen experiments he [Parry] conducted on a variety of mammals. In this book he discussed the pulsatile expansion of the arteries and importance of collaterals. Parry ref…
1858
#3684
On certain irregularities of the teeth with cases illustrative of a novel method of successful treatment.
First work devoted exclusively to irregularities of the teeth.