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Record Nr.

UNINA9910796869503321

Autore

Rasbach Dennis A.

Titolo

I am perhaps dying : the medical backstory of spinal tuberculosis hidden in the Civil War diary of Leroy Wiley Gresham / / Dennis A. Rasbach

Pubbl/distr/stampa

California : , : Savas Beatie, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

1-940669-89-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 118 pages) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

GreshamLeRoy Wiley <1847-1865.>

Disciplina

616.995009034

Soggetti

Tuberculosis - Diagnosis

Tuberculosis - History

Integrated delivery of health care

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Medical supplement to The War outside My Window : the Civil War Diary of LeRoy Wiley Gresham, 1860-1865 / Janet Elizabeth Croon, ed. El Dorado Hills, California : Savas Beatie, [2018].

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Historical diagnosis I : clues from symptoms -- Historical diagnosis II : clues from medicines -- Historical diagnosis III : clues from physical treatments -- Tuberculosis -- Pott's disease : tuberculous spondylosis -- "Saw off my leg" -- LeRoy's doctors and medical care during the Civil War -- Pharmacopoeia of LeRoy Wiley Gresham -- Proprietary medicines -- Psychological considerations -- Postmortem analysis -- The natural history of tuberculosis.