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The theory and treatment of fevers / by John Sappington ; revised and corrected by Ferdinando Stith.

Title
The theory and treatment of fevers / by John Sappington ; revised and corrected by Ferdinando Stith.
Author
Sappington, John.
Publication
Arrow Rock [Mo.] : Pub. by the author, 1844.

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  • Milwaukee Academy of Medicine. Book Collection WMMCW.
  • Stith, Ferdinando.
Description
xviii, 216 p.; 17 cm.
Summary
The first medical book published in Missouri. Sappington, a physician in Saline County, began prescribing quinine for his patients with malaria, with considerable success. He soon taught his slaves to manufacture the pills, and in 1832 began their wholesale distribution. After accumulating considerable wealth and notoriety, Sappington published his methods in this text. DAB calls it " ... perhaps the first medical treatise written west of the Mississippi ..." Perotti, pp. 27-29.
Uniform Title
Harvard College Library history of science project ; 00157.
Subject
  • Fever
  • Fever
  • Malaria
  • Malaria
  • Medicine
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Indexed In (note)
  • Perotti, V.A. Important firsts in Missouri Imprints, 1808-1858,
  • Dictionary of American Biography
  • Perotti, V.A. Important firsts in Missouri Imprints, 1808-1858,
  • Dictionary of American Biography
Processing Action (note)
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Contents
Preface -- The author's reasons why he has departed from the practice of the old school physicians, and all others, in the treatment and cure of fevers -- A short outline of the animal economy -- The author's views and opinions in relation to the inconsistency and irrationality of attempting to cure fevers principally by depletion -- The author's practice and treatment in the cure of fevers -- The author's views on the subject of the unity of fevers -- Of intermittent, or ague and fever -- Of common bilious, or bilious-remit tent fever -- Cholera infantum -- Influenza -- Of mild typhus, or nervous fever -- Of cold plague, or spotted fever -- Of child-bed or puerperal fever -- An alphabetical arrangement of the classes of medicines used in this work -- Appendix. Report of a case of stone in the bladder Remarks on Asiatic cholera.
LCCN
^^^07012372^//r86
OCLC
2483587
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library