Bulletin of the History of Medicine, Volume XXXI, Number 2, March - April 1957
Place_Pub: Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1957. 97, wraps, illus., footnotes, references, cover edges and spine discolored, text slightly darkened. Edited by Owsei Temkin. Contains an article (pp. 162-171) on "The Famous Harrison Case and Its Repercussions" by Linden F. Edwards, on the disappearance of the body of John Scott Harrison (son of President William Henry Harrison and father of President Benjamin Harrison) from its supposedly secure grave and its discovery in a chute in the Medical College of Ohio. Also contains articles on the concept of cerebral localization in the 19th century, the diseases of domestic animals, yellow fever, Benjamin Franklin and the rise of free treatment of the poor by the medical profession of Philadelphia, and others. Condition: fair to good.
Keywords: Periodicals, History of Medicine, Medical, Benjamin Rush, Yellow Fever, John Scott Harrison, Benjamin Franklin, Poverty, Domestic Animals
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