Title I am perhaps dying : the medical backstory of spinal tuberculosis hidden in the Civil War diary of LeRoy Wiley Gresham / Dennis A. Rasbach, MD, FACS

Edition First edition Published El Dorado Hills, California : Savas Beatie, [2018] [Place of publication not identified] : Casemate Publishers and Book Distributors, LLC ©2018

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Description 1 online resource Contents Cover; Book Title; Copyright; Dedication; Table of Contents; Publisher's Preface; Author's Preface; Introduction; Solemnly Sifting through Riddled Remains; Chapter 1: Historical Diagnosis I: Clues from Symptoms; Chapter 2: Historical Diagnosis II: Clues from Medicines; Chapter 3: Historical Diagnosis III: Clues from Physical Treatments; The Forgotten Plague; Chapter 4: The Natural History of Tuberculosis; Chapter 5: Pott's Disease (Tuberculous Spondylitis; Spinal Caries); Chapter 6: "Saw Off My Leg"; Chapter 7: LeRoy's Doctors and Medical Care During the Civil War Chapter 8: LeRoy Gresham's PharmacopoeiaChapter 9: Proprietary or Patent Medicines; Chapter 10: Psychological Considerations; Chapter 11: Postmortem Review; A Chronicle of Consumption; Chapter 12: The Medical Entries, with Commentary; Bibliography; About the Author Notes Vendor-supplied metadata Subject Gresham, LeRoy Wiley, 1847-1865. SUBJECT Gresham, LeRoy Wiley, 1847-1865 fast Subject Spine -- Tuberculosis -- Diagnosis Spine -- Tuberculosis -- History Medical care -- History HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General. MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine. MEDICAL -- Diseases. MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine. MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine. Medical care Spine -- Tuberculosis SUBJECT United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140205 Subject United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Croon, Janet Elizabeth. ISBN 9781940669892 1940669898

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