MEMOIRS ON DIPHTHERIA by Robert Semple, MD, editor

Diphtheria was given its name by Pierre Bretonneau, the chief physician to the hospital of Tours, who had observed in the 1818-1820 outbreak of malignant sore throat in the city. Owing to the epidemic's high morality, he performed numerous postmortem examinations and determined that croup and malignant angina were the same malady, identical to Samuel Bard's description of angina suffocative.

The most prominent advocate of Bretonneau's opinion was his student Armand Trousseau, who is represented in this volume along with Guersant, Bouchut, Empis, and Daviot.

Retail Price: $99.00
Our Price: $79.00