I Am Perhaps Dying : The Medical Backstory of Spinal Tuberculosis Hidden in the Civil War Diary of Leroy Wiley Gresham.
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- 9781940669892
- RC310 .R373 2018
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 Pharmacopoeia -- Chapter 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 -- Index -- About the Author.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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