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Description
In retrospect, scholars have given credit to John Huxham's A dissertation on the malignant, ulcerous sore-throat (1757), as an early, true description of diphtheria, though the disease had not been identified and named at that time.
Title
A dissertation on the malignant, ulcerous sore-throat
Creator
Huxham, John, 1692-1768
Publisher
London : Printed for J. Hinton, at the King's-Arms in Newgate-Street
Date
1757
Subject
Diphtheria
Ludwig's Angina
Pharyngitis
Ludwig's Angina
Pharyngitis
Source
Contributor
Given by Dr. Dr. Dennis G. Pappas, Sr.; belongs to the Dennis G. Pappas, Sr. Otolaryngology Collection, Reynolds-Finley Historical Library, UAB Libraries, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Format
[6], 70 p. ; 21 cm (8vo)
Language
English