Notes on Lectures
delivered in the University of Maryland Medical School by R. H. Moore. 1853-55
Prof.
John W. Dunbar M.D. and Prof. Samuel Chew M.D., Medical School.
Ledger.
Moore, J. H. Manuscript in ink. 71 pages. 12-5/16 x 7-15/16 inches.
Includes in part:
Medical
Medica: Diagnosis, rheumatism, genital organs, strychnine, dropsy, neuralgia,
asthenia, cholera, lungs, inflammation, abscess, mercury.
Prof. John W.
Dunbar M.D.
1853
[Lectures]
Diseases of the genitive organs; Sexual organs; Gangrene; Sexual diseases;
Fractures; Syphilis.
Prof. Samuel Chew
M.D.
1854-55
Clinic
day case of elongated uvula + prescription;
[Lectures]
Principal & practice of medicine; Knowledge of the cause of disease;
Intermittent fever; Acute pleurisy; Bronchitis; Laryngitis; Treatment of acute
laryngitis; Cynandia prachealisor croup; Ovarian dropsy; Pneumonia; Treatment
of pneumonia; Phthisis pulmonalis; Diseases of the heart; Pericarditis; Asthma;
Encephalitis; Apoplexy; Epilepsy.
Chew:
- - - In Part: “..you must bleed..; …never use mercury in
cases of enlargement of the spleen, never salivate your patient unless you want
to kill him; bloodletting tells more…; bleed again; opium; low diet; keeping
his gums tender with mercury; bleed freely; topical bleeding; leeches &
blisters is useful; Gen. Washington case;
he makes signs that he wants air and if he does not obtain relief he perishes,
he dies strangulated; not leeches to the neck; a few leeches to an infant in
its first year; if the ovary enlarges very fast you must bleed; prune juice;
tubercular matter; riding horseback is strongly recommended; the stethoscope is the best mode to detect
disease of the heart; cranium; …”
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