United States Navy. Board of Medical Examiners
Organization
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Elisha Kent Kane essay on dropsy
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/100
Scope and Contents
Holograph essay defines dropsy and cites three cases of an anomalous form of the disease which Kane
had seen while in residence at Philadelphia Hospital (18401841).
Kane maintains that this "local dropsy"
does not occur with typical symptoms or respond to accepted treatment. Essay addressed to the U.S.
Navy’s Board of Medical Examiners.Also published as Horrocks, Thomas A. "Elisha Kent Kane’s Unpublished Treatise on Dropsy," Transactions &
Studies of the College of Physicians of...
Dates:
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