Lolium temulentum
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Jacob Sharpless essays
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/028
Scope and Contents
These two essays, written early in Jacob Sharpless' medical career,
show his concern not only with physical disease but also with
social ills.The first, submitted to the Censors of the Philadelphia Medical
Society in application for junior membership in 1816, discusses
the causes of injuries to the medulla spinalis or spinal
injuries which exhibit no visible fractures. The essay examines
current methods of treatment for spinal injuries although Sharpless
concedes that the...
Dates:
1816 - 1817
