Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1441

PIERRE CHARLES ALEXANDRE LOUIS (1787-1872) Recherches sur les effets de la saignée dans quelques maladies inflammatoires, et sur l'action de l'émétique et des vésicatoires dans la pneumonie. J.-B. Baillière 1835 120 pp. 20.9 cm.

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By publishing statistical evidence against the common practice of bloodletting in the treatment of pneumonia, Louis let loose a flood of controversy. Nevertheless, his attack marked the beginning of the decline of this time-honored, often lethal, procedure.

Cited references: Garrison-Morton 1698; Wellcome III, p. 551

Gift of John Martin, M.D.