Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1511.5

THOMAS W. BLATCHFORD (1794-1866) Hydrophobia : its origin and development, as influenced by climate, season, and other circumstances : being the report of the special committee appointed by the American Medical Association, and read at the meeting in Detroit, Michigan, May, 1856 T.K. and P.G. Collins Printers 1856 1st 104 pages 23 cm

This guide to Hydrophobia (extreme fear of water), its development, and influences, was presented by a committee from the American Medical Association at its meeting in Detroit in 1856. Most of the volume is spent recounting cases of the disease in patients. Its author, Thomas Blatchford was a doctor from New York State.