Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1634

ARMAND TROUSSEAU (1801-1867) A practical treatise on laryngeal phthisis, chronic laryngitis, and diseases of the voice. A. Waldie 1839 Translated by J. A. Warder. 186 pp. 22 cm.

Trousseau's immense skill as practitioner and clinician caused Garrison to compare him with men such as Bright and Addison. Although he discovered no new diseases, his descriptions of the common maladies of the day such as diphtheria, typhoid fever, and scarlet fever are unrivaled for their clarity and accuracy. As a leader of the French therapeutic renaissance, Trousseau was instrumental in creating new modes of treatment of croup, emphysema, pleurisy, goiter, and malaria. Trousseau received the prize of the French Academy of Medicine for this classic essay on laryngology which originally appeared in 1837.

Cited references: Cushing T167; Garrison-Morton 3258 (1st French ed., 1837); Waller 9697 (1st French ed.)