Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1782

AUSTIN FLINT (1812-1886) Phthisis. Henry C. Lea 1875 xi [17]-446 [2] pp. 22.8 cm.

For more information on this author or work, see number: 1779

Flint was undoubtedly the leading American authority on diseases of the heart and lungs during the latter half of the nineteenth century. His special interests were the techniques of physical examination of the chest and the clinical, pathological, and therapeutic aspects of tuberculosis. The present work, written seven years before Koch's discovery of the tubercle bacillus (see No. 2054), is illustrative of Flint's great ability as a clinical observer. The classic clinical descriptions are based upon the author's records of over 670 patients who suffered from tuberculosis. Recommended treatment included large doses of cod liver oil, liberal quantities of alcoholic beverages, hypophosphites, sea voyages, living at a higher altitude, and changes of climate and occupation. The University of Iowa Libraries' copy was inscribed by Flint in 1881 and was once in the library of the well known Trudeau Sanatorium at Saranac Lake, New York. The Sanatorium was established by Edward Livingston Trudeau (1848-1915) late in the nineteenth century for the open-air treatment of individuals with tuberculosis.

See Related Record(s): 2054

Gift of John Martin, M.D.