Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 774.5

JOHN PURCELL (1674?-1730). A treatise of the cholick; containing analytical proofs of its many causes, and mechanical explanations of its several symptoms and accidents ... Together with its cure at large. London: Printed for W. Lewis, 1714. [16], 188, [12] p; 17 cm.

A London-based physician, A treatise of the cholick is the second publication of Purcell’s, and contains the first observation of the irritation caused by the exudation of peritonitis.

Cited references: Wellcome IV, p. 448