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. 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