Elijah Petty essay on pulmonary tuberculosis

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Call Number:: MSS 2/007
Repository:: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Extent:: 1 folder
Language:: English
Date:: 1857
Creator:: Petty, Elijah P. (Elijah Parsons)
Form:: Essays
Abstract:

Elijah D. Petty, medical student at the Philadelphia College of Medicine was born circa 1828. He was a native of Walnut Grove, Spartansburg District, S.C. Petty received an M.D. from the Philadelphia College of Medicine in 1857.

Essay written by Elijah D. Petty in June, 1857, describes phthisis pulmonalis [pulmonary tuberculosis], its cause, duration, termination, pathology, symptoms, and treatment.