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- catalog abstract "Contains mostly manuscripts by Heberden, about the use of amulets and magic in medicine, a lecture on the medicinal uses of plants, and notes and prescriptions. Also includes two letters addressed to Heberden, one of which is from Stephen Hales who reports his successful use of ventilators on ships and discusses the evils of strong liquor; a few letters of others concerning cure for bladder stones; obituaries; and a report.".
- catalog contributor b755048.
- catalog date "1712".
- catalog description "Card catalog.".
- catalog description "Contains mostly manuscripts by Heberden, about the use of amulets and magic in medicine, a lecture on the medicinal uses of plants, and notes and prescriptions. Also includes two letters addressed to Heberden, one of which is from Stephen Hales who reports his successful use of ventilators on ships and discusses the evils of strong liquor; a few letters of others concerning cure for bladder stones; obituaries; and a report.".
- catalog description "Heberden (Cambridge University, M.D. 1739) was one of the most eminent English physicians of the 18th century. He studied at Cambridge and a London hospital and taught medicine at the University, lecturing in materia medica. He was a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (1746), member of the Royal Society, and honorary member of the Royal Society of Medicine, Paris. He practiced for over thirty years in London and wrote careful notes on his cases, which formed the basis for his Commentaries on the History and Cure of Diseases, published posthumously by his son William Heberden the Younger. The Commentaries contain his original descriptions of angina pectoris and chicken pox; Heberden's account of angina led to its recognition as a distinct disease.".
- catalog description "Provenance: Harvard Medical School.".
- catalog extent "1 box.".
- catalog issued "1712".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog provenance "Provenance: Harvard Medical School.".
- catalog subject "Hales, Stephen, 1677-1761.".
- catalog subject "Heberden, William, 1710-1801.".
- catalog subject "Materia medica Study and teaching.".
- catalog subject "Medicine, Botanic.".
- catalog subject "Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric.".
- catalog subject "Temperance.".
- catalog title "Papers of William Heberden, 1712-1786 (inclusive).".