© The contents of this finding aid are the copyright of the University of Chicago Library
© 2008 University of Chicago Library
Open for research. No restrictions.
When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Duncombe, Ariel, The Practice of Medicine, Crerar Ms 10, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
Handwritten treatise, describing various diseases, their causes and treatment. Extensively annotated in a different [later?] hand. Includes partial table of contents. I) Local Diseases: Carditis, Inflammation, Hemoragies, Dropsies; II) Nervous System: Phrenitis, Hydroccephalus, Apoplexia, Tetanus, Epilepsy, Hysteria, Sensation, Glyphalagia, Taste, Apthae, Glossalgia, Corigula, Epistaxis, Sense of sight, Respiration, Cynanche Lons, Larynx, Trachea, Peripneumonia, Hemoptysis, Hydrothorax, Asthma, Pertussis [end index listing], Gastritis, Dyspepsia, Bulemia, Anorexia, Enteritis. Includes holograph remedy, "In Suppression of Urine," interleaved. Inscribed in various hands: "1824"; "Ariel Duncombe"; "John Greyton"; "L.B. Gallagher, Buffalo," and "18 Street La Port." Bound in brown cardboard with red leather spine.