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CLARKE, John (1761 – 1815)

CLARKE, John (1761 – 1815)

1761 – 1815

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1815 CE

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Commentaries on some of the most important diseases of children. Part the first.

CLARKE, John (1761 – 1815)
CLARKE, John (1761 – 1815)

First account of infantile tetany is given on pp. 86-97. Clarke died before this work was published. In it he also gave a clear description of laryngismus stridulus. This disease, which consists in a sudden onset of d…