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6 entries match United States [Z01.058] · Immunology & Dermatology [C19 / C20 / C17]

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1800 CE–1802 CE

#5424

A prospect of exterminating the small-pox, being the history of the variolae vaccinae, or kine-pox, commonly called the cow-pox; as it has appeared in England: With an account of a series of inoculations performed for the kine-pox in Massachusetts. [Part II:] A prospect of exterminating the small pox part II, being a continuation of a narrative of facts concerning the progress of the new inoculation in America; together with practical observations on the local appearance, symptoms, and mode of treating the variola vaccina, or kine pock; including some letters to the author, from distinguished characters, on the subject of this benign remedy, now passing with a rapid step through all ranks of society in Europe and America.

WATERHOUSE, Benjamin (1754 – 1846)
WATERHOUSE, Benjamin (1754 – 1846)

Waterhouse introduced Jennerian vaccination into the U.S.A. He vaccinated his own child as his first case. See J. B. Blake, Benjamin Waterhouse and the introduction of vaccination. A reappraisal. Philadelphia, 1957. D…

1981 CE

#6995

Kaposi's sarcoma and pneumocystis pneumonia among homosexual men--New York City and California.

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (CDC)

The second published report on what later became the AIDS epidemic. The report described 26 homosexual men in New York and California with Kaposi's sarcoma, and 10 more Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) cases in ho…

1915 CE

#11753

Outline of common skin diseases including eruptive fevers. Also diet plans for children in use in the Department of Pediatrics, the Johns Hopkins Hospital.

GILCHRIST, Thomas Caspar (1862 – 1927)
GILCHRIST, Thomas Caspar (1862 – 1927)

Gilchrist was the first professor to concentrate on dermatology at Johns Hopkins, joining the faculty in 1898. His guide to the common skin diseases, published for the use of medical students at Hopkins, was printed l…

1871 CE–1872 CE

#10585

Photographic review of medicine and surgery. A bi-monthly illustration of interesting cases, accompanied by notes. Edited by F.F. Maury [and] L.A. Duhring. Vols. 1 & 2 (All published).

DUHRING, Louis Adolphus (1845 – 1913)
DUHRING, Louis Adolphus (1845 – 1913) MAURY, Francis Fontaine (1840 – 1879)

The leading 19th century American publication of artistic medical photography. Each of the two volumes includes 24 mounted photographs. The photographs ilustrate cases of unusual and extreme disease, such as gross def…

1802 CE

#5425

Practical observations on vaccination: or inoculation for the cow pock.

COXE, John Redman (1773 – 1864)
COXE, John Redman (1773 – 1864)

Coxe did much to destroy ignorant prejudice against vaccination; he was the first in Philadelphia to practice it. Like Waterhouse, he inoculated his own child as his first case.

2001 CE

#9649

The breast cancer wars: Hope, fear, and the pursuit of a cure in twentieth-century America.

LERNER, Barron H. (1960 – )