Author: STOKES, W.,
Title: A treatise on the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the chest. Part 1. Diseases of the lung and windpipe.
Description: Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1837. Mod. hlf. cl. (XX, 558, II pp.). Hirsch V, 439/40: Waller 9280: G&M. 2213: 'Stokes, most prominent of the Irish school of medicine, established his reputation by his book on diseases of the chest. Important among its contents are his discovery of a stage of pneumonia prior to that described by Laënnec as the first, his observations that contraction of the side has sometimes followed the cure of pneumonia and that paralysis of the intercostal muscles and diaphragm may result from pleurisy, and his employment of the stethoscope as an aid to the detection of foreign bodies in the air passages': H. of H. 922: 'He describes the peculiar type of breathing known as the Cheyne-Stokes respiration, a first stage of pneumonia not known before, and other findings of significance.' Lilly Libr., p. 187: 'The masterly 'Diseases,'...was the fruit of 12 years experience and established his reputation... he extended the studies of Laënnec and Corvisart on the physical signs and symptoms of pulmanory illnesses'. Lilly Library, exh. catalogue, item 140: Norman Coll., 2023: 'Among the new observations contained in this work were S's description of the paralysis of the intercostal muscles and diaphragm after pleurisy, his disovery of a stage of pneumonia prior to Laënnec's first stage...': All published.

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