Physician, scientist, inventor (1803–1855)

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The artificial ice machine of Dr John Gorrie / R. Luke.

Doctor John Gorrie, inventor of the first artificial ice machine / by Edward Jelks.

The fever man : a biography of Dr. John Gorrie / by V.M. Sherlock.

Dr. John Gorrie's apparatus for the artificial production of ice, in tropical climates : patented, 1851 : Henry E. Roeder, engineer, agent, New-York.

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John Gorrie

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Dr. John Gorrie's apparatus for the artificial production of ice, in tropical climates : patented, 1851 : Henry E. Roeder, engineer, agent, New-York.