Croup and tracheotomy in the City of Brooklyn, State of New York : a study of local conditions and local experience, with map showing location of croup areas in that city : a report made to the Medical Society of the County of Kings, N.Y., April 17th, 1877 / by Lewis S. Pilcher.

  • Lewis Stephen Pilcher
Date:
1877
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Credit: Croup and tracheotomy in the City of Brooklyn, State of New York : a study of local conditions and local experience, with map showing location of croup areas in that city : a report made to the Medical Society of the County of Kings, N.Y., April 17th, 1877 / by Lewis S. Pilcher. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    cases, incites him who has to battle with croup. Born of poverty and its inevitable accessories, this disease rarely holds out any other reward to the physician in its treatment than a consciousness of a good deed done. In this report the effort has been made to increase the responsibility of the physician in the treatment of this disease. Gratuitous, often perilous labor will result from the acceptance of its conclusions. But lives will be saved; and if but one useful life is saved that would otherwise have been sacrificed, the consciousness of having contributed to such a result will be reward enough for whatever labor the preparation of this report has cost. 4 Monroe St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
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