GILCHRIST, Ebenezer
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The use of sea voyages in medicine.London: A. Millar & D. Wilson, 1756.Gilchrist recommended sea voyages as treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis and other diseases. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link. Much expanded French translation by Edme-Claude Bourru as Utilité des voyages sur mer pour la cure des différentes maladies et notamment de la consomption. 2 vols., Paris: Didot jeune, 1770. The translator added a recommendation of therapeutic pneumothorax in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. Digital facsimile of the 1770 also from Google Books at this link. Subjects: PULMONOLOGY › Lung Diseases › Pulmonary Tuberculosis, VOYAGES & Travels by Physicians, Surgeons & Scientists |