MITCHELL, John Kearsley
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On a new practice in acute and chronic rheumatism.Amer. J. med. Sci., 8, 55-64, 1831.First description of the neurotic spinal arthropathies. Subjects: RHEUMATOLOGY |
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On the cryptogamous origin of malarious and epidemic fevers.Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1849.Although Hensinger in 1844 had suggested a parasite as the cause of malaria, Mitchell was the first to approach this theory in a scientific spirit. He was Professor of Medicine at Jefferson College, and the father of S. Weir Mitchell. Subjects: EPIDEMIOLOGY, INFECTIOUS DISEASE › VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES › Mosquito-Borne Diseases › Malaria |