An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2022 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

15961 entries, 13944 authors and 1935 subjects. Updated: March 22, 2024

NORTH, Elisha

1 entries
  • 4676

A treatise on a malignant epidemic, commonly called spotted fever.

New York: T. & J. Swords, 1811.

First book on cerebrospinal meningitis; in it North recommended the use of the clinical thermometer, not in general use until the time of Wunderlich. For more information on this book, see the article by F. L. Pleadwell in Ann. med. Hist., 1924, 6, 245-57.



Subjects: INFECTIOUS DISEASE › Neuroinfectious Diseases › Meningitis, INSTRUMENTS & TECHNOLOGIES › Medical Instruments › Thermometer, NEUROLOGY › Inflammatory Conditions › Cerebrospinal Meningitis