The death of George Washington: An end to the controversy?

American Surgeon

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 770-774

  Cheatham, Michael L ^a,b  

^a ORLANDO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Surgical Education ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY TARTRATE; MERCUROUS CHLORIDE; MOLASSES; VINEGAR;

ACUTE EPIGLOTTITIS; ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ANAMNESIS; BUTTER; CHILL; COMORBIDITY; DEATH; DYSPNEA; GARGLE; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL CARE; MORTALITY; PHLEBOTOMY; PHYSICIAN; SEPTIC SHOCK; SHORT SURVEY; SORE THROAT; TEA; THERAPY DELAY; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT REFUSAL; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EPIGLOTTITIS; HISTORY; PUBLIC FIGURE;

BLOODLETTING; CAUSE OF DEATH; EPIGLOTTITIS; FAMOUS PERSONS; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 51649127563     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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