| Description Of Item | Pages of Francis Sibson’s article ‘On the configuration of the chest, and the general aspect in vesicular emphysema’. It was published in the London Medical Gazette on 27 October 1848. The article describes the health and physical appearances of 13-year-old William Rawson and 30-year-old William Shaw, who both had emphysema and bronchitis. The article contains illustrations of them, drawn by William James Linton from daguerreotypes. William Stokes’ work is referenced frequently. Pierre-Charles-Alexandre Louis is also mentioned. From the collection of Thomas Laycock. |