| Description Of Item | Press cutting of an essay about three cases of fetid bronchitis seen by Thomas Laycock at the Royal Infirmary, reported by the clinical clerk Mr Low. The first case was observed in a man named Oliver Scott, who was admitted to the Royal Infirmary on 17 February 1857 and discharged cured on 2 April 1857. His health is described in detail. The second case is of a man named John Edgar, who was admitted to the Royal Infirmary on 28 May 1856 and died on 10 August 1856. The third case is the case of a woman who he’d observed in 1837. She was discharged as cured. Parts of the article are missing from the item, and the item contains seven different cuttings. Claude Bernard is referenced as an influence on Thomas Laycock’s diagnosis of fetid bronchitis. |