On The Oleum Jecoris Aselli, or Cod Liver Oil As a Therapeutic Agent in Certain Forms of Gout, Rheumatism, and Scrofula; with cases

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Though John Hughes Bennett (1812-1875) is best remembered today for the first description of leukemia, he also advanced medical science in other ways. He opposed blood-letting, sup ported the admission of women to medical schools, was an outstanding teacher, and has been called the founder of physiology. His advocacy of cod liver oil as a therapeutic agent is perhaps less well known. G&M 1858. Show more