HAMMOND, William Alexander
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Treatise on diseases of the nervous system.New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1871.The first American treatise on neurology. The original description of athetosis, sometimes called “Hammond’s disease”, appears on pp. 654-62. During his tenure as Surgeon General of the Army during the U.S. Civil War, Hammond established the U.S. Army Hospital for Diseases of the Nervous System. Subjects: NEUROLOGY › Diseases of the Nervous System |
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Fasting girls: their physiology and pathology.New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1879.Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link. Subjects: NUTRITION / DIET › Eating Disorders, PSYCHIATRY › Neuroses & Psychoneuroses › Eating Disorders |
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Sexual impotence in the male.New York: Bermingham, 1883.One of the earliest serious medical studies of the subject from the anatomical, physiological, emotional, and psychological points of view. In the second edition (1887) retitled Sexual impotence in the male and female, the author added almost 50 pages on women's issues covering anatomical, physiological, and psychological reasons for absence of sexual desire in women. Subjects: SEXUALITY / Sexology, SEXUALITY / Sexology › Impotence, UROLOGY |