Spinal diseases, both structural and functional : their causes and treatment / by Usher Parsons.

  • Parsons, Usher, 1788-1868.
Date:
1843
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Credit: Spinal diseases, both structural and functional : their causes and treatment / by Usher Parsons. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    At an adjourned annnal meeting of the Rhode Island Medical Society held at Providence on the 8th day of September, 1842, the Trustees of the Fiske Fund announced that they had awarded to the author of the Dissertation hearing the motto, Vcsira: pctUioni rcspondco dili- gerUer, the premium of one hundred dollars by them oflercd for the best dissertation on the qoestion, What arc the Causes, Character and Nature of the Diseases of the Spine, both structural and functional; and what is the best mode of Treatment to be employed in each ? Upon breaking the seal of the accompanying packet, they ascertained its author to be, Usher Parsons, M.D., of Providence. In awarding the premium to this Dissertation, neither the Trustees nor the Rhode Island Medical Society hold themselves responsible for the doctrines herein inculcated, treatment re- commended, or opinions advanced. Richmond Brownell, TuoMis H. VVebd, Secretary. Attest, Theophilus C. Dunn, ^