Tag: bleeding
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Dr. William Wilson: Inoculations, Health Insurance and Bleeding in Clermont
William Wilson was born in 1756. Where is a bit of mystery. Some sources have him born in Scotland, other sources list his birth place as Wooler, Northumberland, England, which is very close to the Scottish border. His father was Reverend Alexander Wilson, the presbyterian minister for Wooler. William graduated from the University of…
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Apoplexy: Losing Everything in a Stroke
Chancellor Robert R. Livingston died on February 25, 1813, at the age of 66. He had suffered a paralytic stroke in November of 1812. Although he showed some improvement in the next few months, he remained bedridden. In February 1813 he suffered another stroke that left him unable to speak. He passed away soon thereafter.…
Clermont State Historic Site 