Foot [2]

Foot [2]

Foot (Jesse), englischer Chirurg, der zu Ende des 18. u. zu Anfang des 19. Jahrh. in. London lebte u. sich bes. durch seine Schriften über geschlechtliche Krankheiten bekannt gemacht hat. Er schr. u.a.: A critical inquiry into the ancient and modern manner of treating diseases of the urethra, Lond. 1774, 81 u. 85 (deutsch Altenburg 1777); An essay on the bite of a mad dog etc., ebd. 1788; A new discovered fact of a relative nature in the venereal poison, ebd. 1790; Treatise on the origin, theory and cure of the lues venerea and obstructions in the urethra, ebd. 1792 u. 1820 (deutsch von Reich, Lpz. 1793 f., 2 Thle.); Researches upon the existence of veneral infection in pregnant women, Lond. 1808; Review of Home's observations on the diseāses of the prostate gland, ebd. 1812; er schrieb auch Life of John Hunter, Lond. 1794 u. 1797, Life of A. R. Bowes, ebd. 1810, u. Life of A. Murphy, ebd. 1811.


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