Historical Bibliography Updated: July 14, 2026
Cases of apoplexy and lethargy: with observations upon the comatose diseases.
London: Thomas Underwood, 1812.
Cheyne believed that cerebral anemia might be the cause of apoplexy, and described pathological cases of cerebral infarction and of cerebral hemorrhage. The work contains the first illustration of a subarachnoid hemorrhage.
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| Entry Number | #4519.1 |
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| External URL | cases-of-apoplexy-and-lethargy-with-observations-upon-the-comatose-diseases |
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Publication place: London