Joseph T Clover
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 Resident Medical Officer



As the Resident Medical Officer, Joseph Clover had many duties, one of which was resuscitation of people brought into the emergency department. In his private papers is a description of the (unsuccessful) resuscitation of a patient who had been bitten on the face by a cobra - not a common occurence in London in 1852. Below is an article reproduced with kind permission of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, describing this event

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