William Stokes
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William Stokes
(born Oct. 1, 1804, Dublin, Ire.died Jan. 10, 1878, Howth, near Dublin) Irish physician. He received his M.D. from the University of Edinburgh and returned to Dublin, where he encouraged students to work, under faculty supervision, in hospital wards and to acquire a general as well as a medical education. He succeeded his father as Regius Professor of Physic at the University of Dublin. His publications included A Treatise on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diseases of the Chest (1837), The Diseases of the Heart and Aorta (1854), and one of the first English works on the stethoscope.
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William Stokes
(stōks), William 1804–1878.
British physicain. Known especially for his studies of diseases of the chest and heart, he expanded on the observations of John Cheyne in describing the breathing irregularity now known as Cheyne-Stokes respiration.
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William Stokes
William Stokes may refer to:
- William Axton Stokes (1814–1877), Philadelphia attorney and Major in the American Civil War
- William Brickly Stokes (1814–1897), American soldier and politician
- William Stokes (physician) (1804–1878), Irish physician
- Sir William Stokes (surgeon) (1839–1900), his son
- William Earl Dodge Stokes (1852–1926), American property developer
- J. William Stokes (1853–1901), U.S. Representative from South Carolina
- William R. Stokes, American politician and mayor of Augusta, Maine
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