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Principles of Mental Physiology
With their Applications to the Training and Discipline of the Mind, and the Study of its Morbid Conditions
Häftad, 2009
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William Carpenter (1813-85) was trained as a doctor; he was apprenticed to an eye surgeon, and later attended University College London and the University of Edinburgh, obtaining his M. D. in 1839. Rather than practising medicine, he became a teacher, specialising in neurology, and it was his work …
Zoonomia: Volume 1
Or, the Laws of Organic Life
Häftad, 2009
1039 kr
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Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802) is remembered not only as the grandfather of Charles but as a pioneering scientist in his own right. A friend and correspondent of Josiah Wedgwood, Joseph Priestley and Matthew Boulton, he practised medicine in Lichfield, but also wrote prolifically on scientific …
Zoonomia: Volume 2
Or, the Laws of Organic Life
Häftad, 2010
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Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802) is remembered not only as the grandfather of Charles but as a pioneering scientist in his own right. A friend and correspondent of Josiah Wedgwood, Joseph Priestley and Matthew Boulton, he practised medicine in Lichfield, but also wrote prolifically on scientific …
Arabian Medicine
The FitzPatrick Lectures Delivered at the College of Physicians in November 1919 and November 1920
Av E. G. Browne
Häftad, 2011
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E. G. Browne (1862-1926), who combined outstanding skills in medicine and Arabic and Persian studies, has left an indelible mark in his fields of expertise. He first learned Turkish in his teens, and went on to study all the languages of the Islamic tradition, while also qualifying as a physician. …
A Medical History of Persia and the Eastern Caliphate
From the Earliest Times Until the Year A.D. 1932
Av Cyril Elgood
Häftad, 2010
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Published in 1951, this book presents a continuous history of the art and practice of medicine in Persia (Iran), from the earliest times to the twentieth century. Elgood's prefatory chapter defines the scope of the History, and informs the reader of his extensive resources - due to his knowledge of …
A Treatise on Plague
Dealing with the Historical, Epidemiological, Clinical, Therapeutic and Preventive Aspects of the Disease
Häftad, 2010
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The bubonic plague, in various forms, has been devastating human populations and affecting the very course of history for over 3000 years. This 1905 study by a renowned expert in the field represents the extent of early twentieth-century knowledge of a disease which was still killing millions at …
Notes on Nursing
What It Is, and What It Is Not
Häftad, 2010
468 kr
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Most people are familiar with the name of Florence Nightingale and the image of 'the lady with the lamp'. Initially celebrated for her efforts during the Crimean War, Nightingale is best known as a reformer of army medical services and of nursing more generally. She wrote Notes on Nursing - first …
A Letter to the Right Honourable, the Secretary at War, on Sickness and Mortality in the West Indies
Being a Review of Captain Tulloch's Statistical Report
Häftad, 2010
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Sir Andrew Halliday (1782-1839) served as a surgeon in the Peninsular War, and then as a royal physician. In 1832 he was appointed Inspector of Hospitals in the West Indies until ill-health forced his return to Scotland. This 1839 pamphlet contains his recommendations to the Secretary of War, …
Observations on Fevers and Other Diseases
Which Occur on Voyages to Africa and the West Indies
Häftad, 2011
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Robert Robertson (1742-1829) was a Scottish doctor and surgeon. After completing his medical apprenticeship, Robertson joined the Royal Navy as a surgeon's mate in 1760. In 1768 he was appointed surgeon to the sloop Diligence, and served as surgeon on various ships in the West Indies, North America …
On Some of the More Important Diseases of the Army
With Contributions to Pathology
Av John Davy
Häftad, 2011
720 kr
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Born in Cornwall, John Davy (1790-1868) physiologist and anatomist, and the younger brother of the distinguished chemist Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829), was one of the most prolific medical experts of his day. After taking a medical degree from Edinburgh in 1814 he became an army surgeon. He later …
Dr Southwood Smith
A Retrospect
Häftad, 2011
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Thomas Southwood Smith (1788-1861) was a minister, physician and social reformer, who considerably improved the health of the poor by linking sanitation with epidemics. A utilitarian, and friend of Jeremy Bentham, his arguments in The Use of the Dead to the Living (1827) helped lead to the Anatomy …
Leçons sur les maladies du système nerveux
Faites ... la Salpêtrière
Av Jean-Martin Charcot, D. M. Bourneville
Häftad, 2011
672 kr
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Jean-Martin Charcot (1825-93) was a professor of anatomical pathology at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris, and one of the founders of modern neurology. Numerous disorders are named after him, and he was one of the best known doctors in nineteenth-century France. He was the first to describe …
Leçons sur les maladies du système nerveux
Faites a la Salpêtrière
Av Jean-Martin Charcot, D. M. Bourneville
Häftad, 2011
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Jean-Martin Charcot (1825-93) was a professor of anatomical pathology at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris, and one of the founders of modern neurology. Numerous disorders are named after him, and he was one of the best known doctors in nineteenth-century France. He was the first to describe …
Hospital Sisters and their Duties
Häftad, 2012
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Eva Charlotte Ellis Lückes (1854-1919) was a pioneer of nursing training and friend of Florence Nightingale. In 1880, aged only twenty-six, she became Matron of the London Hospital, the largest hospital in England, a post she held until her death. During her time there she improved working …
Introductory Notes on Lying-In Institutions
Together with a Proposal for Organising an Institution for Training Midwives and Midwifery Nurses
Häftad, 2012
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The greatest postnatal killer of the nineteenth century was puerperal fever. A vicious and usually fatal form of septicaemia, puerperal or childbed fever was known to occur in maternity hospitals far more frequently than at home births, and to spread faster in crowded wards than in those with fewer …
Lectures on General Nursing
Delivered to the Probationers of the London Hospital Training School for Nurses
Häftad, 2012
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Eva Charlotte Ellis Lückes (1854-1919) was a pioneer of nursing training and friend of Florence Nightingale. In 1880, aged only twenty-six, she became matron of the London Hospital, the largest hospital in England, a post she held until her death. During her time there she improved working …
An Account of the Nature and Medicinal Virtues of the Principal Mineral Waters of Great Britain and Ireland
And Those Most in Repute on the Continent
Av John Elliot
Häftad, 2013
519 kr
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Although he was tried for attempted murder and died in Newgate Prison, the natural philosopher and apothecary John Elliot (1747-87) published a number of significant scientific works in the first part of the 1780s, especially with regard to sensory perception. This 1789 second edition of a 1781 …
Dissertations on Malaria, Contagion and Cholera
Explaining the Principles Which Regulate Endemic, Epidemic, and Contagious Diseases, with a View to their Prevention
Häftad, 2013
557 kr
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When this book was first published in 1832, England was caught in a cholera pandemic that had already claimed hundreds of thousands of lives across Europe. It was commonly held that 'bad air' spread the disease, but theories and remedies varied: one doctor advised the Nottinghamshire public to …
Philosophical Observations on the Senses of Vision and Hearing
To Which Are Added, a Treatise on Harmonic Sounds, and an Essay on Combustion and Animal Heat
Av John Elliott
Häftad, 2013
459 kr
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Although first to suggest the possibility of light frequencies beyond the visible spectrum, the natural philosopher John Elliott (1747-87) was better known at his death for his failed suicide in front of the woman he loved. Tried for attempting to shoot her, he was acquitted but died in prison …
A Chemical and Medical Report of the Properties of the Mineral Waters
Of Buxton, Matlock, Tunbridge Wells, Harrogate, Bath, Cheltenham, Leamington, Malvern, and the Isle of Wight
Häftad, 2013
502 kr
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In medical terms, 'mineral water' was, in the early nineteenth century, any water that appeared to have an effect on human health. British physicians often prescribed mineral waters from particular locations - most commonly those at Bath - for a variety of illnesses. However, there was little …
A Treatise on Pulmonary Consumption
Comprehending an Inquiry into the Causes, Nature, Prevention and Treatment of Tuberculous and Scrofulous Diseases in General
Av James Clark
Häftad, 2013
632 kr
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Having trained in Edinburgh as a surgeon and served aboard Royal Navy vessels, Sir James Clark (1788-1870) developed a particular interest in the spread of the tuberculosis pandemic in Europe. A licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians from 1826, and elected to the Royal Society in 1832, he …
The Influence of Climate in the Prevention and Cure of Chronic Diseases
Av James Clark
Häftad, 2013
586 kr
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Published in 1829, this important work raised awareness of a poorly understood topic, running to a third edition by 1841. Sir James Clark (1788-1870) had trained as a surgeon in Edinburgh and gained experience in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. During subsequent European travels, he …
A Memoir of John Conolly, M.D., D.C.L
Comprising a Sketch of the Treatment of the Insane in Europe and America
Av James Clark
Häftad, 2013
566 kr
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John Conolly (1794-1866) was a physician and alienist (psychiatrist) who worked with the mentally ill at the Hanwell County Asylum in Middlesex, where he introduced the principle of non-restraint. This action was at first controversial and met with strong opposition, but it served to further the …
The Treatment of the Insane without Mechanical Restraints
Av John Conolly
Häftad, 2013
623 kr
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Trained as a physician and alienist (psychiatrist), John Conolly (1794-1866) first published this work in 1856. It describes the abolition of mechanical restraints in the treatment of mentally ill patients at the Hanwell County Asylum in Middlesex, where Conolly worked as resident physician. He …
The Life of Edward Jenner M.D., F.R.S.
Naturalist, and Discoverer of Vaccination
Häftad, 2013
439 kr
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Active in fields spanning medicine, ornithology, zoology and even watercolour painting, Frederick Dawtrey Drewitt (1848-1942) was a prominent fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, exhibited at the Royal Academy, and was involved in governing the National Trust. His particular interest in birds …
Manual of Lunacy
A Handbook Relating to the Legal Care and Treatment of the Insane in the Public and Private Asylums of Great Britain, Ireland, United States of America, and the Continent
Av Lyttleton Stewart Forbes Winslow
Häftad, 2014
705 kr
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A controversial psychiatrist, Lyttleton Stewart Forbes Winslow (1844-1913) grew up around the lunatic asylums run by his father, Forbes B. Winslow, who was a specialist in the treatment of mental illness, establishing also medical grounds for the plea of insanity in criminal defence. Lyttleton …
Medical Notes on Climate, Diseases, Hospitals, and Medical Schools, in France, Italy, and Switzerland
Comprising an Inquiry into the Effects of a Residence in the South of Europe, in Cases of Pulmonary Consumption
Av James Clark
Häftad, 2013
475 kr
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Having trained in Edinburgh as a surgeon and served aboard Royal Navy vessels, Sir James Clark (1788-1870) developed a particular interest in the spread of the tuberculosis pandemic in Europe. A licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians from 1826, and elected to the Royal Society in 1832, he …
Notes on Hospitals
Being Two Papers Read before the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science, at Liverpool, in October 1858
Häftad, 2013
385 kr
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Returning from the Crimea, Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) used her experience of army medicine to ameliorate civilian nursing care. She was appalled by the conditions she found, affirming that the first requirement of a hospital was that 'it should do the sick no harm'. Problems such as …
Great Artists and Great Anatomists
A Biographical and Philosophical Study
Av Robert Knox
Häftad, 2013
459 kr
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A gifted yet controversial anatomical teacher, Robert Knox (1791-1862) published this remarkable study in 1852. It explores the influence of anatomy on evolutionary theories and fine art respectively. The first part of the work discusses the lives and scientific insights of the eminent French …
A Sketch of the Life and Writings of Robert Knox, the Anatomist
Häftad, 2013
670 kr
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Among the ablest anatomical teachers of his day, Robert Knox (1791-1862) also busied himself with the study of zoology and ethnology. Prepared by his pupil and colleague Henry Lonsdale (1816-76), this 1870 biography explores the scope of Knox's scientific research and the nature of his character. …
