Some chapters in Cambridge medical history / by Sir Walter Langdon-Brown
1946, First Edition. Cambridge: University Press. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #379391
Physical description: viii, 119 pages. Notes: Spine title: Cambridge medical history. Includes bibliographical references (pages 118-119).
Contents: John Caius & the revival of learning -- Wiiliam Gilbert & the dawn of experiment -- Francis Glisson & the insurgent century -- William Heberden & the age of reason -- John Haviland & the beginning of reform -- The great triumvirate and the rise of the medical school -- Clifford Allbutt & the transition from the nineteenth century. Subjects: Caius, John 1510-1573. Glisson, Francis 1597-1677. Haviland, John. Gilbert, William 1540-1603. Heberden, William 1710-1801. Humphry, George Murray, Sir, 1820-1896.
Price: €30.00