A physician reflects : Herman Boerhaave and other essays / by Christopher C. Booth ; with a foreword by Tilli Tansey.
Pubblicazione:
London : The Wellcome trust, c2003.
Descrizione fisica:
XIII, 206 p. : ill., ritr. ; 25 cm
Serie:
Occasional publications ; 2
Contiene:
Indice: List of illustrations. Foreword. Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. The influence of Herman Boerhaave on medicine in Britain 2. Taxation no tyranny 3. Lettsom, dispensaries and 1773 4. The two Fothergills 5. Robert William, MD, FRS (1757-1812): dermatologist of the millenium 6. Publish and be damned: medical literature, the old and the new 7. Medicine as an empirical art: a sketch of Samuel Gee 8. From art to science: the story of clinical research 9. Pioneers in the world of academe: history of the 42 club 10. Sir Arthur Sims Commonwealth travelling professor in the antipodes 11. Gastroenterology in Britain: a study of a speciality 12. A gastroenterology among the editors 13. Smoking and the gold-headed cane: the Royal college of physicians enters the modern world 14. Rediscoveries 15. How concepts of health and disease changed during the 20th century. Index
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