Eminent Doctors: Their Lives and Their Work; Vol. 2

by George Thomas Bettany

18 chapters8h 50mEnglish1885

About this book

Short biographies of doctors who were leaders in their profession. In this collection, we learn about men who developed specialities, of ten giving their name to diseases they studied: Addison, Bright, Paget, or hospitals such as Guy's. Volume 2 of 2.

Chapters (18)

1ADDISON, BRIGHT, AND THE DISEASES WHICH BEAR THEIR NAMES

2388

2LISTON, SYME, LIZARS, AND THE NEWER SURGERY

2818

3BAILLIE, HALFORD, CHAMBERS, AND HOLLAND, THE FASHIONABLE AND COURTLY PHYSICIANS

2174

4SIR WILLIAM FERGUSSON AND CONSERVATIVE SURGERY

1331

5SIR JAMES SIMPSON AND ANÆSTHETICS

2319

6SIR SPENCER WELLS AND OVARIOTOMY

1435

7SIR WILLIAM JENNER, BUDD, MURCHISON, AND TYPHOID FEVER

1908

8SIR JOSEPH LISTER AND ANTISEPTIC SURGERY

1120

9SIR THOMAS WATSON, SIR DOMINIC CORRIGAN, SIR WILLIAM GULL, AND CLINICAL MEDICINE

2050

10SIR JAMES PAGET AND SURGICAL PATHOLOGY

1360

11WILLIAMS, STOKES, AND DISEASES OF THE CHEST

1406

12SIR HENRY THOMPSON AND CREMATION

691

13GRAVES, HUGHES BENNETT, AND CLINICAL TEACHING

1328

14CONOLLY, MAUDSLEY, AND MENTAL DISEASES

2168

15EMINENT SPECIALISTS: SIR ERASMUS WILSON AND SKIN DISEASES; MORELL MACKENZIE AND THROAT DISEASES; COBBOLD AND INTERNAL PARASITES

2254

16EMINENT SPECIALISTS—continued: SIR W. BOWMAN, BRUDENELL CARTER, AND EYE DISEASES; TOYNBEE, HINTON, AND EAR DISEASES

2643

17SIR R. CHRISTISON, SWAINE TAYLOR, AND POISON DETECTION

1007

18PARKES, GUY, SIMON, AND PUBLIC HEALTH

1419

Eminent Doctors: Their Lives and Their Work; Vol. 2

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