British baronet, toxicologist, and physician (1797-1882)

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Hall's Coca Wine : the elixir of life / Stephen Smith & Co. Ltd.

Robert Christison. Photograph.

Sir Robert Christison. Etching.

Sir Robert Christison. Lithograph by Fr. Schenck after W. Stewart.

Sir Robert Christison. Photograph.

Poison, proof and a professor : Sir Robert Christison's work in medical jurisprudence in Edinburgh, 1822-1855 / Elizabeth O. Watts.

Sir Robert Christison, Bart., M.D., LL.D., D.C.L. : obituary.

Some nineteenth century Scotsmen : being personal recollections / by William Knight.

A treatise on poisons, in relation to medical jurisprudence, physiology, and the practice of physic / By Robert Christison.

On the changes which have taken place in the constitution of fevers and inflammations in Edinburgh during the last forty years / by Robert Christison.

Medical lectures : the faults with which they are charged and the remedy / by Robert Christison.

Dissertatio medica inauguralis, de febre continua, quae nuper in hac urbe epidemica fuit; ex exemplis, apud Nosocomium Regium tractatis, deducta / [Sir Robert Christison].

Account of the arrangements made by the Edinburgh Board of Health preparatory to the arrival of cholera in that city / by Robert Christison.

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Robert Christison

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A treatise on poisons, in relation to medical jurisprudence, physiology, and the practice of physic / By Robert Christison.

On the changes which have taken place in the constitution of fevers and inflammations in Edinburgh during the last forty years / by Robert Christison.

Medical lectures : the faults with which they are charged and the remedy / by Robert Christison.

Dissertatio medica inauguralis, de febre continua, quae nuper in hac urbe epidemica fuit; ex exemplis, apud Nosocomium Regium tractatis, deducta / [Sir Robert Christison].

Account of the arrangements made by the Edinburgh Board of Health preparatory to the arrival of cholera in that city / by Robert Christison.

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Robert Christison

Images from the collections

Images featuring Robert Christison

Works from the collections

A treatise on poisons, in relation to medical jurisprudence, physiology, and the practice of physic / By Robert Christison.

On the changes which have taken place in the constitution of fevers and inflammations in Edinburgh during the last forty years / by Robert Christison.

Medical lectures : the faults with which they are charged and the remedy / by Robert Christison.

Dissertatio medica inauguralis, de febre continua, quae nuper in hac urbe epidemica fuit; ex exemplis, apud Nosocomium Regium tractatis, deducta / [Sir Robert Christison].

Account of the arrangements made by the Edinburgh Board of Health preparatory to the arrival of cholera in that city / by Robert Christison.

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