Prospectus : History of Scottish medicine by John D. Comrie : second edition.

  • John Comrie
Date:
1932
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Credit: Prospectus : History of Scottish medicine by John D. Comrie : second edition. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    HISTORY OF SeCOarTrrisH MEDICINE SECOND E.DrtroNn Crown 4to, Cloth Binding, 848 pages, 405 Illustrations, including 2 Frontispieces in Colour. Two Volumes 50/- net This book provides for the first time a full, authentic and authoritative history of Scottish medicine from primeval to modern times. The researches entailed in its making have revealed rich stores of material of great importance. Both in text and illustration it provides ample evidence that no effort or expense has been spared. ihe ~Tiistory of Scottish Medicine “1s, mm fact) a work worthy of its national subject. Its pages show that in the gradual evolution from primitive methods to the exact science of modern medicine Scotland has always been to the fore. From early times Scottish medical men have been pioneers. In stages the reader is led from trephining as practiced in Scotland in 2000 B.c. to the surgical science of the twentieth century. Each stage is fascinatingly described and delightfully iliustrated. The work that has been done in Scotland in connection with the voluntary hospital system, public health, the discovery of anesthetics, and antiseptic surgery, is recorded as well as the great strides in the advancement of medicine and surgery that have taken place in her hospitals, medical schools and universities. Abroad, too, Scottish medical graduates have distinguished themselves in the highest positions, . -. MORAG A WAisy: ; Md YO QS LV TIrTrApRpYV
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