Books from the Library of the Medical Society of London : an exhibition 14 January to 3 April 1985 / [compiled by John Symons].

  • Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine
Date:
1985
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Credit: Books from the Library of the Medical Society of London : an exhibition 14 January to 3 April 1985 / [compiled by John Symons]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS History of the atmosphere in observations on the weather at Bristol begun to be made in January 1774. This volume contains observations on the weather at Bristol in the years 1774-78, It includes barometric and thermometric readings, measurements of rainfall, and notes on prevailing diseases. The writer has been identified as Samuel Farr, M.D. [1741-95], physician to the Bristol Infirmary. [M.S.L. MS. 111.] LYCEUM MEDICUM LONDINENSE Minute book, 1795-1801. The Lyceum Medicum Londinense was founded in 1785 under the patronage of John Hunter and George Fordyce. Its members included many of the leading physicians and surgeons of the day, including Abernethy, Astley Cooper, and Everard Home. It met, until 1793, in John Hunter's anatomy theatre. At each meeting time was given to case reports or news of recent developments in medicine. On 14 November 1798 William Blair introduced the topic of cowpox as a preventative of smallpox, 'a subject at present engaging the attention of medical men'. Edward Jenner's Inquiry had been published only a few months earlier. [M.S.L. MS. 140b.] -10-