Huguenots in the medical world : an exhibition, 23 September to 18 December 1985 / [compiled by John Symons and Christine English].

  • Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine
Date:
1985
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Credit: Huguenots in the medical world : an exhibition, 23 September to 18 December 1985 / [compiled by John Symons and Christine English]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the Edict of Nantes. Chevalier's pamphlet includes a history of surgery which includes the now discredited story of Ambroise Pare's escape from the massacre of St. Bartholomew. The College of Surgeons was finally incorporated by Royal Charter in 1800. Thomas CHEVALIER A treatise on gun-shot wounds. London: S. Bagster. 1804. The Treatise on gun-shot wounds won a prize from the College of Surgeons in 1803 and secured Chevalier the position of Surgeon Extraordinary to the Prince of Wales. The Tsar of Russia presented Chevalier with a diamond ring as a reward for this work. Thomas CHEVALIER Etching and line by J. Linnell. London: Colnaghi. 1825. Philip Meadows MARTINEAU Mezzotint by T. Lupton after a painting by Sir W. Beechey. Norwich: W. Freeman. 1830. Philip Meadows Martineau [1752-1829] was surgeon to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital for over fifty years. He specialised in lithotomy and was renowned for his skill. His modifications of the technique of lateral lithotomy became known as 'the Norwich operation for the stone'. Harriet MARTINEAU Life in the sick-room. Essays. By an invalid. 2 ed. London: E. Moxon. 1844. Harriet Martineau [1802-76] suffered from ill-health for most of her life. This book was published anonymously in 1843 during the long illness from which she recovered apparently through mesmerism. Life in the sick-room was a great success (at first some thought the author was another famous invalid, Elizabeth Barrett) though its philosophy has nothing of the author's later positivism. Harriet Martineau wrote her Autobiography in 1855 expecting imminent death and lived for another 21 years. Harriet MARTINEAU Letters on mesmerism. New York: Harper. 1845. Spencer Timothy Hall first began treating Harriet Martineau with mesmerism in
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