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Biographical Memoirs of Medicine in Great Britain

From the Revival of Literature to the Time of Harvey

John Aikin author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:4th Dec '14

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First published in 1780, this absorbing book considers the lives and works of Britain's early medical writers, surgeons and physicians.

Published in 1780, this absorbing work by the physician and writer John Aikin (1747–1822) considers the key personalities of British medical history between the thirteenth and seventeenth centuries. Aikin presents details on the lives, works and quirks of more than fifty early medical writers, surgeons and physicians.In this absorbing work of medical history, the physician and writer John Aikin (1747–1822) brings together biographical information on a selection of Britain's early medics, shedding light on the lives, works and quirks of more than fifty medical writers, surgeons and physicians between the thirteenth and seventeenth centuries. Outlining the roles played by major figures in the great medical advances that marked this period, the book was first published in 1780, prior to Aikin's move to Great Yarmouth in 1784 to practise medicine. However, his political beliefs and dissenting views regarding the Church of England contributed to his unpopularity in the area, prompting his move to London and greater literary freedom. Over the years, he produced a broad range of published works, including his historically valuable Description of the Country from Thirty to Forty Miles Round Manchester (1795), which is also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection.

ISBN: 9781108075947

Dimensions: 216mm x 140mm x 21mm

Weight: 470g

366 pages