Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xx, 675 pages)
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digital, PDF file(s)
ISBN:
9781316034828
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. History of medicine
Uniform Title:
Works Selections
Content:
The surgeon and anatomist John Hunter (1728–93) left a famous legacy in the Hunterian Museum of medical specimens now in the Royal College of Surgeons, and in this collection of his writings, edited by James Palmer, with a biography by Drewry Ottley, published between 1835 and 1837. The first four volumes are of text, and the larger Volume 5 contains plates. Hunter had begun his career as a demonstrator in the anatomy classes of his brother William, before qualifying as a surgeon. He regarded surgery as evidence of failure - the mutilation of a patient who could not be cured by other means - and his studies of anatomy and natural history were driven by his belief that it was necessary to understand the normal physiological processes before attempting to cure the abnormal ones. Volume 3 discusses blood and the vascular system, wounds (especially those suffered in war), and infection
Note:
Originally published in London by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman in 1837
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781108079594
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781108079594
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781316034828
