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A list of books by some of the old masters of medicine and surgery together with books on the history of medicine and on medical biography in the poss

A list of books by some of the old masters of medicine and surgery together with books on the history of medicine and on medical biography in the poss

Stephen Pilcher, Lewis

Paperback

Medical ReferenceQuotationsGeneral World History

ISBN10: 935370426X
ISBN13: 9789353704261
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: May 20 2019
Pages: 214
Weight: 0.61
Height: 0.49 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Step into the private shelves of a surgeon-scholar and discover how the medical canon was built. A library in one volume. Lewis Stephen Pilcher gathers, describes, and contextualises the works he owned: an antiquarian medical book catalog and annotated medical bibliography that ranges from classic surgery texts to the most essential history of medicine sources. With biographical and bibliographical notes and reproductions of notable title pages, it offers a practical medical bibliography reference as well as an absorbing portrait of taste, training, and intellectual lineage. You will meet the giants by their books: Hippocrates, Galen, Vesalius, and the watershed William Harvey writings, alongside later milestones in early modern medicine and renaissance medical classics. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. For medical history researchers, it is a map to authoritative editions and a springboard for further reading in medical biography bibliography and institutional collections. For librarians and curators, it supports library collection development with clear signposts to landmark texts. For the curious general reader, it is an invitation to browse centuries of experiment, argument, and healing - and to understand why certain books became foundational. More than a simple list, Pilcher's catalogue stands as a record of medical culture and the continuing fascination of the written cure. Collectors of medical printing will value its authority, and its glimpse of rarities that shaped practice.

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