Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1124.5

BENJAMIN WATERHOUSE (1754-1846) A synopsis of a course of lectures, on the theory and practice of medicine. In four parts. : Part the first. Printed by Adams and Nourse 1786 1st edition x, 44 pages, 2 unnumbered pages 21 cm

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Waterhouse taught at Cambridge and was a lecturer in natural history at the College of Rhode Island, teaching not just on medicine but also botany and geology. This is the first part of a collection of some of those lectures. It gives a “history of science in general, and medicine in particular”, with an outline of famous physicians, Linnaeus’ system of classification, parts of the body and their processes, and a note on animals.

Cited references: Austin #2015; NLM 18th century (p. 482)

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