Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1277

ROBERT HOOPER (1773-1835) The surgeon's vade-mecum. E. F. Backus, E. and E. Hosford, printers [1813] xiii [2] 275 [9] pp. 17.2 cm.

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Hooper gave private lectures on medicine at his home for many years and attracted many students. He was also interested in pathological anatomy, collected many specimens, and published on the subject. His medical dictionary and Physician's Vade Mecum were his most popular works. The present book was intended as a companion to similar works he had published for anatomists and physicians. It was first published anonymously at London in 1809 and Hooper's name does not appear anywhere in the book. In the Preface he tells us that "The definition of every disease is first given. The various causes by which it is produced immediately follow. The diagnostick and prognostick symptoms precede the cure, which contains the modern and most approved methods of operating, and the best remedies" (p. [vii]).

Cited references: Austin 944; Wellcome III, p. 298 (2nd London ed., 1814)

Gift of H. C. Bulis and A. F. Barfoot