Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1348

RICHARD CARMICHAEL (1779-1849) An essay on venereal diseases, and the uses and abuses of mercury in their treatment. J. Dobson and A. Sherman 1825 xiii, 360 pp. 21.5 cm.

Carmichael was one of the most active physicians in Ireland, holding a number of posts at various hospitals and medical schools, including the Richmond Hospital School of Medicine which he helped found. A strong advocate of professional education for physicians, Carmichael sought rigorous standards for physicians and the separation of pharmacy from medicine and surgery. The present work is one of several which Carmichael wrote on venereal diseases. He made several improvements in treatment, most notably in the administration of mercury.

Cited references: Austin 417 (1817 ed.); Wellcome II, p. 302 (London ed., 1825)