Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1383

SIR BENJAMIN COLLINS BRODIE (1783-1862) Pathological and surgical observations on diseases of the joints. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown 1818 vii, 329 pp., 6 plates (2 col.). 22.9 cm.

A pupil of Everard Home (see No. 1148 ff.), Brodie lectured at the Great Windmill Street School for eight years before his appointment as surgeon at St. George's Hospital. His pioneering work in surgical techniques soon propelled him to the peak of his profession where, for over thirty years, he remained one of England's best-known physicians. He made contributions in a variety of areas including experimental physiology, pathological anatomy, surgery, digestion, and articular diseases. A tactful, self-effacing man, Brodie endeared himself to both colleagues and patients. Brodie's treatise on diseases of the joints is his most important work and includes pathological observations and case studies on inflammation (including Brodie's abscess), ulceration, and tumors of the joints. The text is supplemented by six plates, two of which are in color.

See Related Record(s): 1148

Cited references: Cushing B690 (1842 ed.); Garrison-Morton 4311; Wellcome II, p. 243

Gift of John Martin, M.D.