Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1452

RICHARD BRIGHT (1789-1858) Elements of the practice of medicine. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans 1839 [9] 613 pp. 21.5 cm.

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This joint undertaking by two of the most famous physicians in nineteenth-century Europe is quite scarce. It was intended as a "work at once elementary and practical to which [teachers] might refer their pupils as a companion and assistant during the period of their studies" (from the Preface). More than sixty separate diseases and conditions are described, each accompanied by a lucid account of its history, causes, prognosis, diagnosis, and treatment. Though the style is obviously dated, the descriptions of many of the diseases excel in accuracy and conciseness. Originally issued in three parts from 1836 to 1839, the work is here complete in one volume. An intended second volume was never published.

Cited references: Garrison-Morton 2215; Wellcome II, p. 239