Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1544

ROBERT JAMES GRAVES (1796-1853) Clinical lectures on the practice of medicine. Fannin 1848 2nd ed. Vol. I: xx, 586 pp.; Vol. II: xii, 570 pp. 22.3 cm.

For more information on this author or work, see number: 1541

Graves first published his System of clinical medicine in 1843, and it became an immediate success because it reflected his superior abilities as a teacher, observer, and writer. At the request of his publisher, he agreed to undertake a second edition of the book, and, after considerable revision and enlargement, the present work was published. Graves found himself so busy that he asked J. Moore Neligan (1815-1863), a faculty member at the Dublin School of Medicine, to edit the book. Neligan decided to rearrange the book and present its contents in the form of lectures which he felt more closely conformed to Graves' style of writing. Much new material was added to this edition, especially Graves' observations on the epidemiology of cholera. He was one of the first to clearly show that cholera was contagious and spread along the lines of human contact.

Cited references: Garrison-Morton 2218 (1st ed., 1843); Waller 3717 (1st ed.); Wellcome II, p. 150

Gift of John Martin, M.D.