Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1580

GABRIEL ANDRAL (1797-1876) Clinique médicale. Crochard 1839-1840 4th ed. 20.5 cm.

Andral was the founder of the science of hematology and is credited with the integration of that science into clinical and investigative medicine. A close friend and colleague of Pierre Louis (see No. 1438 ff.), Andral supported his numerical method of case study and assisted in the campaign against bloodletting. Andral's powers of persuasion, his vigorous style of writing, and his skill at lecturing contributed significantly to his tremendous influence on European medicine. The first volume of the first edition of Clinique médicale was begun while Andral was still a medical student and was first published in 1823. As a treatise on general medicine, it is representative of the best medical practices of the day.

See Related Record(s): 1438

Cited references: Waller 405; Wellcome II, p. 43

Gift of John Martin, M.D.