Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1748

OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES (1809-1894) Currents and counter-currents in medical science. With other addresses and essays. Ticknor and Fields 1861 ix [1] 406 pp. 19.1 cm.

For more information on this author or work, see number: 1742

This collection of essays and lectures are good examples of Holmes' subjects and style: "Homeopathy, and its kindred delusions," "The position and prospects of the medical student," and "Mechanism of vital actions"; this last had appeared in the North American review for April, 1857.

Cited references: Cushing H4111; Osler 2992; Waller 4849

Gift of Robert N. Larimer, M.D