Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 999.5

G. (GEORGE) MOTHERBY (1732-1793) A new medical dictionary, or, General repository of physic: containing an explanation of the terms, and a description of the various particulars relating to anatomy, physiology, physic, surgery, materia medica, chemistry. Printed for J. Johnson 1785 2nd edition. vi, [716] p., xxvi leaves of plates. 35 cm.

A graduate of King’s College in Aberdeen, Motherby practiced medicine in Königsberg where he became renowned for his work in smallpox vaccination. This is a second edition copy of his highly regarded New Medical Dictionary.

Cited references: Waller, 6706; Wellcome IV, p. 188