Published July, 2014
By Thomas Joseph Pettigrew
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The surgeon Thomas Pettigrew (1791-1865) was interested in all aspects of antiquity, and gained fame in London society through his mummy-unwrapping parties. His interest in the early history of medicine is evidenced by this work, published in 1844, which describes the various forms of superstition which medical science had always attracted.

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Published July, 2014
By Thomas Percival
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The physician and medical reformer Thomas Percival (1740-1804) saw the need for a code to guide doctor-patient relations. Based on Hippocratic and Christian principles, his highly influential code was published in 1803 and is considered the first modern formulation of medical ethics.

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Published July, 2014
By John Hall, T. J. Pettigrew and John A. Hall
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The surgeon John Hall, born 1529/30, published this work in 1565 as an appendix to his translation of a thirteenth-century surgical work. Hall was vociferously opposed to fraudulent medicine, and this work, edited by surgeon and antiquarian Thomas Pettigrew (1791-1865) and published in 1844, describes his struggles against quacks.

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Published April, 2014
By John Ayrton Paris
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The physician and author John Ayrton Paris (1785-1856) published this work on the significance of diet to health in 1826. After describing the physiology of the alimentary system and discussing the benefits and disadvantages of various foods and drinks, Paris suggests cures, including changes of lifestyle, for digestive illnesses.

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Published March, 2014
By J. G. Malcolmson
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Reissued here together are two medical works published in 1835 by John Grant Malcolmson (1803-44), a British surgeon based in India. His extended essays explore the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of beriberi (thiamine deficiency) and rheumatism, conditions which were widespread in Asia at the time.

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Published March, 2014
By Forbes Winslow and Lyttleton Stewart Forbes Winslow
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A controversial psychiatrist, known for his involvement in the Jack the Ripper case, Lyttelton Stewart Forbes Winslow (1844-1913) spent his entire life studying mental illness. Published in 1874, this is an enlightening but often disturbing insight into the institutional treatment of the mentally ill in the late nineteenth century.

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Published March, 2014
By Flora Murray
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At the outbreak of the First World War, Flora Murray (1869-1923) and her fellow suffragists laid down their banners and sought to aid the Allied war effort. Murray's 1920 account records her efforts to operate military hospitals staffed by women in Paris and London during the war.

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Published March, 2014
By Thomas Percival
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A physician and medical reformer, Thomas Percival (1740-1804) is most notable for his pioneering contribution to the formulation of medical ethics. This one-volume reissue brings together two volumes of his essays on a variety of medical subjects, notably public health, published in a revised second edition of 1772 and a follow-up collection of 1773.

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Published February, 2014
By Alfred A. Woodhull
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First published in 1890 and reissued here in its revised third edition of 1904, this practical textbook, based on lectures delivered at the US Infantry and Cavalry School, offers guidance on military hygiene for line officers, covering such topics as the selection of men, uniform design, and waste management.

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Published February, 2014
By Charles Alexander Gordon and Robert Coleman Eaton
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This joint reissue comprises two texts on military healthcare, providing instruction on the treatment of wounds and injuries common to soldiers, and advising on topics from malaria to drunkeness. Charles Gordon's 1873 manual precedes A Guide to Health for the Use of Soldiers by R. C. Eaton, first published in 1890.

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