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Volume 3 - July 1959

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A History of Public HealthGeorge Rosen. New York: M.D. Publications, Inc., 1958; pp. 551. $5.75.

Paracelsus—An Introduction to Philosophical Medicine in the Era of the Renaissance. Walter Pagel. Basle/New York: S. Karger, 1958; PP. xii+368. Illustrated. Swiss francs 70.

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First Dickinson Memorial Lecture

Society Reports

The Osler Club of London

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The Circulation of the Blood. Two Anatomical Essays by William Harvey, together with nine letters written by him. The whole translated from the Latin and slightly annotated by Kenneth J. Franklin. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1958; pp. xidii, 184. 22S. 6d.

Shakespeare and MedicineR. R. Simpson. Edinburgh and London: E. ' S. Livingstone Ltd., 1959; pp. Viii+267. 25S.

Medicine and the Navy. J. J. Keevil Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone Ltd., 1957 –8; Vol. I, 1200–1649. Vol. 2, 1649–1714. PP. viii, 255; xii, 332. Illustrated. 40s. per volume.

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Cambridge University History of Medicine Society

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Charles Dickens and His Family. A Sympathetic Study. By W. H. Bowen Privately printed by W. Heffer and Sons, LimitedCambridge, 1956; pp. 182 21s.

Essays in Eponymy: Obstetric and Gynecologic Milestones. Harold Speert M.D. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1958; PP. ix, 700. Illustrated. $I5.

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An Early Description of Huntington's Chorea

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“On Ageing and Old Age. Basic Problems and Historic Aspects of Gerontology and Geriatrics”. M. D. Grmek. Monographie Biological, vol. v. No. 2. 18 December 1958.

Sherrington, Physiologist, Philosopher, and Poet. Lord Cohen of Birkenhead. Liverpool: University Press, 1958; pp. 108. Illustrated. 17S. 6d.

Milestones in Moderm Surgery. Alfred Hurwitz and George A. Degensheim. London: Cassell & Co. Ltd, 1958; PP. xvii. + 520. Illustrated. £5 12s. 6d.

John Wesley among the Physicians: A Study of Eighteenth-century Medicine. A. Wesley Hill London: Epworth Press, 1958; PP. 135. 10s. 6d. net.

Human Dissection. Its Drama and Struggle. A. M. LassekM.D., PH.D. Department of Anatomy, Boston University School of Medicine, Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1958; PP. x, 310. Illustrated. 50s.

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Notes on Contributors

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Amid Masters of Twentieth-Century Medicine. Leonard G. Rowntree. Springfield, Ill.: C. C. Thomas; Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1958; pp. 684. 87s. 6d. Most people would agree that an illustrated history book is much more valuable than one consisting only of text.

Chronik der Kinderheilkunde. Albrecht Peiper. Leipzig: Georg Thieme, 1958; pp. 527. Illustrated. D.M. 51.20.

A Histoty of Medicine. Revised Edition with Supplement. Douglas Guthrie. London and Edinburgh: Thomas Nelson ' Sons Ltd., 1958; pp. xvi+464. 42S.

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