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The Healers
A History of Medicine in Scotland by David Hamilton
ISBN: 9781841830513
Imprint: Mercat
Publication Date: Jul 2003
Format: Paperback
Price: £10.99
Stock Status: in stock
’His account is masterful… essential reading… likely to remain the standard short work on Scottish medical history.’--Medical History
A new edition of the bestselling history. Written for the general reader, it tells the inspiring but occasionally gruesome story of medicine in Scotland up to the present day—from the early efforts of folk healers and medieval institutions like Soutra Hospital, through to the 19th century when bodysnatching was rife, an age when doctors like Joseph Lister, David Livingstone and James Simpson made Scottish medicine world-famous.
David Hamilton was, until he retired in 2005, a transplant surgeon in Glasgow. He now teaches medical history in St Andrews University. As well as medicine, his great passion is golf, and he is the author of many books on the subject and runs his own small publishing press specialising in golf history titles. He is the author of The Scottish Golf Guide, also published by Birlinn.
ISBN: 9781841588636
Author: George Rosie
Format: PB
Price: £9.99
Stock Status: in stock
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