| Editor | Andrews, William, 1848-1908 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. |
| Contents | Barber-surgeons / William Andrews -- Touching for the king's evil / William Andrews -- Visiting patients -- Assaying meat and drink / William Andrews -- The gold-headed cane / Tom Robinson -- Magic and medicine / Cuming Walters -- Chaucer's doctor of physic / W.H. Thompson -- The doctors Shakespeare knew / A.H. Wall -- Dickens' doctors / Thomas Frost -- Famous literary doctors / Cuming Walters -- The "Doctor" in time of pestilence / William E.A. Axon -- Mountebanks and medicine / Thomas Frost -- The strange story of the fight with the small-pox / Thomas Frost -- Burkers and body-snatchers / Thomas Frost -- Reminiscences of the cholera / Thomas Frost -- Some old doctors / Mrs. G. Linnæus Banks -- The lee penny -- How our fathers were physicked / J.A. Langford -- Medical folk-lore / John Nicholson -- Of physicians and their fees, with some personal reminiscences / Andrew James Symington. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | R: Medicine |
| Subject | Physicians |
| Subject | Physicians in literature |
| Subject | Literature and medicine |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 39514 |
| Release Date | Apr 23, 2012 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 29 downloads in the last 30 days. |
| Price | $0.00 |
