Discoveries in science by the medical philosopher : An oration delivered on the ninety-sixth anniversary of the Medical society of London, Monday, March 8th, 1869 / by Sir G. Duncan Gibb, bart.

  • Gibb, G. Duncan (George Duncan), Sir, 1821-1876.
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1869
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Credit: Discoveries in science by the medical philosopher : An oration delivered on the ninety-sixth anniversary of the Medical society of London, Monday, March 8th, 1869 / by Sir G. Duncan Gibb, bart. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Joints; and has published seven parts of his work on Clinical Surgery full of original obser¬ vation. Dr. Camps is well known for his re¬ searches into Nervous diseases, and is one of our highest authorities on that important class of maladies. Dr. Chowne was my predecessor in this chair in 1846, and among many other sub¬ jects, contributed a memoir to the Royal Society in 1855 on the Movement of Atmospheric Air in Tubes; and another on the Relative Forces of Aqueous Vapour in producing currents of Air in Vertical Tubes in 1860. Dr. Andrew Clark has devoted much attention to the Anatomy and Diseases of the Lungs. Dr. Cockle, a gifted writer on Aneurism and Diseases of the Heart, full of original research, is one of our first au¬ thorities on those subjects. Weeden Cooke has shown us the Allies and Counterfeits of Cancer. Dr. Cotton received the Fothergillian gold medal for his essay on Consumption, a subject which he has made his own. Walter Coidson has pointed out the importance of early resort to Lithotrity in Stone in the Bladder; and his relative William Coulson has long been one of our highest authorities on Diseases of the Bladder