The diary of a surgeon in the year 1751-1752 / by John Knyveton, licentiate of the Society of apothecaries; doctor of medicine of the University of Aberdeen; teacher of mid-wifery to & man mid-wife in Infirmary hall; surgeon's mate, H.M.S. Lancaster ; edited & transcribed by Ernest Gray.

  • Gray, Ernest A. (Ernest Alfred), 1908-
Date:
1937
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Publication/Creation

New York ; London : D. Appleton-Century company, incorporated, 1937.

Physical description

xiv, 322 pages including frontispiece : plates ; 21 cm

Notes

A fictitious diary.
"The material ... was taken from journals and diaries of that period ... [and] represents a composite picture rather than the actual writings of a surgeon of the 18th century"--Publisher's letter.
Copy 1 Note: Formerly in the TRO (H) collection

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  • Copy 1

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    Closed stores

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  • Copy 2

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    BZP (Knyveton)

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