Cases copied by James Lloyd from Mr. Steed, apothecary in Guy's Hospital, London, 1751-1787 (inclusive)


Autoria(s): Lloyd, James , 1728-1810
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1751

Resumo

Contains medical cases copied by James Lloyd (1728-1810), primarily between 1751 and 1754, from Mr. Steed, an apothecary at Guy's Hospital in London, England. The volume has additional medical cases dating from 1780 to 1787. Lloyd transcribed the names, ages, and symptoms of the patients, as well as the medicines and medical care delivered to them. The volume is divided into chapters based on the type of case, which included vision loss; fluor albus, or leucorrhoea; diabetes; and dysentery. There is also a letter pasted into the volume addressed to Dr. Brigham of the Boston Medical Library Association from Lloyd's great-grandson, dated 4 November 1887.

Title partially transcribed by cataloger from the volume.

Cases copied by James Lloyd from Mr. Steed, apothecary in Guy's Hospital, London, 1751-1787 (inclusive). B MS b142.2. Boston Medical Library, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard University, Boston, Mass

James Lloyd (1728-1810), honorary M.D., Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, worked as a surgeon’s assistant and studied medicine at Guy’s Hospital before returning to Boston in the mid 1750s to practice medicine.

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http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HMS.COUNT:25643844

http://ids.lib.harvard.edu/ids/view/53389420?width=150&height=150&usethumb=y

http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HMS.COUNT:25643844

http://colonialnorthamerican.library.harvard.edu/prod/cna/6219627

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

Countway Medicine

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