Hermippus
Redivivus
OR, The Sages Triumph over Old Age and the Grave, wherein, A Method is
laid down for Prolonging the Life and Vigour of Man. (1744) (pdf)
Birth of
the NHS Service in Scotland
How the NHS came into being in Scotland is a story that isn't widely
known. It had its own strong and distinctively Scottish roots well
before 1948.
Domestic
Medicine
Or a Treatise on the Prevention and Cure of Diseases by Regimen and
Simple Medicines with an Appendix containing a dispensatory for the
use of Private Practitioners by William Buchan M.D. Fellow of the
Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh. (1789).(pdf)
Victorian
Pharmacy
Victorian Pharmacy is a historical documentary TV series in four parts,
first shown on BBC Two in July 2010.
James Copland
And his Dictionary of Practical Medicine
History of Scottish Medicine
By John D. Comrie (1932) in 2 volumes Volume 1 |
Volume 2
Domestic Medicine and Hygiene
Being a short account of the most common diseases, their causes and treatment, written in plain language by William J. Russell, M.B. (1878) (pdf)
Speech by the Right
Hon, Sir Lyon Playfair, K.C.B.
Member for the Universities of Edinburgh and St. Andrews, on the Medical
Act Amendment Bill, Delivered on the Second Reading, in the House of
Commons, on 22d June 1884. (pdf)
Jubilee
Chronicon
A Valedictory Address delivered on the occasion of retiring from the
Chair of the Medico-Chirurgical Society on 7th January 1875 by P. D.
Handyside, M.D. (pdf)
Herbal Remedies
By Andrew Chevallier. The last decade has seen a rapid increase in the
publication of books on herbal medicine. However, it is rare to find
one, such as this, that incorporates details of over-the-counter
remedies, written for the general public by a practicing herbal
practitioner. Andrew Chevallier brings to this book years of experience
in clinical practice and book authorship (he is the author of the
Encyclopaedia of Medicinal Plants, also published by Dorling
Kindersley). Andrew is a well-known and respected member of the herbal
fraternity in the UK, having been in the past President of the National
Institute of Medical Herbalists (2007) (pdf)
Caledonian Medical Journal
Including an article on Old Gaelic medical manuscripts By Dr. MacKay
(1904) (pdf)
Address of
John Marshall, F.R.S.
President of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London at the
Annual Meeting, March 1st, 1883 (pdf)
The
Physicians's Wife
And the things that pertain to her Life by Ellen M. Firebaugh (1894) (pdf)
The Sick
Man's Friend
Being a plain, practical medical work designed for the use of families
and individuals on vegetable, or botanical principles: in four parts by
Peter Elkins Sanborn (1836) (pdf)
A Scotch
Insane Asylum
By Dr. John Fraser of the Fife and Kinross District Lunatic Asylum,
Cupar, Fife, Scotland, January 28,1875.(pdf)
The
Caledonian Medical Journal
Edited by W. A. MacNaughton, M.A., M.D., D.P.B and Andrerw Little, M.B.
C.M. (1904) (pdf)
Contains notes on old Gaelic Medical
Manuscripts.
Life of Dr.
John Reid
Late Chandos Professor of Anatomy and Medicine in the University of St.
Andrews by George Wilson, M.D., Author of the "Life and Works of the
Hon. Henry Cavendish". (1852) (pdf)
Girdles
Their Origin and Development, particularly with regard to their Use as
Charms in Medicine, Marriage, and Midwifery by Walter J. Dilling, M.B.,
Ch.B., Lecturer in Pharmacology, Aberdeen University (1914) (pdf)
The Quarterly Journal of
Agriculture
Statistical observations on the Health of the labouring population of
the District of Kelso, in two decennial periods, from 1777 to 1787, and
from 1829 to 1839 by Charles Wilson, M.D., Corresponding Member of the
Medical Society of London, &c., Surgeon to the Kelso Dispensary. (pdf)
The
Household Physician
A Family Guide to the preservation of health and the domestic treatment
of ailments and desease, with chapters on food and drugs, and first aid
in accidents and injuries by J. M‘Gregor-Robertson, M.A., M.B.,
C.M.(Honours), F.F.P.S.G., F.R.S.(Ed.) Formerly Lecturer on Physiology
in the University of Glasgow, with an introductory note by John G.
M‘Kendrick, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S., Emeritus Professor of the Institutes of
Medicine, Glasgow University (1898) (pdf)
Arrana
Fairfariana Manuscripta
A manuscript volume of Apothecaries' Lore and Housewifery nearly three
centuries old, used, and partly written by the Faifax Family (1890)
(pdf)
The
Henderson Trust Reports
At a meeting held on the 6th March, 1905, the Trustees of William Ramsay
Henderson, Esq. of Warriston and Eildon Hall, resolved to devote a
portion of the funds at their disposal to the collection of facts likely
to be useful in the study of Anthropology, having reference especially
to the cranial conformation of man, to the size and configuration of the
brain and larger nervous centres, and to other kindred subjects, and to
publish from time to time the records of such collections of facts under
the designation of The Henderson Trust Reports. (pdf)
Designed to
Care
Renewing the National Health Service in Scotland presented to Parliament
by the Secretary of State for Scotland by Command of Her Majesty
December 1997 (pdf)
The
Northern Journal of Medicine
Monthly Survey of the progress of Medicine at home and abroad edited by
William Seller, M.D., and T. Lindley, M.D., with the assistance of a
body of gentlemen engaged in the practice and teaching of medicine.
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