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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

Biographies of Individuals

Exhibiting 100 entries found in the GMN corpus.

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1999 CEAmirdovlat Amasiatsi, a Fifteenth-Century Armenian Natural Historian and Physician.
VARDANYAN, Stella Armenaki (1934 – ) AMASIATSI, Amirdovlat (1420 – 1496)
1994 CEI Awaken to glory: Essays celebrating the sesquicentennial of the discovery of anesthesia by Horace Wells, December 11, 1844–December 11, 1994.
WOLFE, Richard J.
WOLFE, Richard J. MENCZER, Leonard F. (1917 – 1994)
2002 CE"Dearest G ...Yours WO." William Osler's letters from Egypt to Grace Revere Osler. Edited by Lawrence D. Long and Philip M. Teigen.
OSLER, Sir William (1849 – 1919)
OSLER, Sir William (1849 – 1919) LONGO, Lawrence D. (1926 – 2016) TEIGEN, Philip M.
1985 CEA bibliography of Edward Jenner, 1749-1823
JENNER, Edward (1749 – 1823)
JENNER, Edward (1749 – 1823) LEFANU, William Richard (1904 – 1995)
1781 CEA complete collection of the medical and philosophical works of John Fothergill. With an account of his life; and occasional notes, by John Elliot.
FOTHERGILL, John (1712 – 1780)
FOTHERGILL, John (1712 – 1780) ELLIOT, John (1747 – 1787)
1904 CEA group of distinguished physicians and surgeons of Chicago. A collection of biographical sketches of many of the eminent representatives, past and present, of the medical profession of Chicago.
SPERRY, F. M.
SPERRY, F. M.
1724 CEAn impartial history of Michael Servetus, burnt alive at Geneva for heresie.
SERVETUS, Michael [Miguel Serveto Conesa; also known as Miguel Servet, Miguel Serveto, Revés, or Michel de Villeneuve] (1511 – 1553) ANONYMOUS
1998 CEAnderson Ruffin Abbott: First Afro-Canadian doctor
ABBOTT, Anderson Ruffin (1837 – 1913)
ABBOTT, Anderson Ruffin (1837 – 1913)
1964 CEAndreas Vesalius of Brussels, 1514-1564.
O’MALLEY, Charles Donald (1907 – 1970)
VESALIUS, Andreas (1514 – 1564)
VESALIUS, Andreas (1514 – 1564)
1897 CEAudubon and his journals by Maria R. Audubon. With zoological and other notes by Elliott Coues. 2 vols.
AUDUBON, John James Laforest (1785 – 1851)
AUDUBON, John James Laforest (1785 – 1851)
COUES, Elliott Ladd (1842 – 1899)
COUES, Elliott Ladd (1842 – 1899) AUDUBON, Maria Rebecca (1843 – 1925)
2021 CEAugustin Cabanès (1862-1928): Clinicien de l'histoire ou vulgaire anecdotier?
CABANÈS, Augustin (1862 – 1928) HUTIN, Jean-François
1755 CEAuthentic memoirs of the life of Richard Mead. [By Matthew Maty]
MEAD, Richard (1673 – 1754)
MEAD, Richard (1673 – 1754)
MATY, Matthew (1718 – 1776)
MATY, Matthew (1718 – 1776)
1737 CE​–1738 CEBybel der Natuure door Jan Swammerdam, Amsteldammer...Biblia naturae; sive historia insectorum, in classes certas redacta, nec non exemplis, et anatomico variorum animalculorum examine, aeneisque tabulis illustrata. Insertis numerosis rariorum naturae observationibus. Omnia lingua Batava, auctori vernacula, conscripta. Accedit praefatio, in qu vitam auctoris descripsit Hermannus Boerhaave... Latinam versionem adscriptsit Hieronimus David Gaubius. 2 vols.
BOERHAAVE, Herman (1668 – 1738)
BOERHAAVE, Herman (1668 – 1738)
SWAMMERDAM, Jan (1637 – 1680)
SWAMMERDAM, Jan (1637 – 1680)
GAUBIUS, Hieronymus David (1705 – 1780)
GAUBIUS, Hieronymus David (1705 – 1780)
1995 CECharcot: Constructing neurology
CHARCOT, Jean Martin (1825 – 1893)
CHARCOT, Jean Martin (1825 – 1893) GELFAND, Toby (1942 – ) GOETZ, Christopher G. BONDUELLE, Michel
2007 CECharles Thomas Jackson: “The head behind the hands.” Applying science to implement discovery and invention in early nineteenth century America
WOLFE, Richard J.
WOLFE, Richard J.
JACKSON, Charles Thomas (1805 – 1880)
JACKSON, Charles Thomas (1805 – 1880)
PATTERSON, Richard
PATTERSON, Richard
2010 CEDeath defied: The anatomy lessons of Frederik Ruysch. Translated by Diane Webb.
RUYSCH, Frederik (1638 – 1731)
RUYSCH, Frederik (1638 – 1731) KOOIJMANS, Luuc
2019 CEDeer Leibarzt des Schah Jacob E. Polak 1818-1891. Eine west-östliche Lebensgeschichte.
POLAK, Jakob Eduard (1818 – 1891)
POLAK, Jakob Eduard (1818 – 1891) GÄCHTER, Afsaneh
1900 CEDisciples of Aesculapius, with a life of the author by his daughter, Mrs. George Martin. 2 vols.
RICHARDSON, Sir Benjamin Ward (1828 – 1896)
RICHARDSON, Sir Benjamin Ward (1828 – 1896)
1987 CEDoctor Dock: Teaching and learning medicine at the turn of the century
DOCK, George (1860 – 1951) DAVENPORT, Horace Willard (1913 – 2005)
1902 CEDominique Larrey et les compagnes de la révolution et de l'empire 1768-1842. Étude historique aux XVIIIe et XIXe siècles d'après documents inédits. Journal et agendas de compagnes. Notes manuscrites. Correspondance officielle et privée.
LARREY, Dominique Jean (1766 – 1842)
LARREY, Dominique Jean (1766 – 1842) TRIAIRE, Paul (1842 – 1912)
1937 CEDr. Bodo Otto and the medical background of the American revolution by James E. Gibson.
GIBSON, James Edgar OTTO, Bodo (1711 – 1787)
2006 CEDr. Franklin's medicine
FRANKLIN, Benjamin (1706 – 1790)
FRANKLIN, Benjamin (1706 – 1790) FINGER, Stanley
2014 CEDr. John Harvey Kellogg and the religion of biologic living.
KELLOGG, John Harvey (1852 – 1943)
KELLOGG, John Harvey (1852 – 1943)
WILSON, Brian C.
WILSON, Brian C.
1959 CEDr. Kelly of Hopkins: Surgeon, Scientist, Christian.
KELLY, Howard Atwood (1858 – 1943)
KELLY, Howard Atwood (1858 – 1943) DAVIS, Audrey B. ( – 2006)
1879 CEErasmus Darwin. By Ernst Krause. Translated from the German by W. S. Dallas. With a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin.
DARWIN, Erasmus (1731 – 1802)
DARWIN, Erasmus (1731 – 1802)
DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809 – 1882)
DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809 – 1882)
KRAUSE, Ernst (1839 – 1903)
KRAUSE, Ernst (1839 – 1903) DALLAS, William Sweetland (1824 – 1890)
1747 CEEssai sur la caractére du grand medecin ou eloge critique de Mr. Herman Boerhaave [By Michael Maty].
BOERHAAVE, Herman (1668 – 1738)
BOERHAAVE, Herman (1668 – 1738) MATY, Michel
1841 CEÉtudes sur André Vésale: Précédées d'une notice historique sur sa vie et ses écrits.
VESALIUS, Andreas (1514 – 1564)
VESALIUS, Andreas (1514 – 1564) BURGGRAEVE, Adolphe (1806 – 1902)
1982 CEFitzpatrick's Rafinesque: A sketch of his life with bibliography [of his writings]. Revised and enlarged by Charles Boewe.
RAFINESQUE, Constantine Samuel (1783 – 1840)
RAFINESQUE, Constantine Samuel (1783 – 1840)
FITZPATRICK, T. J.
FITZPATRICK, T. J. BOEWE, Charles Ernest (1924 – 2016)
2019 CEFranz Joseph Gall: Naturalist of the mind, visionary of the brain
GALL, Franz Joseph (1758 – 1828)
GALL, Franz Joseph (1758 – 1828) FINGER, Stanley ELING, Paulus Alphons Theresia Maria (Paul) (1951 – )
2023 CEFreud's antiquity: Object / Idea / Desire. Exhibition catalogue 25/02/2023 -16/07/2023. Edited by Richard Armstrong, Miriam Leonard, Daniel Orrells, Tom DeRose & Karolina Heller.
FREUD, Sigmund (1856 – 1939)
FREUD, Sigmund (1856 – 1939)
2009 CEFritz Kahn: Man machine / Maschine Mensch.
DEBSCHITZ, Uta von DEBSCHITZ, Thilo von
2013 CEFritz Kahn.
DEBSCHITZ, Uta von DEBSCHITZ, Thilo von
1969 CEGandhi's truth: On the origins of militant nonviolence.
ERIKSON, Erik Homburger (1902 – 1994)
ERIKSON, Erik Homburger (1902 – 1994)
2007 CEGustaf Retzius: A Biography by Thomas Lindblad. With special contributions by Gunnar Grant, Björn Afzelius, Olle Johansson & Markku Virtanen, Helge Rask-Andersen, Torstein Sjøvold. Editor: Ove Hagelin.
RETZIUS, Magnus Gustaf (1842 – 1919) LINDBLAD, Thomas
1946 CEHarvey Cushing: A biography.
FULTON, John Farquhar (1899 – 1960)
CUSHING, Harvey Williams (1869 – 1939)
CUSHING, Harvey Williams (1869 – 1939)
2007 CEHarvey Cushing: A life in surgery.
CUSHING, Harvey Williams (1869 – 1939)
CUSHING, Harvey Williams (1869 – 1939) BLISS, Michael John William (1941 – 2017)
1727 CEHistoria Michaelis Serveti Quam praeside Io. Laur. Mosheimio...auctor Henricus ab Allwoerden.
SERVETUS, Michael [Miguel Serveto Conesa; also known as Miguel Servet, Miguel Serveto, Revés, or Michel de Villeneuve] (1511 – 1553)
MOSHEIM, Johann Lorenz von (1693 – 1755)
MOSHEIM, Johann Lorenz von (1693 – 1755) ALLWOERDEN, Heinrich von (1703 – )
1915 CEJohn Shaw Billings: A memoir.
GARRISON, Fielding Hudson (1870 – 1935)
GARRISON, Fielding Hudson (1870 – 1935)
BILLINGS, John Shaw (1838 – 1913)
BILLINGS, John Shaw (1838 – 1913)
1958 CEJohn Wesley among the physicians: A study of eighteenth-century medicine.
HILL, A. Wesley
HILL, A. Wesley
2010 CEJoseph Hooker Correspondence Project. Digitising the personal and scientific correspondence of the 19th century botanist and explorer Joseph Hooker.
HOOKER, Sir Joseph Dalton (1817 – 1911)
HOOKER, Sir Joseph Dalton (1817 – 1911)
2003 CELa medicina en el exilio republicano.
GUERRA PÉREZ-CARRAL, Francisco (1916 – 2011)
1691 CELe vie de monsieur Descartes. [par Adrien Baillet].
DESCARTES, René (1596 – 1650)
DESCARTES, René (1596 – 1650)
BAILLET, Adrien (1649 – 1706)
BAILLET, Adrien (1649 – 1706)
1902 CELife and correspondence of Henry Ingersoll Bowditch by his son, Vincent Y. Bowditch. 2 vols.
BOWDITCH, Henry Ingersoll (1808 – 1892)
BOWDITCH, Henry Ingersoll (1808 – 1892) BOWDITCH, Vincent Yardley (1852 – 1929)
2012 CELincoln and medicine.
SCHROEDER-LEIN, Glenna R. (1951 – )
1907 CELiteratura medicală românească; biografii si bibliografie.
CRAINICIANU, Gheorghe (1853 – )
1938 CEMadam Curie par Ève Curie.
CURIE, Marie Sklodowska (1867 – 1934)
CURIE, Marie Sklodowska (1867 – 1934) CURIE LOUISSE, Ève Denise (1904 – 2007)
1966 CEMarcello Malpighi and the evolution of embryology. 5 vols.
MALPIGHI, Marcello (1628 – 1694)
MALPIGHI, Marcello (1628 – 1694) ADELMANN, Howard Bernhardt (1898 – 1988)
1991 CEMax Brödel, The man who put art into medicine
BRÖDEL, Max (1870 – 1941) CROSBY, Ranice W. (1915 – 2007) CODY, John (1925 – 2016)
1920 CE​–1924 CEMcGill Library. William Osler Letter Index.
OSLER, Sir William (1849 – 1919)
OSLER, Sir William (1849 – 1919) OSLER LIBRARY OF THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE
2005 CEMedicine and magic in Elizabethan London. Simon Forman: Astrologer, alchemist, and physician
FORMAN, Simon (1552 – 1611)
FORMAN, Simon (1552 – 1611) KASSELL, Lauren