Author: Simon, John
Title: General Pathology, As Conductive To The Establishment Of Rational Principles For The Diagnosis And Treatment Of Disease ; A Course Of Lectures Delivered At St Thomas's Hospital, During The Summer Session Of 1850
Description: Henry Renshaw, 356 Strand., 1850, 1st edition. Original blind stamped cloth, G+. xii+288pp, cloth rubbed along the edges, particularly to the spine where there are a few small chips & the cloth is rubbed through in places, Ex Library ( Royal College of Surgeons Ireland ) with their ink stamp to the title and repeated in several places through the book to the page margins, a fair copy. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ A series of 12 lectures by Sir John Simon [ 1816 - 1904 ] who as medical officer of health to the sewers commission of the City of London was one of the leading voices in improving public sanitation & health in the city. 'He was similarly well-respected as a lecturer in the relatively new science of pathology, and known for the thoroughness with which he kept abreast of continental work' (ODNB). The lectures are on Blood in Disease, Irregularities in the Distribution of Blood, Irregular Growth, Tumours, Scrofula, Evacuative Medicine etc etc.

Keywords: medicine, health, pathology, surgery