Author: PECK, THOMAS WHITMORE
Title: William Withering of Birmingham
Description: Bristol : John Wright & Sons 1950. First Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong. Provenance; library marks remain from the Birmingham Medical Institute. Physical description; viii. 239 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-216) and index. Contents; 1. Introductions -- Dr Withering comes to Birmingham -- The Old Square -- Industry and enterprise -- 3. Beginnings -- The name Withering -- Ancestry -- Edmund Witherings. Apothecary -- 3. Training -- Wellington -- Edinburgh -- The graduate -- 4. The young physician -- Stafford -- The botany -- 5. An account of the foxglove -- 6. The general hospital -- 7. Medical practice -- The case of Mrs Gresley -- The case of Mrs Houlston -- 8. Interests -- The Lunar society -- Chemistry -- Interests and experiments -- Stonehenge -- 9. Property -- Edgbaston Hall -- The Larches -- 10. The riots of 1791 -- 11. Tuberculosis -- Appendix: Family trees. Subjects; Withering. William (1741-1799). Withering. William (1741-1799) — Studies. Physicians — Great Britain — Biography. Botanists — Great Britain — Biography. Physicians — Biography. History of Medicine. History. 18th Century. Botany — Great Britain — History. Chemists — Great Britain — Biography. Foxgloves — Therapeutic use. Genre; Biography. Weight in Kg appr.:

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