Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. xiv, 236 pages : illustrations; 22 cm

Alternative title

1. Edinburgh Royal Infirmary in the 1840s

Subject

1. Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh > History
2. Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
3. 1800-1899
4. Hospitals > Scotland > Edinburgh > History > 19th century
5. Hospitals, Voluntary > history
6. History, 19th Century
7. Patient Care > history
8. Hospitals
9. Ziekenhuizen
10. Scotland > History > 19th century
11. Scotland
12. Scotland > Edinburgh

Genre/Form

1. History.

Contents

1. A Note on the Prescriptions -- 1. The Layout of the Infirmary with a note on its history -- 2. Nursing in the Royal Infirmary -- 3. The Board of Management -- 4. One of the Surgeons -- 5. Two Matrons -- Unusual Cases from the Journals: I -- 6. Ague -- 7. Controlling the Junior Doctors -- 8. Edinburgh and the Beginning of Anaesthesia -- 9. One of the Physicians -- 10. 'A Disease almost Unknown in these Parts ...' -- Unusual Cases from the Journals: II -- 11. Poverty in Edinburgh -- 12. The Fever Epidemics -- 13. Logistical Problems of the Fever Epidemics -- 14. Funding the Infirmary in the Fever Years -- 15. W. T. Gairdner, Pathologist and Physician -- Unusual Cases from the Journals: III -- 16. Edinburgh and the Medical Press -- 17. A very rare Disease -- 18. The Infirmary and the Railways -- 19. Cupping, Leeching and other Activities -- 20. Smallpox and Measles -- Unusual Cases from the Journals: IV -- 21. The Infirmary and Trauma -- 22. The Infirmary and the Horse -- 23. The Infirmary and the Fishing Industry -- 24. Another Surgeon -- 25. A Success Story -- Unusual Cases from the Journals: V -- 26. Four Eye Cases -- 27. The Pox -- 28. The Terrible Case of David Brown.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-235).