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Royal poxes and potions : the lives of court physicians, surgeons and apothecaries / Raymond Lamont-Brown.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lamont-Brown, Raymond, 1939-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medicine--Great Britain--History.
- Medicine.
- Physicians.
- History.
- Great Britain.
- Physicians--Great Britain--History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 306 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Stroud : Sutton, 2001.
- Summary:
- This book looks at the role of the royal doctor from the time of George I to the present day. It includes the drama of George II and his madness, Sir Frederick Treves who was involved with the "Elephant Man" Joseph Merrick, and Sir William Gull who remains a suspect in the Jack the Ripper case.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [295]-300) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0750925132
- OCLC:
- 48214958
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