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Death, Disease & Dissection: The Life of a Surgeon Apothecary 1750 - 1850

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Death, Disease & Dissection: The Life of a Surgeon Apothecary 1750 - 1850 - Grogan, Suzie
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Imagine performing surgery on a patient without anaesthetic, administering medicine that could kill or cure. Welcome to the world of the surgeon-apothecary...During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries significant changes occurred in medicine. New treatments were developed and medical training improved. Yet, with doctors' fees out of the reach of ordinary people, most relied on the advice of their local apothecary, among them, the poet John Keats, who worked at Guys Hospital in London. These men were the general ...

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Death, Disease & Dissection: The Life of a Surgeon Apothecary 1750 - 1850 2017, Pen & Sword History, Barnsley

ISBN-13: 9781473823532

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