Medical dictionary entitled "A Dictionary of Medicine Including General Pathology , General Therapeutics, Hygiene, and the Diseases Peculiar to Women and Children"; hardcover book bound in light brown leather; white pages printed with black ink; list of D. Appleton and Company publications at back;…
Medical dictionary entitled "A Dictionary of Medicine Including General Pathology , General Therapeutics, Hygiene, and the Diseases Peculiar to Women and Children"; hardcover book bound in light brown leather; white pages printed with black ink; list of D. Appleton and Company publications at back; 1816 pages
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Donated by Dean Barry Smith, Faculty of Medicine, Queen's University
Handwritten in ink on second page: "S.H. Thorne // RCPS Kingston // 85 - 6"; printed inside: "A // DICTIONARY OF MEDICINE // INCLUDING // GENERAL PATHOLOGY, GENERAL THERAPEUTICS, // HYGIENE, AND THE DISEASES PECULIAR // TO WOMEN AND CHILDREN // BY VARIOUS WRITERS // EDITED BY // RICHARD QUAIN, M.D., F.R.S. // FELLOW AND LATE SENIOR CENSOR OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS; MEMBER OF THE SENATE OF // THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON; MEMBER OF THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF MEDICAL EDUCATION // AND REGISTRATION; CONSULTING PHYSICIAN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR CON- // SUMPTION AND DISEASES OF THE CHEST AT BROMPTON, ETC. // NINTH EDITION. // NEW YORK // D. APPLETON AND COMPANY // 1, 3 AND 5 BOND STREET // 1885"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-3
Dimension Notes
Length 25.2 cm x Width 16.8 cm x Depth 11.5 cm
Condition Remarks
Leather is deteriorating, especially on corners; a piece of leather has ripped and is hinged on top part of spine; spine has detached completely; pages are discoloured; dark spots and edges present on inside cover and first four pages; scratches all over spine and front and back cover; pages xvii, xviii and 1 have detached from spine and are loose in book
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Internet
JPG
Reference Comments
"Royal College of Physicians" website, 2009, March 23, 2011
Research Facts
Richard Quain was born in 1816 and died in 1898; best remembered for editing A Dictionary of Medicine; honours accorded to Quain were election as an FRS in 1871, appointment as Physician-Extraordinary to the Queen in 1890, and the grant of a baronetcy in 1891
Exhibit History
On exhibit in the Friend-Vandewater Gallery in Botterell Hall, Queen's University; removed January 27, 2010