Borderlands : essays on literature and medicine in honour of J.B. Lyons / edited by Davis Coakley and Mary O'Doherty.

Date:
2002
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Publication/Creation

Dublin : Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 2002.

Physical description

viii, 151 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

J.B. Lyons: a tribute -- Iseult -- Doughty women in the war against tuberculosis in Ireland -- Old Rutland Square -- Dr. W.J. Maloney of Edinburgh, Gallipoli and New York -- Mangan and the worst of woes -- Dr. Elie Bouhereau, physician, librarian -- Reflections on Irish medical writing (1600-1900) -- A question of integrity: Sir Francis Fletcher Vane and the 1916 Rebellion -- "The most illiberal and monopolising corporation in existence": the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and professional appointments to Irish county infirmaries -- Charles Mayo (1794-1824): army surgeon in India -- John Snow, Thomas Wakley and The Lancet -- Samuel Beckett and the weight of compassion.

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  • 1902232283