Abram, John Hill (1863-1933)

Two short papers (author's holograph MSS.): (1) Oedema of the orbital tissues, 1912 (5 ll., 7 ll. folio, 4to. 30 x 20 cm., 251/2 x 201/2 cm.). The 4to. (Typescript) copy contains holograph additions and corrections. Published in the Quarterly Journal of Medicine, April, 1912, Vol. V, No. 19. (2) Pleural effusion due to B. Paratyphosus B. 1919 (3 ll. folio. 30 x 20 cm.). Printed in the Lancet 1919, i, p. 283/4. Produced in Liverpool.

1912, 1919

1 volume Folio & 4to. Unbound.

Presented 1933.

The Author studied at Liverpool University and at University College, London, and obtained his M.D. in 1889. He was elected F.R.C.P. in 1906, was professor of therapeutics and medicine at Liverpool from 1906 to 1924, and in 1931 was President of the Royal Infirmary, Liverpool.

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).