Reminiscences of an old physician / Robert Bell.

  • Bell, Robert, 1845-1926.
Date:
1924
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Credit: Reminiscences of an old physician / Robert Bell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS CHAPTER I Early Days PAGE Alnwick—Birth—Parentage—Schooldays—Apprenticed to a Medical Friend ------ i CHAPTER II Glasgow University Glasgow University—A public execution—Dr. Mills—Dr. James Wilson—Dr. Walker Arnott—Students and police —Dr. Norman Macleod—Midwifery practice in Durham— Professor Lister - - - - - 18 CHAPTER III Canada—Work in Glasgow Visit to Canada—Commencement of practice in Glasgow— Assistant Surgeon to the Glasgow Ophthalmic Institute— Assistant to Professor J. G. Wilson—Plan for ventilating sewers—Study of microbes—The first micro-photographs 30 CHAPTER IV Diphtheria and Smallpox in Glasgow Study of potato disease—New treatment of diphtheria— Epidemic of smallpox in Glasgow—New treatment of smallpox—Article on smallpox in the British Medical Journal - - - - - - -43 CHAPTER V Medical Practice and Studies in Glasgow Treatment of tuberculosis by calcium chloride—“ Constipa¬ tion as a Disease and a Cause of Disease’' —Plagiarism by Sir Andrew Clark—Glasgow Hospital for Women founded—A unique experience—Treatment of disease of the uterine adnexa by ichthyol tampons—“ Observa¬ tions on Acute Rheumatism ”—Safe administration of chloroform - - - - - “54 vn