Hicks, John Braxton (1823-1897)

Notes on Pathology and Midwifery. 45 ll. beginning from the other end of the volume deal with Midwifery. The MS. can be approximately dated by the reference to 'the late James Miller of Edinburgh' who died in 1864, in the Pleurisy section. This is probably a student's notes of lectures. The name 'Hicks' is inscribed inside the upper cover.

c. 1870

1 volume 134 ll. 8vo. 18 × 111/2 cm. Original boards. A leaf or leaves are wanting at the beginning.

Purchased 1944.

The author was an eminent gynaecologist and obstetrician who obtained his M.D. in London in 1849. He was for many years obstetric physician to Guy's Hospital, and was elected F.R.C.P. in 1866, President of the Obstetrical Society in 1871, and F.R.S. in 1879. For further biographical information see the B.M.J., 1897, ii, p. 618.

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).