Title: Boerhaave's men at Leyden and after /
Authors: Underwood, E. Ashworth,
Date: 1977
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press,
Physical description: vii, 227 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language: English
LC classification: R
Contents: Introduction : the historical background -- Part one : the student's Leyden period. Numbers, nationality, and early education ; Matriculation and graduation ; Length of study at Leyden ; Promotion -- Part two : the students' subsequent careers. Professors and teachers ; Professors and teachers at the University of Edinburgh ; The Royal Colleges of Physicians ; Fellows of the Royal Society ; Royal physicians ; Hospital physicians ; Four distinguished medical scientists ; Men of letters and the Dictionary of National Biography -- Epilogue -- Appendix I. English-speaking students promoted by Boerhaave, 1709-36 ; Appendix II. Former students of Boerhaave who received the Cambridge MD by royal mandate.
Subject headings (LCSH): Boerhaave, Herman, 1668-1738.; Medicine, Medieval.; Medicine--Early works to 1800; Medicine--Great Britain--History.; Medicine--History--18th century; Physicians--Great Britain--Biography.; Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden; Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden. Faculteit der Geneeskunde--Alumni and alumnae.