Medicine Old and New. An Introductory Address, delivered on the occasion of the opening of the winter session 1899-1900 at St. George's Hospital Medical School on Oct 2nd, 1899
by Dickinson, W. Howship
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London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1899. First edition.
1899 ADDRESS TO MEDICAL STUDENTS AT ST. GEORGE'S HOSPITAL BY PROMINENT LONDON NEPHROLOGIST--COPY OF LEADING NEW YORK PSYCHIATRIST.
12 1/2 inches tall slim hardcover, brown pebbled cloth covers, gilt emblem of St. George & Dragon and title to cover, 47 pp, corners rubbed, decorative bookplate of Charles W. Pilgrim front paste-down, very good.
WILLIAM HOWSHIP DICKINSON (1832 – 1913) was educated at Cambridge and later trained at St George's Hospital. He authored several comprehensive monographs on kidney disease, and wrote one of the first accounts of familial kidney disease in which affected family members had proteinuria but did not have typical features of Alport syndrome. In addition to St. George's Hospital, he worked at Great Ormond Street Hospital where cared for children with neurological conditions, and he also served as curator of the museum at the Royal College of Physicians. He was President of the Pathological Society of London from 1889 to 1891.
PROVENANCE: CHARLES WINFIELD PILGRIM (1855-1934) The Pilgrim Psychiatric Center often referred to as the Pilgrim State Psychiatric Center stood once on over 800 acres of land in the town of Brentwood Long Island. The center officially opened in 1931 with an official transfer of about one hundred patients from the nearby Central Islip Psychiatric Center. The center was named after Dr. Charles W. Pilgrim. The doctor had been the New York State Commissioner of Mental Health at the beginning of the 20th century. What was extraordinary about the Pilgrim State Psychiatric Center was the sheer size of the institution. At its peak in 1954, Pilgrim State Hospital could claim to be the largest mental hospital in the U.S., with 13,875 patients.
1899 ADDRESS TO MEDICAL STUDENTS AT ST. GEORGE'S HOSPITAL BY PROMINENT LONDON NEPHROLOGIST--COPY OF LEADING NEW YORK PSYCHIATRIST.
12 1/2 inches tall slim hardcover, brown pebbled cloth covers, gilt emblem of St. George & Dragon and title to cover, 47 pp, corners rubbed, decorative bookplate of Charles W. Pilgrim front paste-down, very good.
WILLIAM HOWSHIP DICKINSON (1832 – 1913) was educated at Cambridge and later trained at St George's Hospital. He authored several comprehensive monographs on kidney disease, and wrote one of the first accounts of familial kidney disease in which affected family members had proteinuria but did not have typical features of Alport syndrome. In addition to St. George's Hospital, he worked at Great Ormond Street Hospital where cared for children with neurological conditions, and he also served as curator of the museum at the Royal College of Physicians. He was President of the Pathological Society of London from 1889 to 1891.
PROVENANCE: CHARLES WINFIELD PILGRIM (1855-1934) The Pilgrim Psychiatric Center often referred to as the Pilgrim State Psychiatric Center stood once on over 800 acres of land in the town of Brentwood Long Island. The center officially opened in 1931 with an official transfer of about one hundred patients from the nearby Central Islip Psychiatric Center. The center was named after Dr. Charles W. Pilgrim. The doctor had been the New York State Commissioner of Mental Health at the beginning of the 20th century. What was extraordinary about the Pilgrim State Psychiatric Center was the sheer size of the institution. At its peak in 1954, Pilgrim State Hospital could claim to be the largest mental hospital in the U.S., with 13,875 patients.
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- Title
- Medicine Old and New. An Introductory Address, delivered on the occasion of the opening of the winter session 1899-1900 at St. George's Hospital Medical School on Oct 2nd, 1899
- Author
- Dickinson, W. Howship
- Format/Binding
- Decorative gilt cloth binding
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- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green, and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1899
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- medicine; England; education; association copy
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