Account of the Case of the late Right Honourable Horace Lord Walpole (Urinary Bladder Stones)
Medical research was a major study in the 1750s, as science was replacing superstitions and traditional treatments for all sorts of ailments. This paper The Account of the Case of the late Right Honourable Horace Lord Walpole; being a Sequel to his own Account published in the Philosophical Transactions, Vol. 47 refers to, if I understand what I have read, the treatments for kidney/urinary bladder stones. To do this, the paper consists of two letters, both read before the Royal Society on April 21, 1757. They are:
1. Copy of a Letter from John Pringle, M.D. F.R.S. to Dr. Robert Whytt, Professor of medicine in the University of Edinburgh, and F.R.S. relating to the Case of the Right Honorable Lord Walpole; with Dr. Whytt’s Answer. Communicated by Dr. Pringle. (The letter is dated London, 22 Feb 1757
2. Some Observations on the Case of the late Right Honourable Lord Walpole, of Woolterton: In a Letter to Dr. John Pringle, F.R.S. By Robert Whytt, M.D. F.R.S. (The letter is dated Edinburgh, March 16, 1757.
The paper was published in 1758 in London in Volume 50, Part 1, For the Year 1757 of the Philosophical Transactions, pages 205 to 220. The paper, which has been disbound from the Transactions, measures approximately 6 x 8 1/2 inches. The pages are tanned, but the text is clear and easily read. The overall condition of the item is good/very good.
The illustrations accompanying this description show:
· The first page of the paper (page 205)
· The third page (page 207)
· The beginning of Dr. Whytt’s letter (page 209)
· Three additional pages of Dr. Whytt’s letter, including the beginning of a short third letter by Dr. Pringle with his comments on Dr. Whytt’s letter ( pages 212, 215, and 2019)
Sir John Pringle, 1st Baronet, PRS (10 April 1707 – 18 January 1782) was a British physician who has been called the "father of military medicine". [Wikipedia]
Dr Robert Whytt (1714–1766) was a Scottish physician. His work, on unconscious reflexes, tubercular meningitis, urinary bladder stones, and hysteria, is remembered now most for his book on diseases of the nervous system. He served as President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. [Wikipedia]
Medical research was a major study in the 1750s, as science was replacing superstitions and traditional treatments for all sorts of ailments. This paper The Account of the Case of the late Right Honourable Horace Lord Walpole; being a Sequel to his own Account published in the Philosophical Transactions, Vol. 47 refers to, if I understand what I have read, the treatments for kidney/urinary bladder stones. To do this, the paper consists of two letters, both read before the Royal Society on April 21, 1757. They are:
1. Copy of a Letter from John Pringle, M.D. F.R.S. to Dr. Robert Whytt, Professor of medicine in the University of Edinburgh, and F.R.S. relating to the Case of the Right Honorable Lord Walpole; with Dr. Whytt’s Answer. Communicated by Dr. Pringle. (The letter is dated London, 22 Feb 1757
2. Some Observations on the Case of the late Right Honourable Lord Walpole, of Woolterton: In a Letter to Dr. John Pringle, F.R.S. By Robert Whytt, M.D. F.R.S. (The letter is dated Edinburgh, March 16, 1757.
The paper was published in 1758 in London in Volume 50, Part 1, For the Year 1757 of the Philosophical Transactions, pages 205 to 220. The paper, which has been disbound from the Transactions, measures approximately 6 x 8 1/2 inches. The pages are tanned, but the text is clear and easily read. The overall condition of the item is good/very good.
The illustrations accompanying this description show:
· The first page of the paper (page 205)
· The third page (page 207)
· The beginning of Dr. Whytt’s letter (page 209)
· Three additional pages of Dr. Whytt’s letter, including the beginning of a short third letter by Dr. Pringle with his comments on Dr. Whytt’s letter ( pages 212, 215, and 2019)
Sir John Pringle, 1st Baronet, PRS (10 April 1707 – 18 January 1782) was a British physician who has been called the "father of military medicine". [Wikipedia]
Dr Robert Whytt (1714–1766) was a Scottish physician. His work, on unconscious reflexes, tubercular meningitis, urinary bladder stones, and hysteria, is remembered now most for his book on diseases of the nervous system. He served as President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. [Wikipedia]
Medical research was a major study in the 1750s, as science was replacing superstitions and traditional treatments for all sorts of ailments. This paper The Account of the Case of the late Right Honourable Horace Lord Walpole; being a Sequel to his own Account published in the Philosophical Transactions, Vol. 47 refers to, if I understand what I have read, the treatments for kidney/urinary bladder stones. To do this, the paper consists of two letters, both read before the Royal Society on April 21, 1757. They are:
1. Copy of a Letter from John Pringle, M.D. F.R.S. to Dr. Robert Whytt, Professor of medicine in the University of Edinburgh, and F.R.S. relating to the Case of the Right Honorable Lord Walpole; with Dr. Whytt’s Answer. Communicated by Dr. Pringle. (The letter is dated London, 22 Feb 1757
2. Some Observations on the Case of the late Right Honourable Lord Walpole, of Woolterton: In a Letter to Dr. John Pringle, F.R.S. By Robert Whytt, M.D. F.R.S. (The letter is dated Edinburgh, March 16, 1757.
The paper was published in 1758 in London in Volume 50, Part 1, For the Year 1757 of the Philosophical Transactions, pages 205 to 220. The paper, which has been disbound from the Transactions, measures approximately 6 x 8 1/2 inches. The pages are tanned, but the text is clear and easily read. The overall condition of the item is good/very good.
The illustrations accompanying this description show:
· The first page of the paper (page 205)
· The third page (page 207)
· The beginning of Dr. Whytt’s letter (page 209)
· Three additional pages of Dr. Whytt’s letter, including the beginning of a short third letter by Dr. Pringle with his comments on Dr. Whytt’s letter ( pages 212, 215, and 2019)
Sir John Pringle, 1st Baronet, PRS (10 April 1707 – 18 January 1782) was a British physician who has been called the "father of military medicine". [Wikipedia]
Dr Robert Whytt (1714–1766) was a Scottish physician. His work, on unconscious reflexes, tubercular meningitis, urinary bladder stones, and hysteria, is remembered now most for his book on diseases of the nervous system. He served as President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. [Wikipedia]