The gold-headed cane . Opinion upon theSubject of Contagion, with Some Remarks on Quar-antine. 8vo, London, 1825. The Gold-Headed Cane, 179 pp., 8vo, London, , 1827. The Gold-Headed Cane, 267 pp., 8vo, London, , 1828. Is the Cholera Spasmodica of India a Contagious Dis-ease ? The question considered in a letter to SirHenry Halford, Bart., 34 pp., 8vo, London, , 1831. A French translation of this pam-phlet was published in Paris in 1831. Some Remarks on Dropsy; with a Narrative of theLast Illness of H. R. H. the Duke of York ; read at xxiv BIBLIOGRAPHY. the Royal Co


The gold-headed cane . Opinion upon theSubject of Contagion, with Some Remarks on Quar-antine. 8vo, London, 1825. The Gold-Headed Cane, 179 pp., 8vo, London, , 1827. The Gold-Headed Cane, 267 pp., 8vo, London, , 1828. Is the Cholera Spasmodica of India a Contagious Dis-ease ? The question considered in a letter to SirHenry Halford, Bart., 34 pp., 8vo, London, , 1831. A French translation of this pam-phlet was published in Paris in 1831. Some Remarks on Dropsy; with a Narrative of theLast Illness of H. R. H. the Duke of York ; read at xxiv BIBLIOGRAPHY. the Royal College of Physicians, May 25, 1835. 18 pp.,8vo, London, J. Murray, 1835. The Gold-Headed Cane, edited by William Munk,XVI, 266 pp., 8vo, London, Longmans, 1884. In this edition the editor continues the narrative ofthe Gold-Headed Cane down to the year 1876, in imi-tation of Macmichaels style. It lacks the quaint il-lustrations which ornamented the first two editionsand added so much to their charm. THE GOLD-HEADED SECOND EDITION. LONDON:JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE-STREET. MDCCCXXVIIT. TO THE HONOURABLE LADY HALFORD,THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATEDWITH SENTIMENTS OF THE GREATEST RESPECT AND ESTEEM^ BYHEE LADYSHIPS MOST FAITHFUL SERVANT, THE EDITOR. NOTICE BY THE EDITOR. A short time before the opening of the NewCollege of Physicians, Mrs. Baillie presentedto that learned body a Gold-Headed Cane,which had been successively carried by , Mead, Askew, Pitcairn, and herown lamented husband. The arms of these celebrated Physicians areengraved on the head of the Cane, and theyform the Vignettes of the five Chapters intowhich this little Volume is divided. CONTENTS PAGECHAP. I. RADCLIFFE 1 CHAP. II. MEAD . . . .51 CHAP. III. ASKEW 149 CHAP. IV. PITCAIRN 174 CHAP. Y. BAILLIE 225


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