. Annals of medical history. III ALL I92I N UMBER 3 GIDEON HARVEY SIDELIGHTS ON MEDICAL LIFE FROM THE RESTORATIONTO THE END OF THE XVII CENTURY By H. A. COLWELL, , , LONDON, ENGLAND. |T IS not my inten-tion in this paper toattempt anythinglike a life of GideonHarvey. The late collected allthat is probablyworth knowing aboutthe life of the gentleman in question. Heis interesting merely from his books. Inthem he discusses, usually adversely, muchbetter men than himself, and gives vividand sometimes humorous descriptions ofthe medical life of his time which extendedfro
. Annals of medical history. III ALL I92I N UMBER 3 GIDEON HARVEY SIDELIGHTS ON MEDICAL LIFE FROM THE RESTORATIONTO THE END OF THE XVII CENTURY By H. A. COLWELL, , , LONDON, ENGLAND. |T IS not my inten-tion in this paper toattempt anythinglike a life of GideonHarvey. The late collected allthat is probablyworth knowing aboutthe life of the gentleman in question. Heis interesting merely from his books. Inthem he discusses, usually adversely, muchbetter men than himself, and gives vividand sometimes humorous descriptions ofthe medical life of his time which extendedfrom before the Restoration to the endof the seventeenth century. In readingGideon Harveys books we are introducedinto the consulting room, the apothecarysshop, the herb market, and the sick roomitself. In dealing with persons who wereliving at the time he wrote, he nearlyalways distinguished them by some (usu-ally uncomplimentary) nickname. Those who were dead either had their full namesgiven, or the disguises are so transparentthat identification is easy. There are numerous autobiographicalreferences scattered throughout his writings,and, needless to say, these are not conspicu-ous for any self-
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