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Volume 2 - October 1958

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Alexander Gordon, M.D., of Aberdeen. Ian A. PorterM.B., CH.B. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1958; Pp. xii+92. Illustrated. i2s. 6d.

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Books about Books The Directory of Medical Libraries in the British Isles Library Association, Chaucer House, Malet Place, London, W.C.C, 1957; pp. viii+91, 13S.; 9S. 6d.

The Student Life. The Philosophy of Sir William Osler. Edited by Richard E. VerneyMB., F.R.C.P.E., D.R. With Forewords by John Bruce and Alec H. Macklin. Edinburgh and London: E. & S. Livingstone Ltd., 1957; pp. Xiii+214. Frontispiece. 15s.

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Sir Charles Bell, His Life and Times. SirGordon Gordon-Taylor and E. W. Walls. E. & S. Livingstone Ltd., 1958; Pp. 288, with 50 illustrations. 42s.

George Birkbeck, Pioneer of Adult Education. Thomas Kelly. Liverpool University Press, 1957; PP. xiv+380. Illustrated. 45s.

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André Vésale Rénovateur de l ' Anatomie Humaine 1515–1564. Documents conservés en Belgique et exposés à la Bibliothèque royale de Belgique à Bruxelles, du 22 juillet au 21 septembre 1957.Bruxelles, Editions Arscia, 1957; pp. 88. Illustrated.

The Medical World of the 18th Century. Lester S. King M.D. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press (London: Cambridge University Press), 1958; pp. xvii, 346. Illustrated. 43s. 6d.

The Story Behind the Word: Some Interesting Origins of Medical Terms. Harry WainM.D. Springfield, Illinois: C. C. Thomas; Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1958; PP. Viii, 342. 63s.

National Tuberculosis Association, 1904–1954. Richard Harrison Shryock, William H. Welch, Professor of the History of Medicine and Director of the Institute of History of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, New York: National Tuberculosis Association, 1957; pp- 342. $3.50.

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