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William Richard Gowers 1845-1915 : exploring the Victorian brain : a biography

Title
William Richard Gowers 1845-1915 : exploring the Victorian brain : a biography / by Ann Scott, Mervyn Eadie, Andrew Lees.
Author
Scott, Ann, 1938-
Publication
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.

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Book/TextUse in library JFE 13-4881Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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Additional Authors
  • Eadie, Mervyn J.
  • Lees, Andrew, 1947-
Description
xix, 307 p. : ill., ports.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Gowers, W. R. 1845-1915
  • Neurologists > Great Britain > Biography
  • Neurology > Great Britain > History > 19th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-299) and index.
Contents
1. Family and schooling in Victorian England -- 2. Apprentice years 1861-2 -- 3. Apprentice year 1863 -- 4. Medical student 1863-70 -- 5. Choosing neurology -- 6. Gowers and clinical diagnosis -- 7. Gowers the researcher -- 8. Gowers the writer and lecturer -- 9. Life outside work -- 10. "Grand old man" of clinical neurology -- 11. Gowers: the man, his work, and his legacy.
Call Number
JFE 13-4881
ISBN
  • 9780199692316 (hbk.)
  • 0199692319 (hbk.)
LCCN
2012944654
OCLC
809909242
Author
Scott, Ann, 1938-
Title
William Richard Gowers 1845-1915 : exploring the Victorian brain : a biography / by Ann Scott, Mervyn Eadie, Andrew Lees.
Imprint
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Edition
1st ed.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-299) and index.
Added Author
Eadie, Mervyn J.
Lees, Andrew, 1947-
Research Call Number
JFE 13-4881
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