The Bath Physicians of former times

Reference Number: PP/2784
Level of Description: Item
Title: The Bath Physicians of former times
Creator(s) & Administrative History: Murch, Jerom: Author
William Lewis & Son, "The Herald" Office: Publisher

Bath
Date: 1882
Extent: Pages: 37
Description: A paper read before the Bath Literary and Philosophical Association, October 29th, 1882. A short history of the men who lived in and/or practiced as physicians/doctors in Bath from medieval times to the eighteenth century. Describes the medical treastises written by them (some on the efficacy of the hot spa water and baths at Bath) and Dr Guidot's (b. 1638) memoirs of eighteen seventheenth-century Bath physicians. A list of eminent Bath doctors/physicians is given at the end of the paper on pp. 34-35
Subject: Doctors
Physicians