The Memoir of John Butter: Surgeon, Militiaman, Sportsman and Founder of the Plymouth Royal Eye Infirmary (Devon and Cornwall Record Society)

Tracey, Dee Tracey and Mike (EDT)

Devon & Cornwall Record Society（2023/11発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 248 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780901853172
• DDC分類 262.0242356

Full Description

John Butter was an early nineteenth-century surgeon and physician who founded the Plymouth Royal Eye Infirmary, one of the earliest eye hospitals in Britain. In his Memoir, Butter tells about his long career in medicine, from his early training to his wide-ranging medical practice and his advanced eye treatments. He also describes his life outside medicine: his work with the South Devon Militia (including their involvement with the Luddites), his travels in France and Italy, his love of dogs and his passion for hunting. Most important of all is the light he sheds on medicine in the early nineteenth century. He arguably introduced the stethoscope to Britain and performed a huge variety of treatments, ranging from a mastectomy without anaesthetic to trepanning, blood-letting, cataract removal and other eye procedures. The Memoir is privately-owned and is now published for the first time, with an Introduction which explains the background to Butter's life and career.

Contents

Introduction
General introduction
John Butter
Butter and early nineteenth-century medicine
South Devon Militia
Butter's Plymouth
The Plymouth Royal Eye Infirmary

The Memoir

Appendices
1 List of names
2 Medical Glossary

Bibliography
Index