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The significance of the Regius Chair of Military Surgery that existed in the University of Edinburgh from 1806–55 is discussed in detail for the first time in this book. The first holder, John Thomson, also held the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh's Chair of Surgery from 1804. This Regius Chair was the only one of its type in Britain for almost 50 years, and was established during the Peninsular War. After the second holder, Sir George Ballingall, died in 1855, the Government withdrew its funding support. This Chair introduced numerous Edinburgh medical students to Military Surgery, and many who attended subsequently entered the Medical Service of either the Army, Navy or East India Company. Large numbers of medical officers in the Public service also attended. These courses were popular, and the topics covered were not discussed elsewhere in the Edinburgh medical curriculum.
Price: $149.00
Pages: 362
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Clio Medica
Publication Date:
01 January 2003
ISBN: 9789042012486
Format: Hardcover
"…Kaufman has shown that continued work in this field can pay off in spades. …This excellent book has struck another blow against the obsolete distinction between ‘academic historians’ and ‘practitioner-historians’." - in: Wellcome History, Vol. 31 (2006)
"Matthew Kaufman’s account of the Reguis professorships is painstakingly researched and well written." - in: The Social History of Medicine, Vol. 17 (2004)
"The author should be applauded for pursuing and bringing our attention to a relatively unknown topic. This is a well-written book that makes effective use of primary sources to tell the story." - in: H-Net Book Review (published by H-War), November, 2004
"This is an excellent book and a pleasure to read." - in: British society for the History of Medicine, Newsletter (2004)
"…a well-documented and scholarly text…" - in: Journal of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Ireland, 2003, 1: 5
"…an invaluable resource." - in: Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 2004; 34
"Matthew Kaufman’s account of the Reguis professorships is painstakingly researched and well written." - in: The Social History of Medicine, Vol. 17 (2004)
"The author should be applauded for pursuing and bringing our attention to a relatively unknown topic. This is a well-written book that makes effective use of primary sources to tell the story." - in: H-Net Book Review (published by H-War), November, 2004
"This is an excellent book and a pleasure to read." - in: British society for the History of Medicine, Newsletter (2004)
"…a well-documented and scholarly text…" - in: Journal of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Ireland, 2003, 1: 5
"…an invaluable resource." - in: Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 2004; 34
Matthew H. Kaufman is Professor of Anatomy at the University of Edinburgh. He has taught Anatomy and Embryology for more than 25 years, initially in the University of Cambridge and more recently in Edinburgh. He has published three books on mouse embryology and numerous papers on a wide range of topics. This is his third book on military surgery.