The Memoir of John Butter: Surgeon, Militiaman, Sportsman and Founder of the Plymouth Royal Eye Infirmary

John Butter's Memoir is a first-hand account of nineteenth-century medicine, by a pioneer who founded one of Britain's earliest eye hospitals.

List of 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

About the author

John Butter

Summary

John Butter's Memoir is a first-hand account of nineteenth-century medicine, by a pioneer who founded one of Britain's earliest eye hospitals.

Product details

• Assisted by: Dee Tracey and Mike Tracey (Editor)
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.11.2023
• EAN: 9780901853172
• ISBN: 978-0-901853-17-2
• No. of pages: 248
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 234 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 499 g
• Series: Devon and Cornwall Record Soci; Devon and Cornwall Record Society; New S.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works