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Medicine, mortality and the book trade / edited by Robin Myers and Michael Harris.

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Other Authors: Myers, Robin (Book trade historian), Harris, Michael, 1938-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Folkestone, Kent [England] : New Castle, DE : St. Paul's Bibliographies ; Oak Knoll Press, 1998.
Series:Publishing pathways.
Subjects:
Book collectors > Congresses.
Book collectors > Great Britain > Congresses.
Book collecting > Congresses.
Medicine > History > Congresses.
Printers > Health and hygiene > Congresses.
Book industries and trade > History > Congresses.
Book industries and trade > Social aspects > Congresses.
Book industries and trade > Great Britain > Congresses.
Book collectors.
Book collecting.
Medicine > History.
Printers > Health and hygiene.
Table of Contents:
  • Printer's diseases : the human cost of a mechanical process / Michael Harris
  • Pills and print / Peter Isaac
  • Mortality and the mental map of London : Richard Smyth's Obituary / Vanessa Harding
  • Medical incunabula / Lotte Hellinga
  • Between the market and the academy : Robert S. Whipple (1871-1953) as a collector of science books / Silvia De Renzi
  • 'These crafty dealers' : Sir Henry Wellcome as a book collector / John Symons
  • Reading : a health warning / Roy Porter.

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