Quakers in natural history & medicine in Ireland & Britain /
[edited for the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin by E. Charles Nelson].
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Dublin :
National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin,
1996.
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| Series: | Occasional papers (National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin)) ;
no. 8. |
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| Notes: | Proceedings of a symposium at the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin on Saturday, 11 June 1994, under the aegis of the Historical Committee of the Religious Society of Friends in Ireland, the Section on the History of Medicine of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland, and the Society for the History of Natural History. Cover title. Includes bibliographical references. Physical description: ii, 61 p. : ill., port., facsim. ; 26 cm. more |
Table of Contents:
Quakers in Irish natural history and medicine / Maurice J. Wigham
Dr. John Rutty of Melksham, Wiltshire / Harold Fassnidge
Dr. John Rutty in Dublin / Christopher Moriarty
John Eustace and his times / H. Jocelyn Eustace
Joseph Barcroft of Newry / C.S. Breathnach
The Backhouses and their scientific pursuits / Peter Davis
The juvenile correspondence of William Henry Harvey / E. Charles Nelson.
Quakers in Irish natural history and medicine / Maurice J. Wigham
Dr. John Rutty of Melksham, Wiltshire / Harold Fassnidge
Dr. John Rutty in Dublin / Christopher Moriarty
John Eustace and his times / H. Jocelyn Eustace
Joseph Barcroft of Newry / C.S. Breathnach
The Backhouses and their scientific pursuits / Peter Davis
The juvenile correspondence of William Henry Harvey / E. Charles Nelson.