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

Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-0-901853-17-2
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer

Buch, Englisch, Band 66, 248 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 499 g

Reihe: Devon and Cornwall Record Society

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tracey, Dee Tracey and Mike

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Tracey, Dee Tracey and Mike
Dee Tracey is a keen local historian with many publications to her name. She and husband Mike, a graduate of Exeter University, founded the Exmouth Local History Group, which led indirectly to their discovery of John Butter.