McGrigor (James). Instructions for the Regulation of Military Hospitals, 1813

[McGrigor, Sir James]. Instructions for the Regulation of Military Hospitals and the Sick with Divisions of the Army in the Peninsula under the Command of Field Marshal the Marquis of Wellington, Lisbon: printed by Antonio Rodriguez Galhardo, 1813, 143 pp., two folding tables, occasional light spotting, modern calf-backed boards, 8vo, together with Sketch of the Medical History of the British Armies in the Peninsula of Spain and Portugal during the Late Campaigns, Read June 20, 1815, from vol. VI. of the Transactions of Medical and Chirurgical Society, 1816, 111 pp., a lew light stains towards end, modern half morocco, 8vo, plus Thomson (John). Report of Observations made in the British Military Hospitals in Belgium, after the Battle of Waterloo; with some Remarks on Amputation, 1st edition, Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1816, 16 pp. catalogue at end, occasional light spotting and toning, bookplate of Robert Mowbray, original boards, rebacked, some spotting and edge wear, 8vo, with two others: John Hennen's Principles of Military Surgery, 2nd edition, Edinburgh, 1820 (ex-libris) and G.J. Guthrie's Commentaries on the Surgery of the War in Portugal, Spain, France, and the Netherlands, 5th edition, 1853

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First two works exceptionally scarce, only one institutional copy located for first work and not in the Wellcome Collection of the works of James McGrigor, the second work only one copy in the Wellcome Library.

Sir James McGrigor (1771-1851) was appointed Surgeon-General to the Duke of Wellington's army during the Peninsular War.and was in large part responsible for establishing the Royal Army Medical Corps. He improved standards of hygiene for the wounded in field hospitals, introducing the stethoscope in 1821 and served as Director-General of the Army Medical Service from 1815-51, enacting many reforms.

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