Sujet
Sir Robert Christison, Bart., M.D., Edinburgh, 1871. Creator: Unknown.
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Sir Robert Christison, Bart., M.D., Edinburgh, 1871. 'Dr. Robert Christison, Professor of Materia Medica in the University of Edinburgh, and Ordinary Physician to her Majesty in Scotland,...has been honoured with a baronetcy in recognition of his long services to medical science...Dr. Christison has been a large contributor to medical publications, including both professional journals and also independent works, and his "Treatise on Poisons" is an acknowledged standard work on the subject...It will be remembered that he was called upon as a toxicologist to give evidence at the trial of Palmer, of Rugeley, and on other occasions, and it should be added that he has twice discharged the office of president of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. He has also received the honorary doctorate of Oxford, and recently, as a mark of especial esteem and respect from his colleagues in the University of Edinburgh, his bust was placed in the library of that institution'. From "Illustrated London News", 1871.
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HRM24A61_420
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29,0Mo (1,6Mo) / 25,0cm x 29,1cm / 2951 x 3439 (300dpi)