1770 RUTTY, John (1698 – 1775)
A chronological history of the weather and seasons and of the prevailing diseases in Dublin. With their various periods, successions, and revolutions, during the space of forty years. With a comparative view of the difference of the Irish climate and diseases, and those of England and other countries ...
Rutty kept continuous records of weather and diseases in Dublin from 1724-64. On page 75 of this work is the first clear description of relapsing fever. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
GMN 1772 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6572
1834 –1840 HOUSTON, John (1802 – 1845)
Descriptive catalogue of the preparations in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Vol. I. (Anatomy). Vol. 2. (Pathology).
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 10380 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12572
1857 WILLIAMSON, George (1818 – 1865)
Observations on the human crania contained in the Museum of the Army Medical Department, Fort Pitt, Chatham.
Reprinted from the Dublin Quarterly Journal of Medical Science, May and August, 1857. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 10376 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12568
1912 KIRKPATRICK, Thomas Percy Claude (1869 – 1954)
History of medical teaching in Trinity College Dublin and of the School of Physic In Ireland.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 11017 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13213
1916 CAMERON, Sir Charles Alexander (1830 – 1921)
A history of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and of the Irish schools of medicine, including a medical bibliography and a medical biography. 2nd ed.
First edition, 1886. Digital facsimile of the 1886 edition from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 6537.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8150
1917 GOGARTY, Oliver St. John (1878 – 1957)
Blight: The tragedy of Dublin: An exposition in 3 acts.
Gogarty, an Irish poet, author, otolaryngologist, athlete, politician, and well-known conversationalist, served as the inspiration for Buck Mulligan in James Joyce's novel Ulysses. Blight: The Tragedy of Dublin was "o…
GMN 12539 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14776
1919 MOLONEY, Michael Francis (1891 – 1961)
Irish ethno-botany and the evolution of medicine in Ireland.
A discussion of Irish materia medica and a summary of the development of medicine in Ireland from the earliest times. Indices in Gaelic and English. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 8871 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11049
1943 COLLIS, William Robert Fitzgerald (1900 – 1975)
The state of medicine in Ireland. Carmichael prize essay.
GMN 6544 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8182
1951 FLEETWOOD, John (1917 – 2007)
History of medicine in Ireland.
Second edition, Dublin, Skellig Press, 1983.
GMN 6545 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8184
1972 LOGAN, Patrick
Making the cure: A look at Irish folk medicine.
GMN 9279 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11461
1984 O’BRIEN, Eoin; CROOKSHANK, Anne; WOLSTENHOLME, Sir Gordon Ethelbert Ward (1913 – 2004)
A portrait of Irish medicine. An illustrated history of medicine in Ireland.
Published for the bicentenary of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.
GMN 6551.3 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8222
1988 FLEETWOOD, John (1917 – 2007)
The Irish body snatchers: A history of body snatching in Ireland.
GMN 7671 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9843
1995 BEITH, Mary
Healing threads: Traditional medicines of the Highlands and Islands.
"Much of the rich store of material comes from the great legacy of medieval Gaelic manuscripts. In more recent times, papers of medical societies have shown how traditional methods and cures are still of value to mode…
GMN 9269 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11451
2004 ALLEN, David Elliston (1932 – ); HATFIELD, Gabrielle (1945 – )
Medicinal plants in folk tradition: An ethnobotany of Britain and Ireland.
The first comprehensive account of medicinal uses of wild plants by the country folk of Britain and Ireland based on manuscript folklore sources as well as published sources. These included information gathered by the…
GMN 8868 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11046
2008 BRUNTON, Deborah
The politics of vaccination: Practice and policy in England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland, 1800-1874.
GMN 9878 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12066
2010 MOORE, Ronnie; MCLEAN, Stuart
Folk healing and health care practices in Ireland: Stethoscopes, wands and crystals.
GMN 11169 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13366
2012 KELLY, Laura
Irish women in medicine, c. 1880s -1920s.
GMN 8747 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10925
2017 KELLY, Laura
Irish medical education and student culture, c. 1850-1950.
GMN 10661 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12854
