MEAD, Richard (1673 – 1754)
1673 – 1754
8 entries in the GMN corpus.
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1702 CE
#9569
A mechanical account of poisons in several essays.
Mead performed numerous experiments, including tests with viper venom which lead to his book on poisons. His book describes their effects on the body in accordance with the precepts of the Iatrophysical School, which …
1704 CE
#10160
De imperio solis ac lunae in corpora humana, et morbis inde oriundis.
Mead formulated the position that periodic atmospheric tides arising from planetary forces produced alterations of gravity, elasticity, and air pressure; these changes, he argued, affected the human body in health and…
1720 CE
#5123
A short discourse concerning pestilential contagion, and the methods to be used to prevent it.
In 1719 Mead was asked for advice concerning an outbreak of plague in Marseilles, and replied with the above tract of 59 pages, which has been called the first epidemiological report produced by a physician at the com…
1747 CE
#5417
De variolis et morbillis liber.
Includes a Latin translation of Rhazes’s commentary on smallpox. Mead favored inoculation, and his great authority and influence contributed to a more general acceptance of this measure. English translation enti…
1754 CE
#7127
Bibliotheca Meadiana, sive catalogus librorum Richardi Mead, M.D. qui prostabunt venales sub hasta, apud Samuelem Baker ... Londini, die lunae, 18vo. Novembris, M.DCC.LIV., iterumque die lunae, 7mo. Aprilis, M.DCC.LV.
Mead's library consisted of upwards of 10,000 printed volumes, and many rare and valuable manuscripts. The collection was especially rich in medical works, and in early editions of the classics; it realized over &poun…
1755 CE
#12699
Authentic memoirs of the life of Richard Mead. [By Matthew Maty]
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1755 CE
#9507
Medica sacra; or a commentary on the most remarkable diseases, mentioned in the Holy Scriptures. Translated from the Latin under the author's inspection by Thomas Stack. To which are prefixed memoirs of the life and writings of the learned author.
First published by Brindley in Latin in 1749. This is the best edition. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
1762 CE
#11523