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Historical Bibliography Updated: June 17, 2026

Medicine, mortality and the book trade.

Publication Details

New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press & Folkestone, Kent, England: St. Paul's Bibliographies, 1998 CE.

Seven essays, edited by Harris and Myers.  Of special interest are Harris, "Printers' diseases: The human cost of a mechanical process"; Lotte Hellinga, "Medical incunabula"; John Symons, " 'These crafty dealers': Sir Henry Wellcome as a book collector"; and Roy Porter, "Reading: A health warning".

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Entry Number#7613
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/9785
External URLmedicine-mortality-and-the-book-trade

Geographic Context

Publication places: New Castle, DE; Folkestone, Kent, England