Pigeon holes of memory: the life and times of Dr John Mackenzie (1803–1886)
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CHRISTINA BYAM SHAW (ed.), Pigeon holes of memory: the life and times of Dr John Mackenzie (1803-1886), London, Constable, 1988, 8vo, pp. 443, illus., £20.00. John Mackenzie was born in northern Scotland in 1803. He studied medicine in Edinburgh, graduating in 1824. As part of his education he walked the wards of the London Hospital. He practised in the army and in Edinburgh and, after the cholera of 1832, left medicine for good and returned to the Highlands as farmer and landowner. In 1882, the 79-year-old man sat down to write his memoirs. This bare outline conveys nothing of the remarkable detail which, if his memory was at all accurate, filled Mackenzie's life. He was no great stylist, the anecdotes and stories scarcely flow. He was, however, clearly an unusual figure and his idiosyncrasy fills these pages. The medical entries are, sadly, short but nonetheless revealing, especially, if he is to be believed, about the prevalence and vigorousness of blood-letting in the 1820s. The memoirs are worth reading for more than the medical material. His recollections of Highland life during the Hungry Forties merit publication on their own. The volume is well-produced, the memoirs have been carefully edited and are extensively annotated. An indication in the text that original material had been deleted would have been valuable.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Medical History
دوره 33 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1989