''Conybeare's Textbook of Medicine'' is a
medical textbook
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Pre-modern texts
Ancient Egypt
* ''Ramesseum medical papyri'' (c. 1800 BCE)
* ''Kahun Gynaecological Papyrus'' (c. 1800 BCE)
* ''London Medical Papyrus'' (c. 1600 BCE)
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. The first edition was published in 1929 and it reached its fifteenth edition in 1970, causing a reviewer to state the review was "superfluous". Another review stated it was "old-fashioned and readable...well written".
The doctor for whom the text is named is
John Josias Conybeare, son of
Frederick Cornwallis Conybeare
Frederick Cornwallis Conybeare, (14 September 1856 – 9 January 1924) was a British orientalist, Fellow of University College, Oxford, and Professor of Theology at the University of Oxford.
Biography
Conybeare was born in Coulsdon, Surrey, ...
. He was on the staff of
Guy's Hospital
Guy's Hospital is an NHS hospital founded by philanthropist Thomas Guy in 1721, located in the borough of Southwark in central London. It is part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and one of the institutions that comprise the Kin ...
from which he retired in 1953, and died in 1967.
['']British Medical Journal
''The BMJ'' is a fortnightly peer-reviewed medical journal, published by BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, which in turn is wholly-owned by the British Medical Association (BMA). ''The BMJ'' has editorial freedom from the BMA. It is one of the world ...
'' 1967
References
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External links
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Full text fourteenth edition, 1964 (Internet archive)
Medical manuals
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