The ''Cyclopædia of Practical Medicine'' was a British monthly
medical journal
A medical journal is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that communicates medical information to physicians, other health professionals. Journals that cover many medical specialties are sometimes called general medical journals.
History
The first ...
, first published in 1832. It was divided into alphabetical articles, and came to four volumes, part-published and then completed by 1835. The volumes were:
#Abd–Ele (1832);
#Eme–Isc (1833);
#Jau–Sma (1834);
#Sof–Yaw (1835).
It was announced with the co-operation of a large number of practising physicians, and with the intention of producing an adapted American edition by Carey & Lea. The editors were
John Conolly,
John Forbes, and
Alexander Tweedie
Dr Alexander Tweedie FRS (29 August 1794 – 30 May 1884) was a Scottish physician and writer.
Life
He was born in Edinburgh on 29 August 1794, and received his early education at the Royal High School there. In 1809 he began medical studies ...
; historical notes were added, by
John Bostock and
William Pulteney Alison. A later American edition was edited by
Robley Dunglison
Robley Dunglison (4 January 1798 – 1 April 1869) was an English-American physician, medical educator and author who served as the first full-time professor of medicine in the United States at the newly founded University of Virginia from 1824 ...
. Contributors to the first edition included
James Lomax Bardsley,
Joseph Brown,
Thomas Harrison Burder,
Harry William Carter,
John Cheyne,
James Clark,
Charles Locock,
James Cowles Prichard,
Peter Mark Roget
Peter Mark Roget ( ; 18 January 1779 – 12 September 1869) was a British physician, natural theologian, Lexicography, lexicographer, and founding secretary of The Portico Library. He is best known for publishing, in 1852, the ''Roget's Thesau ...
, and
Charles James Blasius Williams.
The rival ''
Dictionary of Practical Medicine'' was a project of
James Copland, launched by part-publishing in 1832.
Royal College of Physicians, Munk's Roll, ''James Copland''.
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Notes
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General medical journals
Encyclopedias of medicine
Publications established in 1832
Publications disestablished in 1835