| Description Of Item | A lecture delivered to the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. Includes a list of twenty books about doctors; a poem by Sir Zachary Cope on his talk; Guthrie's reply in poem form; photograph of the title pages of 'Ane Breve Description of the Pest' by Gilbert Skene, the first medical book published in Scotland, 1568, and 'A Breviary of Health' by Andrew Boorde; and a list of medical books from a German bookseller. Dated from reference in the talk. |