Book Review Tropical Diseases . A Manual of the Diseases of Warm Climates. By Sir Patrick Manson, K. C.M.G., M.D., LL.D. (Aberd.); Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, London; Fellow of the Royal Society; Foreign Associate of the Académie de Médecine, France; Honorary Member of the Société de Médecine de Sand; Physician to the Seamen's Hospital Society; Lecturer on Tropical Diseases at St. George's Hospital, Charing Cross Hospital Medical Schools; Lecturer in the London School of Tropical Medicine; Medical Adviser to the Colonial Office and to the Crown Agents for the Colonies. With illustrations and colored plates. Fourth edition. New York: William Wood & Co. 1907.

1908 ◽  
Vol 158 (14) ◽  
pp. 457-457
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Dr James Copland (1791–1870) and his Dictionary of Practical Medicine

2021 ◽  
pp. 096777202110323
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Simon Gray
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Orkney Islands

Dr James Copland (1791–1870) was born in the Orkney Islands and studied medicine at Edinburgh where he graduated in 1815. The following year was spent in Paris to acquire knowledge of the latest developments in pathology and he then travelled for a year along the coast of West Africa gaining practical experience of treating tropical diseases. After establishing his medical practice in London, which eventually became extremely successful, he contributed to medical journals and also became editor of the London Medical Repository from 1822 to 1825. His greatest work was The Dictionary of Practical Medicine written entirely by himself which was completed between 1832 and 1858. More than 10,000 copies of the dictionary were sold and its author became world famous during his lifetime. In 1833, Copland was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and from 1837 onwards he played a prominent role in the proceedings of The Royal College of Physicians. This article shows how his extensive professional and literary work was combined with an unusual private life.

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