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LAWRENCE, Sir William (1783 – 1867)

LAWRENCE, Sir William (1783 – 1867)

1783 – 1867

3 entries in the GMN corpus.

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1819

#11240

Lectures on physiology, zoology and the natural history of man.

LAWRENCE, Sir William (1783 – 1867)
LAWRENCE, Sir William (1783 – 1867)

This work set forth Lawrence's then radical and remarkably advanced ideas concerning evolution and heredity. Arguing that theology and metaphysics had no place in science, Lawrence relied instead on empirical evidence…

1833

#5849

A treatise on the diseases of the eye.

LAWRENCE, Sir William (1783 – 1867)
LAWRENCE, Sir William (1783 – 1867)

Based on lectures delivered by Lawrence at the London Ophthalmic Infirmary. He was a surgeon to St. Bartholomew’s Hospital; he succeeded Abernethy as lecturer on surgery and did much to advance the surgery of the eye.

1838

#3587

Treatise on ruptures. 5th ed.

LAWRENCE, Sir William (1783 – 1867)
LAWRENCE, Sir William (1783 – 1867)

This was the standard text for many years. It first appeared in 1807 as Treatise on hernia.