Medicine, mortality and the book trade / edited by Robin Myers and Michael Harris

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Notes: Based on a conference held at the headquarters of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
Contents: Printer's diseases : the human cost of a mechanical process / Michael Harris -- Pills and print / Peter Isaac -- Mortality and the mental map of London : Richard Smyth's Obituary / Vanessa Harding -- Medical incunabula / Lotte Hellinga -- Between the market and the academy : Robert S. Whipple (1871-1953) as a collector of science books / Silvia De Renzi -- 'These crafty dealers' : Sir Henry Wellcome as a book collector / John Symons -- Reading : a health warning / Roy Porter

Topic: Book collectors; Book collecting; Medicine--History; Printers--Health and hygiene; Book industries and trade--History; Book industries and trade--Social aspects; Book industries and trade