DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON: HIS MEDICAL HISTORY AS RECORDED BY JAMES BOSWELL

Dr. Samuel Johnson: His Medical History as Recorded by James Boswell.

Samuel Johnson: his ills, his pills and his physician friends.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was one of the greatest men of his age. Although famed for his writings, especially his Dictionary and his folio on Shakespeare, he is remembered for his tavern conversations, his literary clubs and the great biography of his life by Boswell. He always enjoyed having physicians as his friends, and took a great interest in all branches of medicine. He would advise and ...

Dr. Samuel James Meltzer: physiologist of the Rockefeller Institute.

Samuel Johnson (circa 1769)

Samuel Johnson was a poet, critic, lexicographer, and the author of the famous Dictionary, which he began in 1747. In 1755, Johnson's Dictionary appeared in two large folio volumes. It represented about 9 years of work and was written almost single handedly. Johnson had only the assistance of a few amanuenses to copy out the quotations he marked. Johnson originally approached Lord Chesterfield ...

Laennec: his medical history.

Critical study of the career of Théophile Laënnec, with particular reference to his medical history, gives cause to query the commonly accepted belief that his whole life was a constant battle against pulmonary tuberculosis. He developed respiratory symptoms almost immediately on his arrival in Paris but they were those of bronchial asthma and responded promptly and completely to a change of en...