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- Bell, Joseph
- The Real Sherlock Holmes
(Good Words, 1902)
- Brown, Dr. John
- Rab's Friend, by Andrew Lang
(Century Magazine, 1883A)
- A Scottish physician and author best known for his beloved short story about a mastiff, "Rab and His Friends."
- Clark, Sir Andrew
- Personal Reminiscences of Sir Andrew Clark, by E.H. Pitcairn
(The Strand, 1894A)
- Helmholtz, Hermann von
- Hermann von Helholtz, by Thomas Commerford Martin
(Century Magazine, 1895A)
- Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz (1821-1894) was a German physician and physicist who made significant contributions in several scientific fields. In physiology and psychology, he is known for his mathematics of the eye, theories of vision, ideas on the visual perception of space, color vision research, and on the sensation of tone, perception of sound, and empiricism. In physics, he is known for his theories on the conservation of energy, work in electrodynamics, chemical thermodynamics, and on a mechanical foundation of thermodynamics. As a philosopher, he is known for his philosophy of science, ideas on the relation between the laws of perception and the laws of nature, the science of aesthetics, and ideas on the civilizing power of science. - Wikipedia
- Holmes, Oliver Wendell
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, by Edmund C. Steadman
(Century Magazine, 1885A)
- Oliver Wendell Holmes: Personal Recollections and Unpublished Letters, by Annie Fields
(Century Magazine, 1895A)
- Hopkins, Dr.
- A Great Teacher
(Century Magazine, 1887B)
- MacKenzie, Sir Morell
- Sir Morell MacKenzie, MD - Illustrated Interviews, by Harry How
(The Strand, 1892A)
- Marsden, Kate
- Kate Marsden, and Her Mission to Russia and Siberia, by Emma Brewer
(Girl's Own Paper, 1891)
- Writer, explorer, and nurse. "This wonderful and dangerous mission... is to travel through Russia up to the remote parts of Siberia to see for herself the condition of the lepers...and to find some means of alleviating their misery and improving their physical condition..."
- Nightingale, Florence
- Florence Nightingale's Book
(Godey's, 1860)
- The Early Home of Florence Nightingale, by Edward Bradbury
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1885)
- Lea Hurst in Derbyshire.
- Raymond, Aimee
- Aimee Raymond, MD, by Emma Trapper (Ladies' Home Journal, 1892)
Doctor and corresponding secretary for the Society for the Advancement of Women in Medicine.
- Smyth, Dr. William
- Dr. Smyth of Donegal
(Good Words, 1902)
- An Irish doctor famous for caring for typhus patients.
- Travers, Benjamin
- Benjamin Travers (obit)
(Gentleman's Magazine, 1859)
- Serjeant-Surgeon to Her Majesty.
- Van der Kamp, Dr. Theodore
- Dr. Van der Kamp
(Leisure Hour, 1860)
- A military officer, doctor and philosopher who became a missionary in South Africa and was active in gaining improved rights for the native population.
- Doctors' Diversions, by Frederick Dolman
(The Strand, 1900B)
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