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F.N.L. Poynter

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Description:The Journal of James Yonge, doctor and pioneer, is perhaps the most important English diary of the seventeenth century to be published since Pepys' and Evelyn's. Of the same period as the diaries of Pepys and Evelyn, Yonge's depicts aspects of life which they described as spectators, but in which he was intimately involved. Yonge spent many years as a ship's surgeon while Pepys was an administrator of the Royal Navy, during the Dutch wars Yonge tended the sick and wounded himself while Evelyn was a Commissioner. Later, Yonge was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, an honour which he shared with Pepys and Evelyn.James Yonge emerges as a man of common-sense, firm opinions and shrewd judgement: a man to be strusted, an excellent witness. His hardships as a prisoner-of-war of the Dutch are described objectively and with little rancour against the enemy; on his return to London after the Great Fire he is astonished that the citizens should accept their situation so casually. Later when his practice was well established in Plymouth, the records of his many visits to London provide glimpses of contemporary history. He enjoys showing his wife the new buildings of London and chatting with scientists and servants in taverns and coffee-houses. He lists the contents of the Oxford Museum and describes the congenial entertainment offered him at the University.Of his life and work as a surgeoen there is some account, though this journal is in no way a professional casebook. He records the case of a girl who suddenly changed her sex and his successes with depressed fractures and amputations, in which he was something of a pioneer.The journal gives a complete account of his life from the age of eleven, when he joined the navy as a surgeon-apprentice, utnil he was sixty-one and one of the best-known surgeons in England. Written in a racy, natural style, the journal reads like an adventure story, yet is full of medical, scientific and historical interest.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Journal of James Yonge. To get started finding The Journal of James Yonge, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: The Journal of James Yonge, doctor and pioneer, is perhaps the most important English diary of the seventeenth century to be published since Pepys' and Evelyn's. Of the same period as the diaries of Pepys and Evelyn, Yonge's depicts aspects of life which they described as spectators, but in which he was intimately involved. Yonge spent many years as a ship's surgeon while Pepys was an administrator of the Royal Navy, during the Dutch wars Yonge tended the sick and wounded himself while Evelyn was a Commissioner. Later, Yonge was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, an honour which he shared with Pepys and Evelyn.James Yonge emerges as a man of common-sense, firm opinions and shrewd judgement: a man to be strusted, an excellent witness. His hardships as a prisoner-of-war of the Dutch are described objectively and with little rancour against the enemy; on his return to London after the Great Fire he is astonished that the citizens should accept their situation so casually. Later when his practice was well established in Plymouth, the records of his many visits to London provide glimpses of contemporary history. He enjoys showing his wife the new buildings of London and chatting with scientists and servants in taverns and coffee-houses. He lists the contents of the Oxford Museum and describes the congenial entertainment offered him at the University.Of his life and work as a surgeoen there is some account, though this journal is in no way a professional casebook. He records the case of a girl who suddenly changed her sex and his successes with depressed fractures and amputations, in which he was something of a pioneer.The journal gives a complete account of his life from the age of eleven, when he joined the navy as a surgeon-apprentice, utnil he was sixty-one and one of the best-known surgeons in England. Written in a racy, natural style, the journal reads like an adventure story, yet is full of medical, scientific and historical interest.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Journal of James Yonge. To get started finding The Journal of James Yonge, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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