The Learned Medicine of Dr. William Cullen (1710-1790)

• Author(s): Jeffrey Wolf,
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Pages: 490
• ISBN_10: 1533393222
  ISBN_13: 9781533393227
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Europe / Great Britain / General ,

Description:... This is a study of the life and thought of Dr. William Cullen (1710-1790), the Scottish chemist, physician, and professor of medicine, who was a significant figure in the Scottish Enlightenment. Best friends with David Hume and Adam Smith, correspondent of Benjamin Franklin, and mentor to many, including Benjamin Rush and William Hunter, Cullen was an influential personality of his day.