Record Number: 31228

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
A. Medical.
[...]
Minor Horrors of present war.
Staying the Plague – Harman
Military Orthopedics – Jones
Medical Hints – Squire
Wounds in War – Power
Injuries to Head – Rawlings
Cerebro-Sp. Fever – Horder
Diagnosis of Nervous D – Purves Stewart
Refraction of eye – Thorington.
Tropical Diseases – Manson.
Diseases of Male Urethra – Kidd
Diagnosis & Treatment of Diseases of Heart – MacKenzie
Surgical After-Treatment – Todd.
Malarial Work in Macedonia. – Willoughby & Cassidy
Shell-Shock – Elliott Smith
War Shock – Eder
Neurasthenia – Hartenberg
Practitioner. July '18 – June '19
Tuberculosis – Jex Blake
Minor Maladies – 1918
Psycho-neuroses of War – L'hermitte
Internal Secretions. Vol. 1.
Internal Secretions. Vol 2.
Brookbank's Treatment & Diagnosis of Heart Diseases
Gerrish's Anatomy'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 22 Apr 1917 and 5 Jul 1918

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Croydon, London
specific address: Berkeley Lodge, Haling Park Road

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Albert Ruskin Cook

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

2 Mar 1870

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Medical Missionary, Church Missionary Society

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Francis Seymour Kidd

Title:

Common Diseases of the Male Urethra

Genre:

Medicine

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

31228

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Albert Ruskin Cook

Title:

Diary 1918

Location:

Wellcome Library, London

Call No:

PP/COO/G33

Page/Folio:

n/a

Additional Information:

List written in memoranda section at end of diary.

Citation:

Albert Ruskin Cook, Diary 1918, Wellcome Library, London, PP/COO/G33, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31228, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None