The morbid anatomy of the brain, in mania and hydrophobia : with the pathology of these two diseases, as collected from the papers of the late Andrew Marshal ... : with an account of some experiments, to ascertain whether the pericardium and ventricles of the brain contain water in a state of health / to which is prefixed a sketch of his life by S. Sawrey.

Date:
1815
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Credit: The morbid anatomy of the brain, in mania and hydrophobia : with the pathology of these two diseases, as collected from the papers of the late Andrew Marshal ... : with an account of some experiments, to ascertain whether the pericardium and ventricles of the brain contain water in a state of health / to which is prefixed a sketch of his life by S. Sawrey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF DR. MARSHAL. The Life of Dr. Marshal does not present any of those incidents which give interest to biography. It had no romantic adventures j nor was it chequered by any singular misfortune; it was the Hfe of a man of original genius, emerg- ing, unassisted, from his native obscurity, quietly and unostentatiously maturing himself by studies and meditations unknown to thp world: long hesitating in the choice of a profession; begin- ning late, but pursuing it, when decided upon, with all that force of mind and enthusiasm which make difficulties but the means of increased pro- gress. At all times rather shrinkino- and seclud- ing himself from public notice, than ambitious of notoriety, and yet calmly and steadily ad- vancing to knowledge and reputation; so that b