A catalogue of rare syphilis books
Year of award: 2013
Grantholders
University of Glasgow
Project summary
The quantity of medical literature on syphilis is second only to that on the plague. This collection has some 250 pre-1831 printed books on the subject. Many of the books are from the library of the anatomist William Hunter and around 40 per cent date from before 1700. This project catalogued these rare material books and created a web resource for researchers.