2006 William Budd: Bristol's Most Famous Physician

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First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Scarce, Signed, With Dustwrapper

First edition. Signed to the title page with an inscription to Sir Allan Budd, a British economist, founding member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, and relation of William Budd. Illustrated with sixteen plates. Collated complete. The life and work of William Budd, an English physician and epidemiologist known for recognizing that infectious diseases were contagious. He particularly understood this about the transmission of cholera and typhoid fever. Written by Michael Dunnill, a British medical Emeritus Fellow of Oxford University.