An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2022 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

15961 entries, 13944 authors and 1935 subjects. Updated: March 22, 2024

MURCHISON, Charles

4 entries
  • 2220

A treatise on the continued fevers of Great Britain.

London: Parker, Son, & Bourn, 1862.

Murchison was one of the greatest clinical teachers London has ever known; of his many writings his book on continued fever is probably the most important. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.



Subjects: COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › England (United Kingdom), INFECTIOUS DISEASE, Medicine: General Works
  • 2980

On a new method of procuring the consolidation of fibrin in certain incurable aneurisms.

Med.-chir. Trans., 47, 129-49, 1864.

Moore and Murchison introduced the method of treating aneurysm by passing wire into the aneurysmal sac.



Subjects: CARDIOLOGY › CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE › Aneurysms
  • 3622

Clinical lectures on diseases of the liver.

London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1868.


Subjects: HEPATOLOGY › Diseases of the Liver
  • 14093

Palaeontological memoirs and notes of the late Hugh Falconer. For many years superintendent of the H.E.I. Company's botanical gardens at Suharunpoor and Calcutta. With a biographical sketch of the author. Compiled and edited by Charles Murchison. Vol. 1. Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis. Vol. II. Mastodon, elephant, rhinoceros, ossiferous caves, primeval man and his cotemporaries. 2 vols.

London: Robert Hardwicke, 1868.

Falconer's writings on human antiquity appear in Vol. 2 of his Palaeontogical memoirs. Together with William Pengelly, Falconer was one of the first two scientists to visit Brixham Cave after its discovery in 1858, and he was instrumental in obtaining the necessary funding and scientific personnel for its excavation. Also included in Volume 2 is the text of Falconer’s November 1, 1858 letter to Joseph Prestwich, written during Falconer’s visit to Boucher de Perthes at Abbeville, mentioning the continuing Brixham excavations and urging Prestwich to visit the Abbeville site. The letter, which is credited with motivating Prestwich to visit Abbeville in late April 1859, forms part of Falconer’s draft of a history of research on human antiquity titled “Primitive man and his cotemporaries” [sic] originally composed in 1863, but left unpublished until its inclusion in vol. 2.  

Falconer played an essential, key role in the earliest acceptance of human antiquity by the British scientific community. Had his life not been cut short at the age of 57 he would have undoubtedly made further contributions. As it was, his scientific works filled two very thick volumes.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.



Subjects: COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › India, Collected Works: Opera Omnia, EVOLUTION › Human Origins / Human Evolution, Paleontology