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

POYNTER, Frederick Noel Lawrence

4 entries
  • 6786

A catalogue of incunabula in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library.

London: Oxford University Press, 1954.

Gives full bibliographical description of 632 incunabula.



Subjects: BIBLIOGRAPHY › 15th Century (Incunabula) & Medieval, BIBLIOGRAPHY › Catalogues of Institutional Medical Libraries
  • 1586

The history and philosophy of knowledge of the brain and its functions: an Anglo-American symposium.

Oxford: Blackwell, 1958.


Subjects: NEUROLOGY › History of Neurology, Neurophysiology › History of Neurophysiology
  • 8835

The journal of James Yonge, Plymouth surgeon (1647-1721). Edited by F. N. L. Poynter.

London: Longmans, Green & Co. & Hamden, CT: Archon Books, 1963.

A complete account of Yonge's life from the age of ten until the age of 61. "It is considered to be the most important diary of the 17th century after those of Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn.[1] In it Yonge mentioned famous people he had seen in his travels, dropping names and in some cases giving a frank opinion." (Wikipedia article on James Yonge, accessed 01-2017). Digital facsimile of the 1963 edition from the Hathi Trust at this link.



Subjects: BIOGRAPHY (Reference Works) › Autobiography, COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › England (United Kingdom), SURGERY: General
  • 6550.2

The evolution of hospitals in Britain. Edited by F. N. L. Poynter

London: Pitman, 1964.

14 papers delivered at the 3rd British Congress on the History of Medicine and Pharmacy, 1962, and a classified bibliography of British hospital history by E. Gaskell (pp. 225-79).



Subjects: COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › England (United Kingdom), HOSPITALS › History of Hospitals