A Victorian Laryngologist Professor Sir Donald Harrison £20.00,  978-1-85315-413-3,  243pp,  Hardback,  March 2000

Head and Neck
The book allows one to understand that Semon excelled at expounding on medical issues, rather than developing or refining techniques...Harrison's graceful writing adds life even to those details that could seem tedious... Harrison presents interesting details of how medicine was taught and practiced during the Victorian era and how war and political events impacted scientific opinions.

Born in Germany and trained by Sir Morrell Mackenzie, Felix Semon was a major figure in laryngology at the turn of the 20th century and is still one of the best known names in this field. He became a close friend of the Bismarck sons, was knighted by Queen Victoria, and was appointed Physician Extraordinary to Edward VII

Semon founded the London Laryngological Society, which in 1907 was joined with the British Rhino-Laryngological Society to form the Section of Laryngology at the Royal Society of Medicine

His autobiography, published by his son in 1925, was the only available account of his life, ambitions and achievements. This new biography by Professor Sir Donald Harrison offers a critical re-appraisal of Felix Semon's life and times, based on detailed research of contemporary sources and documents.

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