HARWOOD (Sir Busick). A Synopsis of a Course of Lectures on Comparative Anatomy and Physiology.1807

Cambridge: Printed by Francis Hodson, 8vo (210 x 130mm), viii, 76 pp., half-title, interleaved throughout with blank paper, contemporary Ms. notes in ink and pencil on 9 blank leaves at the beginning, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, upper hinge detached. Sir Busick Harwood was Professor of Anatomy in the University of Cambridge from 1785 to 1814 and simultaneously Downing Professor of Medicine from 1800 to 1814. "He demonstrated the transfusion of blood from sheep to blood-depleted dogs under differing experimental conditions. Student annotated copies of the synopsis record relevant comments from all fields of medicine and indicate that Harwood possessed an extensive knowledge of contemporary medical research. Having failed to get attendance at lectures and dissections made compulsory, Harwood gave up public dissections because nobody came to them." (ODNB). Russell, British Anatomy, 391.