Unlike most histories of the medical profession between 1750 and 1850 which focus on a small handful of famous doctors and their discoveries this book concentrates on the neglected but far larger group of rank and file practitioners the surgeon apothecaries of the late 18th century and the general practitioners of the early 19th century. Unlike most histories of the medical profession between 1750 and 1850 which focus on a small handful of famous doctors and their discoveries this book concentrates on the neglected but far larger group of rank and file practitioners the surgeon apothecaries of the late 18th century and the general practitioners of the early 19th century. Medical care and the general practitioner 1750 1850 gives the history of general practice during its formative years it is a book about an insufficiently known career which would make good reading for all doctors and could be read in conjunction with death in childbirth the history of obstetrics by the same author. Medical care and the general practitioner 1750 1850 loudon kyle loudon irvine loudon i amazoncomau books. Medical care and the general practitioner 1750 1850 loudon irvine this study is concerned not with famous doctors and their discoveries but with the rank and file practitioners the surgeon apothecaries of the 18th century and the general practitioners of the 19th