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Dr Simon Forman

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  • Author: Cook, Judith
    Contributor: BC Libraries Cooperative; National Network for Equitable Library Service
    Edition: Unabridged
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    2013
    Summary:

    Charismatic and ambitious, Simon Forman rose from a poor upbringing in Wiltshire to become one of the wealthiest doctors in London. This account of his life sees him denounced as a quack and an astrologer who used black magic. It covers his private life through deciphering his intimate coded diary.

    Subject(s): Biography | England | Forman, Simon | History of Medicine | History, 16th Century | Physicians
    Original Publisher: London : Chatto & Windus, 2001, Victoria Park, Association for the Blind of Western Australia
    Language(s): English