Alexander Russell (1715–1768) and Patrick Russell (1727–1805): Physicians and Natural Historians of Aleppo

Russell P. Memoir of the life and writings of Patrick Russell md frs . In: An Account of Indian Serpents Collected on the Coast of Coromandel, vol. 2, part 4. London: W Bulmer & Co. Shakespeare Press, 1809

Comrie JD . History of Scottish Medicine, vol. 1. London: Baillière, Tindall and Cox, 1932: 294–5

Fothergill J. An Essay on the Character of the Late Alexander Russel, M.D. F.R.S read before the Society of Physicians, London, on the 2nd October, 1769. London, 1770: 4

Lettsom JC . Memoirs of John Fothergill MD (4th edn). London: C Dilly, 1786: footnote, 143–5

Russell A. Sketch of the first establishments of the Levant Company in Turkey. In: The Natural Hisotry of Aleppo (2nd edn, revised, enlarged and illustrated with notes by Patrick Russell, 2 vols quarto). London: GG and J Robinson, 1794: appendix vol. 1, i—viii

Fothergill J (op. cit. ref. 3): 9

Russell A. The Natural History of Aleppo and Parts Adjacent, 16 plates. London: A Millar, 1756: 265

Ibid.: 77

Fothergill J (op. cit. ref. 3): 10–11

There is evidence to suggest that such a procedure was available. Personal communication from Duty Archivist, University of Glasgow

Russell A (op. cit. ref. 7): Foreword

Boulger GS . Russell, Alexander (1715?-1768). In: Dictionary of National Biography, vol. 17. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1909: 426–7

Russell A (op. cit. ref. 7): 44–6

Fothergill J (op. cit. ref. 3): 15

Russell A (op. cit. ref. 7): 81–2

Ibid.: 93–6

Ibid.: 113–14

Ibid.: 97–100

Russell A. Of the mal d'Aleppo. In: Kean BH Mott KE Russell AJ , Eds. Tropical Medicine and Parasitology: Classic Investigations, vol. 1. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1978: 228–9

Russell A (op. cit. ref. 7): 262–5

Ibid.: 226–8

Hawgood BJ . Sir Charles James Martin MB FRS: Australian serpents and Indian plague, one-hundred years ago. Toxicon 1997; 35: 999–1010

Russell A (op. cit. ref. 5): vol. 2, p. 225

Russell A (op. cit. ref. 7): 227

Ibid.: 254–61

Ibid.: 231–48

Russell P. A Treatise of the Plague Containing an Historical Journal and Medical Account of the Plague at Aleppo in the Years 1760, 1761, and 1762, 2 vols quarto. London: GG and J Robinson, 1791: vol. 1, p. 23

Ibid.: 137–8

Fothergill J (op. cit. ref. 3): 18–19

Hawgood BJ . The life and viper of Dr Patrick Russell md frs (1727–1805): physician and naturalist. Toxicon 1994; 32: 1295–1304

Russell P. Descriptions and Figures of Two Hundred Fishes Collected at Vizagapatam, 2 folio volumes. London, 1803

Russell P. An Account of Indian Serpents Collected on the Coast of Coromandel, 46 plates. London: W Bulmer & Co. Shakespeare Press, 1796: vol. 1. vol. 2, parts 1, 2, 3 and 4 were published in 1801, 1802, 1807 and 1809, respectively

Macfarlane RG . Russell's viper venom, 1934–64. Br J Haematol 1967; 13: 437–51