PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - D. U. Bloor
TI  - Richard Quiller Couch — an outstanding nineteenth century general practitioner
DP  - 1978 Feb 01
TA  - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
PG  - 97--101
VI  - 28
IP  - 187
4099  - http://bjgp.org/content/28/187/97.short
4100  - http://bjgp.org/content/28/187/97.full
SO  - J R Coll Gen Pract1978 Feb 01; 28
AB  - The boom in metal mining in the mid-nineteenth century produced a fearful mortality among miners. The history of this problem is described by the life and work of Mr R. Quiller Couch, a Cornish mine surgeon and general practitioner. He was a remarkable man and an outstanding general practitioner.