176:(1783), "in which former methods of treatment were candidly examined and compared, with one more rational and safe, proving that a perfect cure may generally be effected more certainly, without rest and confinement, than by the strict regimen in common use." He included "an introduction on the process of ulceration and the origin of pus laudabile: to which are added hints on a successful method of treating some scrophulous tumors and the mammary abscess and sore nipples of lying-in women." This work was reviewed in
158:, who had served as sergeant-surgeon to George II. Hawkins secured Underwood an appointment as a house pupil at St. George's Hospital, where he studied under Hawkins for several years. In later life, Underwood expressed his indebtedness to this âlong residence in one of the largest and best conducted hospitals in the metropolis."
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We recommend it as a very useful work to the practitioners of surgery, in which they will find some new and useful suggestions, many absurd and common prejudices successfully combated, and some almost obsolete modes of practice revived, and established upon experience, and upon principles in general
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embraces a period of more than sixty years, during which it was the constant practice of Dr. Underwood to commit to paper the occurrences of each day for his own personal gratification; his domestic circumstances, professional visits, religious impressions, and
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brought him fame and distinction. Over the next 60 years his book went through 10 editions, seven during his lifetime and three more after his death, edited by Samuel
Merriman (1826), Marshall Hall (1835), and H Davies (1846). It was also published in France, Germany, and America.
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said that "its author seems to have overshadowed and bewildered his mind by painful metaphysical contemplation of the greatest mysteries of religion; but he displays a
Christian, if a too intense, anxiety to arrive at truth and satisfy his soul."
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Extracts from the Diary of the late
Michael Underwood, M.D. consisting of Mediation, Critical and Practical Remarks on various Passages of Scripture, Miscellaneous Essays, and Occasional Hymns
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Underwood's diary (composed of 122 volumes) recounted the minutiae of his daily life, along with meditations on various other subjects, especially religious ones. A review from
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described the physician as "a man of sincere and deep piety; his creed was highly
Calvinistic." The work was said to be mournful at times, and another review in
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