Abstract
Edward Ford's Bibliography of Australian Medicine 1790-1900 is one reason Ford's name will be permanently recalled in any study of the historiography of Australian medicine.1 His work was meticulously accurate; guided and inspired, it is thought, by his friend and tutor, Ferguson. (Significantly Ford's bibliography is dedicated to the memory of Frederick Wood Jones and John Alexander Ferguson.) An additional reason for our enduring memory of Ford is provided by the three separate donations of book collections he made to the Royal Australian College of Physicians (RACP). His books now form the essential and primary strength of the College library. (He gave 2200 items and the collection was subsequently built up to 3500 items.) The vital importance of that library and its librarians in the furtherance of medical history as a discipline in Australia are beyond question Sir Edward made a substantial donation of books to the La Trobe
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