Alexander Henderson contributed to which compendium, written by about 100 full-time editors and 4,000 contributors at current?
Alexander Henderson (physician) Alexander Henderson (1780 – 1863) was a Scottish physician and author. Born in Aberdeenshire, he was educated at Edinburgh University, where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in 1803. He went to London and was admitted a licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians in 1808. He chiefly devoted himself to letters, though, contributing to such works as "Encyclopædia Britannica" and "Edinburgh Review". He translated Cabanis's "Coup d'œil sur les révolutions et la réforme de la médicine" (1804) as "Sketch of the revolutions of medical science, and views relating to its reform" (1806). He published "The History of Ancient and Modern Wines" in 1824.
Meyers Blitz-Lexikon Meyers Blitz-Lexikon is a German print encyclopedia, now in the public domain. It was a concise single-volume version of the long-established "Meyers Lexicon". The name refers to the need for very rapid (Blitz = "Lightning") information. It was published to accompany the 15-volume version of the 7th edition of Meyers Lexicon. By limiting the explanations to a few keywords and making heavy use of abbreviations, a large number of entries were compressed into the single portable volume. Even complex topics were explained in just a few sentences. The volume contained eight plates, 2,481 illustrations in the text and 71 coloured panels, forming a 759-page lexicon with over 45,000 entries.