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Diary of Isabel Jane Thorne

 Fonds — Box: CLX-A-842
Identifier: Coll-1175
Scope and Contents

The diary is 43pp. long (foolscap). It is a copy of typescript with corrections. It begins with her birth and family circumstances as she grew up, and includes her life as a governess, her marriage and journey to China, the birth of her children, the Taiping Rebellion, medical training in London and studies in Edinburgh, and her return to London. The diary ends in 1886-1887 and with brief description of personal celebrations around the Jubilee of Queen Victoria.

Dates: 1887

Document dated 27 July 1816 Document certifying that Mrs. Sarah Boreland from Dumfries had been regularly instructed by James Hamilton MD, Professor of Midwifery, University of Edinburgh,

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1302
Scope and Contents The certificate - which is in a fragile state - is on board with an engraved drawing of the General Lying-in Hospital (presumably). It is dated, 'University of Edinburgh. July 27th 1816'. It is signed 'Jas. Hamilton MD, Professor of Midwifery'. The certificate states: 'These do certify that Mrs. Sarah Boreland from Dumfries / has been regularly instructed by me in the knowledge of the practice of midwifery, / that during the time of her study she attended the Edinburgh General Lying-in /...
Dates: 1816

Lecture notes on Midwifery (Professor Thomas Young, 1726-1783), taken down by James Johnson

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1254
Scope and Contents The material consists of Young's Lectures - spine title - being lectures on Midwifery given by Professor Thomas Young. It is dated July 1775. The introductory page notes the content as Lectures on Midwifery by Thos. Young. Professor of Midwifery in Edinburgh. The inside front board has bookplate noted as: James Johnson / Student at Edinburgh. Another notes in ink that the item was: Presented to the Library by Christopher...
Dates: 1774-1775

Lecture notes on Midwifery (Professor Thomas Young, 1726-1783), taken down by person unknown

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1253
Scope and Contents The material consists of Young's Midwifery - spine title - being lectures on Midwifery given by Professor Thomas Young. There is no identifiable date. The introductory page notes the content as Lectures on Midwifery by Thos. Young M.D. Professor of Midwifery in the University of Edinburgh There are two volumes, with Volume 1 containing 403 pp. numbered and a contents list, and Volume 2 containing 409 pp. numbered....
Dates: 1756-1783

Lecture notes on Midwifery (Professor Thomas Young, 1726-1783), taken down by person unknown

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1252
Scope and Contents

The material consists of Young's Midwifery - spine title - being lectures on Midwifery given by Professor Thomas Young. There is no identifiable date. The introductory page notes the content as Dr. Young's Theory and Practice of Midwifery

There are 338 pp. relating to the subject, and a contents list at rear.

There is no indication of the name of the note-taking student.

Dates: 1756-1783

Manuscript notes on medical lectures taken at the University of Edinburgh

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2119
Scope and Contents This fonds consists of 18 volumes of manuscript notes taken at medical lectures at the University of Edinburgh between 1873 and 1874. At the front of each volume the subject of the lecture and the name of the lecturer is provided.The subjects covered are: Pathology (Vols. I-IV); Materia Medica (Vols. I-II); Midwifery (Vols. I-IV); Surgery (Vols I, II, and V only); Clinical Surgery (Vols. I-II); Practice of Physic...
Dates: 1873-1874

Notes of lectures by Sir John Halliday Croom, taken down by P. J. F. Garvey

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1898
Scope and Contents

Notes of lectures on midwifery given by John Holliday Croom in 1899 and 1905-1906, taken down by P. J. F. Garvey.

Dates: 1899-1906

Notes of lectures given by Sir Alexander Russell Simpson and Sir Thomas Grainger Stewart, taken down by Kenneth R. Brown

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1949
Scope and Contents Notebooks containing lecture notes taken down by Kenneth R. Brown in 1885-1887, bearing his bookplate. Notes on lectures given by Sir Thomas Grainger Stewart. 'Lectures on the Practice of Physic'. Edinburgh University, 1885-1886, 2 vols. Notes on lectures given by Sir Alexander Russell Simpson. Lectures on midwifery, and lectures on gynaecology. Edinburgh University, 1886-1887. ...
Dates: 1885-1887

Notes of medical lectures by Andrew Duncan Senior and Thomas Young, taken down by person unknown

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1920
Scope and Contents

Two volumes containing notes of lectures on midwifery by Thomas Young given in 1763-1764, and notes of lectures on 'the practice of physic' given by Andrew Duncan Snr in 1778.

Dates: 1763-1778

Notes of midwifery lectures given by Sir James Young Simpson, taken down by George Dickson

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1955
Scope and Contents

Volume containing notes of lectures in 'midwifery and diseases of women' given by Sir James Young Simpson, taken down by George Dickson at the University of Edinburgh, 1862-1863.

Dates: 1862-1863

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