School of Medicine of the Royal Colleges (fl1871)

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Autobiography of Richard James Arthur Berry, entitled "Chance and Circumstance", followed by "There is a tide in the affairs of men which taken at the flood leads on to fortune. A true story of what befell a man who took it, told by R. J. A. Berry, M.D. F.R.C.S., F.R.S.E. A Former Lecturer in the School of Medicine of the Royal College, Edinburgh; and later Professor of Anatomy in the University of Melbourne".

Scope and Contents List of subscribers to testimonial presented to Richard James Arthur Berry, M.D., F.R.C.S.E., on his departure from Edinburgh to take up his duties as Professor of Anatomy at Melbourne University. December 1905.Also contains a letter noting Berry's career from Sir Edward Appleton, with a photograph of the Anatomy Department of the School of Medicine of the Royal College, Edinburgh as it was after DR R. J. A. Berry had taken it over from Dr. James Musgrove, in an envelope at the...

Scope and Contents Two white metal medals from the School of Medicine, Edinburgh. On the obverse is the School of Medicine logo (a serpent-entwined rod denoting the Rod of Aesculapius) and Greek lettering with the legend 'School of Medicine Edinburgh' around the border. On the reverse is a laurel wreath containing the inscription 'Prize Medal / Gained by / James Ewart / Awarded By / Stevenson Macadam / Ph.D. F.R.S.E. F.C.S. / Lecturer on Chemistry.' Around the border is inscribed 'Written Examination in...