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Croom, Sir John Halliday, 1847-1923 (Knight | Professor of Midwifery, University of Edinburgh)

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Dates

  • Existence: 1847 - 1923

Biography

John Halliday Croom was born in Sanquhar, Dumfries, on 15 January 1847. He was educated at the Royal High School in the city, and then studied at Edinburgh University. He also studied in London and Paris. For several years Croom was an Assistant to the Professor of Gynaecology and Obstetrics at the University of Edinburgh and he was also a Lecturer on Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the Edinburgh School of Medicine, which was then at Minto House. Croom had also been Chairman of the Central Midwives Board for Scotland , a Physician at the Royal Maternity Hospital in Edinburgh, and Consulting Gynaecologist at the Royal Infirmary. His publications include Minor gynaecological operations and appliances (1883), and The bladder during parturition (1883). Croom also made many contributions to scientific and medical journals. Emeritus Professor Sir John Halliday Croom died on 27 September 1923.

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Croom (Sir John Halliday) Professor. Lectures on Midwifery, 1899

 Item — Volume Dk.5.33
Identifier: Coll-2271/1
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Creator: Croom, Sir John Halliday, 1847-1923 (Scottish surgeon and medical author); Paterson, Dr. William, fl. 1899 (student)

Croom (Sir J. H.) Professor. Lectures on Midwifery. 1899. 8^o.

Dates: 1899
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Medical Lecture notes taken down by William Paterson

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Professor Sir John Halliday Croom, 23 December 1910

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/16/47
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Croom writes that he will do his best in support of Ewart, and remarks how wrong it is that men of science should not only have to do the work, but also to find the means. He states that he will write to the Duke of Portland and any others who may be able to help, and asks for a few copies of Ewart's appeal.

Dates: 23 December 1910
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1910

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Professor Sir John Halliday Croom, 20 December 1915

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/21/21
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Croom thanks Ewart for a copy of his most recent work on the development of the horse and expresses his interest in it.

Dates: 20 December 1915
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1915

Medical Lecture notes taken down by William Paterson

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Identifier: Coll-2271
Scope and Contents Seven volumes of lecture notes delivered in the medical faculty of Edinburgh University, appear to be in two hands, some may have been taken down by William Paterson. 1897-1900. 8^o. Midwifery, by Professor Sir J.H. Croom, 1899. Physiology, by Professor W. Rutherford. 1899, 2 vols. Practice of medicine, by Professor J. Wyllie, 1899-1900, 2 vols. Surgery,...
Dates: 1897-1900
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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

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Identifier: Coll-1898
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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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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