Alison, William Pulteney
Scope and Contents
Notes by unidentified student from lectures by W. P. Alison on the Institutes of Medicine 1828 and 1830
Dates
- Creation: 1828-1830
Language of Materials
English.
Conditions Governing Access
None
Biographical / Historical
Born in 1790. Alison graduated MD from Edinburgh University in 1811, and became physician to the New Town Dispensary in 1815. He successively held the Chairs of Medical Jurisprudence, Institutes of Medicine and Practice of Medicine at the University of Edinburgh from 1820-1855, and served as first physician to the Queen in Scotland. Alison died in 1859.
Extent
2 items: papers
Arrangement
Chronological within record class
Other Finding Aids
Manual item-level descriptive list available
Custodial History
Unknown
Immediate Source of Acquisition
W. Tait, Edinburgh, October 1982
Accruals
No further accessions are expected
Bibliography
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Repository Details
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