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Notes of lectures given by David Hume, Baron of the Scots Exchequer, taken down by person unknown

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Identifier: Coll-1291
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A volume of ink manuscript notes, with pencil annotations, of Hume's Lectures, taken down by a person unknown, but probably a student. The notes relate to lectures delivered between November-December 1805 and with an introductory lecture omitted. Headings include: Marriage; Parent and Child; Guardian and Ward; Master and Servant; and, Personal Rights.

Dates: 1805
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Notes of lectures given by Dr. E. B. Jamieson

 Fonds — Box: CLX-A-999
Identifier: Coll-1350
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of two volumes of manuscript notes from the classes of 'Regional Anatomy', 1934-1935, and numbered Volume II and Volume III:


  1. - Volume II is concerned with the 'Thorax and brain'
  2. - Volume III is concerned with the 'Head and neck'
Dates: 1934-1935
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Notes of Lectures given by Robert Jameson

 Fonds — Volume: Dk.5.23
Identifier: Coll-2199
Scope and Contents

Lectures on Natural History by Professor Robert Jameson, Edinburgh University. 1835-36. Only includes lectures on Meteorology and Hydrology.

Dates: 1835-1836
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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

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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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Notes of lectures given by Sir Isaac Bayley Balfour, taken down by James R. Watson

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Identifier: Coll-1953
Scope and Contents

One volume containing notes of botany lectures given by Sir Isaac Bayley Balfour, taken down by James R Watson at the University of Edinburgh in 1890.

Dates: 1890
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Notes of lectures given by William Cullen, Andrew Duncan, and Alexander Monro (Secundus)

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Identifier: Coll-2260
Scope and Contents Four volumes of student notes on lectures given by W. Cullen, Andrew Duncan, and Alexander Monro (Secundus). Clinical lectures delivered by William Culluen, M.D., 1772-1773. Lectures on the theory and practice of medicine delivered by Andrew Duncan M.D., Senior. n.d. 1774-1776, 2 vols. 4^o. Lectures on surgery, delivered by Alexander Monro, Secundus (?) [c 1759-1800]....
Dates: 1759-1800
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Notes of lectures given by William Saunders

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Identifier: Coll-1281
Scope and Contents The notes taken down into this small bound pocket note-book of 131 handwritten pages are believed to have formed part of the Guy's lecture series - 'Elements in the Practice of Physic'. One of the early pages bears the inscription 'John Bethell, Lincoln's Inn Field' but it isn't clear if this was the same individual who took the notes or someone who subsequently owned them. The volume may be particularly important in that the contents significantly pre-date - when compared - the...
Dates: 1774-1776
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Notes of lectures likely taken down by James Matthews Duncan

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Identifier: Coll-1647
Scope and Contents Undated ms text or notes opposite or on the reverse of printed text. Mention of paget's 'Clinical lectures' (1875) give a likely date for the lecture notes as being between the late-1870s or early-1880s. The contents include: Inflammation; Abscess; Sinus and Fistula; Ulceration; Gangrene; Erysipelas; Fevers; Traumatism; Wounds; Gunshot wounds; Poisoned wounds; Burns and scalds; Arteries; Haemorrhage; Fractures; Injuries of joints; Muscles; nerves; Anaesthetics; Amputations;...
Dates: 1880
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Notes of lectures of Alexander Monro, secundus, taken down by person unknown

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Identifier: Coll-1311
Scope and Contents An attractive volume of student's manuscript notes on Monro's lectures, Physiological Observations..., 1773, 58 pp. plus one page index, bound with Lectures on Comparative Anatomy ..., 1773, 72 pp. plus 3 pp. index, written in the same neat hand and each part with decorative penwork title. There are ownership signatures of William Graham, Edinburgh, 25th May 1774 and John Smith, Alnwick, 1st October 1783, to front free endpaper (detached) and small printed ex. libris bookplate of William...
Dates: 1773
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Notes of lectures of David Hume (1757-1838), Baron of Exchequer

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Identifier: MS HUM
Scope and Contents Book of lecture notes taken by Francis Steel. Volume II only.Title page reads:"Notes of Lectures on the Law of Scotland.By David Hume Esquire Advocate. Professor of the Municipal Law of Scotland, in the University of Edinburgh.Taken by Francis Steel. Vol. II. 1819 - 1820."Volume contains 357 numbered leaves. The hand is very consistent and neat throughout. On a rear flyleaf, there's a pencil note "ou est mon chapeau" [where is my...
Dates: 1819-1820
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

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