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Anderson, Mary Leslie

 Fonds
Identifier: GD1-16
Scope and Contents

Nursing examination papers 1932-1938; test papers 1936-1937; clinical charts 1934; lecture notes on midwifery 1939-1940; casebooks 1940

Dates: 1932-1940
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive

Cuthbert, Jessie

 Fonds
Identifier: GD1-13
Scope and Contents

Midwifery lecture notes 1910; record of domiciliary maternity cases attended by Nurse Cuthbert 1910; midwifery examination questions 1910; Edinburgh Lying-in Institute certificate for Principles and Practice of Midwifery course 1910; 'A Handbook for Midwives and Maternity Nurses' by Comyns Berkeley 1909

Dates: 1909-1910
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive

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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Johnstone, Robert William

 Fonds
Identifier: GD11
Scope and Contents

General correspondence 1927-1954; speeches 1913-1954; records of meetings of the G.V.S. 1935-1946; work on medical history 1944-1957; papers and letters regarding the publication of 'William Smellie: the Master of British Midwifery' 1951-1953; miscellaneous 1883, 1938-1945; diary 1929

Dates: 1883-1957
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive

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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Lindsay, Janet Cranston

 Fonds
Identifier: GD1-47
Scope and Contents

Certificates 1924-1929; letters regarding certification 1951; badges

Dates: 1924-1951
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive

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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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University of Edinburgh (Scottish University) 4
Young, Thomas, 1725-1783 (physician and professor of midwifery) 4
Simpson, Sir Alexander Russell, 1835-1916 (professor of midwifery, University of Edinburgh) 2
Annandale, Thomas, 1838-1907 (surgeon) 1
Boreland, Sarah, fl. 1816 1
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Brown, Kenneth R, fl 1880s (medical student, University of Edinburgh) 1
Christison, Sir Robert, 1797-1882 (1st Baronet | Scottish toxicologist and physician) 1
Croom, John Halliday, Professor Sir, 1847-1923 (physician) 1
Dickson, George, fl 1860s (Edinburgh University student) 1
Duncan, Andrew, 1744-1828 (the elder | British physician | Professor at University of Edinburgh) 1
Garvey, P J F, fl 1890s-1900s (Edinburgh University student) 1
Guthrie, Douglas James, 1885-1975 (surgeon and historian of medicine) 1
Hamilton, James, 1767-1839 (Professor of Midwifery) 1
Johnson, James, fl. 1774-1775 (student, Edinburgh University) 1
Sanders, William Rutherford, 1828-1881 (Scottish physician) 1
Simpson, Sir James Young, 1811-1870 (Professor of Midwifery, University of Edinburgh) 1
Stewart, Sir Thomas Grainger, 1837-1900 (Physician, President of the BMA) 1
Thorne, Isabel Jane, 1834-1910 (campaigner for medical education for women) 1
Turner, Sir William, 1832-1916 (anatomist, professor of anatomy and principal, University of Edinburgh) 1
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