Correspondence

Scope and Contents Autograph letter signed from Sir James Young Simpson to Dr Barham, Edinburgh, 3 January 1866, on the subject of Dr Barham's antique tin marked with a symbol that Simpson is trying to decipher.In the letter, Simpson tells Barham that "Professor Stephens of Copenhagen is here at pressent, & has told us at the Antiquarian Society that your jug of tin ... has upon it this mark X which he reads as a rune in old English meaning ST which he believes to mean Stan or Stone - the name...

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Correspondence and Papers (154 items) of the Cunningham family of Glenwood Flour Mills, Belfast, 1785-1875, including letters (34) of Thomas Cunningham M.D. (Edinburgh) which contain some account of his medical career in Edinburgh and of his association with professor J. Y. Simpson, 1840-1858.

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Extracts of letters of Margaret Buchanan Robertson relating to treatment by Professor James Young Simpson 1857-1859