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Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:
McBeath Gaelic Medical Manuscript, 16th century
Item
Identifier: La.III.21
Scope and Contents
Dating from the 16th-century, it is a medical manuscript, in Gaelic and Latin. It was owned by the family of McBeath (also known as Bethunes or Beatons) who were for many generations physicians of repute in the West Highlands, particularly in Mull and Islay. On pages 189-190 there is a carefully prepared family tree. In the Gaelic world basic medical texts were available in the vernacular, whereas Latin remained the language of medical learning in the rest of Scotland. This manuscript shows...
Dates:
16th century
Monro, Alexander, primus
Fonds
Identifier: GD1-2
Scope and Contents
MS volume of Alexander Monro primus' History of Anatomy 1747
Dates:
1747
Notebooks of lectures at the University of Edinburgh, taken down by Robert Low Orr and William J. Orr
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1919
Scope and Contents
This fonds consists of 20 notebooks containing notes on legal and medical lectures given at the University of Edinburgh, taken down by Robert Low Orr and William J. Orr. Also includes some class cards, exam papers, and ephemera of Robert Low Orr.
Robert Low Orr: Lectures on Metaphysics (Fraser)
Robert Low Orr: Law lectures (Muirhead, Macpherson)
Robert Low Orr: Scots law...
Dates:
1873-1886
Notes of medical lectures by Andrew Duncan Senior and Thomas Young, taken down by person unknown
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1920
Scope and Contents
Two volumes containing notes of lectures on midwifery by Thomas Young given in 1763-1764, and notes of lectures on 'the practice of physic' given by Andrew Duncan Snr in 1778.
Dates:
1763-1778
Notice for a meeting of the Edinburgh Hunterian Medical Society, 3 November 1841
Item — Box CLX-A-1591
Identifier: Coll-1848/20-0035
Scope and Contents
A rare notice announcing the resuming of meetings of the Edinburgh Hunterian Medical Society. It advertises the lectures of Dr. Lonsdale, Dr. Bates (on epilepsy) and Dr. Mackay (on dystentery) at a meeting of the 1841 Edinburgh Hunterian Medical Society, held at Societies' Hall at Edinburgh University on the 3rd of November 1841.The handbill reads as follows: "This society will resume its meetings on Wednesday by the 10th November 1841. After an address from the President, an Essay "On the...
Dates:
3 November 1841
Papers and correspondence of Daniel John Cunningham
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-11
Scope and Contents
The papers cover the years 1876 to 1910 and contains a great many autograph letters from eminent anatomists and medical men, including ten letters from Joseph Lister. There is also a substantial sequence of notebooks and working papers containing detailed notes of experiments and dissections together with drawings and drafts for lectures, and a separate sequence of manuscripts for lectures and addresses. An item of particular interest is an album of 96 photographs from Cunningham's service on...
Dates:
c 1876-1910
Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1586
Scope and Contents
Section A, Biographical, is very slight. It includes an obituary and a copy of Pollock's curriculum vitae. Of particular note are correspondence and papers relating to Pollock's difficulties in obtaining a visa to visit the USA in 1967 and 1970.Section B, Medical Research Council, documents Pollock's time at the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Mill Hill, London, from 1948 to 1964, shortly before his departure for Edinburgh. It is not...
Dates:
ca 1934-2000
Papers of Norman McOmish Dott
Fonds — Gen.2085 (28 boxes )
Identifier: Coll-32
Scope and Contents
The papers fully document all of Dott’s principal activities. In addition, there are Dott's careful lecture notes which illustrate the development of the teaching of neurosurgery at Edinburgh, while the correspondence with Cushing, Jefferson and others traces the leading organisations and leading personalities in the field, especially in the second quarter of the century. There is also an extensive record of many aspects of public health in Scotland, relating chiefly to the care of the...
Dates:
c 1922-1973
Student notes taken down by J. Cabbell of lectures by Alexander Monro primus, and John Rutherford
Collection
Identifier: Coll-1901
Scope and Contents
Notes of lectures on clinical medicine given by Prof. John Rutherford, 1755-1756, and notes of lectures on anatomy given by Alexander Monro primus, circa 1752-1755, taken by J. Cabbell.
Dates:
c 1752-1756
Three letters from Joseph Lister to his French translator, with annotated drawings of wound-dressings
Fonds — Box CLX-A-389
Identifier: Coll-2057
Content Description
Autograph letters from the pioneer of anti-septic surgery Joseph Lister to his French translator Dr Gustave Burginon, with annotated diagrams explaining the application of bandages and the design of a splint. Dates: 14th December 1877, 11th November 1878, 25th November 1878.
Dates:
14 December 1877; 11 November 1878; 25 November 1878