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Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:
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
Manuscript thesis entitled "On the Treatment of some Varieties of Insanity" by David Collie, 1878
Item — Box CLX-A-1702
Identifier: Coll-1848/21-0028
Scope and Contents
Manuscript thesis entitled "On the Treatment of some Varieties of Insanity" by David Collie, M.B., C.M, 1878. Signed "David Collie M.B. C.M. Edinburgh (1878), Late Clinical Resident at St Luke's Hospital, Old Street, London E. C." This refers to St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics in London.
Dates:
1878
Material relating to the research and interests of Matthew H. Kaufman
Fonds — Box CLX-A-1564, Folder: Coll-1808 / SC-Acc-2016-0196
Identifier: Coll-1808
Content Description
The collection of largely off-print and other ts material, and photographs... is composed of:
1 x folder - photographs of mouse embryos
1 x folder - ts and off-print material on phrenology
1 x folder - off-print material on medical history
1 x folder - off-print material on the mouse embryo
1 x folder - off-print material on other science
Dates:
1990-2006
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
Found in:
Lothian Health Services Archive
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...
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...
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....
Dates:
ca 1934-2000