IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0103 MS ADD 261
Held at: University College London
Title: MEDICAL NOTEBOOKS
Date(s): 1744-1931
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 3 boxes
Name of creator(s): Various
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Unknown.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Collection of miscellaneous medical material, 1744-1931, including 14 notebooks, comprising anatomical notes taken from a course of Dr John Hunter's lectures in 1774; a commentary, 1857, on Dr Alexander Munro's Osteology; notes by J Talfourd Jones on lectures on medical subjects, 1860-1863; notes on experiments in physiology by E H Starling, 1892; miscellaneous other notes, 1744-c1910 and undated. There are also printed reports of Manchester Public Infirmary and Lunatic Hospital, 1779-1780, 1786-1787, and of Manchester Lying-In Hospital, Salford, 1807-1812 (14 items, including some duplicates); miscellaneous photographs and negatives, 1889-1931 and undated, including some of tourist spots.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: Mainly English, some Latin
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Open.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Normal copyright restrictions apply.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
The collection has been partially listed. Please contact Special Colletions for further information.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Transferred from the Thane Library at University College London in 1977.
ALLIED MATERIALS
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Date(s) of descriptions: 1999