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Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

LOWDER, William (d 1801): notes from his lectures on midwifery


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1538 S90

Held at: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Title: LOWDER, William (d 1801): notes from his lectures on midwifery

Date(s): 1782

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 2 vols

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

William Lowder graduated doctor of medicine, Aberdeen, 1775; licentiate of the College of Physicians, 1786; practised midwifery; lectured at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals; died, 1801.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscript notes taken by an unknown student from lectures on midwifery delivered by William Lowder, 1782. Includes table of contents.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

By volume

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Physical characteristics:

Bound in two volumes.

Finding aids:

No additional finding aids.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

From the collection of Roy Dobbin.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Transferred from the Library to the College Archives in September 2007.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: Roll of the Royal College of Physicians vol. 2

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Jul 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Lectures (teaching method) | Teaching methods
Medical education | Higher science education
Midwifery | Nursing | Medical sciences

Personal names
Lowder | William | fl 1778-1801 | obstetrician

Corporate names

Places