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Royal College of Surgeons of England

NAPLES, Joshua (fl 1811-1812)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0114 MS0024

Held at: Royal College of Surgeons of England

Title: NAPLES, Joshua (fl 1811-1812)

Date(s): 1811-1812

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume

Name of creator(s): Naples | Joshua | fl 1811-1812 | resurrectionist

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The author of the diary, probably Joshua Naples, was a resurrectionist supplying bodies to anatomy teachers, and was active during 1811 and 1812.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Diary of a resurrectionist, 1811-1812, probably Joshua Naples, describing his activities supplying bodies to anatomists in London, including to St Thomas's and St Bartholomew's Hospitals.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

The records are arranged as outlined in the scope and content.

Conditions governing access:

Open to bona fide researchers by written appointment.

Conditions governing reproduction:

At the discretion of the Librarian.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1928) by Victor G Plarr.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

The diary was presented to the Royal College of Surgeons of England by Sir Thomas Longmore, a dresser to Bransby Cooper in his early days. Cooper's uncle, Sir Astley Cooper was closely associated with resurrectionists of the time.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

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Publication note:

Text of the diary is published in: The diary of a resurrectionist 1811-1812: to which are added 'The Resurrection Men in London', and a short history of the passing of the Anatomy Act James Blake Bailey (London, Swan Sonnenschein & Co, 1896).

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Sources: Royal College of Surgeons of England on-line catalogue. Compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.

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: October 2002


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Anatomy | Biology
Autopsies | Forensic medicine | Medical sciences
Dead bodies | Diseases | Pathology
Death | Life cycle
Hospitals | Health services
Surgery | Medical sciences
Medical institutions
Social sciences
Social welfare

Personal names
Naples | Joshua | fl 1811-1812 | resurrectionist

Corporate names
St Bartholomew's Hospital | London
St Thomas' Hospital | London

Places