IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0114 MS0034
Held at: Royal College of Surgeons of England
Title: Experiments [in] Physiology
Date(s): 1776-1777
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 volume
Name of creator(s): Clift | William | 1775-1849 | museum curator and scientific illustrator
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
William Clift was born in Cornwall in 1775, and was educated locally. He became an apprentice anatomical assistant to the celebrated surgeon John Hunter (1728-1793) in 1792. He was appointed conservator of the Hunterian Museum after Hunter's death. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1823, and was a member of the Society for Animal Chemistry. He died in 1849.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Manuscript volume titled Experiments Physiology 1776, 1776-1777, comprising notes of experiments carried out on dogs, cats, and on eggs. Including the names of persons present during the experiments. The script of the volume's title is in the handwriting of William Clift, however the text inside does not belong to Clift. In his catalogue of manuscripts, Victor Plarr suggests that the text is by a Scot experimenting at John Hunter's house.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
As outlined in Scope and Content.
Conditions governing access:
Access to bona fide researcher by written appointment with the Librarian.
Conditions governing reproduction:
No photocopying permitted.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1928) by Victor G Plarr.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Anya Turner.
Date(s) of descriptions: Aug 2008