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Royal College of Surgeons of England

Ramsbotham, John (fl 1790-1844)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0114 MS0106

Held at: Royal College of Surgeons of England

Title: Ramsbotham, John (fl 1790-1844)

Date(s): 1799-1806

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume

Name of creator(s): Ramsbotham | John | fl 1790-1844 | surgeon
Walker | John William | 1859-1953 | surgeon

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

John Ramsbotham received the diploma of Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1790. He practised in Wakefield, where he kept notes of this clinical practice. He moved to London in 1806, and became a popular lecturer of midwifery. He published a book titled Practical Observations in Midwifery in 1821. A further edition in two volumes was published in 1832, and a second revised edition in 1842. He was last entered as a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in the Membership Lists in 1844.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of John Ramsbotham, 1799-1806, comprising a volume titled Clinical Cases, containing manuscript case notes, 1799-1806. Including midwifery, innoculations, vaccinations, and the treatment of pneumonia and typhus fever (which was epidemic at Wakefield Gaol in 1803). Also containing biographical information about John Ramsbotham, compiled by John William Walker, FRCS, who donated the volume.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

As outlined in Scope and Content.

Conditions governing access:

By written appointment only.

Conditions governing reproduction:

No photocopying permitted.

Finding aids:

Downton Accession Book, 1941-1945.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Donated by John William Walker, FRCS.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Compiled by Anya Turner.

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: Aug 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Medical records | Documents | Information sources
Midwifery | Nursing | Medical sciences
Pneumonia | Diseases | Pathology
Typhoid fever | Salmonella infections | Diseases | Pathology
Typhus | Rickettsial infections | Diseases | Pathology
Vaccination | Preventive medicine | Systems of medicine
Primary documents

Personal names
Ramsbotham | John | fl 1790-1844 | surgeon
Walker | John William | 1859-1953 | surgeon

Corporate names
Wakefield Gaol

Places
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Wakefield | Yorkshire | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe