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Royal College of Surgeons of England

Else, Joseph (d 1780)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0114 MS0117

Held at: Royal College of Surgeons of England

Title: Else, Joseph (d 1780)

Date(s): [1768]-1780

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 2 volumes

Name of creator(s): Else | Joseph | d 1780 | anatomist and surgeon

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Joseph Else was surgeon to St Thomas's Hospital, London, from 1768-1780. He was appointed lecturer in anatomy and surgery in 1768, on the unification of the medical schools of St Thomas's and Guy's Hospitals.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers relating to Jospeh Else, c1768-1780, comprising a manuscript volume containing notes of anatomy lectures by an unknown hand; and a manuscript volume titled Mr Else's Surgical Lectures containing notes of surgical lectures by an unknown hand.

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.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

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

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

The volume titled Mr Else's Surgical Lectures was 'Bequeathed by Little'. No further biographical information is available.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

Notes of surgical lectures of Joseph Else, by Phillip Cornish, 1773 - MS0116; and notes of anatomical lectures by Joseph Else, by Gardiner - MS0118.

Notes of lectures by Joseph Else, by [John Randall], 1776 - King's College London Archives: G/PP7; and notes of lectures by Joseph Else, c1785 - Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine: MSS 2292, 6918.

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

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: Sep 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Anatomy | Biology
Lectures (teaching method) | Teaching methods
Medical education | Higher science education
Surgery | Medical sciences

Personal names
Else | Joseph | d 1780 | anatomist and surgeon

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

Places