IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0114 MS0152
Held at: Royal College of Surgeons of England
Title: Observationes Medicae
Date(s): 18th century
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 volume
Name of creator(s): Jebb | Sir | Richard | 1729-1787 | 1st Baronet | physician
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Sir Richard Jebb was born in Stratford, Essex, and was baptised there in 1729. He matriculated at Oxford in 1747. He obtained his doctorate of medicine at Marischal College, Aberdeen in 1751. He was admitted a Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians in 1755. He was physician to the Westminster Hospital in 1754, and physician to St George's Hospital from 1760. He was elected as a permanent physician at St George's in 1962, and resigned his post at Westminster Hospital. He resigned from St Georges in 1768. He was elected a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1771, and delivered the Harveian Oration in 1774. He was a fellow of the Royal and Antiquarian societies, Physician Extraordinary to King George III, and Physician in Ordinary to the Prince of Wales. He died in 1787.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers relating to Sir Richard Jebb, 18th century, comprising a volume of manuscript notes, in various hands, relating to various diseases and conditions. The volume has no title page, but an old catalogue at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, records it as Observationes Medicae.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: Latin and 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:
Library card catalogue.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Archival history:
The volume contains the name 'R Jebb' written several times. It is possible that the volume was owned or partially written by Sir Richard Jebb, an 18th century physician, and Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.
Immediate source of acquisition:
The provenance of this material is not known.
ALLIED MATERIALS
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Anya Turner.
Source: William Munk, Roll of the Royal College of Physicians of London, Volume II, 1701-1800. pp 291-293.
Date(s) of descriptions: Sep 2008