Midwifery. Obstetrical case books for 1819-1825 and 1833-1843. Compiler's holograph MSS.
Papers of: Crosse, John Green (1790-1850)
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- ReferenceGB 120 MSS.1916-1917
- Dates of Creation1819-1843
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description2 volumes
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
The author was surgeon to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital from 1826 to the time of his death. He had been elected F.R.S. in 1836, and was an original Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1843.
Access Information
The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Acquisition Information
Purchased 1970. (318544)
Other Finding Aids
Described in: S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).
Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements
8vo. 20? x 13 cm. Original vellum bindings, not uniform.
Archivist's Note
Description compiled by Christopher Hilton based upon those in the Library's published finding aid by S.A.J. Moorat.
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Bibliography
Some of these cases are included in 'Cases in Midwifery', 1851, complied by Edward Copeman (1809-1880). A biography entitled 'A surgeon in the early 19th century' was published by his great-granddaughter, V.M. Crosse, in 1968.