Medico-Chirurgical Society of Edinburgh

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Scope and Content

Management 1821-1959; administration 1821-1971; correspondence 1832-1967; publications 1832-1936

Administrative / Biographical History

Founded in 1821 with a constitution based on the London society of similar name. Its aim was to improve medicine and surgery and Transactions were produced from 1824. The Society is still in existence.

Arrangement

Chronological within record class

Access Information

None

Acquisition Information

Medico-Chirurgical Society of Edinburgh, 1970

Note

Compiled by Mike Barfoot and Jenny McDermott using existing handlists

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