Manuscript volume containing lectures given by Herman Boerhaave (1668-1738), Chemist and Physician, 1722-1733

The writer of the manuscript is not known and there is no record of the circumstances of its creation. It appears to be a copy made of lectures recorded or published elsewhere rather than by a student who was present at lectures given by Herman Boerhaave.

Herman Boerhaave (1668-1738) was a Dutch physician, chemist and humanist. He is credited with being the founder of clinical teaching and the modern hospital. Amongst his many medical treatises, he wrote 'Institutiones Medicinae' (1708) and 'Elementa Chemiae' (1732).

No archival arrangement has been necessary.

ACCESS: Accessible to all registered readers.

LANGUAGE: Latin

This description is the only finding aid available for this particular volume. Copyright in the description belongs to The University of Nottingham.

• Other manuscript collections containing papers related to Herman Boerhaave are recorded on the National Register of Archives.

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REPROGRAPHIC: Reprographic copies can be supplied for educational use and private study purposes only, depending on access status and the condition of the documents.

The volume was once part of Nottingham Medico-Chirurgical Book Society, a library founded in 1828 and actively maintained until the early 20th century. The core collection was purchased by The University of Nottingham in 1971 with another substantial part of the collection discovered and acquired in 1973. The collection comprises some 1160 volumes and it remained physically in the University's Medical Library until 1994 when it was transferred to the Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections. This volume was transferred to the manuscript and archive collection of the department in March 1997.

• The University of Nottingham; Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections: Records of Nottingham Medico-Chirurgical Society, 1828-1996. Reference number: MCH
• The University of Nottingham; Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections: Printed medical treatises collected by Nottingham Medico-Chirurgical Society, 16th-19th centuries. Books in the collection are recorded on the university's library catalogue UNLOC .