A history of medicine in Wales in the eighteenth century,

This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 16125E.
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls004437339
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1957 /
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English Welsh English, Welsh.
  • Physical Description
    • iii, 354 ff. (foliated 1-352; text on rectos only) ; 325 x 200 mm. Cloth over boards.
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

A typescript M.A. dissertation, 1957, for Liverpool University Department of Celtic by J[ohn] G[lyn] Penrhyn Jones, entitled 'A history of medicine in Wales in the eighteenth century'.
The dissertation includes chapters on social conditions in Wales, the impact of the Industrial Revolution, 'folk' medicine and herbalism, and biographies of prominent medical men. Supplementary material, including extracts from printed and manuscript sources, is to be found in the Appendices (ff. 164-329). Two tables of contents are included (f. iii, 163a).

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Acquisition Information

J. G. Penrhyn Jones; Denbigh; Donation; October 1957

Note

Original title.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 16125E.

Archivist's Note

June 2006 and May 2014.

Description compiled by Bethan Ifan and revised by Rhys Morgan Jones;

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