An anonymous collection of fair-copy notes, probably from lectures, on surgery and on venereal disease

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 MS 573
  • Dates of Creation
    • 177--?
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 vol. (267 ff.). Text on rectos only; ff. 2-4, 44, 181-182 and 356-267 blank

Scope and Content

ff. 107, 126 and 127, references to patients at St. George's Hospital, London; f. 152 reference to Mr. Hunter

Administrative / Biographical History

St. George's Hospital, at Hyde Park Corner in London, was founded in 1733 and formal registration of student doctors began in 1751. John Hunter, sometimes described as the father of modern surgery, was a surgeon pupil there in 1754, and was then elected as a surgeon at St. George's in 1768

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

Transferred from Medical Library, July 1981

Note

In English

Other Finding Aids

None

Additional Information

Pencil note on f. 1, Home and Pearsons lectures; spine-title: Lecture notes. Home and Pearson