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040-002109858

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MEDICAL COLLECTIONS

Collections of treatises, chiefly medical, and letters of doctors and their patients; 17th- 18th centt. The names of the writers of the letters will be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. The treatises are as follows:-

(1) 'De subiecto primo et imediato Caloris partium fluidarum et solidarum Corporis animalis', etc. ff. 16-20b.

(2) Notes on portions of the Praxis Medica, Amsterdam, 1657, of Henricus Regius, Professor of Medicine at Utrecht. Latin. ff. 21-30b.

(3) 'Dissertatio de proxima nutritionis materia', by Walter Needham, M.D. (d. circa 1691). Autograph. ff. 34-44b.

(4) 'Passio Gallica MDCLVIII', a political tract on the relations of France and Germany and the influence of Cardinal Mazarin. German. ff. 45-49.

(5) Abstracts of orders of the Corporation of London and other memoranda relating to the Plague; 1544-1666. ff. 50-59b, 77, 80.

(6) 'The History of Anatomy by M^r [Alexander] Monro, Professor of Anatomy in the University of Edinburgh'. Autograph (?). It is not identical with the 'Essay on Comparative Anatomy' printed in his Collected Works, edited by his son, Dr. Alexander Monro, secundus, in 1781, but in the'Life' prefixed to the Works (p. xiv) a 'History of Anatomy' is mentioned as being the subject of his first lecture to the University in 1725. ff. 81-136b.

(7) 'Bemerkungen von Kopff Wunden and die Nothwendigkeit zu trepaniren nebst einer Anleitung die Kopff Wunden allgemein gut zu behandeln', a treatise on trepanning by Johann Ulrich Bilguer (d. 1796). Apparently autograph. ff. 137-178b. Paper; ff. 178. Folio. XVII-XVIII centt.

Medicine and Surgery: Medical treatises, etc.: 17th-18th centt.

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ff. 1-15 (imperf.) Valentine Greatrakes, 'the stroker': Treatise and extracts from letters rel. to: 1666, 1744, n.d.
ff. 21-30b Henricus Regius, Professor of Medicine at Utrecht: Notes on parts of his 'Praxis Medica': 17th cent.
f. 31 Medicine and Surgery: Notes on hearing: 17th cent.
ff.32, 33 John Laugharne, of Llanrythan, Haverfordwest: Letter to the Fellows of the College of Physicians: 1749.
ff. 34 - 44 Walter Needham, d 1691 FRS; anatomist: 'Dissertatio de Proxima nutritionis materia': 17th cent.: Autogr.
ff. 45-49 Political Tracts: 'Passio Gallica': 1658.: Germ.
ff. 50-59b Plague, The: Orders of the Corporation of London conc.: 1544 -1666.: Abstr.
f. 60 Thomas Dawkes, surgeon, of St. Ives, county Huntingdonshire: Letter to R. Mead: 1750.
f. 64 Edmund Anderson: Letter to R. Mead (?): 18th cent.
f. 69 J- Delacoste, MD, of Bath and Paris: Letter to R. Mead: circa 1722.: Fr. and Engl.
f. 71 William Cayley, Consul at Cadiz; Commissioner of Excise, etc: Correspondence with G. Kennedy: 1723.: Copies.
f. 71b Gilbert Kennedy, Physician at the British Factory at Lisbon: Correspondence with W. Cayley: 1723.: Copies.
f. 75 Thomas Sydenham, d 1689 physician: Letter to W. Gould: 1687.
f. 75 William Gould, MD: Letter to, from T. Sydenham: 1687.
f. 79 Medicine and Surgery: Recipes: 15th-18th centt.: Lat., Engl., Fr. and Ital.
f. 80 Plague, The: Recipe against: circ. 1665.
ff. 81-136b Alexander Monro, MD, Professor of Anatomy at Edinburgh: 'History of Anatomy': circ. 1725.: Autogr. (?).
ff. 137-178b Johann Ulrich Bilguer, d 1796 Swiss surgeon: Treatise on trepanning: 18th cent.: Germ.: Autogr.

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Add MS 4101-4478 : Manuscripts collected by Thomas Birch (b. 1705, d. 1766), D.D., and bequeathed by him to the British Museum, of which he was…

Add MS 4376 : MEDICAL COLLECTIONS Collections of treatises, chiefly medical, and letters of doctors and their patients; 17th- 18th centt. The names…

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English
French
German
Italian
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Latin

Start Date:

1600

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1799

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Folio. 17th century-18th century

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Anderson, Edmund, of Add MS 4376
Bilguer, Johann Ulrich, Swiss surgeon, d 1796
Cayley, William, Consul at Cadiz; Commissioner of Excise, etc
Dawkes, Thomas, surgeon, fl 1750
Delacoste, Jean, physician and correspondent of Sir Hans Sloane, fl 1715-1733
Gould, William, physician and correspondent of Thomas Sydenham, fl 1687
Greatrakes, Valentine, called "The Stroker", faith healer, 1629-1683
Kennedy, Gilbert, Physician at the British Factory at Lisbon
Laugharne, John, of Llanrythan, Haverfordwest
Monro, Alexander, MD, Professor of Anatomy at Edinburgh
Needham, Walter, FRS; anatomist, d 1691
Regius, Henricus, Professor of Medicine at Utrecht
Sydenham, Thomas, physician, d 1689