GB 0114 MS0213 - Asbury, Jacob Vale (fl 1816-1870)

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GB 0114 MS0213 1816-1842 Collection (fonds) 1 volume Asbury , Jacob Vale , fl 1816-1870 , surgeon

Jacob Vale Asbury, of Enfield, Middlesex, became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons, and a Licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries in 1816. He was surgeon at the Government Union School in Enfield, and at the North Division Metropolitan Police. He was the inventor of an instrument for puncturing the Membrana Tympani, and the inventor and patentee of the Esse in Tuto railway carriage. Asbury published A treatise on epidemic cholera: illustrating a new theory of the disease, on which the principles of a systematic mode of treatment are established (London: Longman, 1833).

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Papers of Jacob Vale Asbury, 1816-1843, comprising a manuscript volume by Asbury, containing notes of the lectures of John Abernethy given at St Bartholomew's, 25 Jul 1816; notes titled Observations on the Pulse, by Dr Fordyce, 18 Sep 1816; notes titled Lectures on the Principle Operations of Surgery by Sir Everard Home, 1812; notes titled Cases and Original Observations, 1842; tables of statistics on the population of Enfield, and Great Britain; and mathematical calculations on the cubic inches of water in a box.

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English

Additional manuscripts catalogue.

Abernethy (MS0210); Notes of lectures by Abernethy by Peter Mere Latham (MS0211); William Cooke's notes of lectures by Abernethy and others (MS0212); Autograph Letter from John Abernethy to Mr Mortimer (MS0214); Autograph Letter from John Abernethy to Mr Reece (MS0215); Autograph Letters from John Abernethy to the Royal College of Surgeons (MS0216); Admittance card for Anthony Holbrow to the lectures of John Abernethy (MS0217); Notes on Surgical Lectures of Sir Everard Home and John Abernethy (MS0218); W Downes notes of John Abernethy's lectures on surgery (MS0053); Prosser-Harvey Collection containing notes of Abernethy's lectures (MS0081).

Compiled by Anya Turner.

Source: Medical Directories, 1860 and 1870; and Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine - Library catalogue.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Sep 2008 Abernethy , John , 1764-1831 , surgeon Asbury , Jacob Vale , fl 1816-1870 , surgeon Blood circulation Circulatory and respiratory physiology Demographic statistics Demography Enfield England Europe Fordyce , George , 1736-1802 , physician Higher science education Lectures (teaching method) Mathematics Medical education Medical sciences Medical treatment Middlesex Observation Physiology Population Population research Scientific methods Surgery Teaching methods Therapy UK Western Europe Cardiovascular physiologic processes Cardiovascular physiology London

The provenance of this material is not known.

Papers of Jacob Vale Asbury, 1816-1843, comprising a manuscript volume by Asbury, containing notes of the lectures of John Abernethy given at St Bartholomew's, 25 Jul 1816; notes titled Observations on the Pulse, by Dr Fordyce, 18 Sep 1816; notes titled Lectures on the Principle Operations of Surgery by Sir Everard Home, 1812; notes titled Cases and Original Observations, 1842; tables of statistics on the population of Enfield, and Great Britain; and mathematical calculations on the cubic inches of water in a box.

As outlined in Scope and Content.

By written appointment only.

No photocopying permitted.

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English

Abernethy (MS0210); Notes of lectures by Abernethy by Peter Mere Latham (MS0211); William Cooke's notes of lectures by Abernethy and others (MS0212); Autograph Letter from John Abernethy to Mr Mortimer (MS0214); Autograph Letter from John Abernethy to Mr Reece (MS0215); Autograph Letters from John Abernethy to the Royal College of Surgeons (MS0216); Admittance card for Anthony Holbrow to the lectures of John Abernethy (MS0217); Notes on Surgical Lectures of Sir Everard Home and John Abernethy (MS0218); W Downes notes of John Abernethy's lectures on surgery (MS0053); Prosser-Harvey Collection containing notes of Abernethy's lectures (MS0081).

Additional manuscripts catalogue.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• inglés