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- 1808-1852 (Creation)
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70 items
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Born, 1780; Regius Professor of Military Surgery at Edinburgh University; died, 1855.
Repository
Archival history
GB 0120 MS.6905 1808-1852 Collection (fonds) 70 items Ballingall , Sir , George , 1780-1855 , Knight , Regius Professor of Military Surgery at Edinburgh University
Born, 1780; Regius Professor of Military Surgery at Edinburgh University; died, 1855.
Purchased from Julian Browning, 1992.
Papers of Sir George Ballingall, 1808-1852, including correspondence and papers collected by Ballingall, used to illustrate his lectures at Edinburgh University; correspondence with David Barry (1780-1835) FRS, on colon inflammation and other matters; letters, memoranda and case studies on venereal disease, amputations and other surgical procedures, army and navy punishments, hospital conditions and tropical medicine including with Sir Andrew Halliday (1781-1839) and Joshua Brookes (1761-1833) and printed material with diagrams of litters for troops in India.
Arranged in two sections by size.
The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
English
Described in the Library's typescript supplements to its published manuscript catalogues.
Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.
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.
Jul 2008 Barry , Sir , David , 1780-1835 , Knight , physician and physiologist Tropical diseases Ballingall , Sir , George , 1780-1855 , Knight , Regius Professor of Military Surgery at Edinburgh University State security Armed forces Medical institutions Military medicine Pathology Diseases Infectious diseases Venereal diseases Organizations Military organizations Medical sciences Surgery Health services Hospitals Military hospitals Brookes , Joshua , 1761-1833 , anatomist Halliday , Sir , Andrew , 1781-1839 , Knight , physician Edinburgh University x University of Edinburgh India South Asia
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Purchased from Julian Browning, 1992.
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Scope and content
Papers of Sir George Ballingall, 1808-1852, including correspondence and papers collected by Ballingall, used to illustrate his lectures at Edinburgh University; correspondence with David Barry (1780-1835) FRS, on colon inflammation and other matters; letters, memoranda and case studies on venereal disease, amputations and other surgical procedures, army and navy punishments, hospital conditions and tropical medicine including with Sir Andrew Halliday (1781-1839) and Joshua Brookes (1761-1833) and printed material with diagrams of litters for troops in India.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged in two sections by size.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Conditions governing reproduction
Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
English
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Finding aids
Described in the Library's typescript supplements to its published manuscript catalogues.
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- Pathology » Diseases » Tropical diseases
- State security
- State security » Armed forces
- Pathology
- Pathology » Diseases
- Pathology » Diseases » Infectious diseases
- Pathology » Diseases » Infectious diseases » Venereal diseases
- Organizations
- Medical sciences
- Medical sciences » Surgery
- Health services
- Health services » Hospitals
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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.
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- English