GB 0114 MS0037 - Buchan, Alexander Peter (b 1764)

2 volumes

The volume was catalogued in the Manuscripts Catalogue in 1944.

GB 0114 MS0037 1799-c 1824 Collection (fonds) 2 volumes Buchan , Alexander Peter , bap 1764, d 1824 , physician

Easton , James , fl 1799-1823 , author

Alexander Peter Buchan was born in Sheffield, in 1764. His father was the physician, Dr William Buchan (1729-1805). Alexander was educated at the High School of Edinburgh and Edinburgh University. He then went to London and attended lectures by William and John Hunter, and Dr George Fordyce. He was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians in 1802, and was physician to the Westminster Hospital from 1813-1818 and 1820-1824. He also wrote, translated and edited various medical books. He died in 1824.

The volume was catalogued in the Manuscripts Catalogue in 1944.

Papers of Alexander Peter Buchan, 1799-c 1824, comprising 2 volumes. Volume 1 contains manuscript notes and insertions concerning human longevity. The insertions are from James Easton Human Longevity: recording the name, age, place of residence, and year, of the decease of 1712 persons, who attained a century and upwards from AD 66 to 1799, comprising a period of 1733 years with Anecdotes of the most remarkable (Salisbury and London, 1799). Volume 2 contains a manuscript translation of Mssrs A Seguin and Lavoisier Respiration of Animals (Academy of Sciences, 1789).

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English

Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1928) by Victor G Plarr.

The Wellcome Library holds another copy of the James Easton book on Human Longevity.

Compiled by Anya Turner.

Sources: Monk's Roll, the Roll of the Royal College of Physicians, Second Edition, Volume 3, page 5.

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.

Aug 2008 Age distribution Age groups Ageing Anatomy Biology Buchan , Alexander Peter , bap 1764, d 1824 , physician Circulatory and respiratory physiology Disadvantaged groups Easton , James , fl 1799-1823 , author Elderly Life cycle Longevity Physiology Respiration Respiratory systems

Papers of Alexander Peter Buchan, 1799-c 1824, comprising 2 volumes. Volume 1 contains manuscript notes and insertions concerning human longevity. The insertions are from James Easton Human Longevity: recording the name, age, place of residence, and year, of the decease of 1712 persons, who attained a century and upwards from AD 66 to 1799, comprising a period of 1733 years with Anecdotes of the most remarkable (Salisbury and London, 1799). Volume 2 contains a manuscript translation of Mssrs A Seguin and Lavoisier Respiration of Animals (Academy of Sciences, 1789).

As outlined in Scope and Content.

By written appointment only.

No photocopying permitted.

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English

Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1928) by Victor G Plarr.

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.

• anglais