GB 1538 S50 - Catalogues of surgical instruments in the museum of the RCOG

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GB 1538 S50 1913-1921 Series of Special collections of private papers 2 folders Doran , Alban Henry Griffith , 1849-1927 , surgeon
Alban Henry Griffith Doran (1849-1927), MRCS, FRCS, LSA received his medical training at St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he served as House Surgeon, House Physician and Assistant Demonstrator of Anatomy. He gave up teaching after a year to become, in 1873, Assistant in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. After his retirement from private practice in 1909 he devoted his energies largely to the compilation of the above catalogues.

The photocopies were donated to the College Library by Mr A.C Fraser in 1998 and passed to the College Archives in the same year.

Photocopies of: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Obstetrical Forceps and Obstetrical Instruments in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 1913, and A Descriptive Catalogue of Gynaecological Instruments in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, compiled 1913-1921, by Alban Doran.

No further accruals are expected.

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A general index to the files listed in the catalogue of the Archives of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists is maintained in the College Archives; refer to the College Archivist.

The original texts are held at the Royal College of Surgeons.

A copy of the catalogues in book form is available in the College Library.

Sources: Biographical details of the individuals who have presented material to the College and/or comprise the subject of the records, have been compiled using information in administrative files and, where relevant, consulting Sir John Peel's book The Lives of the Fellows of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists 1929-1969, Whitefriars Press Ltd, 1975. Compiled by Clare Cowling, Archivist, RCOG with information received from the archivist of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997; ISAD(G), Second Edition, 2000. September 2000 Gynaecology Medical equipment Medical sciences Obstetrics Royal College of Surgeons of England Scientific equipment Surgery Equipment

The photocopies were donated to the College Library by Mr A.C Fraser in 1998 and passed to the College Archives in the same year.

Photocopies of: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Obstetrical Forceps and Obstetrical Instruments in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 1913, and A Descriptive Catalogue of Gynaecological Instruments in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, compiled 1913-1921, by Alban Doran.

No further accruals are expected.

Open.

English.

• Engels

• Latijn

English

A general index to the files listed in the catalogue of the Archives of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists is maintained in the College Archives; refer to the College Archivist.

A copy of the catalogues in book form is available in the College Library.

National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997; ISAD(G), Second Edition, 2000.

• Engels