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- 1696-1734 (Creation)
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21 volumes
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Pierre Chirac was the most celebrated physician of his day; he obtained his MD at Montpellier in 1683, and by 1687 was Professor of Medicine. He was elected a Member of the Académie des Sciences in 1716, became head of the Jardin du Roi in 1718, and physician to Louis XV in 1731.
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MS.1601 is from the Berhard VI Collection and MS.1602 from the Berhard III Collection.
GB 0120 MSS.1595-1614 & 7600 1696-1734 Collection (fonds) 21 volumes Chirac , Pierre , 1650-1732 , French physician
Pierre Chirac was the most celebrated physician of his day; he obtained his MD at Montpellier in 1683, and by 1687 was Professor of Medicine. He was elected a Member of the Académie des Sciences in 1716, became head of the Jardin du Roi in 1718, and physician to Louis XV in 1731.
MS.1601 is from the Berhard VI Collection and MS.1602 from the Berhard III Collection.
Purchased from various sources in 1909 (acc.21462B, 22441), 1912 (acc.31235), 1913 (acc.32168), 1927 (acc.46550D), 1929 (acc.50700, 55100, 75965), 1930 (acc.55450), 1931 (acc.63955, 64031), 1932 (acc.65410, 65642, 65651, 65653), 1933 (acc.66039, 66052, 66077), 1936 (acc.69456) and 1997 (acc.350770).
Notes from Pierre Chirac's lectures, 1696-1734.
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.
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Described in: S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).
Copied from the Wellcome Library catalogue by Sarah Drewery.
In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Feb 2009 Medical education Biology Anatomy Muscles Agricultural products Food Beverages Mineral waters Culture Medicine, traditional Musculoskeletal physiology Movement Paediatrics Nervous system diseases Cranial nerve diseases Facial nerve diseases Physiology Reproductive and urinary physiology Reproduction Treponemal infections Bacterial infections Syphilis Signs and symptoms Body temperature changes Information sources Documents Medical records Behaviour Unconscious Sleep Pathology Diseases Infectious diseases Venereal diseases Medical sciences Surgery Pathological conditions, signs and symptoms Pathologic processes Higher science education Spirochaetales infections Head Fever Neoplasms Neoplastic processes Symptoms Lectures (teaching method) Teaching methods Recipes Literary forms and genres Literature Pharmacology Bacterial infections and mycoses Child health Chirac , Pierre , 1650-1732 , French physician Primary documents
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Purchased from various sources in 1909 (acc.21462B, 22441), 1912 (acc.31235), 1913 (acc.32168), 1927 (acc.46550D), 1929 (acc.50700, 55100, 75965), 1930 (acc.55450), 1931 (acc.63955, 64031), 1932 (acc.65410, 65642, 65651, 65653), 1933 (acc.66039, 66052, 66077), 1936 (acc.69456) and 1997 (acc.350770).
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Notes from Pierre Chirac's lectures, 1696-1734.
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The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
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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.
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- English
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- Latin
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Described in: S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).
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In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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