GB 1538 S6 - DOBBIN and PROTHEROE-SMITH: gifts to the College, including correspondence from Eliab Harvey, Wertheim Williams, Probyn Williams, Edward Jenner, Joseph Lister and Florence Nightingale

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Roy Dobbin established a library of books and manuscripts relating to midwifery while in Cairo and although the bulk of his collection ultimately went to the Royal College of Physicians, he also made several gifts from his collection to the College.

Protheroe-Smith presented a letter from Florence Nightingale to Dr Heyward Smith to the College in 1933; he also donated a number of books to the Library (see Council minute book A2M/2 p 31).
GB 1538 S6 1676-1901 Collection (fonds) 5 folders Dobbin , Roy Samuel , 1873-1939 , Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Smith , Edward , Protheroe- , fl 1933

Roy Samuel Dobbin FRCOG (1873-1939) graduated in medicine at Trinity College Dublin. His main interest was pathology, but he also worked in obstetrics and in 1906 was appointed to the Chair of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Cairo. After service during the First World War he returned to Cairo, where he spent the rest of his professional life.

Edward Protheroe-Smith was a descendant of Dr Protheroe-Smith, the founder of the Hospital for Women in Soho Square (1842).

Roy Dobbin established a library of books and manuscripts relating to midwifery while in Cairo and although the bulk of his collection ultimately went to the Royal College of Physicians, he also made several gifts from his collection to the College.

Protheroe-Smith presented a letter from Florence Nightingale to Dr Heyward Smith to the College in 1933; he also donated a number of books to the Library (see Council minute book A2M/2 p 31).

Letter from Eliab Harvey, later Sir Eliab Harvey, nephew of William Harvey, to William Garnay, 28 Apr 1676; correspondence between Wertheim Williams and Probyn Williams regarding anaesthetics, Nov 1900-Jan 1901; letter from Edward Jenner to Mr Hulme concerning vaccination, 26 Oct 1812; correspondence between James Matthews Duncan and Joseph Lister concerning the use of chloroform, 6 Mar 1875-18 Aug 1877; lease of rooms to British Gynaecological Society by the Medical and Chirurgical Society of London., Feb 1890; gift of Edward Protheroe-Smith; letter of Florence Nightingale to Heywood Smith concerning lying-in institutions, 10 May 1876.

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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.

RCOG Archives holds correspondence relating to Dobbin's presentations to the College, 1931-1946 (Ref: S3); list of books presented to the Library, with related papers, 1937-1944, (Ref: B6/3).

For further information on the lease of rooms to British Gynaecological Society by the Medical and Chirurgical Society of London, Feb 1890, see Historical Review of British Obstetrics and Gynaecology 1800-1950, Ch XXX1, "Obstetrical Societies and Clubs", editors J Munro Kerr, R W Johnstone and Miles Phillips, E and S Livingstone, Edinburgh 1954, pp 305-322.

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. National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997; ISAD(G), Second Edition, 2000. September 2000 Anaesthesia British Gynaecological Society Dobbin , Roy Samuel , 1873-1939 , gynaecologist Duncan , James , Matthews , 1826-1890 , physician x Matthews Duncan , James Harvey , Sir , Eliab , 1758-1830 , Knight , Admiral , politician Harvey , William , ? 1807-1876 , surgeon Health Health policy Health services Hospitals Jenner , Edward , 1749-1823 , surgeon and pioneer of smallpox vaccination Lister , Joseph , 1827-1912 , 1st Baron Lister , surgeon x Lister , 1st Baron Maternal and child health Medical and Chirurgical Society of London Medical institutions Medical personnel Medical sciences Nightingale , Florence , 1820-1910 , reformer of hospital nursing Personnel Preventive medicine Smith , Edward , Protheroe- , fl 1933 x Protheroe-Smith , Edward Social sciences Social welfare Surgeons Surgery Systems of medicine Vaccination Williams , Robert James , Probyn- , 1866-1952 , anaesthetist x Probyn-Williams , Robert James Williams , Wertheim , fl 1900-1901 People by occupation People

Letter from Eliab Harvey, later Sir Eliab Harvey, nephew of William Harvey, to William Garnay, 28 Apr 1676; correspondence between Wertheim Williams and Probyn Williams regarding anaesthetics, Nov 1900-Jan 1901; letter from Edward Jenner to Mr Hulme concerning vaccination, 26 Oct 1812; correspondence between James Matthews Duncan and Joseph Lister concerning the use of chloroform, 6 Mar 1875-18 Aug 1877; lease of rooms to British Gynaecological Society by the Medical and Chirurgical Society of London., Feb 1890; gift of Edward Protheroe-Smith; letter of Florence Nightingale to Heywood Smith concerning lying-in institutions, 10 May 1876.

Open.

Out of copyright.

• English

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English

RCOG Archives holds correspondence relating to Dobbin's presentations to the College, 1931-1946 (Ref: S3); list of books presented to the Library, with related papers, 1937-1944, (Ref: B6/3).

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.

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

• English