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Title
Date(s)
- [1768]-1780 (Creation)
Extent and medium
2 volumes
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Joseph Else was surgeon to St Thomas's Hospital, London, from 1768-1780. He was appointed lecturer in anatomy and surgery in 1768, on the unification of the medical schools of St Thomas's and Guy's Hospitals.
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Archival history
GB 0114 MS0117 [1768]-1780 Collection (fonds) 2 volumes Else , Joseph , d 1780 , anatomist and surgeon
Joseph Else was surgeon to St Thomas's Hospital, London, from 1768-1780. He was appointed lecturer in anatomy and surgery in 1768, on the unification of the medical schools of St Thomas's and Guy's Hospitals.
The volume titled Mr Else's Surgical Lectures was 'Bequeathed by Little'. No further biographical information is available.
Papers relating to Jospeh Else, c1768-1780, comprising a manuscript volume containing notes of anatomy lectures by an unknown hand; and a manuscript volume titled Mr Else's Surgical Lectures containing notes of surgical lectures by an unknown hand.
As outlined in Scope and Content.
By written appointment only.
No photocopying permitted.
English
Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1928) by Victor G Plarr.
Notes of surgical lectures of Joseph Else, by Phillip Cornish, 1773 - MS0116; and notes of anatomical lectures by Joseph Else, by Gardiner - MS0118.
Notes of lectures by Joseph Else, by [John Randall], 1776 - King's College London Archives: G/PP7; and notes of lectures by Joseph Else, c1785 - Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine: MSS 2292, 6918.
Compiled by Anya Turner.
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.
Sep 2008 Medical education Teaching methods Lectures (teaching method) Biology Anatomy Medical sciences Surgery Else , Joseph , d 1780 , anatomist and surgeon Guy's Hospital , London St Thomas' Hospital , London Higher science education
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The volume titled Mr Else's Surgical Lectures was 'Bequeathed by Little'. No further biographical information is available.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers relating to Jospeh Else, c1768-1780, comprising a manuscript volume containing notes of anatomy lectures by an unknown hand; and a manuscript volume titled Mr Else's Surgical Lectures containing notes of surgical lectures by an unknown hand.
System of arrangement
As outlined in Scope and Content.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
By written appointment only.
Conditions governing reproduction
No photocopying permitted.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Notes of surgical lectures of Joseph Else, by Phillip Cornish, 1773 - MS0116; and notes of anatomical lectures by Joseph Else, by Gardiner - MS0118.
Finding aids
Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1928) by Victor G Plarr.
Allied materials area
Related units of description
Notes of lectures by Joseph Else, by [John Randall], 1776 - King's College London Archives: G/PP7; and notes of lectures by Joseph Else, c1785 - Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine: MSS 2292, 6918.
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Rules and/or conventions used
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.
Language(s)
- English