GB 1538 S88 - HAMILTON, Alexander (1739-1802): notes from his lectures on midwifery

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GB 1538 S88

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HAMILTON, Alexander (1739-1802): notes from his lectures on midwifery

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  • 1798 (Creation)

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1 vol.

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Alexander Hamilton was baptised in 1739; assistant to John Straiton, surgeon, of Edinburgh, 1758; member of the Edinburgh College of Surgeons, 1762; licentiate, and subsequently a fellow, of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh; physician to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, 1772; joint professor of midwifery in the University of Edinburgh with Dr Thomas Young, 1780 and sole professor, 1783-1800; was instrumental in establishing the Lying-in Hospital, 1791; died, 1802.

Archival history

Presented to the College in July 1955 by Sir Henry Cohen via Sir Arthur Gemmell.

GB 1538 S88 1798 Collection (fonds) 1 vol. Unknown

Alexander Hamilton was baptised in 1739; assistant to John Straiton, surgeon, of Edinburgh, 1758; member of the Edinburgh College of Surgeons, 1762; licentiate, and subsequently a fellow, of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh; physician to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, 1772; joint professor of midwifery in the University of Edinburgh with Dr Thomas Young, 1780 and sole professor, 1783-1800; was instrumental in establishing the Lying-in Hospital, 1791; died, 1802.

Presented to the College in July 1955 by Sir Henry Cohen via Sir Arthur Gemmell.

Transferred from the Library to the College Archives in September 2007.

Shorthand notes by an unknown student taken from lectures on midwifery delivered by Alexander Hamilton, 1798.

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English shorthand

Bound in a volume.

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Compiled by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: Oxford DNB.

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.

Jul 2008 Midwifery Nursing Teaching methods Lectures (teaching method) Higher science education Medical education Medical sciences Hamilton , Alexander , [1739]-1802 , physician and obstetrician

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Transferred from the Library to the College Archives in September 2007.

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Shorthand notes by an unknown student taken from lectures on midwifery delivered by Alexander Hamilton, 1798.

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  • English

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  • Latin

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English shorthand

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Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

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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.

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  • English

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