GB 1538 S86 - HUNTER, William (1718-1783): notes from his lectures on the gravid uterus

1 vol.

Presented to the College Library by Dr W Greenwood (via Miss Doreen Daley) [in 1966].

GB 1538 S86 1776 Collection (fonds) 1 vol. Unknown

William Hunter was born, 1718; attended the local Latin school; Glasgow University, 1731-1736; medical apprenticeship in Hamilton; went to London to learn midwifery from William Smellie, 1740; John Douglas's anatomy assistant and tutor to Douglas's son William George, 1741; surgical pupil of David Wilkie at St George's Hospital; studied anatomy and surgery, Paris, 1743- 1744; began building a surgical and midwifery practice, London; set up an anatomy course, 1746; member of the Company of Surgeons, 1747; temporary man-midwife at the Middlesex Hospital, 1748; man-midwife to the new British Lying-in Hospital, 1749-1759; member of the Society of London Physicians, 1754; licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, 1756; consultant physician, British Lying-in Hospital, 1759; physician-extraordinary to the queen, 1762; steward, then treasurer, and finally president of the Society of Collegiate Physicians; fellow of the Royal Society, 1767; professor of anatomy, Royal Academy of Art, 1768; died, 1783.

Presented to the College Library by Dr W Greenwood (via Miss Doreen Daley) [in 1966].

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

Manuscript notes taken from six lectures given by William Hunter entitled 'A course of lectures on the gravid uterus taken down in short hand, as delivered by Dr Hunter in 1772'. This volume was created by the student, 25 Mar-16 Apr 1776, using his original shorthand notes.

Single volume.

English

Bound in a volume.

No additional finding aids.

Other lectures by William Hunter (Ref: S74).

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 Pregnancy Teaching methods Lectures (teaching method) Medical sciences Obstetrics Higher science education Medical education Biology Anatomy Human reproduction Physiology Reproductive cycle Hunter , William , 1718-1783 , anatomist and surgeon

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

Manuscript notes taken from six lectures given by William Hunter entitled 'A course of lectures on the gravid uterus taken down in short hand, as delivered by Dr Hunter in 1772'. This volume was created by the student, 25 Mar-16 Apr 1776, using his original shorthand notes.

Single volume.

• anglais

• latin

English

Other lectures by William Hunter (Ref: S74).

No additional finding aids.

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.

• anglais