GB 0120 MSS.4599-4602, 5869-5870
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1844-1905
Personal papers of the Silvester family, 1844-1905 including (auto)biographical details of the three, copy correspondence, and diary entries. Specifically: T H Silvester's notebook includes personal and professional details, there is also a draft medical paper on venous bruit; Paul de Hookham's papers are an autobiography; whilst Henry Robert Silvester's papers mainly relate to his work on the resuscitation of the apparently drowned or asphyxiated.
Silvester , Thomas Hookham , 1799-1877 , physician Silvester , Paul de Hookham , b 1827 , Rector of St LevanSilvester , Henry Robert , 1829-1908 , surgeon