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GB 0113 MS-WILSH · 1930-1968

Henry Leonard Wilson's papers, 1930-1968, relate to his unpublished paper on the blindness of the poet John Milton, and consist of correspondence relating to the paper, drafts of the paper, notes on Milton, articles by others on Milton, and correspondence between Ruth Wilson, Wilson's widow, and the Royal College of Physicians library about the posthumous publication of the paper.

Wilson , Henry Leonard , 1897-1968 , psychiatrist
GB 0113 MS-WILLC · 1896, 1911-1915, 1923-1924, 1932-1941

Papers of Sir William Henry Willcox, relating to a variety of topics: murder trials, criminal abortion, the use of insulin and the production of table salt.

Willcox , Sir , William Henry , 1870-1941 , Knight , physician
GB 0113 MS-TWEEA · 1832

Tweedie's casebooks detailing cases of cholera in Abchurch Lane, East London, March-September 1832

Tweedie , Alexander , 1794-1884 , physician
GB 0113 MS-TAYLS · Fonds · 1859-1925

Papers of Shepherd Thomas Taylor including medical diary, general diaries, notebook with notes of lectures on internal cancers, accounts, 1859-1925.

Taylor , Shepherd Thomas , 1840-1936
SYDENHAM, Thomas (1624-1689)
GB 0113 MS-SYDET · 1669- c 1683

Papers of Thomas Sydenham, 1669-c1683, including observations on fevers and acute diseases, in collaboration with John Locke and translation into English of his treatise on gout.

Sydenham , Thomas , 1624-1689 , physician
GB 0113 MS-STEWA · Fonds · 1838 -1844

Papers and notes of Alexander Patrick Stewert on typhus and typhoid, 1838-1844.

Stewart , Alexander Patrick , 1813-1883 , physician
GB 0113 MS-SIEVE · 1846-1960

Sir Edward Henry Sieveking's papers, 1846-1960, include his medical notebooks, with case notes, 1846-1873; Notebooks recording visits to patients, 1854-1879; Author's copy of On Epilepsy and Epileptiform Seizures, interleaved with his annotations, 1858; Diaries detailing his attendance of the Prince and Princess of Wales, 1863-1873, with related correspondence, 1886 and 1935; Chapters on 'physical organisation of the human race' by Sieveking, printed, undated; Correspondence with colleagues and family, and correspondence relating to Sieveking, 1863-1904; Papers relating to his professional appointments, such as material relating to his honorary degree from the University of Edinburgh, 1884, copies of the laws of the British Balneological and Climatological Society, undated, and St Mary's Hospital annual report, 1902; Addresses and lectures given by Sieveking, 1876-1890; Obituaries and memorials to Sieveking, including an introduction by his son, Albert Forbes Sieveking, 1904; Correspondence relating to Sieveking's papers, 1959-1960; Summary of, and commentary on, his diaries by Neville M. Goodman, c.1960; List of Sieveking's papers donated to the College, 1960; There is also a medical notebook thought to be in the hand of Alfred Robert Sieveking, which was found amongst Sieveking's papers.

Sieveking , Sir , Edward Henry , 1816-1904 , Knight , physician
SIBSON, Francis (1814-1876)
GB 0113 MS-SIBSF · c.1840-c.1860

Sibson's anatomical drawings, c.1840-c.1860, both pathological and clinical, watercolours and pen and ink sketches, many are labelled and annotated. Many were used to illustrate his Medical Anatomy, or, Illustrations of the Relevant Position and Movements of the Internal Organs (1869) and various medical papers.

Sibson , Francis , 1814-1876 , physician
GB 0113 MS-RUMSH · Fonds · 1785-1787

Notes from the lectures of George Fordyce at his house in Essex Street, Strand, for a period extending over 30 years on subjects including clinical lectures, acute diseases, chemistry, chronic diseases, diseases of women and children, materia medica and the natural history of the human body. Transcribed, mainly from short-hand notes, by Henry Rumsey, one of his pupils, 1785-1787.

Rumsey , Henry Nathaniel , fl 1785-1787 , surgeon
GB 0113 MS-ROLLH · Fonds · 1894

Original manuscript of Manual of Morbid Anatomy by Humphry Davy Rolleston and Alfredo Antunes Kanthack, 1894.

Rolleston , Sir , Humphry Davy , first baronet , 1862-1944 , physician
PAGET, Sir James (1814-1899)
GB 0113 MS-PAGEJ · c.1844

Sir James Paget's index to references for medical biographies, intended for the Biographical Dictionary of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (1842-44), c.1844.

Paget , Sir , James , 1814-1899 , 1st Baronet , surgeon
GB 0113 MS-OGLEJ · Fonds · 1782-1975

Letters and papers of John William Ogle including correspondence with Florence Nightingale; other correspondence; articles and booklets by Ogle including on preventative medicine and medical reform; remarks read before a Sub-Committee, appointed to consider the question of Provident Dispensaries, 1857 and plan setting out Ogle's method of record keeping during Cholera epidemic in London, 1854.

Ogle , John William , 1824-1905 , physician
NABARRO, Alan (1914-1977)
GB 0113 MS-NABAA · Fonds · 1914 - 2009

Personal papers of Alan Nabarro and his family, particularly those papers relating to Alan's experiences of living with diabetes and his diabetes-related work, as well as literature and ephemera collected by Alan and his family on the subject of diabetes.

Nabarro , Alan , 1914-1977 , diabetes campaigner
MILROY, Gavin (1805-1886)
GB 0113 MS-MILRG · 1870-1881

Gavin Milroy's papers, 1870-1881, consist of reports and correspondence, between Milroy and the Colonial Office, on the subject of leprosy, particularly the contagiousness of the disease, and more specifically Milroy's inquiry into Louis Daniel Beauperthuy's treatment of leprosy in the West Indies, 1870-1881.

Milroy , Gavin , 1805-1886 , physician and epidemiologist
LAWRENCE, Thomas (1711-1783)
GB 0113 MS-LAWRT · c.1750-1766

Papers of Thomas Lawrence, c.1750-1766, consisting of his comment on lectures in the physician Frank Nicholls's Compendium Anatomicum, c.1750; Lawrence's compendium of pathology and therapeutics, in his own hand, c.1750; Lectures on digestion, given at the Royal College of Physicians, in his own hand, c.1750; Course of lectures on pathology and therapeutics, dictated by Lawrence, 1751; Lectures on inflammation, the liver, and the kidneys, given at the Royal College of Physicians, in his own hand, 1766 and c.1766; Unpublished manuscript on human physiology, 'De Natura Animali', in his own hand, with corrections by Samuel Johnson, the lexicographer, mid-18th century.

Lawrence , Thomas , 1711-1783 , physician
GB 0113 MS-LATHP · 1838-1871 (1838-1839; 1871)

Latham's papers, 1838-1871, include his casebook, 1838-39, and his lectures on fever and the pulse, in his hand, 1871.

Latham , Peter Mere , 1789-1875 , physician
LATHAM, John (1761-1843)
GB 0113 MS-LATHJ · [1797]-1811

Latham's papers, c.1797-1811, include his notebooks on food and digestion, materia medica and therapeutics, c.1797-1811, and his unpublished dissertation on asthma, in his hand, c. 1810.

Latham , John , 1761-1843 , physician
GB 0113 MS-HEBEW · c.1744-[1784]

Heberden's papers, c.1744 - [1784], include his notes on the history and cure of diseases, 1782, thought to be the original manuscript for his Commentaries on the History and Cure of Diseases (1802), and his index of the history of disease, [1784] (date '22 Maii 1784' is written at the end of the volume), containing the notes from which his Commentaries were drawn up; Manuscript of his Goulstonian Lectures, 1749, in Heberden's hand; Index of materia medica containing remedies and their effects compiled by Heberden from his case notes, with additional notes on the opposite pages by his son, William Heberden the younger, 18th century. The collection also includes manuscript volumes attributed to Heberden's hand, 'An Introduction to the Study of Physic', c.1744-1755; 'Preliminary Observations', c.1782; 'A Collection of Essays', 18th century (although it is now thought that this manuscript is definitely not in Heberden's hand).

Heberden , William , 1710-1801 , physician
HEAD, Sir Henry (1861-1940)
GB 0113 MS-HEADH · 1891-1909

Sir Henry Head's papers, 1891-1909, consist of his casebooks of patients with Herpes Zoster, with sketches and photographs, chiefly from Head's work at the London Hospital, 1891-1909, and his casebooks of patients with various diseases, with sketches and charts, from his work at the City of London Hospital for Diseases of the Heart and Lungs, Victoria Park, 1894.

Head , Sir , Henry , 1861-1940 , Knight , neurologist
HARRISON, William
GB 0113 MS-HARRW · Fonds · [1852]

Notebooks of William Harrison containing notes on the practice of physic, pharmacy, midwifery, varia and botany, materia medica, toxicology and chemistry, [1852].

Harrison , William , fl 1852
GB 0113 MS-HACKC · 1930-1978

Hackett's papers, 1930-78, include his notes of lectures, attended for the College's membership examinations, 1930-31; List of his published and unpublished works, 1935-78, 1978; Drafts and reprints of articles by Hackett, with annotations and comments by others, such as Satya Swaroop and Calvin Wells, on the subject of syphilis, treponarid, and yaws, especially in Africa, 1957-75; Translations of foreign articles on bone syphilis, 1858-1970, made for and edited by Hackett, [1972]; Paper on the use of food yeast as a nutritional supplement in Indonesia, by Yap Kie Tiong (d.1968/9), sent to Hackett with letter from Yap, 1955-56

Hackett , Cecil John , 1905-1995 , medical scientist
GOLDING, Widdows (fl 1788)
GB 0113 MS-GOLDW · Fonds · 1786-1788

Widdows Golding collection comprising a commonplace book containing records of cases at the London Hospital about the year 1786, including notes on operations performed by Richard Grindall, Henry Thompson, George Neale, and other surgeons; notes on surgery, midwifery and anatomy. (The anatomical notes are illustrated by fine water-colour drawings). 'A concise account of an epidemic fever which was in the united parishes of Newnam, Mongwell, Nufhill and Gray's in the year 1788' and notes on medicine. At the end is a large collection of receipts.

Golding , Widdows , fl 1788 , surgeon
GB 0113 MS-DREWF · 1876-1881

Drewitt's pathological drawings, 1876-1881, both water-colour drawings and pencil sketches, of cases admitted to St George's Hospital, 1876-1878 and undated, and of cases of pharyngoeal diphtheria, made at Great Ormond Street Hospital, 1880, and scurvy, rickets and variola, 1881. Many are labelled and annotated.

Drewitt , Frederick George Dawtrey , 1848-1942 , pathologist
DAVIES, David (1760-1844)
GB 0113 MS-DAVID · Fonds · 1834

'A Case of Tubular Extra-Uterine Pregnancy', 1834.

Davies , David , 1760-1844 , surgeon
COLEBROOK, Josiah
GB 0113 MS-COLEJ · Fonds · [1700]

Josiah Colebrook: Commonplace book of prescriptions for diseases, [1700].

Colebrook , Josiah , fl 1700
COLEBROOK, George
GB 0113 MS-COLEG · Fonds · 1678 -1716

Miscellaneous papers of George Colebrook including lectures and treatises on diseases, 1678-1716.

Colebrook , George , d 1716
GB 0113 MS-CHEAW · 1877-1934 (mainly 1877-1888)

Cheadle's papers, 1877-1934, include his notes on the use of anti-scorbutic treatment for scurvy in young children, includes notes of six cases, with temperature charts, 1877-88. Also includes explanatory notes from J.F. Poynton, 1910; Original paintings and photograph of infantile scurvy by Cheadle, from the cases of Sir Thomas Barlow, to accompany Cheadle's original records of the cases, [1877-79], with letter presenting paintings to the College from Poynton, 1934.

Cheadle , Walter Butler , 1835-1910 , physician
BURGES, John (1745-1807)
GB 0113 MS-BURGJ · 1769-c.1790s

Burges' papers, 1767-c.1790s, include records of his medical cases, 1769-75; Printed copy of the St George's Hospital Pharmacopoeia, with annotations by Burges, mid-late 18th century (c.1770s-80s); his lecture notes on various subjects, such as materia medica, Boerhaave's institutes, and the hydraulic and chemical systems, mid-late 18th century (c.1770s-90s); Notes on diseases, and on chemistry and materia medica, mid-late 18th century (c.1770s-90s).

Burges , John , 1745-1807 , physician
BRIGHT, Richard (1789-1858)
GB 0113 MS-BRIGR · [1822]-[1839]

Original watercolour anatomical drawings, c.300, used for plates published in Bright's Reports on Medical Cases, Selected with a View to Illustrate the Symptoms and Cure of Diseases by Reference to Morbid Anatomy (1827), also includes some unpublished pathological drawings, [1822]-[1839]. Many of the drawings are by Frederick Richard Say and C.L. Canton, those unsigned probably by Bright; Case notes, in Bright's handwriting, 1827-32

Bright , Richard , 1789-1858 , physician
BATEMAN, Thomas (1778-1821)
GB 0113 MS-BATET · 1792-c.1817

Papers and drawings of homas Bateman, 1792-c1817, relating to his publication Delineations of Cutaneous Diseases, Exhibiting the Characteristic Appearances of the Principal Genera and Species, Comprised in the Classification of Willan, and Completing the Series of Engravings began by that Author (London, 1817), including a manuscript copy in the handwriting of the author with engravings and original watercolour drawings, c.1817; Watercolour drawings of skin diseases, in bound volume containing 78 drawings by Bateman and others, 1792-1806, and 114 loose drawings by Bateman and others, 1797-1814; Correspondence and notes, including letters from John Winslow Mayd to Bateman regarding a patient, 1813, and lists of patients and diseases, some in Bateman's handwriting, n.d.

Bateman , Thomas , 1778-1821 , physician and dermatologist
GB 0113 MS-BALYW · 1807-1878

Correspondence and papers created by William Baly and his family; Francis Baly, his mother, William Baly, his father, Frances (Fanny) Shipp, nee Baly, and Elizabeth (Bessy) Baly, his sisters, 1807-1878. Includes correspondence between Baly and members of his family and friends, and between members of his family about Baly, spanning Baly's life and career. Also includes papers, notes and correspondence relating to Baly's professional career, his years as a student in London and then in France and Germany, 1831-36; his various appointments, from his early apprenticeship to a general practitioner in 1828 to his appointment as physician extraordinary to the Queen in 1859, such as indentures detailing appointments and a volume of testimonials supporting Baly's appointment as Assistant Physician at St Bartholomew's Hospital, 1854; his licence and diploma for the Royal College of Physicians; a portrait of Baly by one of his sisters; photographs; obituaries; material relating to the Baly Memorial Fund; and genealogical notes on the Baly family.

Baly , William , 1814-1861 , physician
BAILLIE, Matthew (1761-1823)
GB 0113 MS-BAILM · 1790-c. mid 20th century

Papers of Matthew Baillie relating to his professional work and his publication on morbid anatomy, 1790-19th century. Collection includes bound volume of Baillie's case notes for St George's Hospital, 1790; Printed copy of Baillie's The Morbid Anatomy of Some of the Most Important Parts of the Human Body (1793), 2 volumes, signed with additions and alterations to the text by Baillie, 1793-c.1797; William Clift's original drawings to accompany Baillie's text, The Morbid Anatomy..., pencil and watercolour drawings, 24 leaves, n.d. c.1790s; 10 sets of 65 copper plates of A Series of Engravings Tending to Illustrate the Morbid Anatomy of Some of the Most Important Parts of the Human Body, n.d. c.1799; 70 black and white photographs of Clift's drawings, n.d., C20th.

Baillie , Matthew , 1761-1823 , physician and anatomist
GB 0113 MS-BAGSA · 1908-1909

Bagshawe's correspondence, in his role as Director of the Sleeping Sickness Bureau, 1908-9, with Professor Paul Ehrlich (1854-1915), in English and German, and with Sir Patrick Manson (1844-1922). Mostly on the subject of the work of the Bureau, and particularly the prevalence of sleeping sickness in Africa.

Bagshawe , Sir , Arthur William Garrard , 1871-1950 , Knight , physician and tropical medicine specialist
GB 0113 MS-ALLB · 1924-1925

Typescript of Sir Thomas Allbutt's book Arteriosclerosis: a summary view, with numerous alterations and additions in the author's hand.

Allbutt , Sir , Thomas Clifford , 1836-1925 , Knight , Regius Professor of Physic Cambridge