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Papers of Sir Cecil Pembrey Grey Wakeley, 1915-1965, comprising letters to Sir Cecil Wakeley on relinquishing the Presidency of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 1954; register of Sir Cecil Wakeley's publications, 1915-1965; scrapbook, 1924-1965; album of clinical photographs, 1932-1941; signature book of House Surgeons and Registrars working with Sir Cecil Wakeley at King's College Hospital and other hospitals, 1922-1957; and Temporary Surgeon Rear Admiral's Warrant, 1939-1940.

Sinhalese ola, c 1760, comprising a volume of palm leaves, containing a manuscript treatise on diseases, symptoms and treatments.

Papers relating to the Krishnarajendra Hospital and the University Medical College, Mysore (now Mysuru), India, c1938, comprising an album containing photographs by G Shankar, of the Krishnarajendra Hospital and the University Medical College; manuscript captions; short histories of the Krishnarajendra Hospital and the University Medical College; and a list of staff.

Papers relating to the Artificial Limb Centre, Pune, India, 1956, comprising an album containing photographs and descriptions of patients with artifical limbs.

Papers of Henry Victor Martin, c 1842-1873, comprising a scrapbook containing songs, poems, short plays, and letters written by Martin. Also including photographs, covers of published works, an epitaph and a plan of the Bois de Boulogne.

Papers of William Long, 1818, comprising a volume containing a detailed manuscript list of the 494 books and 58 pamphlets bequethed by Long, which arrived on 17 Jul 1818.

Papers of Maurice Henry King, 1993, comprising 2 draft typescript copies of Primary Surgery Volume 1 Non-traumawith manuscript annotations in various hands. The first copy is labelled as being edited by Maurice King, assisted by Peter Bewes and James Cairns. The second copy names only Maurice King as the editor.

Papers of Robert Keate, 1847, comprising a volume containing a detailed, alphabetical manuscript list of books presented to the College Library by Keate; and a letter written on Royal College of Surgeons of England Library headed paper, from Thomas Stone, to Keate, 13 Jun 1847, relating to books that the Library does not already possess.

Papers of Andrew Francis Jackson, 1948, comprising an album of 43 photographs of skulls, jaws, teeth casts and young patient's teeth, to accompany the Charles Tomes lecture Growth and Development from the Clinical Aspect of Orthodontics, delivered to the Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of England on 16 Jul 1948.

Papers of Richard wheeler Haines, 1961-c 1968, comprising original figures and illustrations from Handbook of Human Embryology by Haines and Ahmed Mohiuddin; copy of a supplement to the Journal of the Faculty of Medicine - Baghdad; editors draft of A Handbook of Human Embryology Part 1, 1961; print labelled 'figure 30', 1965; and 2 photographs of bones provided by the Medical Illustration Unit of the University of Lagos Medical School, where Haines was Professor of Anatomy.

Papers of John Hull Grundy, c 1957, comprising lecture notes; and a photograph album containing images of his study.

Papers of the Founatin Mental Hospital, 1914-1927, comprising case notes; photograph albums and glass slides; and donation information, excerpts and reprints.

Papers of William Cotton, 1817, comprising a volume containing a detailed manuscript list of approximately 200 books, presented by Cotton, indicating books for the College library, 1817; and a sheet of paper containing a list titled, A Catalogue of Books sent to W. C. Esq., appearing to list the same books as the volume.

Papers of William Birmingham Costello, 1779-1849, comprising information mostly relating to his publication The cyclopedia of practical surgery, including an etymological and critical terminology; detailed descriptions of instruments and apparatus; a copius bibliography; and an historical view of the progress of the science to the present day: ... a complete digest, alphabetically distributed, of the doctrines and practice of surgery/ conducted by William B Costello; assisted by numerous distinguished writers; illustrated with numerous engravings and wood-cuts. Volume 1: ABD-DYS (Sherwood, Gilbert & Piper: London, 1841) containing correspondence, 1829-1849; drafts, proofs and publication details, 1837-1841; and personal notes and papers, 1779-1844.

Papers of William Clift, 1802-1817, comprising a volume titled Scrappiana or Extracts various, containing notes, poetry, thoughts and maxims, and extracts from publications including Erasmus Darwin's Zoonomia.

Papers of John Menzies Campbell, 1709-1971, comprising a typescript catalogue of books given to the Royal College of Surgeons of England; an album of press cuttings, 1930-1931; a photograph album; a personal scrap book, 1911-1981; odontological advertisements, 1709-1850; scrap book of historical dental items, 1807-1971; Glasgow directory lists of dentists [missing - May 2008]; Edinburgh directory lists of dentists, 1773-1850 [missing - May 2008]; copy of notes taken at the first known British trial where dental surgeons gave evidence, 1814; and a certifcate awarded to Menzies Campbell on becoming a corresponding member of the Swedish Dentists Society, 1965 [missing - May 2008].

Papers of Harold Burrows, 1914-1918, comprising an album of 'before and after' photographs of Burrow's facial repair cases during World War One, 1914-1918.

Papers relating to Sir Charles Blicke and William Sharpe, 1808-1816, comprising a volume containing a detailed manuscript list of the books presented to the College Library by Blicke, 4 Jan 1808-1816; and a volume containing a detailed manuscript list of the books presented to the College Library by Sharpe, 2 Jul 1810.

Signature books of the Black Jack Public House, 1854-1892, comprising 3 volumes of signatures, comments and illustrations by young surgeons upon becoming members of the Royal College of Surgeons.

Papers of George Cuthbert Adeney, 1902-1957, comprising diaries, 1939-1957; letters to Adeney's sister Gladys, 1902-1920; scrapbooks, notebooks and typescript notes, 1913-1950s.