Two volumes of notes, on medical and chemical books, and on diseases and their treatment, c 1800-1823.
de Villiers , F. T. , Bidault , 1775-1824 , physicianNotes and extracts on vegetable materia medica, botany, etc. (with the exception of MS.2882, which deals with British insects, and MS.7961 which consists of general correspondence). The plants discussed include species from Africa, Asia and the Americas. Many of the pieces are drafts of lectures (to bodies such as the Royal Botanic Society) or of papers later published in journals such as the Pharmaceutical Journal, Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association, etc. Some items include inserted correspondence.
Holmes , Edward Morell , 1843-1940 , botanist and lecturer in materia medica Batters , Edward Arthur Lionel , 1860-1907 , botanistPapers of George Macdonald dealing predominantly with the later stages of his career, 1938-1977, although there is some material relating to his pre-war activities. They reflect his work as an international figure in the prevention and control of malaria, his involvement with numerous governmental and non-governmental bodies, his relationship with colleagues, his numerous tours on professional business, and his research and writing.
Macdonald , George , 1903-1967 , malariologistCorrespondence and papers of [Marie] Eugène [Alexandre] Maillot, 1841-1908.
Maillot , Eugene , 1841-1889 , Director of the Station Séricicole, MontpellierCatalogue of 616 varieties of British Lepidoptera: with a separate Index-volume. Compiler, Geoffrey Peskett's holograph manuscript. This Catalogue seems to have been begun in 1906, the latest date in Vol. III is 1922.
Peskett , Geoffrey Louis , fl 1906-1922Personal correspondence and papers of Louis Westenra Sambon, 1893-1923. These reflect his interest in the history of medicine and diseases caused by blood-borne parasites.
Sambon , Louis Westenra , 1865-1931 , Italian tropical medicine specialist and medical historian