GB 0120 MSS.2665-2666, 3332-3337 and 7789 - Lowder, William (d 1801)

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GB 0120 MSS.2665-2666, 3332-3337 and 7789

Title

Lowder, William (d 1801)

Date(s)

  • 1780-1805 (Creation)

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7 volumes

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Biographical history

William Lowder graduated doctor of medicine, Aberdeen, 1775; licentiate of the College of Physicians, 1786; practised midwifery; lectured at Guy's Hospital and at the anatomy theatre he and John Haighton ran in St. Saviour's churchyard, Southwark, died, 1801.

Archival history

GB 0120 MSS.2665-2666, 3332-3337 and 7789 1780-1805 Collection (fonds) 7 volumes Lowder , William , fl 1778-1801 , obstetrician

Haighton , John , 1755-1823 , physiologist

William Lowder graduated doctor of medicine, Aberdeen, 1775; licentiate of the College of Physicians, 1786; practised midwifery; lectured at Guy's Hospital and at the anatomy theatre he and John Haighton ran in St. Saviour's churchyard, Southwark, died, 1801.

Purchased 1915 (acc.36490), 1916 (acc.38763), 1924 (acc.43239C), 1927 (acc.45943), at Sotheby's 9/12/1931, Lot 500 (part) and Phillip's sale, 5 Nov. 1999, lot 694 (acc.351381).

Lectures in Midwifery by William Lowder, 1780-1805, in some cases collaborating with John Haighton.

The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

English

3 bl. ll. + 517 pp. + 6 ll. (last 3 bl.). 8vo. 20 x 121/2 cm. Original boards. Back-strip wanting.

Described in: S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).

Copied from the Wellcome Library catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Feb 2009 Education, professional Education, medical Nursing Midwifery Medical sciences Obstetrics Teaching methods Lectures (teaching method) Education Lowder , William , fl 1778-1801 , obstetrician Haighton , John , 1755-1823 , physiologist

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Purchased 1915 (acc.36490), 1916 (acc.38763), 1924 (acc.43239C), 1927 (acc.45943), at Sotheby's 9/12/1931, Lot 500 (part) and Phillip's sale, 5 Nov. 1999, lot 694 (acc.351381).

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Lectures in Midwifery by William Lowder, 1780-1805, in some cases collaborating with John Haighton.

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The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Conditions governing reproduction

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

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  • English

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  • Latin

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English

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Described in: S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).

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Wellcome Library

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In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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  • English

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