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- 1824-1832, 1989-1990 (Creation)
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1 volume; 4 items, 1 file
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Born, Jamaica, 1809; pupil at Guy's Hospital, 1824; apprenticed to Richard Stocker, the Hospital's Apothecary; dresser to Bransby Cooper, Guy's Hospital; Ship's Surgeon to the HECTOR, 1831; returned to Jamaica, 1831; practiced medicine; Assistant Surgeon to the St Elizabeth Regiment of Foot, 1834; Health Officer for the Port of Black River, Cornwall County, 1841; elected Fellow, College of Physicians and Surgeons in Jamaica, 1842; died, 1856.
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Presented to Guy's Hospital Medial School by members of Andrew Maitland's family in 1989 and 1990.
GB 0100 G/PP1/34 1824-1832, 1989-1990 Collection (fonds) 1 volume; 4 items, 1 file Maitland , Andrew Wright , 1809-1856 , surgeon
Born, Jamaica, 1809; pupil at Guy's Hospital, 1824; apprenticed to Richard Stocker, the Hospital's Apothecary; dresser to Bransby Cooper, Guy's Hospital; Ship's Surgeon to the HECTOR, 1831; returned to Jamaica, 1831; practiced medicine; Assistant Surgeon to the St Elizabeth Regiment of Foot, 1834; Health Officer for the Port of Black River, Cornwall County, 1841; elected Fellow, College of Physicians and Surgeons in Jamaica, 1842; died, 1856.
Presented to Guy's Hospital Medial School by members of Andrew Maitland's family in 1989 and 1990.
Transferred from Guy's Hospital Medical School Library in 2002.
Papers of Andrew Wright Maitland, comprising notebook containing reports of cases admitted to Guy's Hospital from Jun-Sep 1830, list of passengers on board the Hector on a voyage from London to Ceylon [Sri Lanka] via Mauritius, Oct 1830-Nov 1831 and medical cases treated during voyage, copies of letters written on board, accounts of purchases in Colombo, list of casualties, description of voyage, also notes on tetanus, Nov 1832;
Maitland's admission cards for the Pupil's Physical Society, 1832-1833; for lectures in theory and practice of medicine by Richard Bright, Oct 1827; for surgical operations and practice at Guy's and St Thomas, Apr 1929;
piece of a book cover inscribed 'Andrew Wright Maitland entered Guy's Hospital Mar 5th and was articled to Mr Stocker the following day Mar 6, 1824';
correspondence of the School Secretary's concerning personal papers belonging to Andrew Maitland donated to Guy's Medical School library, and biographical information about Maitland, Jun 1989-Sep 1990.
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Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive and Corporate Record Services.
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Compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.
October 2001; revised January 2003, June 2004 Maitland , Andrew Wright , 1809-1856 , surgeon Bright , Richard , 1789-1858 , Physician Extraordinary to the Queen Social welfare Social sciences Physicians Hospitals Medical profession Medical personnel Surgeons Transport Vehicles Ships Information sources Documents Medical records Medical institutions Health services Patients Higher science education Medical education Medical sciences Surgery People People by occupation Personnel South Asia Sri Lanka Caribbean Jamaica Europe Guy's Hospital Pupil's Physical Society Southwark London England UK Western Europe Guy's Hospital , London Stocker , Richard , d 1834 , Apothecary to Guy's Hospital Primary documents
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Transferred from Guy's Hospital Medical School Library in 2002.
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Papers of Andrew Wright Maitland, comprising notebook containing reports of cases admitted to Guy's Hospital from Jun-Sep 1830, list of passengers on board the Hector on a voyage from London to Ceylon [Sri Lanka] via Mauritius, Oct 1830-Nov 1831 and medical cases treated during voyage, copies of letters written on board, accounts of purchases in Colombo, list of casualties, description of voyage, also notes on tetanus, Nov 1832;
Maitland's admission cards for the Pupil's Physical Society, 1832-1833; for lectures in theory and practice of medicine by Richard Bright, Oct 1827; for surgical operations and practice at Guy's and St Thomas, Apr 1929;
piece of a book cover inscribed 'Andrew Wright Maitland entered Guy's Hospital Mar 5th and was articled to Mr Stocker the following day Mar 6, 1824';
correspondence of the School Secretary's concerning personal papers belonging to Andrew Maitland donated to Guy's Medical School library, and biographical information about Maitland, Jun 1989-Sep 1990.
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Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
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Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive and Corporate Record Services.
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- English
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- Latin
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- Social welfare
- Social sciences
- Medical profession » Medical personnel » Physicians
- Health services » Hospitals
- Medical profession
- Medical profession » Medical personnel
- Transport
- Vehicles
- Vehicles » Ships
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- Documents
- Health services
- Health services » Patients
- Higher science education
- Higher science education » Medical education
- Medical sciences
- Medical sciences » Surgery
- Personnel
- Documents » Primary documents
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.
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- English