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- 1781-1786 (Creation)
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1 vol.
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In 1745 Bartholomew Mosse, surgeon and man-midwife, founded the original Dublin Lying-In Hospital as a maternity training hospital, the first of its kind. In 1757 the institution moved to a different location where it became 'The New Lying-In Hospital'. This is the hospital complex that is referred to today as simply 'The Rotunda'.
Archival history
Presented to the College in July 1957 by Dr G P Charlewood, Johannesburg.
GB 1538 S95 1781-1786 Collection (fonds) 1 vol. Unknown
In 1745 Bartholomew Mosse, surgeon and man-midwife, founded the original Dublin Lying-In Hospital as a maternity training hospital, the first of its kind. In 1757 the institution moved to a different location where it became 'The New Lying-In Hospital'. This is the hospital complex that is referred to today as simply 'The Rotunda'.
Presented to the College in July 1957 by Dr G P Charlewood, Johannesburg.
Transferred from the Library to the College Archives in September 2007.
Midwifery casebook, Aug 1781-Mar 1786, of 'cases extraord[inar]y' in the Lying in Hospital, Dublin and in private practice domiciliary visits 'chiefly among the poor', May 1782-October 1785. Indexed by symptoms.
Single volume.
English
Bound in a volume.
No additional finding aids.
Compiled by Sarah Drewery.
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.
Jul 2008 Rotunda Hospital x Dublin Lying-In Hospital x New Lying-In Hospital Hospitals Nursing Midwifery Medical sciences Clinical medicine Dublin Ireland Western Europe Europe Medical institutions Health services
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Transferred from the Library to the College Archives in September 2007.
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Midwifery casebook, Aug 1781-Mar 1786, of 'cases extraord[inar]y' in the Lying in Hospital, Dublin and in private practice domiciliary visits 'chiefly among the poor', May 1782-October 1785. Indexed by symptoms.
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Single volume.
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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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