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- [1875-1904] (Creation)
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2 vols
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Biographical history
Robert Milne Murray was born, 1855; read arts in St Andrew's University; moved to Edinburgh to study medicine; staff of the Royal Infirmary and Royal Maternity Hospital; designed a modification of the forceps previously invented by Tarnier; died, 1904.
Archival history
Part of an estate of which Mr R Vaughan-Jones, an ophthalmic surgeon of Newport in Monmouthshire, was trustee. He passed the volumes to Mr J M Bowen MRCOG, who presented them to the College in July 1952 via Gilbert Strachan.
GB 1538 S87 [1875-1904] Collection (fonds) 2 vols Unknown
Robert Milne Murray was born, 1855; read arts in St Andrew's University; moved to Edinburgh to study medicine; staff of the Royal Infirmary and Royal Maternity Hospital; designed a modification of the forceps previously invented by Tarnier; died, 1904.
Part of an estate of which Mr R Vaughan-Jones, an ophthalmic surgeon of Newport in Monmouthshire, was trustee. He passed the volumes to Mr J M Bowen MRCOG, who presented them to the College in July 1952 via Gilbert Strachan.
Transferred from the Library to the College Archives in September 2007.
Manuscript notes by an unknown student taken from lectures in obstetrics and gynaecology delivered by Robert Milne Murray.
By volume.
English
Bound in volumes.
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Compiled by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: On the Shoulders of Giants: eponyms and names in obstetrics and gynaecology, Thomas F Baskett.
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 Lectures (teaching method) Obstetrics Higher science education Medical education Medical sciences Gynaecology Teaching methods Murray , Robert Milne , 1855-1904 , physician and obstetrician
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Transferred from the Library to the College Archives in September 2007.
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Manuscript notes by an unknown student taken from lectures in obstetrics and gynaecology delivered by Robert Milne Murray.
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By volume.
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- English
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- Latin
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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