GB 0114 MS0026 - PAGET, Sir James (1814-1899)

10 boxes and 1 volume

GB 0114 MS0026 [1832-1896] Collection (fonds) 10 boxes and 1 volume Paget , Sir , James , 1814-1899 , 1st Baronet , surgeon

Born Great Yarmouth, 1814; educated at a private school, Yarmouth; apprenticed to Charles Costerton, surgeon, in Yarmouth, 1830; entered as a student at St Bartholomew's Hospital, 1834; identified the parasite Trichina spiralis whilst studying at the hospital, 1835; clinical clerk to Dr Latham, 1835-1836; member, Royal College of Surgeons, 1836; sub-editor of the Medical Gazette, 1837-1842; Curator of the museum, 1837 and Demonstrator in morbid anatomy, 1839-1943, St Bartholomew's Hospital; Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of England, 1843; Lecturer on general anatomy and physiology, 1843 and Warden of the College for students, 1843-1851, St Bartholomew's Hospital; prepared a catalogue of the anatomical museum of St Bartholomew's Hospital, 1846; prepared a catalogue of the pathological specimens in the Hunterian Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 1846-1849; Arris and Gale Professor of Anatomy and Surgery, 1847-1852; Assistant Surgeon, 1847-1861, St Bartholomew's Hospital; Fellow, Royal Society, 1851; Surgeon-Extraordinary to Queen Victoria, 1858; member of the Senate, University of London, 1860; lectured in physiology, 1859-1861, Surgeon, 1861-1871 and Lecturer on Surgery, 1865-1869, St Bartholomew's Hospital; member, 1865-1889, Vice-President, 1873, 1874, President, 1875, of the Council, Royal College of Surgeons; Serjeant-Surgeon-Extraordinary to Queen Victoria, 1867-1877; Consulting Surgeon, St Bartholomew's Hospital, 1869; President, Clinical Society, 1869; created Baronet, 1871; President, Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society, 1875; representative of the Royal College of Surgeons at the General Medical Council, 1876-1881; Serjeant-Surgeon to Queen Victoria, 1877; Hunterian Orator, 1877; President, International Congress of Medicine, 1881; Bradshaw Lecturer, 1882; Vice-Chancellor, University of London, 1883-1895; Morton Lecturer, 1887; President, Pathological Society of London, 1887; died, London, 1899.

Publications include: Sketch of the Natural History of Yarmouth and its Neighbourhood, containing catalogues of the species of animals, birds, reptiles, fish, insects, and plants, at present known with Charles J Paget (F Skill, Yarmouth, 1834); Report on the chief results obtained by the use of the Microscope, in the study of human anatomy and physiology (London, 1842); The Motives to Industry in the study of Medicine. An address (London, 1846); Records of Harvey, in extracts from the journals of the Royal Hospital of St Bartholomew William Harvey With notes by J Paget (London, 1846); A Descriptive Catalogue of the Anatomical Museum of St Bartholomews' Hospital [vol 1, 2] (London, 1846-1862); Hand-Book of Physiology By W S Kirkes assisted by J Paget (Taylor, Walton & Maberly; John Murray, London, 1848-); Lectures on the processes of Repair and Reproduction after Injuries (London, 1849); Lectures on Surgical Pathology, delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons of England (2 vol London, 1853); Sinus and Fistula -Ulcers -Tumours (innocent) -Contusions -Wounds (1860); On the importance of the study of Physiology, as a branch of education for all classes (1867); Clinical Lectures and Essays Edited by H Marsh (London, 1875); The Hunterian Oration delivered ... on the 13th of February, 1877 (London, 1877); The Contrast of Temperance with Abstinence [1879]; Theology and Science. An address (Rivingtons, London, 1881); Descriptive catalogue of the Pathological Specimens contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons. Supplement Second edition with G F Goodhart and A H G Doran (J & A Churchill, London, 1882); On some rare and new diseases; suggestions for the study of part of the natural history of disease. The Bradshawe Lecture, ... 1882 (London, 1883); The Morton Lecture on Cancer and Cancerous Diseases delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons (Longmans & Co, London, 1887); Studies of old Case-Books (Longmans & Co, London, 1891); Memoirs and Letters of Sir James Paget Edited by Stephen Paget (Longmans & Co, London, 1901); Three Selected Papers. I On the Relation between the Symmetry and Diseases of the Body, 1841. II On Disease of the Mammary Areola preceding Cancer of the Mammary Gland, 1874. III On a Form of Chronic Inflammation of Bones (Osteitis deformans), 1876 (London, New Sydenham Society, 1901); Selected Essays and Addresses Edited by Stephen Paget (Longmans & Co, London, 1902).

The provenance of this collection is unknown

Papers of Sir James Paget, [1832-1896], comprising his memoirs; paper relating to 'case of blows inflicted a short time after death'; paper on the collegiate establishment of St Bartholomew's Hospital, c1840-1879; case notes, including notes on post mortem examinations, mainly of medical cases, made whilst demonstrator of morbid anatomy, 1839-1843; note book containing index to cases of tumours, notes on abscess in the abdominal walls, 1856, trichinosis, case of iliac aneurism, lecture notes, 1845, and letters to and from correspondents; paper on the 'advantages on medical societes', read before the Abernethian Society; notes on a branchial fistula with correspondence; notes on shock and reaction; index to letters relating to pathology, with note; translation of Bichat's General Anatomy, 1832;

case notes, 1834-1839 [cases examined by Paget, Vincent, Stanley and others at St Bartholomew's Hospital]; entry book of students in the College of St Bartholomew's Hospital, with biographical annotations by Paget, 1839-1859; report on the results obtained by the microscope in the study of human anatomy and physiology, with Paget's annotations, 1842; report on the progress of human anatomy and physiology in the years 1842-1845, with notes by Paget; notes on his lectures, 1843-1856; lectures on nutrition, hypertrophy and atrophy and processes of repair and reproduction after injuries, from the London Medical Gazette, with notes by Paget, 1847; notes by Richard Owen on Paget's lectures on nutrition, 1847; notes recording experiments and observations, 1847-1850; pocket books entitled 'reference books', for lectures on physiology etc, 1848-1857; pocket books (41) containing entries of engagements, names of patients etc, 1856-1896; notes possibly for clinical lectures, 1862; notes on decay of leaves, 1892; notes and drawings, 1877-1892; notes and papers on osteitis deformans and spondylistis deformans, 1880, 1896; notes and letters on elemental pathology, 1894; notes for a paper on vivisection, 1881; notes relating to clinical lectures and essays, 1882; notes for a paper on coincidences, 1883; notes by Paget on his lectures on the blood delivered at the College of Surgeons in 1848, copied by Horace Chesterton; letters from and to Paget, including from Sir Astley Cooper and Sir Benjamin Brodie, [1867-1881].

The records are arranged as outlined in the scope and content.

Open to bona fide researchers by written appointment.

At the discretion of the Librarian.
English

Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1928) by Victor G Plarr.

Correspondence and papers held by the American Philosophical Society Library, Philadelphia, USA; correspondence and papers (6 vols), 1830-1909, nd, (Reference: MSS 5701-06) and correspondence with Sir Edward Sharpey-Schafer (11 items), 1884-1894 (Reference: PP/ESS) held by the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine; index to references for his medical biographies, c1844, held by the Royal College of Physicians of London (Reference: MS 483); letters to Sir Henry Acland, 1874-1898, held by Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections and Western Manuscripts (Reference: MSS Acland); letters to WE Gladstone, 1871-1894, (Reference: Add MSS 44431-789 passim), correspondence with Florence Nightingale, 1859-1888 (Reference: Add MSS 45797-808 passim) and letters to Sir Richard Owen, 1839-1886 (Reference: Add MS 39954) held by British Library, Manuscript Collections; letters (11) to Thomas Huxley, 1853-1895, held by London University: Imperial College Archives (Reference: B/HUXLEY); letters (29) to Sir Norman Moore, 1873-1896, held privately (see Historic Manuscripts Commission correspondence file - Moore, Dr Norman); letters to Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1841-1844, held by University College London (UCL) Manuscripts Room (Reference: SDUK); letters from members of the Royal Family and household, 1868-1909, held by the Royal Archives (Reference: Add X 1).

Sources: Dictionary of National Biography Supplement, volume III (Smith, Elder and Co, London, 1901); Historical Manuscripts Commission On-line National Register of Archives; British Library Public On-line Catalogue. 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 2002 Abernethian Society , St Bartholomew's Hospital Anatomy Autopsies Biology Brodie , Sir , Benjamin Collins , 1783-1862 , 1st Baronet , physiologist and surgeon Chesterton , Horace , fl 1848 , medical student Cooper , Sir , Astley Paston , 1768-1841 , 1st Baronet , surgeon Diseases Documents Drawings Forensic medicine Health services Hospitals Human biology Information sources Medical institutions Medical records Medical research Medical sciences Medical students Memoirs Owen , Sir , Richard , 1804-1892 , Knight , comparative anatomist and palaeontologist Paget , Sir , James , 1814-1899 , 1st Baronet , surgeon Pathology Patients Physiology Royal College of Surgeons of England Social sciences Social welfare Stanley , Edward , 1793-1862 , surgeon St Bartholomew's Hospital , London Students Surgery Vincent , Zelophead Wyeth , 1755-1840 , surgeon and antiquary Visual materials Illustrations Primary documents

The provenance of this collection is unknown

Papers of Sir James Paget, [1832-1896], comprising his memoirs; paper relating to 'case of blows inflicted a short time after death'; paper on the collegiate establishment of St Bartholomew's Hospital, c1840-1879; case notes, including notes on post mortem examinations, mainly of medical cases, made whilst demonstrator of morbid anatomy, 1839-1843; note book containing index to cases of tumours, notes on abscess in the abdominal walls, 1856, trichinosis, case of iliac aneurism, lecture notes, 1845, and letters to and from correspondents; paper on the 'advantages on medical societes', read before the Abernethian Society; notes on a branchial fistula with correspondence; notes on shock and reaction; index to letters relating to pathology, with note; translation of Bichat's General Anatomy, 1832;

case notes, 1834-1839 [cases examined by Paget, Vincent, Stanley and others at St Bartholomew's Hospital]; entry book of students in the College of St Bartholomew's Hospital, with biographical annotations by Paget, 1839-1859; report on the results obtained by the microscope in the study of human anatomy and physiology, with Paget's annotations, 1842; report on the progress of human anatomy and physiology in the years 1842-1845, with notes by Paget; notes on his lectures, 1843-1856; lectures on nutrition, hypertrophy and atrophy and processes of repair and reproduction after injuries, from the London Medical Gazette, with notes by Paget, 1847; notes by Richard Owen on Paget's lectures on nutrition, 1847; notes recording experiments and observations, 1847-1850; pocket books entitled 'reference books', for lectures on physiology etc, 1848-1857; pocket books (41) containing entries of engagements, names of patients etc, 1856-1896; notes possibly for clinical lectures, 1862; notes on decay of leaves, 1892; notes and drawings, 1877-1892; notes and papers on osteitis deformans and spondylistis deformans, 1880, 1896; notes and letters on elemental pathology, 1894; notes for a paper on vivisection, 1881; notes relating to clinical lectures and essays, 1882; notes for a paper on coincidences, 1883; notes by Paget on his lectures on the blood delivered at the College of Surgeons in 1848, copied by Horace Chesterton; letters from and to Paget, including from Sir Astley Cooper and Sir Benjamin Brodie, [1867-1881].

The records are arranged as outlined in the scope and content.

Open to bona fide researchers by written appointment.

At the discretion of the Librarian.

• English

• Latin

English

Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1928) by Victor G Plarr.

Correspondence and papers held by the American Philosophical Society Library, Philadelphia, USA; correspondence and papers (6 vols), 1830-1909, nd, (Reference: MSS 5701-06) and correspondence with Sir Edward Sharpey-Schafer (11 items), 1884-1894 (Reference: PP/ESS) held by the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine; index to references for his medical biographies, c1844, held by the Royal College of Physicians of London (Reference: MS 483); letters to Sir Henry Acland, 1874-1898, held by Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections and Western Manuscripts (Reference: MSS Acland); letters to WE Gladstone, 1871-1894, (Reference: Add MSS 44431-789 passim), correspondence with Florence Nightingale, 1859-1888 (Reference: Add MSS 45797-808 passim) and letters to Sir Richard Owen, 1839-1886 (Reference: Add MS 39954) held by British Library, Manuscript Collections; letters (11) to Thomas Huxley, 1853-1895, held by London University: Imperial College Archives (Reference: B/HUXLEY); letters (29) to Sir Norman Moore, 1873-1896, held privately (see Historic Manuscripts Commission correspondence file - Moore, Dr Norman); letters to Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1841-1844, held by University College London (UCL) Manuscripts Room (Reference: SDUK); letters from members of the Royal Family and household, 1868-1909, held by the Royal Archives (Reference: Add X 1).

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.

• English