Fonds GB 0113 MS-PRINJ - PRINGLE, Sir John (1707-1782)

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At the front of the volume is a letter dated 25 March 1822 from James Carrick Moore to Sir Henry Halford, which states that Sir John Pringle, when on his death bed, gave the book to Dr. Huck Saunders, saying that it taught him all the medicine he knew. Dr Huck Saunders, shortly before his death gave it to Dr John Moore, Father of James Carrick Moore, who gave it to Sir Henry Halford, President of RCP.

GB 0113 MS-PRINJ 1750 fonds 1 item Pringle , Sir , John , 1707-1782 , Knight , military physician

Born, 1707; education: St Andrews; St Leonard's College, 1722; Edinburgh University, 1727; studied medicine in Leiden, graduating MD, 1730; completed his medical studies in Paris; medical practice in Edinburgh; joint Professor of Pneumatics (metaphysics) and Moral Philosophy in Edinburgh University; Physician to the Earl of Stair; Physician to the Army in Flanders, 1742; Physician-General to the Duke of Cumberland, 1744-1748; resigned his professorship in Edinburgh, 1744; settled in London and continued in medical practice, 1748; Physician-in-Ordinary to the Duke of Cumberland, 1749; Council member of the Royal Society, 1753; LRCP, 1758; FRCP, 1763; speciali gratia, Physician to the Queen, 1761; President of the Royal Society, 1772-1778; baronet, 1766; gazetted Physician-in-Ordinary to the king, 1774; died, 1782.

Publications:
Observations on the Nature and Cure of Hospital and Jayl Fevers (1750)

Observations on the Diseases of the Army (1752)

At the front of the volume is a letter dated 25 March 1822 from James Carrick Moore to Sir Henry Halford, which states that Sir John Pringle, when on his death bed, gave the book to Dr. Huck Saunders, saying that it taught him all the medicine he knew. Dr Huck Saunders, shortly before his death gave it to Dr John Moore, Father of James Carrick Moore, who gave it to Sir Henry Halford, President of RCP.

Copy of Thomas Sydenham's 'Processus integri', interleaved, with notes on medicine in the handwriting of Sir John Pringle.

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Imported from the RCP's Adlib catalogue; edited by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: Oxford DNB.

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.

Aug 2008 Pringle , Sir , John , 1707-1782 , Knight , military physician Medical sciences Sydenham , Thomas , 1624-1689 , physician

Copy of Thomas Sydenham's 'Processus integri', interleaved, with notes on medicine in the handwriting of Sir John Pringle.

Single item

Records are open for consultation.

All requests should be referred to the Archivist.

• anglais

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English

Available at the Royal College of Physicians.

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.

• anglais