GB 0100 TH/ES - Prize Essays of St Thomas's Hospital Medical School

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Reference code

GB 0100 TH/ES

Title

Prize Essays of St Thomas's Hospital Medical School

Date(s)

  • [1834]-1928 (Creation)

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Extent and medium

8 volumes

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Biographical history

Essays were regularly submitted by students at St Thomas's Hospital Medical School in competition with each other. There were several prizes available, some funded by the lecturers themselves.

Archival history

Corbin's essay on typhus fever, [1834] was presented to St Thomas's Hospital by N R Turnbull.
GB 0100 TH/ES [1834]-1928 Sub-fonds of St Thomas's Hospital Medical School records 8 volumes St Thomas's Hospital Medical School
Essays were regularly submitted by students at St Thomas's Hospital Medical School in competition with each other. There were several prizes available, some funded by the lecturers themselves.

Corbin's essay on typhus fever, [1834] was presented to St Thomas's Hospital by N R Turnbull.

Transferred from St Thomas's Hospital Medical School Library in 2002.

Prize essays of St Thomas's Hospital, [1834]-1928, comprising an essay by Marc Anthony Bazille Corbin on typhus fever, [1834], a clinical medicine prize essay; essay by Richard Hodges on haemorrage, 1843, a surgical prize essay; an essay by Edward Clapton on sciatica, 1855, a student's prize essay; 'Essay on the heart', submitted for the Grainger Testimonial Prize by an unknown student, ('Cordifolia'), 1865, containing pencil drawings; essay by Henry Percy Potter on the naked-eye anatomy of the brain and spinal cord, 1874, a Grainger Testimonial prize essay; essay by F G Parsons titled 'Anatomy and physiology of the knee, ankle and tarsal joints', submitted for the Grainger Testimonial Prize, 1886; Sutton Sams Prize Essay comprising case notes by Hubert Carey Trowell on ten cases of carcinoma of the breast admitted to St Thomas's Hospital, 1928, including pen and ink drawings; case notes, [1894-1895], containing detailed notes on surgical cases at St Thomas's Hospital, with temperature charts and sketches, by an unknown physician ('Resurgam').

Arranged as outlined in Scope and Content.

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

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.
English

Detailed catalogue

Notes possibly taken by Marc Anthony Bazille Corbin, on Benjamin Travers' lectures on diseases of the eye, [1834] (TH/PP TRAVERS) are held by King's College London.

Previous Reference codes M24, M41, M42, M77, M114, M121.
Sources: Catalogue of the Printed Books and Manuscripts in the Library of St Thomas's Hospital Medical School (1491-1900) D T Bird (London, 1984). 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. May 2002. Revised Jun 2004 Anatomy Biology Brain Cancer Clapton , Edward , fl 1855 , medical student Corbin , Marc Anthony Bazille , fl 1834-1852 , surgeon Diseases Documents England Europe Health services Higher science education Hodges , Richard , fl 1843 , medical student Information sources London Medical education Medical records Medical sciences Medical students Nervous systems Pathology Patients Potter , Henry Percy , fl 1874 , medical student Social sciences Social welfare Southwark St Thomas' Hospital , London St Thomas' Hospital Medical School , London Students Surgery Trowell , Hubert Carey , 1904-1989 , physician, paediatrician, and nutritionist Typhoid UK Western Europe Primary documents

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Transferred from St Thomas's Hospital Medical School Library in 2002.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Prize essays of St Thomas's Hospital, [1834]-1928, comprising an essay by Marc Anthony Bazille Corbin on typhus fever, [1834], a clinical medicine prize essay; essay by Richard Hodges on haemorrage, 1843, a surgical prize essay; an essay by Edward Clapton on sciatica, 1855, a student's prize essay; 'Essay on the heart', submitted for the Grainger Testimonial Prize by an unknown student, ('Cordifolia'), 1865, containing pencil drawings; essay by Henry Percy Potter on the naked-eye anatomy of the brain and spinal cord, 1874, a Grainger Testimonial prize essay; essay by F G Parsons titled 'Anatomy and physiology of the knee, ankle and tarsal joints', submitted for the Grainger Testimonial Prize, 1886; Sutton Sams Prize Essay comprising case notes by Hubert Carey Trowell on ten cases of carcinoma of the breast admitted to St Thomas's Hospital, 1928, including pen and ink drawings; case notes, [1894-1895], containing detailed notes on surgical cases at St Thomas's Hospital, with temperature charts and sketches, by an unknown physician ('Resurgam').

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Arranged as outlined in Scope and Content.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Conditions governing reproduction

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.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Notes possibly taken by Marc Anthony Bazille Corbin, on Benjamin Travers' lectures on diseases of the eye, [1834] (TH/PP TRAVERS) are held by King's College London.

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Detailed catalogue

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Existence and location of copies

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Publication note

Previous Reference codes M24, M41, M42, M77, M114, M121.

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Note

Previous Reference codes M24, M41, M42, M77, M114, M121.

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King's College London College Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

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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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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