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- 1799-1806 (Creation)
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John Ramsbotham received the diploma of Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1790. He practised in Wakefield, where he kept notes of this clinical practice. He moved to London in 1806, and became a popular lecturer of midwifery. He published a book titled Practical Observations in Midwifery in 1821. A further edition in two volumes was published in 1832, and a second revised edition in 1842. He was last entered as a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in the Membership Lists in 1844.
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GB 0114 MS0106 1799-1806 Collection (fonds) 1 volume Ramsbotham , John , fl 1790-1844 , surgeon
Walker , John William , 1859-1953 , surgeon
John Ramsbotham received the diploma of Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1790. He practised in Wakefield, where he kept notes of this clinical practice. He moved to London in 1806, and became a popular lecturer of midwifery. He published a book titled Practical Observations in Midwifery in 1821. A further edition in two volumes was published in 1832, and a second revised edition in 1842. He was last entered as a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in the Membership Lists in 1844.
Donated by John William Walker, FRCS.
Papers of John Ramsbotham, 1799-1806, comprising a volume titled Clinical Cases, containing manuscript case notes, 1799-1806. Including midwifery, innoculations, vaccinations, and the treatment of pneumonia and typhus fever (which was epidemic at Wakefield Gaol in 1803). Also containing biographical information about John Ramsbotham, compiled by John William Walker, FRCS, who donated the volume.
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Downton Accession Book, 1941-1945.
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Donated by John William Walker, FRCS.
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Papers of John Ramsbotham, 1799-1806, comprising a volume titled Clinical Cases, containing manuscript case notes, 1799-1806. Including midwifery, innoculations, vaccinations, and the treatment of pneumonia and typhus fever (which was epidemic at Wakefield Gaol in 1803). Also containing biographical information about John Ramsbotham, compiled by John William Walker, FRCS, who donated the volume.
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- Latin
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Downton Accession Book, 1941-1945.
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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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