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- c1689 (Creation)
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1 volume
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The volume is dedicated to 'His most honored Lady Elizabeth Vice Countis of Powerscort. Are humbly dedicated these Chirurgical Labors of your Ladyships Most Dutiful and Obedient Servant, John Sanders.' This is probably Lady Elizabeth Boyle (d 1709), who married Folliot Wingfield, Viscount Powerscourt, of County Wicklow, Ireland.
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A note in the front of the volume states that the College was offered the manuscript for £10, but the Library Committee purchased it for £1 two years later.
GB 0114 MS0100 c1689 Collection (fonds) 1 volume Sanders , John , fl 1689 , medical practitioner
The volume is dedicated to 'His most honored Lady Elizabeth Vice Countis of Powerscort. Are humbly dedicated these Chirurgical Labors of your Ladyships Most Dutiful and Obedient Servant, John Sanders.' This is probably Lady Elizabeth Boyle (d 1709), who married Folliot Wingfield, Viscount Powerscourt, of County Wicklow, Ireland.
A note in the front of the volume states that the College was offered the manuscript for £10, but the Library Committee purchased it for £1 two years later.
Purchased by the Library after 1928.
Papers of John Sanders, c 1689, comprising a manuscript volume in Latin and English, titled small tract of Chirurgerie and Phisical plants etc, all which I have faithfully gathered from divers Learned Authors, Besides mine owe practise, and what I have seen of others, in this citty of Doublin. Containing notes on treatments for various medical conditions, including gun shot wounds, ulcers, and the King's Evil (Scrofula), and advice on how to provide the Chirurgeons Chest for Military occasions; a list of medicaments bought from an Apothecary in Bow Lane, London, in 1689; a list titled Medicamentorum formulae apud medicos Londinenses usilationes; a list of herbal plants used in remedies; and a table of diseases.
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No photocopying permitted.
English and Latin
Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1928) by Victor G Plarr.
Compiled by Anya Turner.
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 Sanders , John , fl 1689 , medical practitioner Ulcer Ireland Dublin Europe Western Europe Military medicine Pathology Diseases Lymphatic diseases Scrofula Systems of medicine Traditional medicine Military equipment Weapons Firearms Centuries Seventeenth century Medical sciences Surgery Botany Vegetation Flora Plants Medicinal plants UK England London Equipment
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Purchased by the Library after 1928.
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Papers of John Sanders, c 1689, comprising a manuscript volume in Latin and English, titled small tract of Chirurgerie and Phisical plants etc, all which I have faithfully gathered from divers Learned Authors, Besides mine owe practise, and what I have seen of others, in this citty of Doublin. Containing notes on treatments for various medical conditions, including gun shot wounds, ulcers, and the King's Evil (Scrofula), and advice on how to provide the Chirurgeons Chest for Military occasions; a list of medicaments bought from an Apothecary in Bow Lane, London, in 1689; a list titled Medicamentorum formulae apud medicos Londinenses usilationes; a list of herbal plants used in remedies; and a table of diseases.
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As outlined in Scope and Content.
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By written appointment only.
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No photocopying permitted.
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- English
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- Latin
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English and Latin
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Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1928) by Victor G Plarr.
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- Pathology
- Pathology » Diseases
- Systems of medicine
- Systems of medicine » Traditional medicine
- Military equipment
- Military equipment » Weapons
- Medical sciences
- Medical sciences » Surgery
- Botany
- Botany » Vegetation
- Botany » Vegetation » Flora
- Botany » Vegetation » Flora » Plants
- Botany » Vegetation » Flora » Plants » Medicinal plants
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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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