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- c 1785 (Creation)
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2 volumes
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William Saunders was physician to Guy's Hospital 1770-1802, and his lectures were very popular [see the Dictionary of National Biography].
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GB 0120 MSS.4371, 4372 c 1785 Collection (fonds) 2 volumes Saunders , William , 1743-1817 , physician
William Saunders was physician to Guy's Hospital 1770-1802, and his lectures were very popular [see the Dictionary of National Biography].
Purchased 1932.
An unnamed student's notes of clinical and physical lectures given by William Saunders at Guy's Hospital, London. The date 1782 is found on p. 43 of the first volume. Produced in London.
The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
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Described in: S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).
Copied from the Wellcome Library catalogue by Sarah Drewery.
In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Jan 2009 Saunders , William , 1743-1817 , physician Students Medical students Teaching methods Lectures (teaching method) Higher science education Medical education Guy's Hospital Medical sciences Clinical medicine
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Purchased 1932.
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An unnamed student's notes of clinical and physical lectures given by William Saunders at Guy's Hospital, London. The date 1782 is found on p. 43 of the first volume. Produced in London.
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The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
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Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
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- Latin
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Described in: S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).
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In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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