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Charles Dagge Seager was born in 1779. He was educated at Warminster Grammar School. He became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1801, and was one of the 300 founding members. He practised for many years in Cheltenham, c 1810; he appears also to have practised or resided in Guernsey. He retired to Clifton, c 1840. He became a Fellow of the College in 1843. Seager made a careful transcript of John Hunter's Lectures on Surgery, c 1800, originally taken down and arranged into aphorisms by John Hunter's friend, Charles Brandon Trye.
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At one time the volume was given to Henry Bruges Buckle, surgeon at Oxford, by Charles Dagge Seager, but must have come back to the Seager family.
GB 0114 MS0198 c 1800 Collection (fonds) 1 volume Seager , Charles Dagge , 1779-1844 , surgeon
Charles Dagge Seager was born in 1779. He was educated at Warminster Grammar School. He became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1801, and was one of the 300 founding members. He practised for many years in Cheltenham, c 1810; he appears also to have practised or resided in Guernsey. He retired to Clifton, c 1840. He became a Fellow of the College in 1843. Seager made a careful transcript of John Hunter's Lectures on Surgery, c 1800, originally taken down and arranged into aphorisms by John Hunter's friend, Charles Brandon Trye.
At one time the volume was given to Henry Bruges Buckle, surgeon at Oxford, by Charles Dagge Seager, but must have come back to the Seager family.
Donated by Mr H W Seager (MRCS), son of Charles Seager, in 1920.
Papers of Charles Dagge Seager, c 1800, comprising a manuscript transcript by Seager, of the notes taken at lectures on surgery by John Hunter, arranged into aphorisms by Charles Brandon Trye.
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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.
Sep 2008 Cultural heritage Higher science education Hunter , John , 1728-1793 , surgeon and anatomist Lectures (teaching method) Medical education Medical sciences Oral tradition Sayings Seager , Charles Dagge , 1779-1844 , surgeon Surgery Teaching methods Trye , Charles Brandon , 1757-1811 , surgeon
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Donated by Mr H W Seager (MRCS), son of Charles Seager, in 1920.
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Papers of Charles Dagge Seager, c 1800, comprising a manuscript transcript by Seager, of the notes taken at lectures on surgery by John Hunter, arranged into aphorisms by Charles Brandon Trye.
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As outlined in Scope and Content.
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Library card catalogue.
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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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