Fonds GB 0113 MS-COLLP - SOCIETY OF COLLEGIATE PHYSICIANS

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GB 0113 MS-COLLP

Title

SOCIETY OF COLLEGIATE PHYSICIANS

Date(s)

  • 1767-1798 (Creation)

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1 item

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Name of creator

Biographical history

In 1767 Licentiates of the Royal College of Physicians established the Society of Collegiate Physicians, a dissentient body agitating for a change in the College rules. Fellows were not to be admitted to its membership. The Society wound up in 1798.

Archival history

GB 0113 MS-COLLP 1767-1798 fonds 1 item Society of Collegiate Physicians

In 1767 Licentiates of the Royal College of Physicians established the Society of Collegiate Physicians, a dissentient body agitating for a change in the College rules. Fellows were not to be admitted to its membership. The Society wound up in 1798.

Purchased at Messrs. Sotheby's, March 21, 1895.

Minute book of the Society of Collegiate Physicians, 1767-1798.

Single item

Open for consultation, unless otherwise indicated.

All requests should be referred to the Archivist.

English

Available at the Royal College of Physicians.

Imported from the RCP's Adlib catalogue; edited by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: 'The Siege of Warwick Lane:
Together with A Brief History of the Society of Collegiate Physicians (1767-1798)' by Lloyd G Stevenson , Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences , Volume VII, Number 2, pp. 105-121.

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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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Purchased at Messrs. Sotheby's, March 21, 1895.

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Scope and content

Minute book of the Society of Collegiate Physicians, 1767-1798.

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Accruals

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Single item

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Open for consultation, unless otherwise indicated.

Conditions governing reproduction

All requests should be referred to the Archivist.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

Available at the Royal College of Physicians.

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Royal College of Physicians

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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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  • English

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