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- [1828-1856] (Creation)
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Born, St Mary Axe, London, 1805; educated under Eliezer Cogan; articled to Benjamin Travers, Surgeon to St Thomas's Hospital, 1822; member, Royal College of Surgeons of England, 1828; continued his medical studies in Paris; commenced practice, 1831; Lecturer on anatomy and physiology in the medical school of St Thomas's Hospital, 1833-1839; Fellow, Royal Society, 1836; Assistant Surgeon, 1841-1853, Surgeon and Lecturer on Surgery, 1853-1871, St Thomas's Hospital; Fellow, 1843, Council Member, 1843, Examiner, 1867, Royal College of Surgeons of England; Arris and Gale Professor of Human Anatomy and Surgery, 1862; President, Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society, 1867-1868; died, 1871.
Publications: The Human Brain, its configuration, structure, development, and physiology, illustrated by references to the nervous system in the lower order of animals (London, 1836), second edition (London, 1847); The intimate structure of secreting glands. By J[ohannes Mueller] [Being an analysis of his work.] ... With the subsequent discoveries of other authors, by S Solly (London, 1839); Surgical Experiences: the substance of clinical lectures (London, 1865); contributed papers to medical periodicals and to the Transactions of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society.
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Purchased by St Thomas's Hospital Medical School Library in 1982.
GB 0100 TH/PP59 [1828-1856] Collection (fonds) 1 volume Solly , Samuel , 1805-1871 , surgeon
Born, St Mary Axe, London, 1805; educated under Eliezer Cogan; articled to Benjamin Travers, Surgeon to St Thomas's Hospital, 1822; member, Royal College of Surgeons of England, 1828; continued his medical studies in Paris; commenced practice, 1831; Lecturer on anatomy and physiology in the medical school of St Thomas's Hospital, 1833-1839; Fellow, Royal Society, 1836; Assistant Surgeon, 1841-1853, Surgeon and Lecturer on Surgery, 1853-1871, St Thomas's Hospital; Fellow, 1843, Council Member, 1843, Examiner, 1867, Royal College of Surgeons of England; Arris and Gale Professor of Human Anatomy and Surgery, 1862; President, Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society, 1867-1868; died, 1871.
Publications: The Human Brain, its configuration, structure, development, and physiology, illustrated by references to the nervous system in the lower order of animals (London, 1836), second edition (London, 1847); The intimate structure of secreting glands. By J[ohannes Mueller] [Being an analysis of his work.] ... With the subsequent discoveries of other authors, by S Solly (London, 1839); Surgical Experiences: the substance of clinical lectures (London, 1865); contributed papers to medical periodicals and to the Transactions of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society.
Purchased by St Thomas's Hospital Medical School Library in 1982.
Transferred from St Thomas's Hospital Medical School Library in 2002.
Papers of Samuel Solly, [1826-1856] comprising surgical casebook containing notes on patients examined by him at St Thomas's Hospital, privately, and at Hanwell, including operative details and post mortem findings, [1828-1846], with some water colour sketches, mostly of the brain; letter to Solly from Sydney Jones, 1856; and two letters from John Sharpe (undated).
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Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive and Corporate Record Services.
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Testimonials for William Wegg, 1844-1849 (reference M 127-128) held by St Thomas' Hospital Library. Solly family estate papers are held by Lincolnshire Archives (reference: SOLLY), and correspondence and papers of Samuel Solly and his family are held by Dorset Record Office (reference: NU).
Many of the case histories from the surgical casebook appear in The Human Brain, its configuration, structure, development, and physiology, illustrated by references to the nervous system in the lower order of animals, second edition (London, 1847), and Surgical Experiences: the substance of clinical lectures (London, 1865).
Previous reference: M129
Sources: Dictionary of National Biography CD ROM (Oxford University Press, 1995); Catalogue of the Printed Books and Manuscripts in the Library of St Thomas's Hospital Medical School (1491-1900) D T Bird (London, 1984); Historical Manuscripts Commission On-line National Register of Archives; British Library Public On-line catalogue. Compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.
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.
April 2002; revised January 2003, January 2004 Anatomy Autopsies Biology Brain Documents England Europe Forensic medicine Hanwell Health services Information sources London Medical personnel Medical profession Medical records Medical sciences Middlesex Nervous systems Neurology Patients Personnel Physicians Social welfare Solly , Samuel , 1805-1871 , surgeon Southwark St Thomas' Hospital , London Surgeons Surgery UK Western Europe People by occupation People Ealing Primary documents
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Transferred from St Thomas's Hospital Medical School Library in 2002.
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Papers of Samuel Solly, [1826-1856] comprising surgical casebook containing notes on patients examined by him at St Thomas's Hospital, privately, and at Hanwell, including operative details and post mortem findings, [1828-1846], with some water colour sketches, mostly of the brain; letter to Solly from Sydney Jones, 1856; and two letters from John Sharpe (undated).
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Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
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Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive and Corporate Record Services.
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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Testimonials for William Wegg, 1844-1849 (reference M 127-128) held by St Thomas' Hospital Library. Solly family estate papers are held by Lincolnshire Archives (reference: SOLLY), and correspondence and papers of Samuel Solly and his family are held by Dorset Record Office (reference: NU).
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Previous reference: M129
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Previous reference: M129
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- Anatomy
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- Anatomy » Nervous systems » Brain
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- Medical sciences » Forensic medicine
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- Anatomy » Nervous systems
- Medical sciences » Neurology
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- Medical sciences » Surgery
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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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