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- Late 18th century (Creation)
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1 volume
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W Waller was a surgeon at Gosport, Hampshire, reported to be a pupil of John Hunter together with his brother, also W Waller, a surgeon at Portsmouth. The name Waller appears in the Hampshire Directory for 1784 under Surgeons in Gosport.
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The volume was given to Mr J B Winter of Brighton, along with many others, by Mr W Waller, surgeon of Gosport, in c 1840. Winter was Waller's maternal uncle. The manuscript belonged to the Brighton and Sussex Medico-Chirurgical Society in 1847, but was discarded from the collection during a move of premises. Since that time the volume was in the possession of Mr Hugh James McCurrich.
GB 0114 MS0199 Late 18th century Collection (fonds) 1 volume Waller , W , fl 1784 , surgeon of Gosport, Hampshire
W Waller was a surgeon at Gosport, Hampshire, reported to be a pupil of John Hunter together with his brother, also W Waller, a surgeon at Portsmouth. The name Waller appears in the Hampshire Directory for 1784 under Surgeons in Gosport.
The volume was given to Mr J B Winter of Brighton, along with many others, by Mr W Waller, surgeon of Gosport, in c 1840. Winter was Waller's maternal uncle. The manuscript belonged to the Brighton and Sussex Medico-Chirurgical Society in 1847, but was discarded from the collection during a move of premises. Since that time the volume was in the possession of Mr Hugh James McCurrich.
Donated by Mr Hugh James McCurrich (FRCS), in 1955.
Papers of W Waller, surgeon of Gosport, late 18th century, comprising a manuscript volume of notes taken by Waller at John Hunter's lectures, titled An Abstract of Lectures on Surgery delivered at London by Mr John Hunter.
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No photocopying permitted.
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Compiled by Anya Turner.
Source: www.historicaldirectories.org.
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 Anatomy Biology Higher science education Hunter , John , 1728-1793 , surgeon and anatomist Lectures (teaching method) Medical education Medical sciences Surgery Teaching methods Waller , W , fl 1784 , surgeon of Gosport, Hampshire
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Donated by Mr Hugh James McCurrich (FRCS), in 1955.
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Papers of W Waller, surgeon of Gosport, late 18th century, comprising a manuscript volume of notes taken by Waller at John Hunter's lectures, titled An Abstract of Lectures on Surgery delivered at London by Mr John Hunter.
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As outlined in Scope and Content.
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No photocopying permitted.
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- English
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- Latin
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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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