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Thomas Young was born, 1730; MD, University of Edinburgh, 1761; apprenticed as an apothecary and surgeon in Edinburgh, becoming a master surgeon in 1755; joined the Incorporation of Surgeons, 1751; Deacon of the Incorporation of Surgeons, 1756-1762; Professor of Midwifery at the University of Edinburgh, 1756-1783; Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, 1762; created a Lying-In Ward at the Royal Infirmary to give clinical lectures which eventually became the Edinburgh Maternity Hospital; died, 1783.
Robert Steavenson was educated at the University of Edinburgh; member of the Medical Society of Edinburgh, 1776; Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, 1777.
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Purchased by the College Library in October 1974.
GB 1538 S76 1776 Collection (fonds) 1 vol. Steavenson , Robert , fl 1776 , physician
Thomas Young was born, 1730; MD, University of Edinburgh, 1761; apprenticed as an apothecary and surgeon in Edinburgh, becoming a master surgeon in 1755; joined the Incorporation of Surgeons, 1751; Deacon of the Incorporation of Surgeons, 1756-1762; Professor of Midwifery at the University of Edinburgh, 1756-1783; Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, 1762; created a Lying-In Ward at the Royal Infirmary to give clinical lectures which eventually became the Edinburgh Maternity Hospital; died, 1783.
Robert Steavenson was educated at the University of Edinburgh; member of the Medical Society of Edinburgh, 1776; Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, 1777.
Purchased by the College Library in October 1974.
Transferred from the Library to the College Archives in August 2007.
Manuscript notes taken by Robert Steavenson on 'A complete course of lectures on midwifery and on the diseases of pregnant and puerperal women and of children' from lectures delivered by Thomas Young, Edinburgh, 21 Jul 1776.
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Compiled by Sarah Drewery.
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.
Jul 2008 Edinburgh University x University of Edinburgh Young , Thomas , 1730-1783 , Professor of Midwifery Nursing Midwifery Teaching methods Lectures (teaching method) Medical sciences Obstetrics Health Health policy Maternal and child health Higher science education Medical education Edinburgh Midlothian Scotland UK Western Europe Europe London England
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Transferred from the Library to the College Archives in August 2007.
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Manuscript notes taken by Robert Steavenson on 'A complete course of lectures on midwifery and on the diseases of pregnant and puerperal women and of children' from lectures delivered by Thomas Young, Edinburgh, 21 Jul 1776.
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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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