IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0120 MSS.4371, 4372
Held at: Wellcome Library
Title: Saunders, William (1743-1817)
Date(s): c 1785
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 2 volumes
Name of creator(s): Saunders | William | 1743-1817 | physician
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
William Saunders was physician to Guy's Hospital 1770-1802, and his lectures were very popular [see the Dictionary of National Biography].
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
An unnamed student's notes of clinical and physical lectures given by William Saunders at Guy's Hospital, London. The date 1782 is found on p. 43 of the first volume. Produced in London.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
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Conditions governing access:
The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Described in: S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Purchased 1932.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Copied from the Wellcome Library catalogue by Sarah Drewery.
Date(s) of descriptions: Jan 2009