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Royal College of Physicians

STUART, Alexander and WASEY, William


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0113 MS-STUAA

Held at: Royal College of Physicians

Title: STUART, Alexander and WASEY, William

Date(s): 1723 -1724

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 1 vol

Name of creator(s): Stuart | Alexander | 1673-1742 | physician
Wasey | William | 1691-1757 | physician

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Alexander Stuart (1673-1742) MD of Leyden and Cambridge, was a Fellow of the College of Physicians and of the Royal Society. He was Physician to the Westminster Hospital during the same period as Dr Wasey.

William Wasey (1691-1757) MD Cambridge and President of the College of Physicians in 1750, 1751, 1752 and 1753, was Physician to the Westminster Hospital, 1719-1733.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Case notes compiled at Westminster Infirmary, containing the records of 169 patients at the Westminster Hospital. 94 patients were seen by Dr Wasey and 75 by Dr Stuart. There is an index of patients at the front, and an index of diseases at the back.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: Latin

System of arrangement:

Single item

Conditions governing access:

Open for consultation, unless otherwise indicated.

Conditions governing reproduction:

All requests should be referred to the Archivist.

Finding aids:

Available at the Royal College of Physicians.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Provenance of the collection is unknown.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Imported from the RCP's Adlib catalogue; edited by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions: 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.

Date(s) of descriptions: Aug 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Hospitals | Health services
Medical records | Documents | Information sources
Patients | Health services
Medical institutions
Primary documents

Personal names

Corporate names
Westminster Hospital

Places