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Royal College of Surgeons of England

Wilson, Douglas (fl 1908-1948)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0114 MS0130

Held at: Royal College of Surgeons of England

Title: Wilson, Douglas (fl 1908-1948)

Date(s): 1908-1919

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 4 volumes

Name of creator(s): Wilson | Douglas | fl 1908-1948 | surgeon

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Douglas Wilson, of Bearsden, Glasgow, studied medicine at Glasgow University, finishing MB ChB in 1911. In this year he also registered with the General Medical Council. While living in Glasgow, Wilson was Honorary Surgeon at the Surgical Wards and Throat and Nose Department at the West Infirmary, Glasgow; Honorary Surgeon of the Gynaecological Wards at the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow; and Honorary Surgeon of the Indoor Department at the Glasgow Royal Maternity and Women's Hospital. At some point before 1921 Wilson relocated to Wanganui, New Zealand, where he worked in Wanganui Hospital.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Douglas Wilson, 1908-1919, comprising a volume of notes taken at Practical Pharmacy lectures by Professor Ralph Stockman and Dr Charteris, including prescriptions and notes on chemicals and drugs, 1908-1919; and 3 volumes of notes taken at Pathology lectures by Professor Robert Muir, 1909-1910.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

As outlined in Scope and Content.

Conditions governing access:

By written appointment only.

Conditions governing reproduction:

No photocopying permitted.

Finding aids:

Additional manuscripts catalogue.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

The collection was donated by William Robert Gibson (FRCS) in 1959.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Compiled by Anya Turner.

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: Sep 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Drugs | Pharmacology
Formularies | Manuscripts | Documents | Information sources
Medical treatment | Therapy | Medical sciences
Chemicals

Personal names
Muir | Sir | Robert | 1864-1959 | Knight | pathologist
Wilson | Douglas | fl 1908-1948 | surgeon

Corporate names

Places