Desgenettes, Rene Nicolas Dufriche (1762-1837), Baron Desgenettes
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0120 MSS.7034-7035 |
Held at | : Wellcome Library Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://wellcomelibrary.org/ › |
Full title | : Desgenettes, Rene Nicolas Dufriche (1762-1837), Baron Desgenettes |
Date(s) | : 1793-1813 |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 2 files |
Name of creator(s) | : Desgenettes | Rene Nicolas Dufriche | 1762-1837 | Baron Desgenettes | physician |
Detailed catalogue | : Click here to view repository detailed catalogue |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Letters and papers of René Desgenettes, 1793-1813, mainly official orders relating to medical services in the French army in Egypt, of which he was physician in chief. With a few letters from Desgenettes to his wife. The letters and papers concerning the Egyptian campaign complement Desgenettes' own published account, Histoire médicale de l'Armée d'Orient (Paris, 1802), which was largely compiled from copies of his out-letters.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
French
System of arrangement:
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.
Finding aids:
Described in typescript supplements, by Christopher Hilton and Richard Aspin, to the Library's published finding aids.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Most of the letters and papers were purchased in France in 1931-1932, from R. Bonnet of Viroflay and from Charavay and Degrange of Paris. The provenance of the remainder is unknown.
Allied Materials
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Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Copied from the Wellcome Library catalogue by Sarah Drewery.
Rules or conventions:
In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions:
Jan 2009
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