Bisset, Charles (1717-1791)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0120 MSS. 5964-5965, 6149-6152
Held at	: Wellcome Library   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://wellcomelibrary.org/ ›
Full title	: Bisset, Charles (1717-1791)
Date(s)	: 1755-[1786]
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 6 items
Name of creator(s)	: Bisset | Charles | 1717-1791 | physician and military engineer
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Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Bisset, Charles (1717-1791), physician and military engineer. Lived in the area of Skelton, Cleveland, North Riding of Yorkshire, 1753-1781.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Personal papers of Charles Bisset, including published medical essays by Bisset, including work on scurvy, as well as extensive manuscript case notes and observations, 1755-[1781] and Bisset's annotated copy of 'First lines of the practice of physic, new edn.' by William Cullen in 4 volumes (Edinburgh, 1786), annotated extensively by Bisset.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Arranged in two sections.

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:

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Allied Materials

Related material:

'A brief narrative of the author's life, by himself' is owned by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Compiled 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:
Jul 2008