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Desbout, Louis (fl 1796)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0117 MS/60

Held at: Royal Society

Title: Desbout, Louis (fl 1796)

Date(s): 1796

Level of description: sub-fonds

Extent: 1 volume

Name of creator(s): Desbout | Louis | fl 1796 | physician

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CONTENT

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'Memoir au College Royal de Medecine sur l'utilite d'un Tratement simple pour les Maladies Chirurgicales en genral, etc', by Louis Desbout MD. Contains 7 sheets of drawings of instruments and appliances and illustrations of how they are used.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: French

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Open

Conditions governing reproduction:

No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.

Physical characteristics:

Paper, leather binding, 30 ff and 7 sheets of drawings, size 13 x 8 inches. Front binding coming apart.

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Detailed catalogue

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

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Archivist's note: Copied from the Royal Society catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions: 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: Feb 2009.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Surgery | Medical sciences
Surgical instruments | Surgical equipment | Medical equipment | Scientific equipment | Equipment

Personal names
Desbout | Louis | fl 1796 | physician

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