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HUNTER, William (1718-1783): notes from his lectures on the gravid uterus

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1538 S86

Held at: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Title: HUNTER, William (1718-1783): notes from his lectures on the gravid uterus

Date(s): 1776

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 vol.

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

William Hunter was born, 1718; attended the local Latin school; Glasgow University, 1731-1736; medical apprenticeship in Hamilton; went to London to learn midwifery from William Smellie, 1740; John Douglas's anatomy assistant and tutor to Douglas's son William George, 1741; surgical pupil of David Wilkie at St George's Hospital; studied anatomy and surgery, Paris, 1743- 1744; began building a surgical and midwifery practice, London; set up an anatomy course, 1746; member of the Company of Surgeons, 1747; temporary man-midwife at the Middlesex Hospital, 1748; man-midwife to the new British Lying-in Hospital, 1749-1759; member of the Society of London Physicians, 1754; licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, 1756; consultant physician, British Lying-in Hospital, 1759; physician-extraordinary to the queen, 1762; steward, then treasurer, and finally president of the Society of Collegiate Physicians; fellow of the Royal Society, 1767; professor of anatomy, Royal Academy of Art, 1768; died, 1783.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscript notes taken from six lectures given by William Hunter entitled 'A course of lectures on the gravid uterus taken down in short hand, as delivered by Dr Hunter in 1772'. This volume was created by the student, 25 Mar-16 Apr 1776, using his original shorthand notes.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Single volume.

Conditions governing access:

Conditions governing reproduction:

Physical characteristics:

Bound in a volume.

Finding aids:

No additional finding aids.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Presented to the College Library by Dr W Greenwood (via Miss Doreen Daley) [in 1966].

Immediate source of acquisition:

Transferred from the Library to the College Archives in September 2007.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

Other lectures by William Hunter (Ref: S74).

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: Oxford DNB.