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HAMILTON, Alexander (1739-1802): notes from his lectures on midwifery

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1538 S88

Held at: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Title: HAMILTON, Alexander (1739-1802): notes from his lectures on midwifery

Date(s): 1798

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 vol.

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Alexander Hamilton was baptised in 1739; assistant to John Straiton, surgeon, of Edinburgh, 1758; member of the Edinburgh College of Surgeons, 1762; licentiate, and subsequently a fellow, of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh; physician to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, 1772; joint professor of midwifery in the University of Edinburgh with Dr Thomas Young, 1780 and sole professor, 1783-1800; was instrumental in establishing the Lying-in Hospital, 1791; died, 1802.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Shorthand notes by an unknown student taken from lectures on midwifery delivered by Alexander Hamilton, 1798.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English shorthand

System of arrangement:

Single item

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Physical characteristics:

Bound in a volume.

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No additional finding aids.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Archival history:

Presented to the College in July 1955 by Sir Henry Cohen via Sir Arthur Gemmell.

Immediate source of acquisition:

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

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

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