Royal College of Physicians

Gloucestershire Medical Society

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0113 MS-GLOUM

Held at: Royal College of Physicians

Title: Gloucestershire Medical Society

Date(s): 1788 -1793

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 1 item

Name of creator(s): Gloucestershire Medical Society

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Gloucestershire Medical Society was founded by Edward Jenner and his colleagues in 1788.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Minute book of the Gloucestershire Medical Society, including papers submitted by Edward Jenner and others, 1788-1793.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Single item

Conditions governing access:

Open for consultation, unless otherwise indicated.

Conditions governing reproduction:

All requests should be referred to the Archivist.

Finding aids:

Available at the Royal College of Physicians.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Bequeathed by Sir William Osler Bart. Received 4 October 1928.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Imported from the RCP's Adlib catalogue; edited 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: Aug 2008

INDEX ENTRIES

Subjects
Learned societies | Associations | Organizations
Medical societies | Societies | Associations | Organizations

Personal names
Jenner | Edward | 1749-1823 | surgeon and pioneer of smallpox vaccination

Corporate names
Gloucestershire Medical Society

Places