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Royal College of Surgeons of England

Watson, Thomas Henry


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0114 MS0079

Held at: Royal College of Surgeons of England

Title: Watson, Thomas Henry

Date(s): 1871-1874

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 13 volumes

Name of creator(s): Watson | Thomas Henry | fl 1871-1927 | surgeon

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Thomas Henry Watson was a student at Edinburgh University from 1871-1875. He graduated Bachelor of Medicine and Master in Surgery in 1875. Watson's career history included Assistant Medical Officer, Fife and Kinross District Asylum; Resident Medical Officer at Mildmay Mission Hospital and Dispensary, Bethnal Green, London; Medical Officer, 2nd District, and Public Vaccination Officer, 4th District, Eastbourne Union. He died in 1927.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Thomas Henry Watson, 1871-1874, comprising notes on botany from lectures by John Hutton Balfour (1808-1884) and notes on chemistry from lectures by Dr Letts, 1872-1873; notes on chemistry from lectures by Professor Alexander Crum Brown (1838-1922), 1871-1872; notes on systematic surgery from lectures by Dr John Chiene (1843-1923), 1872-1873; notes on materia medica and therapeutics from lectures by Professor Sir Robert Christison (1797-1882), 1873-1874; notes on clinical surgery from lectures by Professor Joseph Lister (1827-1912), 1872-1874; notes on pathology from lectures by Professor Sanders, 1873-1874; notes on natural history from lectures by Professor Sir Charles Wyville Thomson (1830-1882), 1872; and notes on anatomy from lectures by Professor Sir William Turner (1832-1916), 1872-1874.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

As outlined in Scope and Content.

Conditions governing access:

By written appointment only.

Conditions governing reproduction:

No photocopying permitted.

Finding aids:

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

The volumes were deposited in the Library in 1945 by Mr Earnest Finch.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Compiled by Anya Turner.

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
Lectures (teaching method) | Teaching methods
Surgery | Medical sciences
Chemistry

Personal names
Balfour | John Hutton | 1808-1884 | botanist
Brown | Alexander Crum | 1838-1922 | chemist
Christison | Sir | Robert | 1797-1882 | 1st Baronet | toxicologist
Lister | Joseph | 1827-1912 | 1st Baron Lister | surgeon x Lister | 1st Baron
Thomson | Sir | Charles Wyville | 1830-1882 | Knight | naturalist
Turner | Sir | William | 1832-1916 | Knight | anatomist and university administrator
Watson | Thomas Henry | fl 1871-1927 | surgeon

Corporate names
University of Edinburgh x Edinburgh University

Places
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Scotland | UK | Western Europe | Europe