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Royal College of Surgeons of England

Rumsey, Henry Nathaniel (fl 1786-1809)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0114 MS0197

Held at: Royal College of Surgeons of England

Title: Rumsey, Henry Nathaniel (fl 1786-1809)

Date(s): 1786-1787

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 4 volumes

Name of creator(s): Rumsey | Henry Nathaniel | fl 1786-1809 | surgeon

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Henry Nathaniel Rumsey was a surgeon practising at Chesham, Buckinghamshire. Rumsey had taken shorthand notes of John Hunter's lectures in 1786-1787, which were printed by James F Palmer in his edition of Hunter's works. They were admired for their completeness, including examples and illustrations.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Henry Nathaniel Rumsey, 1786-1787, comprising 4 volumes of manuscript notes by Rumsey titled A Course of Lectures on Surgery by Mr John Hunter, Surgeon to St George's Hospital, 1786, taken at lectures on surgery by John Hunter.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

The volumes are arranged in chronological and lecture order.

Conditions governing access:

By written appointment only.

Conditions governing reproduction:

No photocopying permitted.

Finding aids:

Library card catalogue.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Donated by Henry Wyldbore Rumsey, son of Henry Nathaniel Rumsey, in 1867.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Compiled by Anya Turner.
Source: Lives of the Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Volume 2, MACE-YOU, page 252

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: Sep 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Lectures (teaching method) | Teaching methods
Surgery | Medical sciences

Personal names
Hunter | John | 1728-1793 | surgeon and anatomist
Palmer | James Frederick | 1806-1871 | author
Rumsey | Henry Nathaniel | fl 1786-1809 | surgeon

Corporate names

Places