YOUNG, Thomas (1730-1783): notes on his lectures on midwifery

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 1538 S76
Held at	: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.rcog.org.uk/en/guidelines-research-services/library-services/archives-and-heritage/archives/ ›
Full title	: YOUNG, Thomas (1730-1783): notes on his lectures on midwifery
Date(s)	: 1776
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 1 vol.
Name of creator(s)	: Steavenson | Robert | fl 1776 | physician

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Thomas Young was born, 1730; MD, University of Edinburgh, 1761; apprenticed as an apothecary and surgeon in Edinburgh, becoming a master surgeon in 1755; joined the Incorporation of Surgeons, 1751; Deacon of the Incorporation of Surgeons, 1756-1762; Professor of Midwifery at the University of Edinburgh, 1756-1783; Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, 1762; created a Lying-In Ward at the Royal Infirmary to give clinical lectures which eventually became the Edinburgh Maternity Hospital; died, 1783.

Robert Steavenson was educated at the University of Edinburgh; member of the Medical Society of Edinburgh, 1776; Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, 1777.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscript notes taken by Robert Steavenson on 'A complete course of lectures on midwifery and on the diseases of pregnant and puerperal women and of children' from lectures delivered by Thomas Young, Edinburgh, 21 Jul 1776.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Single item

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No additional finding aids.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Purchased by the College Library in October 1974.

Immediate source of acquisition:

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

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Compiled 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:
Jul 2008