Volume 1

Alphabetical catalogue of the library, preceded by an index of subjects / by Alexander Duncan.

  • Duncan, Alexander.
Date:
1885-1901
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Credit: Alphabetical catalogue of the library, preceded by an index of subjects / by Alexander Duncan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    3. To enable the reader still further to distinguish between different writers having the same or similar names, occasionally some characteristic mark has been added, such as the place of residence (e.g., Brown, Thomas [Musselburgh]; Brown, Thomas \of Lanfine\; Brown, Thomas [Edinburgh University]; Brown, Captain Thomas). 4. In cases in which an author is best known by a Christian name other than his first, cross- references have been given from one to the other to assist the consulter (e.g., Anderson, Thomas M'Call, with cross-reference from Anderson, M'Call; Wilson, Sir Erasmus, with cross-reference from Wilson, W. J. Erasmus). 5. In the Index of Subjects, as a rule, the surname alone has been given, but the initials of the Christian names have been added in cases in which surnames without this addition might not be easily found. 6. In the case of surnames difficulties are often presented in identifying them. This occurs when they are followed by some territorial or other patronymic (sometimes to indicate the place of birth), which simulates the surname. In such cases the entry has been given under the surname with a cross-reference from the other (e.g., Mauquest de la Motte, with cross-reference from Motte and La Motte, which latter, by the way, is the only name used by himself in two of his works in the library). By the copious use of cross-references it is hoped that difficulties of this kind have been obviated. 7. The German modified vowel has invariably been treated as a diphthong. Thus Baren- sprung is to be looked for not in sequence to Bar, but to Baer. In this way difficulties have been avoided, such as that of dealing with names which are found in two forms, e.g., Soemmerring and Sommerring. It is most important that the consulter should bear this rule in mind, otherwise he may miss names whose proper place may be pages distant from that where he expects to find them. (Thus, Baumler might be looked for at page 44, instead of page 31.) 8. Academic titles and similar distinctions (such as M.D., F.R.C.S., etc.). have been omitted, except in a few cases in which they have been added to distinguish between writers of the same name. Heraldic titles such as Sir and von have been retained, as they become part of the ordinary designation of the individual. 9. Biographical memoirs are entered under the names of their authors, with cross-references from the subjects of the memoirs. 10. Abbreviated surnames, such as those with the prefix Mc. and St. are put in alpha- betical sequence as if spelled in full— Mac and Saint. 11. In cases in which a French surname is preceded by de, the name has been entered under the word following. The exception to this rule is when the surname is usually spelled as a single word (e.g., Decandolle), when the entry will be found under De. In the case of English and German surnames beginning with De the entry will be found under De. 12. In cases of joint-authorship the entry-in-chief will be found under the first author, with cross-reference from the other.