Perceval, Robert (1756-1839)
- Perceval, Robert, 1756-1839
- Date:
- 1777-8
- Reference:
- MSS.3826, 3827
- Archives and manuscripts
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Description
Clinical notes of cases in Edinburgh Infirmary. Compiler's holograph MSS. Produced in Edinburgh.
Publication/Creation
1777-8
Physical description
2 volumes 2 vols. 8vo. 19 × 12 cm., 181/2 × 12 cm. Original quarter-calf bindings, not uniform. Written mostly in shorthand.
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Acquisition note
Purchased at Sotheby's 23/7/1934, Lot 216 (part).
Biographical note
The compiler obtained his M.D. at Edinburgh in 1780, and was appointed first professor of chemistry, Dublin University, a post he held from 1785 to 1805 [see the Dictionary of National Biography].
Finding aids
Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).
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- 66764E,F