- Archives and manuscripts
Hunterian Society of London
Archive Collection- Subjects:
- Disease
- Pathology
- Poets
- Poetry
- Physicians
- Clinical Medicine
- Medical Records
- Cysts
- Influenza, Human
- Physiology
- Education, Medical
- Surgeons
- General Surgery
- Vocational qualifications
- Therapeutics
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Societies, Medical
- Natural Science Disciplines
- Women naturalists
- Obstetrics
- Midwifery
- Dramatists
- General Practitioners
- Gynecology
- Opium
- Bone and Bones
- Pediatrics
- Contributor:
- Hunterian Society of London
- Publication/Creation:
- 1676-2015
- Reference:
- MSS.5520-5624, 7887-7888 & 8421-8423
About this work
Description
Arrangement
The collection is divided into the following broad sections:
MSS.5520-5587 & 8421-8422: administrative records of the Society.
MSS.5588-5606: notes on lectures given by John and William Hunter and others, collected by the Society.
MSS.5607-5612: letters and papers collected by the Society.
MSS.5613-5624: correspondence and papers of the Hunter and Baillie families, presented to the Society by the descendants of Matthew Baillie.
MSS.7887-7888 & 8423: supplementary material relating to William Hunter (1718-1783), John Hunter (1728-1793) and their associates.
Acquisition note
Related material
Notes
Ownership note
The Hunterian Society was founded in 1819 as a general medical society for physicians, surgeons and general practitioners, serving the City and eastern districts of London. Many of its prominent members were based at the London Hospital, or at Guy's or St Thomas's Hospital.
For a more detailed description, see Richard Palmer and Jean Taylor, The Hunterian Society. A Catalogue of its records and collection relating to John Hunter and the Hunterian tradition (Hunterian Society, 1990) (this volume does not cover MSS.7887-7888 & 8421-8423).
Finding aids
This published volume does not cover MSS.7887-7888 and 8421-8423, which were acquired by the Society after it was published and are described in the online catalogue.