DEP/ABJ/4/2/5 | Letter from John Storer, [Nottingham], England to John Abercrombie | He thanks Abercrombie for sending his volume on the pathology of the stomach and intestinal canal and praises his choice of case studies. He has taken up Abercrombie's treatment with oxide of bismuth and favours his lack of proscription of certain foods. He gives a case study of a woman with an affection of the omentum. | c1828 |
DEP/ABJ/4/4/5 | Letter from Jno [John] Inglis Nicol, Inverness, Scotland to John Abercrombie relating to cholera | A printed letter, signed by Nicol, giving details of the nature of cholera in his area and draws conclusions on the disease from what he has seen. Because there are few doctors in the highlands he suggests clergy and schoolmasters be allowed to dispense and stresses the need for any bowel complaints to be reported early. He outlines eleven points to be followed in the treatment and suitable food. | 1832 |
DEP/ALW/4/16 | Menu for dinner of the Nutrition Society | From the collection of William Alister Alexander. Menus and programme for events in celebration of the bicentenary of the publication of James Lind's 'Treatise of the Scurvy'. Includes a copy of a speech given by Alexander at one of the events held at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. | 1953 |
DEP/ALW/7/24 | Case with a Urine Sugar Test | Part of the collection of medical instruments collected by William Alister Alexander. Case contains a test tube, a pipette, vial of 60 tablets of copper sulphate, vial of 40 tablets of methanamine, glass spoon, colour chart and leaflet of instructions. Made by Eli Lilly & Co, USA. | 20th century |
DEP/AWP/5/1/46 | 'Nutrition, Secretion and Excretion' by William Pulteney Alison | The original title was 'Nutrition Exhalation and Secretion'. Draft copy. | 1820s-1850s |
DEP/BAD/2/11 | Paper on 'of the Nutritive Functions', unknown author | From the collection of Sir David Barry. In the introduction this work was to cover digestion, absorption and course of the chyle, circulation of the lymph, circulation of venous blood, respiration and circulation of arterial blood. The headings covered are 'Of food and drink', 'Of Aliments', 'Of drinks or potable fluids', 'Apparatus of Digestion', 'Accumulation of food in the stomach', 'Changes of the food in the stomach', [Formation of chyme], 'Action of the large intestine', 'Accumulation and passage of fecal matters in the large intestine', 'Changes of the fecal matters in the large intestine', 'Expulsion of the fecal matters', 'Of the digestion of fluids', 'Accumulation of fluids in the stomach...', 'Action of the small intestine on the potable fluids', 'Remarks on eructation, regurgitation, vomiting etc', 'Modification of digestion in different ages', 'Of the absorption and course of the chyle', [The lymphatic vessels], 'Circulation of the lymph', 'The venous blood', 'Apparatus of the venous circulation', 'The right arteries of the heart', 'The pulmonary artery', 'Circulation of the venous blood', 'Passage of the venous blood through the right cavities of the heart' and 'Passage of the venous blood through the pulmonary artery'. The first part on digestion has a break after page 8 and the last section appears to be incomplete. Two different sizes of paper are used and at least two different handwritings. Other items in the collection may form part of this work. | 1820s |
DEP/CAT/2 | Plans relating to the public health organisation at the Civilian Assembly Centre internment camp... | The notebook contains drawn notes and plans of the parts of the second world war internment camp at Lunghua (Longhwa), Shanghai, drawn by D B Cater, head of the Public Health Organisation at the camp. The plans relate to drainage systems which have encountered flooding; rice paddies which have flooded and affected food supply; scribbled notes at the back including names and calculations, notes on ‘dry’ vs. ‘flooded’ harvests.
Insert: plan of the bridge area in 1944 on graph paper. Insert: plan of excavated drainage ditch including dimensions. Insert: plan of camp area on graph paper. Insert: drawn map of whole camp area on parchment paper. Insert: water-damaged plan of whole camp area on cardboard. | 1943-1944 |
DEP/CRW/1/4 | Articles and lectures by William Stuart Craig, numbers 84-117 | Includes 'The Care of Child Life - A Commonwealth of Interests' University of Leeds Review, 1953; lecture to Huddersfield Medical Society on 'The Historical Background to Paediatric Care', 1953; address to the National Association of Nursery Matrons 'The Educational Value of the Nursery Services to the Parent', 1953; address to the ICAA 'The Handicapped Child as a Person', 1953; address 'Some Anomalies in the Neonate and their Treatment', Hull 1953; address 'The Child with Cerebral Palsy' to York Cerebral Palsy Parents' Association, 1953; 'Cerebral Palsy in Childhood' The Practitioner, 1953; 'Handicaps in Child Life' Social Service, 1953; address 'Voluntary Work and the Handicapped Children' to the National Association of Women's Clubs, 1953; 'Some Advances in Neo-Natal Care' lecture given at Leeds Post-graduate course reprinted from Midwives Chronicle and Nursing Notes, 1953; newspaper cutting of a letter by Craig to the Times Educational Supplement on handicapped children, 1953; contribution to the annual report of the School Medical Officer of the City of Leeds on paediatric services, 1954; 'Voluntary Work and the Handicapped Child' Child Care Quarterly Review, 1954; 'The Care of Child Life and Health' British Medical Journal, 1954; address 'The Social Aspects of Marasmus' to British Medical Association Glasgow, 1954; 'A Thousand Families in Newcastle upon Tyne - an approach to the study of health and illness in children' by James Spence, W S Walton, F J W Miller and S D M Court, 1954; 'Trends in the Nursing Care of the Sick Child' Nursing Mirror, 1954; 'Gargoylism in a twin brother and sister' Archives of Disease in Childhood, 1954; address 'The Needs of the Child under Five Years' to annual conference of Children's Officers, 1954; reviews by Craig of 'A Thousand Families in Newcastle upon Tyne - an approach to the study of health and illness in children'; review for the Royal Sanitary Institute of 'Deprived Children' by Hilda Lewis, 1954; 'Perspective in Paediatrics' Medical Journal of the South-West, 1956; address 'The Early Recognition of Some Important Symptoms in the Newborn' to Keighley and District Medical Society, 1955; address on 'Nutrition of Over-fives' to National Council of Children's Societies, 1955; 'Anoxia and Respiratory Failure' read at the British Medical Association meeting, Toronto, 1955; talk to the Marriage Guidance Council on health and development, 1955; 'The Rhesus Factor in General Practice' The Medical Press, 1955; 'Idiopathic Hypercalcaemia in an Infant' by I M P Dawson, W S Craig and F J C Perera, Archives of Disease in Childhood, 1954; lecture 'Practical Points in the Nursing Care of the Newborn' to Royal College of Midwives postgraduate course, 1955; review of 'Social Security in the British Commonwealth - Great Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand' by Ronald Mendelsohn, 1955; summary of lecture 'Palpable Pyloric Tumours in the Early Days of Life' and published article from Archives of Disease in Childhood, 1955; and advertisement for 'Nursing Care of the Newly Born Infant', 1955. | 1953-1955 |
DEP/CUL/1/2/1325/5 | Memorial concerning the [administration] of the City of Edinburgh [in] case of its being... | From the collection of William Cullen. Written by the physicians of the Faculty of Physic in the University of Edinburgh. Draft copy. Divided into 24 sections with the following margin headings: the two parts of administration; the observing of quarantines; quarantines to be more exactly conducted; a new law necessary for what relates to the plague; the quarantine of persons to be shortened; twenty days may be sufficient; benefit of shortening the quarantine of persons; the quarantine of goods; ventilation and purification - more is necessary than length of time; the due degree of ventilation; orders are wanting for purification or burning where necessary; the goods to be taken out of all ships while under quarantine; the government of the city to be secured; the magistrates and Town Council must remain in Town; a number of soldiers necessary; how best provided; a Council of Health to be entrusted with discretionary powers; proper members of the Council of Health; vivres (food) to be provided by the publick (sic); the bringing of provisions to be rendered safe for the people of the country; fewel (sic) to be provided by the publick (sic); butchers bakers etc must continue their employment; how their commerce may be rendered safe; unnecessary horses to sent out of the city; dogs and cats to be sent out of the city or killed; persons to be allowed and encouraged to leave the city; the advantages of evacuating the city; the furniture of deserted houses to be removed and laed [sic] up in a place of safety; families may avoid the disease by shutting themselves up in their own houses; proveditors (men and women to fetch provisions for people shut in their homes) necessary; all assemblies and crowds of peoople to be avoided; of the shutting up of shops; the management of open shops; the management of factories; the employment of idle persons; the commerce of old cloaths (sic) and furniture to be interrupted; the city to be kept clean; the management of the infected; infected families not to be shut up; every infected person not to be sent to a hospital; the mischiefs that have formerly arisen from hospitals; tents and huts in the fields can not easily be employed; infirmaries to be provided with separate apartments; the inconveniences of ordinary hospitals avoided; how a sufficient number of empty houses may be provided; how hospitals best adapted to the plague; infirmaries for persons under fever; hospitals for those who have plague sores; the safety of the latter hospitals; proper places for the hospitals; private houses not hurt by being employed as infirmaries; hospitals for persons of different ranks; servants and the poor to be forced into hospitals; the rich may have occasions for hospitals; lazerettos (maritime quarantine stations) necessary; dwelling houses the most proper for lazerettos; the furniture of hospitals; beds - how to be provided; bed linen not necessary; blankets how to be provided; flannel sheets necessary; hospital beds to be without curtains; old linen necessary how to be provided; the distribution of physicians and surgeons; the distribution of nurses; what persons to be especially employed about the sick; burying ground; buryers (sic) their safety to be provided for; the cleaning and purifying cloaths (sic) and furniture; goods to be burnt at the publick (sic) expense; announcing the plague. 22 pages. | c1782 |
DEP/CUL/1/2/1325/6 | Memorial concerning the administration of the City of Edinburgh in case of its being threatened... | From the collection of William Cullen. Written by the physicians of the Faculty of Physic in the University of Edinburgh. Fair copy. Divided into 24 sections with the following margin headings: the two parts of administration; the observing of quarantines; quarantines to be more exactly performed; the quarantine of persons to be shortened; twenty days may be sufficient; benefit of shortening the quarantine of persons; the quarantine of goods; ventilation and purification - more necessary than length of time; more explicit directions necessary; orders are wanting for purification or burning where necessary; goods to be taken out of ships upon their entering upon quarantine; the government of the city to be secured; the magistrates and Town Council must remain in Town; a number of soldiers necessary; how best procured; a Council of Health to be established and entrusted with discretionary powers; proper members of the Council of Health; vivres (food) of all kinds to be provided by the public; the bringing in of provisions to be rendered safe for the people in the country; fewel (sic) to be provided by the public; butchers bakers etc must continue their employment; how their commerce may be rendered safe; unnecessary horses to sent out of the city; dogs and cats to be sent out of the city or killed; persons to be allowed and encouraged to leave the city; the advantages of evacuating the city; the furniture of deserted houses to be removed and laid up in a place of safety; families may avoid the disease by keeping themselves shut up in their own houses; proveditors (men and women to fetch provisions) necessary to families who shut themselves up; all assemblies and promiscuous crowds of peoople to be avoided; of the shutting up of shops; the management of open shops; the management of factories; the employment of idle persons; the commerce of old cloaths (sic) and furniture to be discharged; the city to be kept clean and well ventilated; the management of the infected; infected families not to be shut up; every infected person not to be sent to a hospital; the mischiefs which have formerly arisen from hospitals; tents and huts in the fields can not be conveniently employed; infirmaries with separate apartments to be provided; the inconveniences of ordinary hospitals avoided; how a sufficient number of empty houses may be found; how hospitals best adapted to the plague; infirmaries for persons under fever; hospitals for those who have plague sores; the safety of the latter kind of hospitals; proper place for hospitals; private houses not hurt by being employed as infirmaries; hospitals for persons of different ranks; servants and the poor to be forced into hospitals; the rich may have occasion for hospitals; lazerettos (maritime quarantine stations) necessary; dwelling houses most proper for lazerettos; lazarretos may be necessary for the poor; the furniture of hospitals; beds - how to be provided; bed linen not necessary; blankets how to be provided; flannel sheets necessary; hospital beds to be without curtains; old linen necessary how to be provided; the distribution of physicians and surgeons; the distribution of nurses; what persons especially to be employed about the sick; burying ground; buryers (sic) their safety to be provided for; the cleaning and purifying cloaths (sic) and furniture; goods to be burnt at the publick (sic) expense; announcing the plague. 18 pages. | c1782 |
DEP/CUL/1/2/2259 | Draft letter by William Cullen regarding an unnamed female patient | Case of an unnamed male patient with gout. Gives details of drink, food and exercise. Addressed to the patient. Written on the reverse of scraps of used paper, one of which is a note from Dr Monro and another of which is dated June 1788, giving the approximate date of this draft. | Jun 1788 |
DEP/CUL/1/3/12 | Letter from William Lochhead, Paisley to William Cullen | He is answering a letter from Cullen about the benefits of spending the winter on Madeira. He gives the temperature as 58° Fahrenheit in winter with no frost or snow, although there can be storms, and 78° in summer. Also there is no damp or dew at night. He describes the houses although accommodation is limited 'and the Portuguese know no such thing as boarding and lodging'. The roads are not good but 'a sort of large hammock...this Madeira Palanquin' is carried between two men. He describes the food available saying that milk is expensive '3d per quart' and listing which items would have to brought 'from England', and describes what the people wear. He gives an example of Mr Brown who went there from London. In index. | 20 Sep 1786 |
DEP/CUL/1/3/14 | Letter from E Fraser, Madeira to William Cullen | He describes his voyage from Cork to Madeira and his astonishment that his patient, Mrs Fraser, survived the voyage. Another patient, Mr Hunter, who had improved in Cork, died on the voyage. He complains of the damp and poor food. He has taken a flat with Mr Brown, Mr Cook and Mrs Fraser though Mr Brown is 'far from the state of recovery you imagined'. Fraser writes that his own rheumatism is worse than in Europe. 'I suspect for far gone cases this is not the climate'. He has seen a mummy from Teneriffe although not 'in such preservation as the Countess of Roxburgh in Holyroodhouse Chapel'. He writes of lizards as a cure for leprosy. He asks whether he can be of any use to Dr Walker and the Museum of Edinburgh in sending specimens. He has seen Mr Cortland and Mr Skinner and their families en route for Nova Scotia. He also recommends Mr de Freytaz, of the first family of the island, now studying medicine in Edinburgh. The letter was forwarded by Archibald Brownlie in Lisbon on 27th January 1787. See CUL/1/2/2037. In index. | 5 Dec 1786 |
DEP/CUL/1/3/135 | Letter from J Carmichael Smyth, London to William Cullen | Delicacy towards Dr Saunders while he was alive had prevented Carmichael Smyth from applying to Mr Fitzmaurice for Stark's papers but a recent letter from Cullen has encouraged him to do so. In the mean time he has permission from Dr Garthshore, one of Dr Saunders' executors, to look through the papers and gives an accont of Stark's experiments on sugar. Stark experimented by restricting his diet first to just bread and water, then adding sugar and recording the affects on his health. Includes partial transcript. In index. | 30 Jan 1786 |
DEP/CUL/2/1/6 | William Cullen's lectures on physiology, volume 2 | The subjects included are: 'Moving Fibres', 'Of the Nervous System', 'Communication by means of the Brain', 'Laws of the Circulation', 'Recapitulation of the Action of the Heart and Arteries', 'Respiration', 'Natural Functions', 'Physiology - Nutrition', 'Of Nutrition', 'Of Secretion', 'Pr L [Primus Lecture? - only dated item], 'Generation', 'Chemical System' and 'Institutions of Medicine'. After this comes a series of numbered lectures on the origin of medicine. Lecture I (blank), Lecture II-IV, VI-XVI, XVII-XXII, XXX (badly damaged), XXXII-XXXIII, XXXV, XLIII-XLIV. Then come two further versions of 'Institutions', one dated 17th November 1766. Described in the original manuscript catalogue as 'in his own hand'. | 3 Jan 1764-17 Nov 1766 |
DEP/DAT/1/1 | Student notes of Thomas Davison from lectures of Alexander Monro secundus on anatomy at the... | The title page is further inscribed 'Taken down by Thos [Thomas] Davison student of Physk [physick] anno domini 1770 & 1771'. The name has been roughly scored out. Includes sections titled: Animal Aeconomy, Structure of the Blood, Circulation of the Blood, Lymphatic System, Nervous System, Assimilation of the Food, Osteology, Experiments upon Frogs, Remarks on the Vessels of the head, On the Ear, On the Vessels of the Arm, Remarks on the Brain, Remarks on the Coats of the Intestine, Remarks on the Joints etc of the Lower Extremities, Luxation of the Patella, Diseases of the Heart and Arteries, Theory of the Milk, Remarks on some of the Abdominal Viscera, Diseases of the Liver, Remarks on the Intestines, Lues Venerea, On the lung, Of the Teeth. Index towards the rear followed by another section on venereal disease. | 1770-1771 |
DEP/DLS/2/1 | [Notes for the use of staff at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh by Professor Leybourne Stanley... | A label on the front of the volume reads 'Contents - Introductory Remarks - 12 Food Tables and Exchanges - Recipes - Diet Sheets'. Also contains a loose sheet from the Dietetic Department with a light diet for obesity. | 1930s |
DEP/DLS/2/2 | [Notes for the use of staff at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh by Professor Leybourne Stanley... | A label on the front of the volume reads 'Preface - Introduction - Bird's Eye View of the Nation's Diet Today and Yesterday - Physiology of Nutrition'. | 1930s |
DEP/DLS/2/3 | [Notes for the use of staff at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh by Professor Leybourne Stanley... | A label on the front of the volume reads 'Contents - Dietetic Treatment of - Diabetes Mellitus, Diseases of the Alimentary Tract, Diseases of the Liver and Gall Bladder, Diseases of the Kidney and Urinary Tract, Gout and the Chronic Rheumatic Diseases, Obesity and Leanness including anorexia nervosa, Cardio-vascular disease, infectious diseases'. | 1930s |
DEP/EAM/1 | Correspondence between Martin Eastwood and Hugh Trowell | Trowell was formerly consultant physician and paediatrician, Uganda government and Department of Medicine, Makerere University. He was the original proponent of the importance of dietary fibre whereas Eastwood took the opposing view. Copies of the letters sent by Eastwood are included. | 11 Jan 1972-c1987 |