DEP/ABJ | Collection of John Abercrombie | | 1790 - 1844 |
DEP/ABJ/1/3 | Casebook of John Abercrombie: Practice of Physic XII | The volume is of lectures 57-61 although there is no information on who gave the lectures. The volume starts with 'Pneumonia continued' which indicates that there were previous volumes which have not survived. Similarly, on the last page is a note that observations are continued in Volume 13. From page 9 the lectures are headed 'Gen VI - Gastritis' and quote from Dr William Cullen. From page 41 the lectures are headed 'Gen VII -Enteritis'. Signed John Abercrombie on the flyleaf. | c1800 |
DEP/ABJ/1/4 | Casebook of John Abercrombie: [Medical notes] | The volume starts with notes on fever, preparations of mercury, dyspepsia, worms, syncope, pain of stomach and bowels, preparations of antimony, paralysis, spleen, experiments on saliva, serum etc and sea scurvy. It then covers each part of the body covering anatomy and diseases. Then approximately half way through are 'Outlines of Materia Medica' followed by sections on diet, poisons and phlegmasia, fevers, haemorrhages, profluvia, spasmi all with a comparative tables of different types. Partial index at the front of the volume. Dated from a reference on page 1 to a case seen in November 1802. | c1803 |
DEP/ABJ/3/2/27 | Notes of John Abercrombie: No VIII | Bound notebook with rough notes from Serres 'Recherche sur le cervelet' [Research on the Cerebellum]; palsy; partial paralysis; and the nervous system at the front and from the back, vomiting; pain of belly; and diarrhoea. Possibly lecture notes. Date from a reference on the fourth page. | c1825 |
DEP/ABJ/3/3 | Notes of John Abercrombie: [On Fevers etc] | Volume with notes on the symptoms and treatment of intermittent fever, remittent fever, continued fever, pneumonia, gastritis, enteritis and hepatitis. Also includes two cases towards the rear (not consecutive with each other or any other written pages) one of irregular fever with gangrene and the other of an accident on a boat. The cases are dated. Similar in format to ABJ/3/4. | c1811 |
DEP/ABJ/3/4 | Notes of John Abercrombie: [On the Management of Children etc] | Volume with notes on the management of children; congenite [congenital] diseases; and diseases of the stomach and bowels. Undated. Similar in format to ABJ/3/3. | c1811 |
DEP/ABJ/3/5 | Notes of John Abercrombie: Volume 3 | Volume with notes on various medical subjects including measles, jaundice, interitis, colic, hydrocephalus, mania, ulcers, gout, cholera, cutaneous diseases, diseases of the stomach, liver disease, dropsy, children's diseases and the brain. Gives the symptoms and treatment but not cases except at p54-56. Undated. | c1811 |
DEP/ABJ/4/1/83 | Letter from John Macansh, Stirling, Scotland to John Abercrombie | Case of Miss Small with discharge and dyspepsia. | 29 May 1823 |
DEP/ABJ/4/1/112 | Letter from Patk [Patrick] Flett, Kirkwall, Scotland to John Abercrombie | Correspondent's own case with stomach ache and costiveness. He had previously called on Abercrombie in 1822 with a letter of introduction from William Traile of Woodwick. | 13 Oct 1823 |
DEP/ABJ/4/1/209 | Letter from Mrs Knox, Montrose, Scotland to John Abercrombie | Case of an unnamed lady of her acquaintance with costiveness and bilious attacks. | 2 Sep 1824 |
DEP/ABJ/4/1/250 | Letter from Jas [James] Spence, Falkirk, Scotland to John Abercrombie | Case of Mr Robertson of Slamannan with irritation in the intestinal canal. | 16 Mar 1825 |
DEP/ABJ/4/1/260 | Letter from J M Graham, Cupar, Scotland to John Abercrombie | Case of Miss Dalyell with jaundice and dyspepsia. | 13 Apr 1825 |
DEP/ABJ/4/1/295 | Letter from E Barlow, Sydney Place, Bath, England to John Abercrombie | He thanks Abercrombie for his latest volume on affections of the mucous membranes and goes on to describe cases that he has seen and cases of intestinal problems. | 25 Nov 1828 |
DEP/ABJ/4/1/350 | Letter from [E?] Wilson, Huntly, Scotland to John Abercrombie | Case of Miss Milne, 23, with headaches, constipation and coldness in the extremities. | 1 Oct 1842 |
DEP/ABJ/4/1/352 | Letter from Wm [William] Hardman, Chesterfield, England to John Abercrombie | Case of Mr Staniforth with diarrhoea. | 28 Oct 1842 |
DEP/ABJ/4/1/366 | Letter from James Tolmie, Ardersier, Fort George, Scotland to John Abercrombie | Case of Captain Shaw, 50, with indigestion, flatulent distension and pains in the stomach. | 10 May 1844 |
DEP/ABJ/4/1/371 | Letter from J Inglis Nicol, Inverness, Scotland to John Abercrombie | Case of Mrs F, 44, with irregular uterine functions, frequent urination, diarrhoea and pain in the hypogastric region. | 10 Aug 1844 |
DEP/ABJ/4/2/6 | Letter from William Pulteney Alison, Heriot Row, [Edinburgh], Scotland to John Abercrombie | Alison has been reading Abercrombie's work on the pathology of the intestinal canal 'with much pleasure' but disagrees with him on the inflammation of the abdomen. He discusses different forms of the disease and lists nine points concerning inflammation of mucous membrane which suggest that it was not peritoneal inflammation which caused the symptoms Abercrombie found. He looks forward to seeing Abercrombie's promised work on inflammation of the villous coat. No year given but estimated from the publication date of Abercrombie's work. | 16 Feb [1828] |
DEP/ABJ/4/2/7 | Letter from J Cheyne, Merrion Square, Dublin to John Abercrombie | He thanks Abercrombie for his works on the brain and intestinal canal. He goes through the margin notes he had made in the book on the intestinal canal and asks for clarification also providing his own case studies. | 10 Dec 1828 |
DEP/ABJ/4/3/27 | Testimonial for John Abercrombie: Letter from Geo [George] Ballingall, Howe Street, [Edinburgh... | Addressed to Dr Abercrombie. Ballingall was a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and author of 'Practical Observations on Fever, Dysentery and Severe Complaints'. Letter number 30. The testimonial was written on the occasion of Abercrombie's application for the Chair of the Practice of Medicine following the death of Dr James Gregory (in which he was unsuccessful). | 28 Apr 1821 |