DEP/BGW/13 | Letter from George William Balfour to his father, Reverend Lewis Balfour | Written from Vienna, Austria-Hungary [Austria]. He writes of his correspondence with Forbes British and Foreign, the journal that had requested an article on homeopathy; giving Fleischmann McLeod's introduction to homeopathy; continuing to get instruction from both Fleischmann and the court physician; the dangers of trepanning and Sir Astley Cooper's warning about the brain; and the case of a patient of Skoda's with lung disease. | 14 Mar 1846 |
DEP/BGW/14 | Letter from George William Balfour to his sister, Jane Balfour | Written from Vienna, Austria-Hungary [Austria]. He writes of their friend William Traquair; a visit to a mental hospital and a concert by two patients; a friend going to Zurich, Switzerland to collect Engel's papers and if Dr Bennett donated them to the Gesellschaft der Arzte zu Wien [Society of Physicians of Vienna] Balfour could nominate him as a corresponding member; description of Fleischmann's hospital; speed of recovery of pneumonia and typhus when treated homeopathically; Fleischmann's success compared to Skoda's; and his scepticism concerning homeopathy. | 26 Mar 1846 |
DEP/BGW/15 | Letter from George William Balfour to his father, Reverend Lewis Balfour | Written from Vienna, Austria-Hungary [Austria]. He writes of a letter from Forbes denying him the post of accredited agent on the basis of his lack of experience but still commissioning an article on homeopathy; his scepticism about the curing of pneumonia but belief in the cure of pericarditis; case of caesarean operation which he could send notes on; continued interest in his paper on necrosis of the jaw; the Emperor washing the feet of old men; the wind in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [Austria] and the dust it disturbs making it famous for eye surgery; a proposed visit to the lying in hospital to see cases of puerperal fever and a technique of altering the position of the child; and a suggested treatment for his uncle's sciatica. | 4 Apr 1846 |
DEP/BGW/17 | Letter from George William Balfour to his father, Reverend Lewis Balfour | Written from Vienna, Austria-Hungary [Austria]. He writes of Spring at the hospital; epidemic of intermittent fever and it possibly being a precursor to the cholera currently in Russia; success of treating cholera homeopathically; his surprise at seeing an engraving by Edward Burton (a friend); and a trip into the countryside at Laab, Austria-Hungary [Austria] to visit a friend working at a water cure place. Two copies of each page due to lines being missed in photocopying. | 1 May 1846 |
DEP/BGW/22 | Letter from George William Balfour to his father, Reverend Lewis Balfour | Written from Vienna, Austria-Hungary [Austria]. He writes of the cholera probably not reaching Vienna, Austria-Hungary [Austria]; his commitment to visiting to visit patients with the disease in order to learn; his views of medicine and homeopathy; Fleischmann's views of homeopathy and Macleod; his plans to return; his attendance at a Jewish wedding; a trip to one of the Emperor's country palaces; and the heat and the problem of converting farenheit to centigrade. | 14 Jul 1846 |
DEP/BGW/23 | Letter from George William Balfour to his sister, Jane Balfour | Written from Vienna, Austria-Hungary [Austria]. He writes of Charles and the risk of 'mad doctors' becoming patients themselves; the results of treating himself homeopathically; his work on translating a work on the plague by Dr Sigmund; the poor quality of food except bread and the good quality of the German wines; and compares homeopathy to allopathy and the reasons why someone could be converted. | 29 Jul 1846 |
DEP/BRI | Collection of [William Bryce] | | [1853] |
DEP/BRI/1 | Passport and homeopathy case of [William Bryce] | British Passport of William Bryce, MD given in London on the 10 October 1853 stating intent to travel to Egypt, Syria, and Turkey. Also included is a small homeopathy case with small glass vials of various homeopathic remedies, possibly also belonging to Bryce but unknown. Items were in envelope labelled 'Dr Williamson'. | [1853] |
DEP/HEW | Collection of William Henderson | | 1850s |
DEP/HJA/4/25 | [Lectures on midwifery by James Hamilton] | Contains lecture 25, lecture 13 [?] and unnumbered lecture with note that is was not delivered 1834. Includes a section titled 'Principles of Homoiopathy [homeopathy] - Extracts from the preface to the translation by Brunnow [?] of Hahnemann's Organon de L'Art de Puerir'. Inside the back cover are three paper ovals and notes for what may have been an index. | c1838 |
DEP/POR/1/42/3 | Letter from James Simpson, Northumberland Street, Edinburgh to Richard Poole | He writes of his financial transactions with Jane, Poole's daughter, and his health for which he was trying homeopathy. | 6 Oct 1846 |
DEP/SMC/2/1/251 | File of the Scottish Medical Service Emergency Committee: Scottish Office, London | Correspondence concerns the establishment of the Dental Services Committee; application and military regulations; establishment of a Homeopathic service in Glasgow; the affect of the influenza epidemic on medical services; and individual cases. | 15 Sep 1917-12 Feb 1919 |
DEP/SMC/3/4/1/3/344 | Scottish Medical Service Emergency Committee form: Dishington, Thomas Thornton Macklin | Form completed by doctors at the request of the SMSEC, which was set up by the Scottish Committee of the British Medical Association in order to manage shortages of doctors in wartime.
This form contains the following information: Not Commissioned (Registration) Qualifications: MB, ChB Address: Ashfield House, 402 Sauchihall St City/Town: Glasgow Present work: General practitioner panel Dispensary physician & assistant physician Homeopathic Hospital Glasgow Age in 1916: 33 Additional information: Letter attached | 1915-1916
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DEP/SMC/3/4/1/10/97 | Scottish Medical Service Emergency Committee form: Patrick, Howard Henderson | Form completed by doctors at the request of the SMSEC, which was set up by the Scottish Committee of the British Medical Association in order to manage shortages of doctors in wartime.
This form contains the following information: Not Commissioned (Registration) Qualifications: MB ChB (Glas) Address: 12 Parkgrove Terrace City/Town: Glasgow Present work: General Practitioner (Homeopathic) very small panel, physician Glasgow Homeopathic Dispensary. Also doing the work of Cap John Lang RAMC of 6 Fizroy Place Age in 1916: 32 Additional information: letter attached | 1915-1916
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DEP/TAH/2/2/43 | Slides of Haldane Tait labelled 'Mixture' | Glass slides of: title page of Monro's autobiography; Dr Andrew Brodie; Samuel Hahneman, founder of homeopathy; palace of Archibald Hamilton at Monimall; and title page of book by Johann Remmelin, 1675. | c1950 |
DEP/TAH/4/16 | Subject file of Haldane Tait: India | Envelopes of newspaper cuttings on India labelled: Family Planning and related subjects eg publications; Education; Languages - Dispute; Advertisements; Armed Forces; Control of British nationals in India; Britain - India; the BBC television case 1970; Copyright Issue; Courts Judges and the Law; Cow and Cow Progeny Slaughter; Cows on Airport Runways; Cricket Triumph London 1971; Dacoits; Disasters and Riots; Film Industry in India; Gandhi; Biochemic Medicine; Vegetarianism; Dental; Homeopathy; Haffkine Institute [Bombay/Mumbai] [India]; Tuberculosis; Nurses and Nursing; Anaesthetics and Anaesthetists; Bombay Hospitals; Heart Disease including India's first heart transplant; Ayurvedic Medicine; Accidents Reported; Psychiatry, superstition etc; Medical Unrest; Medical Education; Communicable Diseases; Health Education; Cancer Cure and Control; Ophthalmology; Nutrition; Indian Hospitals; Child Welfare; Delhi Hospitals; Blood Banks and Blood Transfusion; Death of Mr Shastri; Hygiene; Medical Conferences; Pharmacy, Drugs etc; Scheduled [Castes] Backward [People] or Harijan Group; Mahesh Yogi; The Nuns' Case 1970; Plagiarism; Privy Purse Issue; Religion and Matters Pertaining to; Rockets and Satellites; Social and Economic Problems; Tea in India and Ceylon; and Women and Marriage in India. Also envelope of cuttings arranged chronologically April 1971-March 1972; an unlabelled miscellaneous envelope (transferred to folder); loose newspaper articles with extracts from the Wavell papers on how India was 'lost', Bombay [Mumbai] [India] as a trade centre, the Taj Mahal, Goa etc. The majority of the envelopes list the cuttings on the outside and some contain publications. | 1966-1977 |
OBJ/OBJ/2/18 | Homeopathy kit | This small wooden box contains homeopathic remedies. On the cover of the box is an image of a man, with 'Hahnemann' written underneath it. This is likely to be Samuel Hahnemann, German founder of homeopathy.
An address on the base of the box is partially rubbed off, but appears to be: 'Homeopathic Hospital, 17 Mount Pleasance, Liverpool'.
In the box there are seven rows of small glass vials with cork stoppers, labelled with their medical names (e.g. 'Arsenicum Album'). There is also a small brass rod, presumably for removing the medicines from the vials.
Only approximately half of the vials which the case has capacity to hold are actually there. There are 29 vials with cork stoppers and a further 3 without. All the vials are empty of medicine. | [late 19th century] |
OBJ/OBJ/3/3 | Homeopathy medicine chest (unknown owner) | This wooden medicine chest contains homeopathic remedies. There are three rows of nine spaces containing small glass medicine bottles with cork stoppers (there are 23 bottles with stoppers intact, 2 bottles with stoppers missing and 2 bottles missing). It was presented to the College by Mr and Mrs Eric Davidson. | 19th century |
OBJ/PAI/62 | Oil painting: Seller, William | Oil on canvas, 116.8 x 91.4 cm
Born in Peterhead, William Seller (1798–1869) was the son of a merchant who died at an early age. His mother, with her three children, came to Edinburgh where Seller was educated at the High School.
At Edinburgh University he took a course in Classics and Philosophy before studying medicine, graduating with an MD in 1821. Shortly after graduation, he opened a boarding house for medical students and held classes of preparation for examinations. He was appointed a physician to the Royal Infirmary and to the Royal Public Dispensary. On being elected a Fellow of the College he became a lecturer on materia medica in the Extra-mural School. Seller was the writer of valued reviews and essays in medical journals which he edited such as 'Homeopathy, the last popular delusions' in the 'Northern Journal of Medicine'; 'The Character of Medicine as an Art' and 'Some of the Metaphysical Aspects of Physiology' in the 'Edinburgh Medical Journal', of which he was joint-editor for many years.
Artist: John Watson Gordon | [mid 19th century] |
OBJ/PAI/74 | Oil painting: Wood, Alexander | Oil on canvas, 205.7 x 144.8 cm
Born in Cupar, Fife, Alexander Wood was one of the first pupils of Edinburgh Academy. He graduated with an MD from Edinburgh in 1839.
Dr Wood conducted a general practice in the New Town of Edinburgh and lectured on the Practice of Physic in the Extra-mural School. He was an antagonist of homeopathy and published two books, 'Homeopathy Unmasked' and, a year later, 'Sequel to Homeopathy Unmasked'. To Alexander Wood goes the credit of being the first doctor in Britain to give pain-relieving drugs by the subcutaneous route. When injecting a naevus with an acid solution of chloride of iron, it occurred to him that the syringe might be used to inject a narcotic in cases of neuralgia. In an article he describes how he visited a patient suffering from cervico-brachial neuralgia at 10pm on 28th November 1853 and injected 20 drops of a solution of muriate of morphia of a strength about double that of the official preparation. When seen at 11am next day, the patient was still asleep and was aroused with difficulty. He realised that the benefit to his patient from the injection was probably from absorption of morphine and not a local effect.
Artist: John Watson Gordon | [mid 19th century] |