DEP/ABJ/3/2/11 | Notes of John Abercrombie: Croup | Cases of two children. | Feb 1810 |
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/4/1/119 | Letter from George Ledingham, Woolwich, England to John Abercrombie | Correspondent's own case with nervous attacks. He asks whether it is necessary that his wife and children have a house to themselves when they visit. | 24 Oct 1823 |
DEP/ABJ/4/1/160 | Letter from Thos [Thomas] Brown, Musselburgh, Scotland to John Abercrombie | Case of Mrs Dewar's child and report on the progress of Miss Brown. | 24 Jan 1824 |
DEP/ABJ/4/1/236 | Letter from John Macansh, Alloa, Scotland to John Abercrombie | Case of Mr McFarlane's child. | 3 Feb 1825 |
DEP/ABJ/4/1/238 | Letter from John Macansh, Alloa, Scotland to John Abercrombie | Case of Mr McFarlane's child. | 7 Feb 1825 |
DEP/ABJ/4/1/242 | Letter from James Stenhouse, Broomhall, Scotland to John Abercrombie | Case of Lord Elgin's child, four days old [possibly Thomas Charles Bruce] | 19 Feb 1825 |
DEP/ABJ/4/1/243 | Letter from James Stenhouse, Broomhall, Scotland to John Abercrombie | Case of Lord Elgin's child. | 20 Feb 1825 |
DEP/ABJ/4/1/245 | Letter from James Stenhouse, Broomhall, Scotland to John Abercrombie | Case of Lord Elgin's child. | 23 Feb 1825 |
DEP/ABJ/4/1/247 | Letter from Alexander [Ziegler or Taylor?], Edinburgh, Scotland to John Abercrombie | Case of a child, W Mein, 3, with [dyspnoea], hoarseness and an acute cough which Abercrombie has annotated as a disease of the larynx. Includes post mortem report. | 10 Mar 1825 |
DEP/ABJ/4/1/311 | Correspondence of John Abercrombie: case note | Case of a new-born child with rupture of the stomach. Sent to Abercrombie by Dr J van dem Burch of Bremen, Germany. | Aug 1830 |
DEP/ABJ/5/1 | 'Observations on a peculiar and dangerous disease of Infants' by John Abercrombie | Draft handwritten paper on an as yet unnamed disease which affects infants from 6-8 months with convulsions and a crowing sound resembling hooping cough. Undated. The year 1816 is in the watermark on the paper but as it is so similar in format to ABJ/5/2 it is probably later. | c1822 |
DEP/ALW/1/3 | 'Pneumonia in Childhood: A Clinical and Pathological Demonstration' by Charles M'Neil and William... | Reprint from the 'Edinburgh Medical Journal'. | 1928 |
DEP/ALW/1/4 | 'Observations on the Pathology of Influenzal Pneumonia' by D M Lyon and William Alister Alexander | Reprint from the 'Archives of Disease in Childhood'. | Feb 1929 |
DEP/ALW/1/5 | 'Studies of Pneumonia in Childhood' by Charles McNeil, Agnes R MacGregor and William Alister... | Includes Part I - Statistical Analysis of Pneumonia and Bronchitis; Part II - Alveolar (Lobar) Pneumonia; Part III - Broncho-Pneumonia; Part IV - Bronchiectasis and Fibrosis of the Lung; Part V - Empyema; and A Note on the Bacteriology of Broncho-Pneumonia in Children by W Glen Liston. Reprint from the 'Archives of Disease in Childhood'. | 1929 |
DEP/ALW/1/6 | 'Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Children' by Agnes R MacGregor and William Alister Alexander | Reprint from the 'Edinburgh Medical Journal'. Includes proof copy. | 1937 |
DEP/ALW/2/1 | Job applications and testimonials of William Alister Alexander | Originally in a folder labelled 'Job applications, testimonials etc'. Includes certificate for the practice of medicine awarded to Alexander 1912; printed letter of application for the position of house physician to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children including testimonials from Thomas R Fraser, Francis Caird and Harry Rainy and with original letters and typed drafts, 1913; typed draft for a application as senior assistant pathologist and lecturer in morbid anatomy to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh with original testimonials from J Lorain Smith and F Mitchell Caird, 1920; printed application for the post of assistant physician at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh including testimonials from Thomas Fraser, Francis Caird, J Lorain Smith and J Purves Stewart with original letters, 1924; printed application for the post of assistant physician at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital for Sick Children including testimonials from J Lorain Smith, Edwin Bramwell and D M Lyon with the original letter from Bramwell, 1925; printed application for the post of assistant physician to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh including testimonials from Francis Caird, J Lorrain Smith, Charles McNeil and J Purves-Stewart, 1927; letters from the Royal Infirmary re-appointing Alexander as assistant physician, 1929 and 1932; testimonials in support of his application as superintendent at Alder Hey Children's Hospital from John Fraser, D M Lyon, Charles McNeil with a job description and his application, 1932; letter from Royal Infirmary appointing him to the senior staff, 1936; letters concerning his appointment as medical officer to John Watson's School, 1937; letters from the Life Association of Scotland thanking him for his service, 1944; and letter from the Sydney Smith thanking him for his service as Secretary to the Clinical Medicine Board, 1944. | 1912-1944 |
DEP/ALW/2/5 | Correspondence between William Alister Alexander and the Royal Hospital for Sick Children | Originally in a folder labelled 'RHSC reports and letters'. The letters concern Alexander's resignation from the hospital and include a statement of expenditure by Alexander in connection with his professional practice. | 8 Mar 1932-10 Mar 1932 |
DEP/ALW/4/7 | Ephemera from the Royal Edinburgh Hospital for Sick Children | From the collection of William Alister Alexander. Includes a pharmacopeia for Great Ormond Street Hospital; practice chart for cleft palate patients as used in speech clinic at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital for Sick Children (RHSC); and method of case-taking at RHSC. Alexander worked at the hospital. | c1921 |