DEP/ABJ/4/1/39 | Letter from C Marjoribanks, Lees, England to John Abercrombie | Correspondent's own case. He returned from China with a feverish illness. | 8 Feb 1821 |
DEP/CJN/6/1/9 | Tobacco file of John Crofton: Report on the Workshops on the Smokescreen Education Program for... | | 1998 |
DEP/CJN/6/1/12 | Tobacco file of John Crofton: [Printed articles on smoking and health] | Includes articles on India, Africa and China. | 1992-2006 |
DEP/CJN/6/2/3 | Tobacco file of John Crofton: Papers relating to a trip to China | Notebook of Crofton on his trip; English translation of papers by Chinese medical professionals; and newsletters on WHO [World Health Organisation] Collaborating Center for Tobacco or Health, China. | 1987-2003 |
DEP/CRW/3/1/6 | F - correspondence relating to 'History of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh' by... | Letters from James Farquhar enclosing 'College Connections Overseas'; Joan Ferguson, college librarian; T Ferguson; Lady Patricia Fisher; C Elaine Field enclosing 'The Contribution and Influence of the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh and its Fellows on Medical Trainees in Malaysia Singapore [British Malaysia] [China] and Hong Kong'; Professor John Forfar enclosing 'The Influence of the College in Singapore and Malaysia'; George Forwell, Scottish Home and Health Department; Dr Alfred White Franklin; and M Fransiszyn, Osler Library, McGill University [Canada]. | 10 Jun 1971-25 Feb 1974 |
DEP/CUL/1/2/1142 | Letter from unnamed correspondent to William Cullen | Correspondent's own case which first started in Canton (China). Unsigned and undated. | Sep 1781 |
DEP/GUT/2/4 | Historical miscellanea notes by Douglas Guthrie | Notes by Douglas Guthrie from various works, printed articles and copies of Guthrie's own work. Index at the front with the subjects: memorial presented by Andrew Duncan senior on medical jurisprudence; obituary of David Lees; notice from The Scotsman on the first chemical journal; St Katherine's Well, Edinburgh; Philip Syng; Ephraim McDowell; Nathan Smith; puerperal fever and Oliver Wendell Holmes; Nathan S Davis; William Beaumont; William Harvey; Rene Laennec; historical notes on appendicitis; John Bunyan, neurologist; George Crile - his contribution to surgery; effects of blast in 1812; forces behind specialism in surgery - Victor Bonney; anatomy at Barber's Hall; penicillin - pronunciation; gardens; facsimiles of plague papers; Van Helmont's science and medicine; Chinese medicine; reviews of books on the history of medicine; poem on exophthalmic goitre; Sir Humphrey Rolleston; Giovanni Philippo Ingrassias; Harvey Cushing's books at Yale; King James II of Scotland of the firey face; obituary of Arnold Klebs; Parkes Weber; William Henry Welch; obituary on Dawson of Penn; history of tissue staining; Johann Peter Frank; history of gastric ulcer; address on man's re-education; address on clinical instinct in diagnosis; address on technique of teaching; 'The Spirit of Leisure and the Spirit of Work' by James Dawson; 'Methods and Purpose of Diagnosis' by Sir Henry Cohen; the Joseph Brennemann Library; Sergeant Surgeon John Knight; copy of the British Medical Journal, 1947 produced during a printers' strike; notes from 'Leechdoms, Wortcunning and Starcraft of Early England' by Oswald Cockayne; Royal Dick Veterinary College; note on dermatology as a specialty; notes on aseptic surgical techniques; 'A Case of Luxatio Erecta'; 'A Voice from the Grandstand' by Sir Auckland Geddes; and 'Some Ideals and the Business of Healing' by Edwin Bramwell. | 1940s |
DEP/GUT/4/4 | 'Down and Around' by Douglas Guthrie | Two versions, one in the Caledonian Medical Journal and the other a reprint from the Journal of the School of Medicine of the Royal Colleges, Edinburgh, Scotland. An article about his travels in Australia and China. | Jul 1936 |
DEP/MCC/1/7 | [Notebook 7 of Professor Ian McCallum - Montpellier] | A list on the front of the notebook gives the following contents: addresses; Dulieu Mp med Volume 3 [La Médecine a Montpellier by Louis Dulieu]; Dulieu Mp; Renaudot 1641 [Response de Théophraste Renaudot]; Renealmo [Ex Curationibus by Paulo Renealmo]; Renaudot Sb justf [L'Antimonie Justifé by Eusèbe Renaudot]; Pharm Mus Sb pill [La Musée de la Pharmacie de Montpellier]; Dict Med 1833 [Dictionaire de Médecine]; Dict Encycl 1866 [Dictionnaire Encyclopédique des Sciences Médicales]; Encyc/Dict 1751 [Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire Raisonné]; Cousyn White Sb [Essai sur l'emploi de l'oxyde blanc d'antimoine by Edouard Cousyn] ; Billaro [Paul Billard]; Sarton 1948 [Introduction to the History of Science by George Sarton]; [A Study of Chinese Alchemy by O S Johnson] Lemmery [Traité de l'Antimonie by N Lemery]; [Sloane ms Letter to the Earl of Northumberland]; [History of Magic and Experimental Science by L Thorndike]. | 1993-2001 |
DEP/MMV/1/1 | Interview with Bruce Young by Dr Malcolm Merrick | Dr Bruce Young (1915-?) was a retired radiologist. Side 1 'Childhood and Pre-Radiology Experience 1915-1958' - discusses early life in China. Father a missionary and ran a hospital conducting x-rays (died of leukaemia) Returned to UK 1929. Studied at University of Edinburgh - discusses structure of medical degree; 10 women in intake. Qualified 1939. No radiology training. System for requesting x-rays at Chalmers Hospital. Registered as conscientious objector in Second World War and spent war in a mission hospital at Jalna, India. Describes voyage 1941. Describes hospital and Indian staff. On his return studied for his FRCS and worked as instructor in Anatomy Department. How hospital was funded in Poona by asking for payment in equipment from wealthy patients (23 minutes). Worked in Assam 1946-1957 as Principal Medical Officer and surgeon to a tea company near Dibrugarh. Returned to UK 1958 and told by John Bruce that there was a great need for radiologists. Side 2 'Early Radiology Experience 1959-1964' - six of them studied for Diploma in Medical Radio Diagnosis for two years under Eric Samuel. Afterwards he got a research job with Samuel. Discusses staff at different Edinburgh hospitals eg Hunter and Copeland at Western General; range of procedures; and size of the department at Royal Infirmary. Mammography (12 minutes). Ultrasound machine bought be the Simpson Memorial Maternity Hospital c1963 (15 minutes). Placentography. Selection for mammography (23 minutes). Pat Forrest very supportive and suggested mass screening. Unit at Longmore Hospital. Retired 1980. | 4 Oct 1999 |
DEP/SAV/2 | [Articles on leprosy collected by Dr Savage] | Includes 'Bone Changes in Leprosy'; 'Notes on the Treatment of Leprosy' by Dr Stanley Browne, June 1969; 'Diagrammatic representation of a possible evolution of leprosy'; 'The Possibilities of Reconstructive Surgery in Leprosy'; 'Eyes - Leprosy' acknowledgements to Mrs Brand; 'Treatment of Leprosy'; 'Pre and Post Operative Physiotherapy for Tendon Transfer Surgery', Leprosy Mission Hong Kong Auxiliary, 1967; 'Eye Lesions in Leprosy' by Roy Ebenezer, Schell Eye Hospital, 1967; 'Modern Advances in Leprosy Treatment' by A G Warren, Far East Medical Journal, 1966; 'Problems of Rehabilitation of Leprosy Patients' by A G Warren, 1969; 'A Method of Medical Tarosorraphy for Correction of Lagophthalmos and Ectropion' by A Grace Warren, Leprosy Review, 1966; 'New Trends in Leprosy Treatment', Far East Medical Journal, 1969; 'Measurement of Skin Clearance in Leprosy Patients' by A Grace Warren, Far East Medical Journal, 1967; 'A Preliminary Report on the Use of B663 in the Treatment of Chinese Leprosy Patients with Chronic Reaction' by A Grace Warren, Leprosy Review, 1968; 'Indomethacin in the Management of Erythema Nodosum Leprosum - a double blind controlled trial' by A B A Karat et al, Leprosy Review, 1969; 'Acid-fast Bacilli in the Bone Marrow of Leprosy Patients, by A B A Karat, CMC Alumni Journal, 1967; 'Patterns of Neurological Involvement in Relation to Chronic and/or Recurrent Erythema Nodosum Leprosum' by A B A Karat et al, Leprosy Review, 1969; 'Procedure for the Processing and Preparation of Paraffin Sections of Skin' by E A Wheeler, Leprosy Study Centre, 1964; 'Notes on the Taking and Fixation of Biopsies for the Diagnosis and Study of Leprosy', 1964; 'Cell-Mediated Immunological Processes in Leprosy' by J L Turk; and handwritten notes (presumably by Savage). | 1966-1969 |
DEP/SMC/2/1/14 | File of the Scottish Medical Service Emergency Committee: Andrews, Dr J Alford, Corran, Lochgilphead | Correspondence between Dr Andrews and the Committee. Correspondence concerns Andrews' call up but his ineligibility for foreign service due to deafness; whether his brother-in-law in China should return to join the RAMC; and whether his practice could support a locum's fees. | 25 May 1917-21 Sep 1918 |
DEP/SMC/3/4/8/22 | Applications for Priority of Demobilisation issued by the Ministry of National Service - England... | From the collection of the Scottish Medical Service Emergency Committee. Forms for practitioners with practices in England or overseas and dental officers. Includes forms from practitioners in New Zealand, China, Canada, West Africa and Rhodesia [Zimbabwe]. | Jan 1919-Mar 1919 |
DEP/SRA/1/3 | [Notebook of Ralph Stockman on heart diseases, pellagra and beri-beri] | Notes from articles and books by different authors. Includes copy of a letter to Dr Johnston, Department of Health, Edinburgh from R L Sheppard of the Bureau of Hygiene and Tropical Diseases on whether those with pellagra in China and Japan were rice or maize eaters (p33); cuttings of letters to the British Medical Journal on statistics for deaths from pellagra (page 52); and a cutting on uncured rice as a cause of beri-beri (page 63). Indexed at the front by authors' names. Dated from the letter. | c1932 |
DEP/STC/4/3 | Letter from Edwd [Edward] Jenner to Charles Stuart | Stuart had sent Jenner an honorary fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. Jenner apologises for having taken so long to acknowledge the diploma. He is happy to report that 'the practice of vaccine inoculation goes smoothly forward...Who would have thought the Chinese would adopt it?' He then mentions people who have written pamphlets against inoculation and the affect that has had. He has now inoculated over 20,000 cases with 'not a single instance of failure'. | 20 Jul 1806 |
DEP/STJ/4/5/15 | File of John Strong: [Hong Kong] | Strong visited Hong Kong on his way to Australia and New Zealand and visited the University of Hong Kong Department of Medicine. Includes correspondence with Professor Todd of University of Hong Kong on MRCP examinations for Hong Kong students; and a concertina-style book signed by those attending the dinner in honour of Strong's visit. Originally in a folder with the title as given. | Dec 1980-Apr 1981 |
DEP/TAH/4/23 | Subject file of Haldane Tait: Health Education | Includes reports of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 1947, 1948, 1971; copies of The Health Education Journal May 1958-November 1966; report in The Scotsman of the International Health Exhibition, 1970; outline of the historical development of the Health Education movement; 'The Development of Health Education in Edinburgh' by L F Howitt and Tait; 'Evaluating Exhibits' by Andie Knutson, 1954; the Story of Travelling Exhibitions of Child Welfare in Scotland, 1923; 'Hygiene and Preventive Medicine in Ancient China' by Joseph Needham, 1959; 'Development of Health Museums in the USA' by Bruno Gebhard, 1962; 'The Need for Health Education Today' by Lord Bain, 1964; 'Health Education' subject of the year for the British Medical Association, 1961; articles on sex education, 1968, 1977; copy of a memorial written in 1798 by Andrew Duncan on the importance of medical jurisprudence; synoptic history of health and related services in Scotland 1801-1900; 'The Beginnings of Child Welfare in Scotland before 1800; and an interview with Dr George Cust the new head of the Health Education Council. | 1923-1971 |
DEP/WOO/3/1 | Photographs of Sir Michael Woodruff | The photographs are of Woodruff's time in Singapore [British Malaya] and Malaya (Malaysia) before the Japanese invasion. The captioned photographs depict the mess; a Rotary Club meeting; 10 AGH [Australian General Hospital] accommodated in Malacca Hospital [Malaysia], June 1941 (used in his autobiography); local wildlife; local houses, people and farming; blood bank laboratory; patients; Club Padang in Singapore [British Malaysia]; a direct transfusion using Julian Smith apparatus; the first donor at the blood bank; donors receiving cups of tea in the rest room of the blood bank; a Malay patient with facial disability; the CO [Commanding Officer] with the C in C [Commander in Chief] Air Vice-Marshall Brooke-Poppham April 1941 (used in his autobiography); tin mine near Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia] [Federated Malay States]; Kuala Lumpur [Federated Malay States]; the Maxwell Arms and the Fraser's Hill golf course; padi (paddy); plaque to St Francis Zavier (Xavier) in the old church Malacca; the old church Malacca [Malaysia]; Stadthuys, Malacca [Malaysia]; mosque at Kuala Lumpur [Federated Malay States]; and a Chinese temple. The uncaptioned photographs are mostly of scenery but include two in a hospital including what may be Woodruff at a patient's bedside. 24 with captions or numbering, 18 uncaptioned and 12 with captions only. | 1939-1941 |