| Description Of Item | Notes on cholera from The Scotsman's reports of the Edinburgh, Leith and Stirling Board of Health, 1831 giving the number of cases, deaths and recoveries for Edinburgh and Leith. Includes letter to Tait from John Sturrock with notes on the Scottish Examining Board of Obstetric Nurses, 1984; cuttings on Redford Barracks, 1978-1979; letter from AP to Tait welcoming Tait's return from India, quoting a barrack room ballad, the Scottish Society for the History of Medicine and possible lectures in the history of medicine at the University of Edinburgh, 1968; letter from Pamela Patrick to Tait enclosing two photographs Tait requested for a lecture (not included), 1978; letter from unknown on new theory that new-born babies have perceptive sight which the writer does not believe, 1976; rough notes from the Edinburgh Town Council minutes and The Scotsman on the University, 1861-1862, on various Edinburgh health societies and on Henry Duncan Littlejohn; and an article from the Medical Digest on the use of the term primary care physician. |