| Description Of Item | Correspondence, articles, notes from books and photographs relating to John Wilson's research on Sir William Fergusson, surgeon, and his articles 'A Surgeon's Private Practice in the Nineteenth Century - Sir William Fergusson's Edinburgh Day Books 1832-9' from Medical History 1987, 'Fergusson and Syme of Edinburgh 1838' from Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 1986 and 'Sir William Fergusson 1808-1877' from Scottish Society of the History of Medicine report of proceedings, 1988. Includes articles 'A Born Surgeon' and 'Subjects of Suspicion - Robert Knox' by Brian Hill, 'William Fergusson and the Private School of Anatomy of Robert Knox' by K F Russell and 'Sir William Fergusson' by Maurice Ewing; correspondence with those authors and others who have written on Fergusson and Syme; correspondence concerning David Livingstone's left humerus; photocopies of articles by Fergusson including on David Livingstone's post mortem; and correspondence concerning Lieutenant General William Fergusson. |