| Description Of Item | From the collection of John Abercrombie. The title on the spine is 'Medical and Surgical Case-Book'. The volume contains observations and details of cases written in the first person. Pages 1-52 are general observations which are followed by specific cases with the page numbering starting again from page 1. The cases date from 1763-1801 (page 24 and 139), although many are undated, and include cases of hernia and hydrocele. Indexes at the front and rear.
There is no indication of authorship of this work. Comparison to other volumes donated by Abercrombie has not produced any similar volumes. Comparison to volumes of cases by Thomas Hope and James Gregory has shown some similarities in the format of the cases so this volume may relate to HOT/1 or GRE/4/1-2. The content is written by a practising hospital doctor (for example, p269 'I began the use of the nitric acid in lues at our Hospital, in the beginning of 1797') and is too early to have been written by Abercrombie himself.
Bookplate on front flyleaf with the wording 'Tace - given from the library of Dr John Abercrombie by his family to the library of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh December 1844'. |