| Description Of Item | From the papers of Richard Poole. Extracts from the minutes of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on:
- death of Dr Purvis, 1661
- drugs supplied to the College by the African Company and Dr Dundas appointed counselor to the company, 1697-1698
- presentation of an address by the College on the occasion of the visit by King George IV, 1822
- problems of quorum, 1701
- account by George Prestoun of improvements to the physic garden, 1709
- appointment of the President as manager of the Orphan Hospital, 1738
- rotation of the College for out-patients at the Royal Infirmary, 1752
- notes and extracts on the apothecaries of Edinburgh |