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DEP/ABJ/3/2/11

Notes of John Abercrombie: Croup

Cases of two children.

Feb 1810

DEP/ABJ/3/4

Notes of John Abercrombie: [On the Management of Children etc]

Volume with notes on the management of children; congenite [congenital] diseases; and diseases of the stomach and bowels. Undated. Similar in format to ABJ/3/3.

c1811

DEP/ABJ/3/5

Notes of John Abercrombie: Volume 3

Volume with notes on various medical subjects including measles, jaundice, interitis, colic, hydrocephalus, mania, ulcers, gout, cholera, cutaneous diseases, diseases of the stomach, liver disease, dropsy, children's diseases and the brain. Gives the symptoms and treatment but not cases except at p54-56. Undated.

c1811

DEP/ABJ/4/1/119

Letter from George Ledingham, Woolwich, England to John Abercrombie

Correspondent's own case with nervous attacks. He asks whether it is necessary that his wife and children have a house to themselves when they visit.

24 Oct 1823

DEP/ABJ/4/1/160

Letter from Thos [Thomas] Brown, Musselburgh, Scotland to John Abercrombie

Case of Mrs Dewar's child and report on the progress of Miss Brown.

24 Jan 1824

DEP/ABJ/4/1/236

Letter from John Macansh, Alloa, Scotland to John Abercrombie

Case of Mr McFarlane's child.

3 Feb 1825

DEP/ABJ/4/1/238

Letter from John Macansh, Alloa, Scotland to John Abercrombie

Case of Mr McFarlane's child.

7 Feb 1825

DEP/ABJ/4/1/242

Letter from James Stenhouse, Broomhall, Scotland to John Abercrombie

Case of Lord Elgin's child, four days old [possibly Thomas Charles Bruce]

19 Feb 1825

DEP/ABJ/4/1/243

Letter from James Stenhouse, Broomhall, Scotland to John Abercrombie

Case of Lord Elgin's child.

20 Feb 1825

DEP/ABJ/4/1/245

Letter from James Stenhouse, Broomhall, Scotland to John Abercrombie

Case of Lord Elgin's child.

23 Feb 1825

DEP/ABJ/4/1/247

Letter from Alexander [Ziegler or Taylor?], Edinburgh, Scotland to John Abercrombie

Case of a child, W Mein, 3, with [dyspnoea], hoarseness and an acute cough which Abercrombie has annotated as a disease of the larynx. Includes post mortem report.

10 Mar 1825

DEP/ABJ/4/1/311

Correspondence of John Abercrombie: case note

Case of a new-born child with rupture of the stomach. Sent to Abercrombie by Dr J van dem Burch of Bremen, Germany.

Aug 1830

DEP/ABJ/5/1

'Observations on a peculiar and dangerous disease of Infants' by John Abercrombie

Draft handwritten paper on an as yet unnamed disease which affects infants from 6-8 months with convulsions and a crowing sound resembling hooping cough. Undated. The year 1816 is in the watermark on the paper but as it is so similar in format to ABJ/5/2 it is probably later.

c1822

DEP/ALW/1/3

'Pneumonia in Childhood: A Clinical and Pathological Demonstration' by Charles M'Neil and William...

Reprint from the 'Edinburgh Medical Journal'.

1928

DEP/ALW/1/4

'Observations on the Pathology of Influenzal Pneumonia' by D M Lyon and William Alister Alexander

Reprint from the 'Archives of Disease in Childhood'.

Feb 1929

DEP/ALW/1/5

'Studies of Pneumonia in Childhood' by Charles McNeil, Agnes R MacGregor and William Alister...

Includes Part I - Statistical Analysis of Pneumonia and Bronchitis; Part II - Alveolar (Lobar) Pneumonia; Part III - Broncho-Pneumonia; Part IV - Bronchiectasis and Fibrosis of the Lung; Part V - Empyema; and A Note on the Bacteriology of Broncho-Pneumonia in Children by W Glen Liston. Reprint from the 'Archives of Disease in Childhood'.

1929

DEP/ALW/1/6

'Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Children' by Agnes R MacGregor and William Alister Alexander

Reprint from the 'Edinburgh Medical Journal'. Includes proof copy.

1937

DEP/ALW/2/1

Job applications and testimonials of William Alister Alexander

Originally in a folder labelled 'Job applications, testimonials etc'. Includes certificate for the practice of medicine awarded to Alexander 1912; printed letter of application for the position of house physician to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children including testimonials from Thomas R Fraser, Francis Caird and Harry Rainy and with original letters and typed drafts, 1913; typed draft for a application as senior assistant pathologist and lecturer in morbid anatomy to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh with original testimonials from J Lorain Smith and F Mitchell Caird, 1920; printed application for the post of assistant physician at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh including testimonials from Thomas Fraser, Francis Caird, J Lorain Smith and J Purves Stewart with original letters, 1924; printed application for the post of assistant physician at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital for Sick Children including testimonials from J Lorain Smith, Edwin Bramwell and D M Lyon with the original letter from Bramwell, 1925; printed application for the post of assistant physician to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh including testimonials from Francis Caird, J Lorrain Smith, Charles McNeil and J Purves-Stewart, 1927; letters from the Royal Infirmary re-appointing Alexander as assistant physician, 1929 and 1932; testimonials in support of his application as superintendent at Alder Hey Children's Hospital from John Fraser, D M Lyon, Charles McNeil with a job description and his application, 1932; letter from Royal Infirmary appointing him to the senior staff, 1936; letters concerning his appointment as medical officer to John Watson's School, 1937; letters from the Life Association of Scotland thanking him for his service, 1944; and letter from the Sydney Smith thanking him for his service as Secretary to the Clinical Medicine Board, 1944.

1912-1944

DEP/ALW/2/5

Correspondence between William Alister Alexander and the Royal Hospital for Sick Children

Originally in a folder labelled 'RHSC reports and letters'. The letters concern Alexander's resignation from the hospital and include a statement of expenditure by Alexander in connection with his professional practice.

8 Mar 1932-10 Mar 1932

DEP/ALW/4/7

Ephemera from the Royal Edinburgh Hospital for Sick Children

From the collection of William Alister Alexander. Includes a pharmacopeia for Great Ormond Street Hospital; practice chart for cleft palate patients as used in speech clinic at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital for Sick Children (RHSC); and method of case-taking at RHSC. Alexander worked at the hospital.

c1921