[Medical and surgical notes]

Contributor:

Evans, Robert Wiltshire, 1755-1804 (compiler)

Date:

1795

Description:

Late-18th- and early-19th-century compilation of medical and surgical notes and prescriptions, begun by a British Army surgeon and added to by at least one other hand. The earliest pages written by Evans include notes on midwifery (p. 13-26), anatomy and diseases of the reproductive system (p. 27-55), and pregnancy (p. 55-80). Twelve pages at the beginning of Evans' section are missing. The pagination of that section continues (p. 81-100), but includes blank pages and the start of a section written by another hand, the "Collection of Receipts & Memorandums" (p. 88-[171], with p.94-95 missing). This section includes notes and prescriptions for diseases and conditions such as apoplexy, phthisis, hysteria (p. 134), and lumbago, and a brief List of Books (p. 152), which are mostly 18th-century medical and scientific works characterized by author and subject. The same hand continues with the heading "Extracts from Mr. Home's Lectures, 27 8ber 1805" (p. 173), which may refer to lectures of James Home (1760-1844), professor of materia medica at the University of Edinburgh beginning in 1791 (also mentioned in an earlier note (p. 166), and writes additional notes starting from the back of the volume (p. 226-311). Many of the notes in both hands are written in the first person, though perhaps in quoting teachers or authorities, and many refer to diseases of women and children. Some leaves are missing (before p. 13, one after p. 40, one before p.96, one before p. 310, and two after p. 311); the original second gathering (before p. 13) is probably missing.

Language:

English

Provenance:

Sold by Dean Cooke Rare Books (Bristol, England), 2024.

Subject:

Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions -- Early works to 1800; Sexual health -- Early works to 1800; Sexually transmitted diseases -- Early works to 1800; Women -- Health and hygiene -- Early works to 1800

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts); lecture notes; prescriptions; Manuscripts, European; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

155 leaves : paper; 200 x 155 mm bound to 205 x 165 mm

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Born in 1755 in Brent Knoll, Somerset, to Mary and Thomas Evans; surgeon in the 70th Regiment of Foot (Surrey), a regiment which arrived in Antigua in the autumn of 1803, where he died in 1804 (Dean Cooke).; Title supplied by cataloger.; Collation: Paper, 155 leaves; 1¹⁰⁻⁴(-1, -2, -9, -10) 2¹⁰ 3⁶⁻¹(-5) 4¹⁰ 5⁶ 6¹⁰ 7⁶⁻¹(-1) 8¹⁰ 9⁶ 10¹⁰ 11⁶ 12¹⁰ 13⁶ 14¹⁰ 15⁶ 16¹⁰ 17⁶ 18¹⁰ 19⁶ 20¹⁰⁻³(-7, -9, -10); [1-12], 13-40, 42-49, 49-93, 93, 96-100, [101-311 (226-311 written upside down starting from the back cover)], original pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners.; Script: Written in cursive script by at least two hands, starting with the hand of Robert Wiltshire Evans (front flyleaf, p. 13-80).; Binding: Contemporary (late-18th-century) boards with marbled paper covers and leather spine.; Origin: Written in England and probably Antigua (Dean Cooke), between 1795 (front flyleaf) and no earlier than 1805 (p. 173).

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 2257