Lectures notes taken down by Nicholas Willett Chavasse
- Reference:GB 237 Coll-1282
- Dates of Creation:1784
- Name of Creator:
- Language of Material:English
- Physical Description:1 volume
Scope and Content
The bound manuscript volume of Dr. Saunders's Clinical Lectures is dated 25 January 1784, and is noted with the names: Nicholas Willett Chavasse; C.H. Chavasse, June 1805; and Thomas Chavasse, 20 August 1817.
Section headings contained in it include: Observations on a cutaneous infection; Observations on a case of chronic Rheumatism; Case of Thoracic inflammation; Observations on a case of Rheumatism; case of Rheumatic Gout; and, Observations on a case of Chronic Catarrh.
Administrative / Biographical History
Nicholas Willett Chavasse was born circa 1763 at Northleach, Gloucestershire. He married Ann Scott in Walsall in 1791 and practiced there as a surgeon. Their son Thomas Chavasse was born in Walsall in 1800 and he also became a surgeon.
Access Information
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Acquisition Information
Historical legacy collection. Index to MSS shows: Saunders, W. E520207.
Archivist's Note
Compiled by Graeme D. Eddie, Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections.
Related Material
Within Special Collections, Edinburgh University Library, there is also a bound volume of 'Elements in the Practice of Physic' in the collection Material relating to William Saunders (1743-1817). The notes were taken down by somebody unknown, and are shelved at E2010.35.
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