Lecture notes on Midwifery (Professor Thomas Young, 1726-1783), taken down by person unknown

• Reference:GB 237 Coll-1253
• Dates of Creation:1756-1783
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  2 manuscript volumes

• Scope and Content

  The material consists of Young's Midwifery - spine title - being lectures on Midwifery given by Professor Thomas Young. There is no identifiable date. The introductory page notes the content as Lectures on Midwifery by Thos. Young M.D. Professor of Midwifery in the University of Edinburgh

  There are two volumes, with Volume 1 containing 403 pp. numbered and a contents list, and Volume 2 containing 409 pp. numbered.

  There is no indication of the name of the note-taking student.

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Thomas Young was probably born in 1725. By the summer of 1751, Young was practicing surgery in Edinburgh. In 1756 he was appointed Professor of Midwifery at Edinburgh University - only the third holder of that Chair, after Robert Smith and Joseph Gibson, the first holder. Young was the first Professor of Midwifery at Edinburgh to actually lecture on the subject of obstetrics. He also had an association with Edinburgh's Royal Infirmary. Professor Thomas Young died 5 February 1783 at the age fifty-seven.

• Access Information

  Generally open for consultation to bona fide researchers, but please contact repository for details in advance.

• Acquisition Information

  The item is noted as D.2393

• Archivist's Note

  Compiled by Graeme D. Eddie, Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections.

• Related Material

  Also at Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections: Lecture notes on Midwifery (Professor Thomas Young, 1726-1783), taken down by person unknown, known as541; Lecture notes on Midwifery (Professor Thomas Young, 1726-1783), taken down by person unknown, known as1252; and Lecture notes on Midwifery (Professor Thomas Young, 1726-1783), taken down by James Johnson, known as1254. In addition, the UK National Register of Archives (NRA), updated by the Historical Manuscripts Commission, notes: lecture notes, case book and notebook, 1759-1780, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Ref. Young NRA 16015 Coll of Physicians; and, lecture notes, 1770-1781, Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine, Ref. MSS 5103-10.

• Subjects

  Midwifery

  Student notes

• Personal Names

  Young, Thomas, 1726-1783 (physician and professor of midwifery)

• Corporate Names

  University of Edinburgh (Scottish University)