Scottish physician (32 risultati)

Condizione: Very Good. 16 pages. The Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow is a learned society established in 1802, for the improvement of the Arts and Sciences in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 13 x 21 cms. Category: Glasgow Philosophical Society; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condizione: Very Good. 12 pages. Illustrated with photographs. The Strand Magazine (1891-1950) was a literary powerhouse, bringing readers gripping mystery, adventure, and intrigue every month. It became legendary for publishing Sherlock Holmes stories, skyrocketing the detective's fame and cementing its place in literary history. Beyond Holmes, it featured thrilling fiction, fascinating articles, and stunning illustrations, captivating audiences with tales of crime, exploration, and the unknown. With its bold storytelling and iconic artwork, The Strand shaped popular literature, inspiring generations of writers and readers alike. A true treasure trove of imagination, it remains one of the most celebrated magazines of its time! A rare chance to own a true artifact from the past. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 16 x 22 cms. Category: Strand Magazine Articles; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condizione: Good. - Small octavo, tan linen over boards titled in black on the front cover & spine. The binding is bumped & darkened with spotting to the rear cover. There are short tears with slight fraying to the top & bottom of the joints. 352 pages plus 24-page publisher's catalog.There is scattered foxing. Good. First American editionThese extracts from a late Scottish physician's diary were originally published in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine.…

On one side of a 9 x 11 cm card. Lightly-aged, with minor rust-marks at head and slight creasing to one corner. He has forwarded the letter as requested.

Stipple engraving, from Portrait Gallery of Hogg's Instructor.

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. Slip of paper, roughly 18 x 2.5 cm, cut from form. Somewhat discoloured by the glue with which it is laid down on irregularly-cut backing card. Good firm signature 'James Copland', followed by the lithographed word 'Professor.' in gothic script, which is followed by 'pro temp.' in Copland's autograph. See Image.…

On 7 x 11 cm strip of paper, cut from the conclusion of a letter. In fair condition, lightly aged and folded once, with panel of discoloration on reverse, which is endorsed: 'Dr Abercrombie | Jan. 31. | 1843'. Reads: '[] unite in best regards. | Sincerely & affectly. Yours | John Abercrombie'.

2pp., 12mo. A square has been cut away at thee head of the leaf (probably to remove Pender's monogram), otherwise in good condition, on lightly-aged paper. The recipient is not named but it is the physician Sir William Henry Allchin. The letter reads: 'On my arrival here last evening I found an invitation from the Directors of your Company to dine with them at Richmond on the 17th. inst. I regret that I will not be in Town at the time. The Card I fear by some mistake reached my hands late.' From the Allchin papers.…

Writer and M.D. (DNB) Two pages, 12mo, good condition. "I return the proofs herwith. It is much improved by the Editorial Notes and will [?] in this moment in the M. & N. Gaz [ Naval & Military Gazette?] It was very kind of you to admit it so promptly - & I feel assured it will be much read in Paris. A note from the author (Paris 17th) says - "Several officers here in the main agreed with me (in conversation) & others have sincerely thanked me for opening their eyes. The alliance is not to be secured by excessive complaisance, and confidence, in regard to France, but by a prudent distrust, a firm attitude of respect - (and of self-respect) - towards a government and people that cannot but act so and so.".…

2pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged. Addressed to 'My dear Warden', and sending his 'kind regards to Mrs Hyslop & yourself', and so addressed to Rev. Archibald Richard Frith Hyslop (1866-1926), Warden of Trinity College, Glenalmond. He has received Hyslop's letter on his 'return from a Highland visit'. He gives his reasons for having to leave early on the following Monday and Tuesday (a journey to Perth and another to Oban).…

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. The recipient is not to be confused with his father the botanist Dawson Turner (1775-1858), whose entry contains the following regarding the son: 'During his final decade he lived in central London, and his untidy figure became familiar to the needy in hospitals and on the streets, whom he assisted with dedicated benevolence. He died in Charing Cross Hospital, London, on 29 January 1885, and was buried at Brompton cemetery.' The present item was hence written within weeks of the recpient's death. Post Card printed with red halfpenny stamp. With St John's Wood postmark and one other, addressed to 'Revd Dr Dawson Turner / Charing Cross Hospital / Charing Cross / WC'. In fair condition, lightly grubby and worn. Written lengthwise, with slight smudge at beginning of the 'N' in Kerr's signature: '42 Grove St / Rgts Pk / NW / 9/1/85 / Thanks for interesting & useful pamphlet. / Norman Kerr'.…

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. Laid down on an 8vo leaf of grey paper removed from an album. The autograph is on a strip of paper at the foot, and reads: 'Gul. Cullen Med. Pract. P.' Above this is the stipple engraving, in good condition, showing 'DR. WILLIAM CULLEN' in profile. The artist is named as 'Ridley' and the portrait, in an oval border, is topped by the words 'European Magazine'. Another thin strip of paper, above the engraving, reads: 'From Lot 293 of the collection of Mr. J Naylor: sold by Sotheby Wilkinson and Hodge on 23/7/85'. See Image.…

Three pages, 12mo, bifolium, fold mark, hidden slight damage to joint not affecting text. "I have again to thank you for the trouble you have taken [about?] the passage to Harris. After deliberation & consultation, & plots & counter pl;ots - it is resolved that the Exhibition shall [hold?] - & that we shall set sail by the [SLondon?] from Glasgow on 3rd at 5 A.M. - I hope it is not too late to communicate with Mr Haslam [Samuel Holkar Haslam, botanist] .- I shall write to him tonight or tomorrow - I [premise?] in the printed bill which you were good enough to send to me a proposal not likely to be followed by old travellers, [viz?] that the luggage should be sent by the [Stromer?] which leaves Glasgow the day previous - What wise man ever parted from his baggage? Moreover they talk of the necessity [underlined] of doing this. Surely they do not mean that they insist upon its being done. [.]" Note: I have failed to discover which Exhibition, presumably botanical, he refers to.…

This letter gives insight into the fervid activity of major scientists to assess the qualities of rubber/caoutchouc. Four pages, 16mo, bifolium, remains of glue on edge (sl. obscuring some words), mainly good. Text: "Dr. Ure presents his compliments to Dr Royle, and begs to ask him if he has any recent intelligence cioncerning caoutchouc in addition to what may be found in the Asiatic Society Journal of Calcutta - the numnber of which for February contains Mr Griffith's instructive paper upon the Ficus Elastica of Assam and the mode of obtaining its juice - Dr. Ure would be glad to make some analytical experiments upon the native milky juice could a good specimen of it be found in London - Perhaps Dr Royle is aware that Dr U[re] first showed the absence of oxygen in the concrete caoutchouc of commerce, a result afterwards confirmed br Dr. Faraday - Dr U[re] being in possession of peculiar and very rapid methods of chemical research (not yet published) would like to try them upon the caoutchouc juice. Whatever information Dr. U. can procure he intends to publish in an Appendix to his Dict[ionar]y of Arts &c now issuing monthly from the press - & will acknowledge the favour of any kind contribution.".…

This document is of particular interest as it concerns the foundation of the institution that would become the Royal Free Hospital, Liverpool. As a result of the meeting described in the present document, the Institution for the Care and Prevention of Contagious Fevers opened in 1802 at 2 Constitution Row, Grays Inn Lane. It was the first voluntary fever hospital and had 15 beds. 2pp., 8vo. On a leaf which appears to have been extracted from a minute book. On laid paper with watermark 'JOSEPH COLES | 1799'. In fair condition, aged and worn, with closed tears to fold lines, some of which have been repaired with paper labels. The text carries a few deletions and emendations. The first page is headed: 'At a Meeting of the Church-Wardens Sides-men & physicians of the two Charities held at the Dispensary 24 April 1801, for the purpose of carrying into execution the proposed Building per the reception of fever & other contagious diseases'. A list of those present follows in two columns, beginning with the two church-wardens 'Mr Makin' and 'Mr Taylor'; then the two sides-men 'Mr Bevan' and 'Mr Hope'; then 'Mr Blackstock | Clerk to the parish', and 'Dr Rutter Dr Lewin | Dr. Renwick | Dr. Bostock | Dr. Gerard & | Dr. Currie | Dr Brandreth' [the last three linked as 'Ph[ysicians] to the Disp[ensar]y'. Following the list comes: 'It was | Resolved, | That a plan formerly [sic] prepared shall be engraved on a letter sheet of paper & to be sent to Gentlemen in different parts of the Kingdom engaged in the superintendance [sic] of hospitals for fever, for the purpose of recovering the benefit of their observations [here] | After which the meeting adjourned to the open Ground behind the Work-house in order to fix the scale of the intended building'. The document ends with the date of the next meeting, 'at the work-house in order to determine finally on the plan'. Accompanying the item is an engraved portrait of Currie, and a cutting of an article from a twentieth-century magazine.…

First Edition. Small archive of medical periodicals bound in near fine stiff card wrappers. All remain well preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. All held together in a buckram case. Physical description 31 articles. Contents; 'Morgani, Bichat, Virchow: two centenaries and a jubilee (1 copy singed, 2 copies unsigned) ; Franciscus Sylvius and his Iatrochemical School (3 copies) ; Dumfries and the Early History of Surgical Anaesthesia, reprinted from Annals of Science, 1967, xxiii, 35-75 (2 copies) ; The Early Teaching of Anatomy at Padua, with Special Reference to a Model of the Padua Anatomical Theatre, reprinted from Annals of Science, 1963, xix, 1-26 (1 signed copy, 2 unsigned copies) ; Clifford Allbutt, Scholar-Physician and Historian, reprinted from Proceedings of the Royal society of Medicine, Supplement to Vol. 56, (section of the History of Medicine, Jubilee meeting 1912-62, November 21, 1962) ; Discovery, January 1956, 2/- ; The Early Italian Fellows of the Royal society, Humana Studia Serie II - Anno VI, Fasc. III-IV - 1954 (2 copies) ; Johann Gottfried Von Berger (1659-1736) of Wittenberg and His Text-Book of Physiology (1701), reprinted from Science, Medicine and History, 1953 ; Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, vol. XXXVII, No. 6, April, 1944 ; Charles Creighton, M.A., M.D. (1847-1927): Scholar, Historian and Epidemiologist (2 signed copies, 1 unsigned copy) ; The History of Cholera in Great Britain, reprinted from Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, March, 1948, Vol. XLI, No. 3, pp. 165-173 (1 signed copy) ; Lavoisier and the History of Respiration, reprinted from the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, April, 1944, vol. XXXVII, No. 6, pp. 247-262 ; The Field Workers in the English Public Health Movement, 1847-1875, reprinted from the Bulletin of the Society of Medical History of Chicago, October 1948, Vol. VI, pp. 31-48 (2 signed copies) ; Medicine and Science in the Writings of Smollett, reprinted from the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, June, 1937, vol. XXX (2 copies) ; The History of the 1832 Cholera Epidemic in Yorkshire, reprinted from the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, March, 1935, Vol. XXVIII (2 copies) ; Boerhaave After Three Hundred Years, reprinted from the British Medical Journal, 28 December, 1968, 4, 820-825 ; English-Speaking Medical Students at Leyden, reprinted from Nature, Vol. 221, No. 5183, pp. 810-814, March 1, 1969 ; The Relations Between British and Italian Medicine Between 1650 and 1800, comunicazione presentata al XXI Congresso Internazionale di Storia della Medicina Siena, 22-28 Settembre 1968 ; The Gran Sasso D'Italia, reprinted from the Alpine Journal, May 1964 (1 signed copy) ; Medicinsk Forum, 8 Argang, Nr. 6, 1955 ; Medical Bibliography and Its Problems, reprinted from Nature, Vol. 175, p. 182, January 29, 1955 ; Galvani and the Discovery of 'Animal Electricty', reprinted from Nature, Vol. 175, p. 441, March 12, 1955 ; Guy's Hospital, reprinted from nature, vol. 176, pp. 893-894, Nov. 12, 1955 (2 copies) ; Medicine and the Crown, reprinted from the British Medical Journal, May 30, 1953, vol. i, p. 1185 (1 signed copy, 1 unsigned) ; How Not To Make A Diagnosis: an historical fantasy, reprinted from The West London Medical Journal, vol. LVII, No. 2 ; Medicine, surgery and their scientific Development, reprinted from A Century of Science, 1951 ; The Quest For Child Health - The Historical Beginnings, reprinted from the Report of the Annual Conference of the National Association for Maternity and Child Welfare held at Church House, Westminster, June, 1951 ; The Fabrica of Andreas Vesalius: a quatercentenary tribute, reprinted from the British Medical Journal, June 26, 1943, vol. i, p. 795 (2 copies) ; Calcar, Wesel, and Vesalius, reprinted form the British Medical Journal, March 17, 1945, vol. i, p. 381 (2 copies) ; Medicine's Greatest Gift, reprinted from the British Medical Journal, Oct. 12, 1946, vol. ii, p. 546 (2 co.…

First Edition. Small archive of medical periodicals bound in near fine stiff card wrappers. All remain well preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. All held together in a buckram case. Physical description 31 articles. Contents; 'Morgani, Bichat, Virchow: two centenaries and a jubilee (1 copy singed, 2 copies unsigned) ; Franciscus Sylvius and his Iatrochemical School (3 copies) ; Dumfries and the Early History of Surgical Anaesthesia, reprinted from Annals of Science, 1967, xxiii, 35-75 (2 copies) ; The Early Teaching of Anatomy at Padua, with Special Reference to a Model of the Padua Anatomical Theatre, reprinted from Annals of Science, 1963, xix, 1-26 (1 signed copy, 2 unsigned copies) ; Clifford Allbutt, Scholar-Physician and Historian, reprinted from Proceedings of the Royal society of Medicine, Supplement to Vol. 56, (section of the History of Medicine, Jubilee meeting 1912-62, November 21, 1962) ; Discovery, January 1956, 2/- ; The Early Italian Fellows of the Royal society, Humana Studia Serie II - Anno VI, Fasc. III-IV - 1954 (2 copies) ; Johann Gottfried Von Berger (1659-1736) of Wittenberg and His Text-Book of Physiology (1701), reprinted from Science, Medicine and History, 1953 ; Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, vol. XXXVII, No. 6, April, 1944 ; Charles Creighton, M.A., M.D. (1847-1927): Scholar, Historian and Epidemiologist (2 signed copies, 1 unsigned copy) ; The History of Cholera in Great Britain, reprinted from Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, March, 1948, Vol. XLI, No. 3, pp. 165-173 (1 signed copy) ; Lavoisier and the History of Respiration, reprinted from the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, April, 1944, vol. XXXVII, No. 6, pp. 247-262 ; The Field Workers in the English Public Health Movement, 1847-1875, reprinted from the Bulletin of the Society of Medical History of Chicago, October 1948, Vol. VI, pp. 31-48 (2 signed copies) ; Medicine and Science in the Writings of Smollett, reprinted from the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, June, 1937, vol. XXX (2 copies) ; The History of the 1832 Cholera Epidemic in Yorkshire, reprinted from the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, March, 1935, Vol. XXVIII (2 copies) ; Boerhaave After Three Hundred Years, reprinted from the British Medical Journal, 28 December, 1968, 4, 820-825 ; English-Speaking Medical Students at Leyden, reprinted from Nature, Vol. 221, No. 5183, pp. 810-814, March 1, 1969 ; The Relations Between British and Italian Medicine Between 1650 and 1800, comunicazione presentata al XXI Congresso Internazionale di Storia della Medicina Siena, 22-28 Settembre 1968 ; The Gran Sasso D'Italia, reprinted from the Alpine Journal, May 1964 (1 signed copy) ; Medicinsk Forum, 8 Argang, Nr. 6, 1955 ; Medical Bibliography and Its Problems, reprinted from Nature, Vol. 175, p. 182, January 29, 1955 ; Galvani and the Discovery of 'Animal Electricty', reprinted from Nature, Vol. 175, p. 441, March 12, 1955 ; Guy's Hospital, reprinted from nature, vol. 176, pp. 893-894, Nov. 12, 1955 (2 copies) ; Medicine and the Crown, reprinted from the British Medical Journal, May 30, 1953, vol. i, p. 1185 (1 signed copy, 1 unsigned) ; How Not To Make A Diagnosis: an historical fantasy, reprinted from The West London Medical Journal, vol. LVII, No. 2 ; Medicine, surgery and their scientific Development, reprinted from A Century of Science, 1951 ; The Quest For Child Health - The Historical Beginnings, reprinted from the Report of the Annual Conference of the National Association for Maternity and Child Welfare held at Church House, Westminster, June, 1951 ; The Fabrica of Andreas Vesalius: a quatercentenary tribute, reprinted from the British Medical Journal, June 26, 1943, vol. i, p. 795 (2 copies) ; Calcar, Wesel, and Vesalius, reprinted form the British Medical Journal, March 17, 1945, vol. i, p. 381 (2 copies) ; Medicine's Greatest Gift, reprinted from the British Medical Journal, Oct. 12, 1946, vol. ii, p. 546 (2 copies) ; the Centenary of British Public Health: rise of health legislation in England and in London, reprinted from the British Medical Journal, May 8, 1948, vol. i, p. 890 (1 signed copy, 1 unsigned) ; A Popular Pamphlet on Cholera, reprinted from the British Medical Journal, January 2nd, 1932 ; Edward Jenner: the man and his work, reprinted for the biscentenary exhibition at the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, 1949 (Signed) ; Edward Jenner, Benjamin Waterhouse, and the Introduction of Vaccination into the United States, reprinted from Nature, vol. 163, p. 823, May 28, 1949 (Signed) ; Charles Creighton: the man and his work, reprinted from A History of Epidemics in Britain, 1965. Subjects; Edgar Ashworth Underwood. Medicine. Medical History. 3 Kg.…

Sibbald was in Ceylon between 1818 and 1833. There is no indication that any of these four items have been published. One: 'The Origin of the Kandelay Tank'. 8pp., foolscap 8vo. On two bifoliums of paper with Gater watermark dated 1827. In good condition, on aged paper. Begins: 'In the Eastern country there was a King of the race of Sun called Annasockkaynathan [oriental characters here] the name of whose wife was Manonmasunthary [oriental characters here] who was delivered of a wonderful child who was born with teeth, and dressed him togehter with breasts (full grown) at which the King was astonished and sent to the wise men enquiring of the miraculous birth of the child'. Two: 'Story of Manderapaudey'. 6pp., foolscap 8vo. In poor condition, heavily worn with loss of text. Begins: 'In a City called Vecroomakasum, there lived a Bramany, who had an only daughter, who was a beautiful and accomplished young woman; her Father intended to bestow her hand on a young man, who was in every manner able to support her, and who was well informed, and had Received a proper education'. Three: 'The History of Santiraksen'. 22pp., foolscap 8vo. In fair condition, on aged and worn paper. Begins: 'A certain king who reigned over a realm called Kalatasem, was long since without having an Issue, and in Consequence his wife brought forth a child, the prognosticators have prognosticated, that child has been unfortunate to the Parent, and admonished the king to transport the same otherwise the Parent and all other relations will die in a six months'. Four: Headed: 'the craft first | of making two intimates to alienate'. 16pp., foolscap 8vo. Ends abruptly on p.16, with catch word, and clearly the first part only. Written in a closer hand than the other items, presumably at a later date. Begins: 'In a city called was a merchant man Named Vartaman who has thought to peregrinate and merchandize, so he has loaded his merchandizing upon a cart and coupled to it, two oxen'. From the Papers of William Sibbald, perhaps the translator.…

Both items in good condition, lightly aged, as is an enclosure to the second letter, a photocopy of Lowbury's pamphlet 'A Letter from Hampstead'. ONE: 24 September 1969. 2pp, 12mo. In envelope addressed to Fry at his East Dean home The Toft. He is grateful for Fry's letter praising his collection of poems 'Figures of Light'. He continues: 'Several people have asked me about the red light; I am half sorry now that I did not include a footnote to explain the obscure reference (though perhaps it gains in other ways by giving the reader a bit of a puzzle!) One friend asked me if I meant a hospital, a cinema, a brothel, a psychiatrist's house, - or Death? By a curious paradox (disturbing to me as a doctor!) I did have Death as well as the Doctor in mind when I wrote those lines.' He is considering rewriting the poem 'if it is to appear in print again', but is glad Fry 'liked it in spite of the obscurity'. He concludes on a personal tone, regarding his wife Alison and her brother and Lowbury's father-in-law 'Andrew', i.e. the Scottish poet Andrew Young (1885-1971), and a party at Yapton. TWO: 24 November 1987. 2pp, 12mo. He begins by explaining that he is sending Fry a copy of his 'little book, VARIATIONS ON ALDEBURGH, which the Mandeville Press brought out in April: it has some attractive drawings by Donald Fairhall'. (The book itself is not present.) He continues with reference to a book which was published by the Keepsake Press on the same day as the other, titled 'A Letter from Hampstead'. Both books have sold out, but he was sent the copy of the first by the publishers. He explains that he is sending Fry a photocopy of the second book (which is present here). He explains that it is 'the fourth in a series of "apocryphal letters", the others being by (supposedly by) historical characters', whom he names. He explains that the previous volume, regarding 'Queen Caroline Matilda of Denmark the youngest sister of George III, married to the mad King Christian vii [] is illustrated by John Bratby, with some rather nightmarish pictures!' He ends in anticipation of 'receiving the material for me to send to the actors, after we have discussed "casting", etc. for 15 December'.…

24pp., 8vo. Disbound. In good condition, with light signs of age. Inscribed at head of first page: 'With kind regards.' 11 figures in text. Published in 'Proceedings of the Philosophical Society of Glasgow', vol. 10 (1875-1877).

"Back looks he through the mist of many years.". Eight lines on paper 2 3/4 x 7 1/4 inches pasted at each end to an old album leaf. A further eight lines to the reverse.

1p, 16mo. In fair condition, aged and grubby, with remains of glue from mount on reverse. Reads: 'Dear Mr Owen, | I have sent your note to Mr Combe & hope he may be able to send you the work - | Yours truly | Ja Clark'. The note has a light stamp at top left of page, stating that it is 'Ex. Litt. Ricardi Owen', and a gift to Sherborne from 'R. S. Owen'. The item must have been deacquisitioned, as it comes from the distinguished autograph collection of the psychiatrist Richard Alfred Hunter (1923-1981), whose collection of 7000 works relating to psychiatry is now in Cambridge University Library. Hunter and his mother Ida Macalpine had a particular interest in the illness of King George III, and their book 'George III and the Mad Business' (1969) suggested the diagnosis of porphyria popularised by Alan Bennett in his play 'The Madness of George III'. …

2pp, 12mo. In fair condition, lightly aged, with ink quite faded, and thin strip of paper from mount adhering to the blank second leaf of the bifolium. Folded twice. He begins by expressing pleasure at Peirce's 'appointment' (as medical superintendent at the Retreat, York), also congratulating 'those with whom your duties will bring you in contact'. He thinks he is 'wise to take 6 months in Bethlem'. He asks him to 'look up my old friend Dr Ramsay' when he goes to York. Ramsay is 'a very fine fellow indeed' and Peirce will 'find it a pleasure to know him'. He will send him a card of introduction when his stack is replenished. The letter ends with discussion of the weather. From the distinguished autograph collection of the psychiatrist Richard Alfred Hunter (1923-1981), whose collection of 7000 works relating to psychiatry is now in Cambridge University Library. Hunter and his mother Ida Macalpine had a particular interest in the illness of King George III, and their book 'George III and the Mad Business' (1969) suggested the diagnosis of porphyria popularised by Alan Bennett in his play 'The Madness of George III'.…

The recipients Todd [or Tod] and Romanes, Writers to the Signet, were prominent Edinburgh solicitors, acting for Trotter's kinsman Robert Trotter, R.N., one of the sons of Rev. Robert Trotter (c.1732-1807) of Windyhaugh, 'minister of the dissenting congregation of Morpeth during the long space of 51 years'. 2pp, 4to. Bifolium. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn, with thin strip of paper from mount adhering to the reverse of the second leaf, which is addressed, with postmarks and endorsement signed by 'J. R.' (John Romanes), 'To | Messrs. Todd & Romanes, | Writers to the Signet, | Edinburgh'. Folded four times. The letter begins: 'Gentlemen, | I learn from Mr. Taylor of Melrose, that Mr. Robert Trotter's Agent has been bringing matter of litigation forwards, which has no connection with the point at issue, between Mr. Trotter & me. - He has no claim on my property, but the Heritable Bond £175 One hundred & twenty pounds of this sum, were paid by the sale of part of the premises to W. Riddell Esqr.; and the remainder reduced to somewhere about one hundred including all the Investment, as appears from the statement made out by Mr. Taylor, who was employed for transacting the business of the late Revd. Mr. Trotter, for his concerns.' Trotter describes the 'vouchers' in which the statement 'is deficient'. These were 'paid to the late Mr. D. Brown of Melrose; for the account of Articles supplied, by Mr. Trotter's order, to his father, sister & uncle'. The vouchers were 'transmitted to Morpeth, & must be in his son's (Mr R. Trotter) possession: one of these accounts, to the amount of 30£, or upwards, was transmitted by myself.' Trotter considers that, 'even setting these aside, the balance due on the bond is much about 100£'. It will be apparent, Trotter continues, 'from Mr. R. Trotter's Letter to me, that he offered to give up the Bond for 100£. This sum Mr. Taylor was directed by me to pay him: but he made some objection, & has refused every species of compromise; which may be considered as an instance of the basest ingratitude, for he was brought up in The Navy under me, & obtained his Commission through my interest with Earl Spencer.' Trotter concludes that he 'could wish' the solicitors 'to bring the business to a speed [sic] termination, & what relates to money matters you will be pleased to give due warning to Mr. Taylor, who will be ready to attend you.' From the distinguished autograph collection of the psychiatrist Richard Alfred Hunter (1923-1981), whose collection of 7000 works relating to psychiatry is now in Cambridge University Library. Hunter and his mother Ida Macalpine had a particular interest in the illness of King George III, and their book 'George III and the Mad Business' (1969) suggested the diagnosis of porphyria popularised by Alan Bennett in his play 'The Madness of George III'.…

2pp., 12mo. In fair condition, aged and worn. On a bifolium, docketed with the date on the second leaf. He writes that he has 'taken Trinity Grove', and that he has 'looked at your grass at Denham Green - and found it has been so neglected that it is scarcely good for any thing - We will see how it looks by the time we go down'. His daughter 'thinks she will try to keep the cow, on the lawn of Trinity Grove, assisted by cabbage leaves &ct from the Garden'.…

1p, 8vo. In fair condition, lightly aged, with a few small holes, and thin strip of paper from mount adhering to the blank reverse. Reads: 'The Assignees of Mr George Underwood will please deliver up to Messrs Renshaw & Reid all the Copies of my "State of Lunatic Asylums" also all copies of my "Letter to Lord Robert Seymour" as also Any Copies of "Letters from Germany & Holland" or any other of my works that may remain or be found among the stock of the said George Underwood as the whole are my individual Property - | Andrew Halliday | Hampton Court | 31 August 1831'. Underwood is listed in BBTI under Thomas Underwood, with whom he traded in medical books in the Strand between 1817 and his bankruptcy in 1831. From the distinguished autograph collection of the psychiatrist Richard Alfred Hunter (1923-1981), whose collection of 7000 works relating to psychiatry is now in Cambridge University Library. Hunter and his mother Ida Macalpine had a particular interest in the illness of King George III, and their book 'George III and the Mad Business' (1969) suggested the diagnosis of porphyria popularised by Alan Bennett in his play 'The Madness of George III'.…

Marion Shaw, daughter of Charles Shaw of Ayr, married Charles Bell in 1811. Following the death of her husband in 1842, she lived with her brother the surgeon Alexander Shaw (1804-1890), and their house became a centre of artistic and literary society. The recipient is a former pupil of Bell's at the Hunterian School of Medicine in Great Windmill Street, London, the surgeon Henry William Robert Davey (1798-1870), son of surgeon Henry Sallows Davey (1781-1855) of Beccles. The letter is written on the publication of 'The Letters of Sir Charles Bell, K.H., F.R.S.L. & E.: Selected from His Correspondence with his Brother George Joseph Bell' (1870). 4pp, 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged, with thin strip from mount adhering to reverse of second leaf. The letter begins: 'Dear Henry Davey | When I thought of those, to whom these Memorials would be acceptable , I was not mistaken in clasing Yourself the old Pupil and friend of my dear Husband among the first. - I thank you sincerely for your kind note. - I have grieved for you and your wife, in the great sorrow that I saw had befallen you.' She continues by observing that in her 'long life' she has 'written few letters, - but of sympathy and bereavements!' Her only hope is that the Daveys 'can both accept gratefully the mercies' that are still around them, including their son. She is sorry to see from Davey's writing that he is 'a sufferer [from arthritis]'. Concerning the book she states that the letters belong to George Joseph Bell, and that '[f]rom many circumstances' connected with his family 'they have been late in appearing; | The Mass of correspondence was so large, that the selection was difficult: to refrain, or to venture, equally so.' Nevertheless she hopes that there is 'enough to show Sir Charles Bell as he was, & which I believe will be precious to The Profession.' The selection of the letters was 'by the surviving daughter of Geo Jos Bell', 'which of course I superintended, as far as possible. I have not yet recovered the task'. She concludes by stating that she is 'pretty well' in health, 'considering my more than 80 years. I go out seldom. My sister Mrs Haughton lives with me'. From the distinguished autograph collection of the psychiatrist Richard Alfred Hunter (1923-1981), whose collection of 7000 works relating to psychiatry is now in Cambridge University Library. Hunter and his mother Ida Macalpine had a particular interest in the illness of King George III, and their book 'George III and the Mad Business' (1969) suggested the diagnosis of porphyria popularised by Alan Bennett in his play 'The Madness of George III'.…

30pp., 4to. On seven bifoliums and one single leaf, the bioliums stitched to one another. With several watermarks of J. Whatman, Turkey Mill, all dated to 1844. In good condition, on lightly aged and worn paper. Sibbald is not named, but the item is from his papers, and in his hand. Sibbald was in Ceylon between 1818 and 1833. There is no indication that this item has been published. The story begins: 'There was a certain King who reigned over a Realm called Kulutasem, who had long mourned having no heir to his throne - but after many years had elapsed to his great joy his Queen bore him a Son an infant of great beauty and promise, and the happy Father in the fullness of his joy assembled all his Counsellors the Priests of the Temple and Soothsayers at the Palace - that fortunate Omens might be observed and that Prosperity and Happiness might be predicted for the royal Child - but vain were the sanguine hopes and wishes of the Monarch'. It concludes: '[.] but what was his dismay, to find on the following day Santirakasem seated on the Throne, and that the King had left all the Kingdom to him. With sad misgivings he proceeded to the Temple where he beheld the mutilated Body of his Son - struck with remorse, and agony, he dahsed his head against the Stones of the Temple and perished in the presence of the assembled People - They hailed King Santirahasem with loud acclamations who reigned long & prosperously over that Realm'. From the Papers of William Sibbald, perhaps the translator.…

The subject is all three letters is Crichton's 'Commentaries on Some Doctrines of a Dangerous Tendency in Medicine', published by Churchill in 1842, and the three cast light on publishing practices for medical publications in the booktrade in early Victorian London. All three with thin strip of paper from mount adhering to one edge. ONE: 23 July 1842. 1p, 12mo. In fair condition, lightly aged, with slight damp stain to one corner. Chrichton begins by asking to be sent 'the two bound Copies of my work to the Bolt and Tun Fleet St. before three oCl on the day you receive this viz. Monday'. He asks him to 'add up the parcel' to him at Sevenoaks, giving details of the coach from that place to be used. He also asks to be sent 'copies of any periodical in which my Commentaries are reviewed or commented on, whether favorably or the reverse'. The letter concludes: 'If you hear any remarks on the work by the medical men who frequent your library perhaps you will be kind enough to communicate them.' TWO: 20 August 1842. 1p, 4to. In good condition, lightly aged. Bifolium, addressed on reverse of second leaf, with postmark, to 'Mr Churchill | Bookseller | Wardour St | Soho | London'. In good condition. Folded four times. Before writing to his friend 'Professor Chelius [Maximilian Joseph von Chelius (1794-1876)] of Heidelberg' he is 'desirous of knowing if the copy of my Commentaries which I addressed to him has been forwarded, and when it left London'. He asks 'to what German bookseller or other person it was sent in order to be handed to him'. He concludes in the hope that 'the copy for the R[oya]l Soc[iet]y of Sciences at Gottingen has also been despatched'. THREE: 13 June 1850. 3pp, 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged. Begins: 'Sir | A bookseller in Bath made me believe that he could sell the remaining copies of my Commentaries and accordingly I ordered Palmer (the printer) to send them to him. The unfortunate Speculator died soon after, and his Stock in trade was bought by a Mr Jennings who writes the accompanying letter to me.' He will ask Jennings to forward 'the parcel or package' to Churchill, 'but not in the hope that you can dispose of them at the price you first put on them, nor in fact, at almost any reasonable price'. He suggests a price for 'selling them to the trade' at which he will be satisfied, otherwise asking what to do with them. The letter concludes: 'My old age and its infirmities prevent me from coming to London and therefore I must ask you to favor me with your advice as soon as convenient to you.' From the distinguished autograph collection of the psychiatrist Richard Alfred Hunter (1923-1981), whose collection of 7000 works relating to psychiatry is now in Cambridge University Library. Hunter and his mother Ida Macalpine had a particular interest in the illness of King George III, and their book 'George III and the Mad Business' (1969) suggested the diagnosis of porphyria popularised by Alan Bennett in his play 'The Madness of George III'.…

7pp, 4to. Containing 112 lines of text on two bifoliums. In good condition, lightly aged. Folded three times. Headed 'Private', and with the heading, date and place written by Halliday at a different time from the rest of the text. A long and impassioned letter, in which Halliday offers to become inspector of 'all the public and Private Asylums in England and Wales', at a payment of no more than £150 a year in expenses. The letter begins: 'My Lord | I have had some correspondence, and one short interview with your Lordships Brother Mr George Lamb [(1784-1834), MP for Dungarvan] on a subject of some importance and in which I have long taken a very deep interest; on the number and condition of Insane persons in England and Wales. Three years ago as you must well know some improvement was made in the Law relative to this large and interesting Class of the Community; but the Acts then passed will expire in this Session and Mr Robert Gordon has a motion on the Journals for the 1st. of next month for new Bills.' He states that a clause in the acts 'giving Authority to the Secretary of State and the Lord Chancellor to send a Medical or other person to inspect & examine all the public and Private Asylums in England and Wales' has never been implemented, and that it is 'of great and urgent importance that it should be accomplished before the New Acts are passed'. His reasons for holding this view are, 'because my Lord nothing but a personal examination of the various and new multiplied establishments can detect the abuses that require to be checked, or the faults that must be corrected by legislature enactment'. Halliday has 'felt most anxious to undertake this duty; in the first place because I have already once in my life (now twenty six years ago) performed it, without power or Parliamentary Authority and in the 2d place because the Subject is I believe more familiar to me than to any other man in the Kingdom; and lastly as I consider the present Law as in some measure my own I am perhaps as well qualified as any other to judge of the way in which it has been worked throughout the Kingdom'. Halliday is as able as any of his 'Brethren' of laying a 'faithfull [sic] detail before Melbourne. 'I am ready to dedicate to this good Cause the whole time that may be necessary, and sacrifice the emoluments of a Physician in no despicable private Practice also; and as I stated to your Brother I should only ask for my bare expences during my tour, and would even limit them to a very moderate sum £150'. urges Melbourne to 'decide at once' and allow him to 'consult' with his brother. 'The question is do you as a Minister wish to have the best information or not? [] The Law gives you the power of seeking for that informaion in your own way & without the bias of any other opinion[.] The question is will you avail yourself of the advantages the law gives or will you like your Predecessor in Office suffer others not much better informed than yourself to go blundering on passing laws which are either again tp be repealed or that it is found necessary to alter and amend every Session?' He hopes Melbourne will 'pardon this long letter', concluding: 'If I did not know something of your Lordships good heard Sound head and love fore your fellow Creatures I should not have taken the trouble of inditing such an Epistle'. From the distinguished autograph collection of the psychiatrist Richard Alfred Hunter (1923-1981), whose collection of 7000 works relating to psychiatry is now in Cambridge University Library. Hunter and his mother Ida Macalpine had a particular interest in the illness of King George III, and their book 'George III and the Mad Business' (1969) suggested the diagnosis of porphyria popularised by Alan Bennett in his play 'The Madness of George III'.…