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CollectionGB 0817 Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society
LevelItem
Ref NoAMCS/2/1/3
Alt Ref NoB.B. 21
TitleCase book
Date1798 - 1806
Extent1 volume
Description'A Collection of Cases Read before the Medical Society of Aberdeen', 1798 (Volume 2).

No.1: Dropsy, read by George Alexander, November 1798
No.2: Concussion, read by William Milne, May 1799
No.3: Case of William Simpson suffering from cough and expectoration, read by George Alexander, June 1799
No.4: Case of James Hutchison, soldier quite recently returned from East Indies and suffering from severe cough and shortness of breath, read by Henry Edmondston, June 1799
No.5: Case of Ischuria, read by James Selbie, July 1799
No.6: Case of Dysuria, read by John Scorgie, not dated
No.7: Case of injury to the eye, read by William Milne, September 1799. [A note is added at the beginning: 'This case ought to be tore out'.]
No.8: Case of Suppression of the Menses, read by George Elphinstone, not dated.
No.9: Case of [Elspith] Nicol, suffering from symptoms of dysuria, read by John Paterson, April 1800.
No.10: Case of Synochus, read by Adam Napier, May 1800.
No.11: Case of Richard Shiperly, sailor, experiencing symptoms of pain and cold in the lumbar region, a swelling of the hernia in the left groin, cramps, and pain and stiffness in the jaw, read by Colin Campbell, May 1801.
No.12: Case of Jane Jackson, experiencing symptoms of yellowing of skin and eyes, headache, sore thighs and legs, nausea, severe vomiting and other symptoms, read by James Melles, June 1801.
No.13: Case of Hydrothorax, read by William Mitchell, June 1801.
No.14: Phthisis Pulmonalis, read by Charles Jameson, July 1801.
No.15: Case of fisherman experiencing swelling of legs, cough, pain in ribs and spitting blood, read by James Selbie, not dated.
No.16: Case of Archibald McDonald, suffering from delirium, read by Alexander Leslie, September 1802.
No.17: Gonorrhoea and Syphilis, read by John Paterson, October 1802.
No.18: Case of John Myers, who had recently suffered from exposure to wet and cold after he was shipwrecked, and was admitted to the Infirmary with mortification of the toes and a considerable part of the right foot, read by Robert Badenach, February 1804.
No.19: Case of Cynanche Maligna, read by John Murray, March 1804.
No.20: Case of Andrew Anderson, admitted into the Infirmary with rheumatic pain and rapidly appearing carbuncles, read by Robert Badenach, April 1804.
No.21: Case of Eleanor Stuart, bitten on the hand by a dog, read by Alexander Forrest, May 1805.
No.22: Case of James Annand, who went to the Dispensary with spots or blotches on his legs, resembling a sever bruise, and debility in the legs, read by George Gordon, not dated.
No.23: Case of Alexander Mackay, who broke the lower part of his tibia and ruptured some of the ligaments after falling from a cask, read by _ Williamson, October 1805.
No.24: Case of Scrophula, read by Thomas Ranken, December 1805.
No.25: Case of Epistaxis, read by John James Paterson, June 1806.

An index of cases is provided at the end of the volume.
Access StatusRestricted
Access ConditionsPlease note that although the catalogue is available via the Special Collections website, the papers are held by the Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society at its offices in the Medical School building, Foresterhill, Aberdeen. Please contact the Society directly to arrange access to the records: Tel. 01224 437104; Email: medchilibrarian@abdn.ac.uk.
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