| Collection | GB 0817 Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society |
| Level | Item |
| Ref No | AMCS/3/4/2/1 |
| Title | Lecture notes of Dr. William Cullen taken by H. McAskill on the Institution of Medicine |
| Date | 1772 |
| Extent | 1 volume |
| Description | Title page: 'Lectures on the Institution of Medicine by Dr. Cullen', 28 October 1772. The volume contains very detailed notes taken by H. McAskill on thirty-one lectures delivered by Cullen. The pages are not numbered. Subjects covered in the first volume include: The history of physics (lecture 3), doctrine of solids (lecture 13), lectures on the nervous system, external bodies (lecture 18), the sentient parts (lecture 22), memory and imagination (lecture 24), and the functions of the brain (lecture 30). Following lecture 31 is the copy of an address: 'Two Observations on an African Voyage addressed to the Liverpool Merchants in particular by the Apothecary to the Carlisle Dispensary' (undated and author's name unknown). The author proceeds to discuss 'three diseases that so frequently occur in warm climates': Cholera Morbus, Diarrhoea or Looseness, Typhus Carcerum or Jail or Hospital Fever [incomplete]. |
| Access Status | Restricted |
| Access Conditions | Please 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. |
| Physical Description | 1 volume (0.08 linear metres) |