| Collection | GB 0817 Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society |
| Level | Item |
| Ref No | AMCS/2/2/7 |
| Title | Thesaurus |
| Date | 1820 - 1822 |
| Extent | 1 volume |
| Description | Collection of essays read before the Society.
Page 1: 'Of the nature of the principle upon which the Preventive Power of Vaccination depends, and of the extension of that principle to the prevention of other diseases besides the Small Pox'. Read on the 7 and 21 December 1820.
Page 61: Case of extensive tubercular disease of the peritoneum, sent by Dr. John Hennen, Deputy Inspector of Hospitals and member of Society. Read before the Society on the 4 January 1821.
Page 75: 'A case of Mania with observations and Queries respecting employment of Bloodletting as a remedy for that disease' by Dr. Blaikie. Read on the 1 February 1821.
Page 79: 'To the Secretary of the Medical Society of Aberdeen. I beg leave to submit to the Society the outlines of three cases with detailed dissections, which having lately fallen under my notice in the Military Hospitals of North Britain. The first forms no inappropriate companion to that case of Peritoneal disease which I sometime since transmitted to the Secretary. The two others are interesting in common with all diseases which affect the brain, but they are particularly so as they exhibit specimens of the operation of acute and chronic diseases on that organ, more particularly as they affect that part of it connected with the sense of vision'. Sent by J. Hennen (see above). Read on the 1 March 1821.
Page 90: 'A Paper on French Practice' by Staff Surgeon Murray (honorary member). Read on the 3 May 1821.
Page 131: 'Case communicated by Sir James McGrigor from an anonymous correspondent'. Read on the 3 May 1821. The case relates to a girl of eighteen who experienced pain in her right side and swelling of the abdomen.
Page 132: 'A Case of obstinate Constipation of the bowels' by William Leslie. Read on the 7 June 1821.
Page 134: 'Mr. Adam's account of an Epidemic Dysentery'. Read on the 2 August 1821.
Page 143: Case of epilepsy by Dr. Torry. Read on the 15 March 1821.
Page 146: Essay on caoutchouc (commonly called elastic gum or Indian rubber) by Dr. Dyce. Read on the 15 October 1821.
Page 165: 'On the best means of furnishing medical assistance for the poor' by Dr. Henderson.
Page 186: A case of spasm by Dr. Moir.
Page 199: 'Queries with respect to the utility of Bloodletting in the cure of Fevers' by Dr. John Brown. Read on the 6 December 1821.
Page 208: 'Of the Cholera Morbus' by Robert Harvey. Read on the 17 January 1822.
Page 220: 'Some observations and remarks on the fevers incident to warm climates' by Dr. J. H. Walker. Read on the 21 February 1822.
Page 242: Organic affection of the stomach by Dr. Allan.
Page 258: Case of Convulsions. |
| 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 | The spine is slightly damaged. |