Papers of Sir James McGrigor, Director-General of the Army Medical Department Collection of papers belonging to Sir James McGrigor including letter books, case books and records of post-mortem examinations. There are also a series of journals kept by McGrigor when he was Chief of the Medical Staff of the army commanded by Wellington during the Peninsular War, in addition to medical reports detailing the health of the army during this period. Other records include a register of the weather and the covering letter sent by McGrigor bequeathing the collection to the Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society in 1847. 1796 - 1847