Student medical notebook
- Date:
- 1732
- Reference:
- MS.6859
- Part of:
- Whytt, Robert (1714-1766), F.R.S., Professor of Medicine at Edinburgh University and President of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Medical notebook of Robert Whytt, compiled as a student.
ff. 1r.-2v. Annotated front cover, signed and dated, and index.
ff. 3r.-7r. On the formation of teeth, and answers to questions proposed by Mr. [Alexander] Monro in his Osteology.
ff. 7v.-14r. On respiration and circulation of blood.
ff. 15r.-19v. On the senses and nervous system.
ff. 20r.-37v. A discourse concerning the modern theory of generation.
ff. 38r.-45v. Of the action of the sun and moon on animal bodies and the influence which this may have on diseases: incomplete copy of the discourse by Richard Mead (1673-1754), corresponding to pp. 6-19 of the 1708 edition.
ff. 46r.-53v. On the skin, and muscles of the abdomen.
ff. 55v.-69v. Extract from Monro's Nerves, and some animadversions upon [James] Keill's Anatomy.
Publication/Creation
1732
Physical description
69 ff. (original pagination 1-37) 1 vol., 153 × 93 mm. Sewn but not bound.
Finding aids
Described in typescript supplements, by Christopher Hilton and Richard Aspin, to the Library's published finding aids.
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores