Miscellaneous papers
- Date:
- c.1783-1804
- Reference:
- MS.5120/73-76
- Part of:
- Dundas, Henry, (1742-1811), 1st Viscount Melville
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Contents include a petition for a pension from Dr S [John Steedman] formerly physician to the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, c. 1784; a letter from 'Hostis Hostibus' against quackery in England, 1798; and a letter from Andrew Baird, Inspector General of Naval Hospitals, enclosing descriptions by George Vance of surgical operations at Haslar Hospital, 1804.
Publication/Creation
c.1783-1804
Physical description
4 pieces
Finding aids
Database description taken from that in: Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine, 1999).