Barham, Thomas Foster (1794-1869), physician and classical scholar

Diary. Kept intermittently over a period of 48 years, the diary contains reflections on Barham's health, medical practice, religious life and association with Unitarianism (with copies of two letters to the Revd James Martineau), family matters and other topics, including education and clothing in relation to health (ff. 99-101). Also included are narratives of the illness and deaths of his wife and daughter in 1836 (ff. 17-48), and of visits to his brothers Charles Foster Barham, MD, and Francis Foster Barham.

1818-1866

1 volume 1 volume: 212 × 133 mm., 122 ff. (16, 59-70 blank). Half morocco binding, probably of the second half of the 19th cent. Ff. 1-70 (198 × 127 mm.) and ff. 71-122 (208 × 127 mm.) previously bound separately.

Purchased from Henry Bristow, 1990.

Database description transcribed from 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).