Diplomas and certificates

1 Attendance at lectures on anatomy and surgery. Signed by William Hunter, London, 15 May 1772

2 Attendance at lectures on physic, material medica and chemistry. Signed by George Fordyce, [London], 1 Dec. 1772

3 Attendance at lectures on midwifery. Signed by Thomas Denman and William Osborn, London, 4 Dec 1772

4-5 Physical Society, Guy's Hospital, London. Honorary associateship, 20 Feb. 1802; testimonial to the efficacy of vaccination, signed by 112 members of the Society, 25 Feb. 1802

6 Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh. Honorary membership 7 March 1802

7 Freedom of the City of London 11 Aug. 1803

8 Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Honorary doctorate of Law 31 Aug. 1803

9 Royal Humane Society of London. Honorary membership 14 Sept. 1803.

10 Freedom of the City of Dublin 19 Oct 1804

1772-1804

10 items Partly membrane. Various sizes.

From the Mockler collection. Purchased from M Pedersen, 1911.

Select images of this work were taken by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum: WT/D/1/20/1/44/22, WT/D/1/20/1/44/23, WT/D/1/20/1/44/15

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).