James Maxwell (fl. early 19th century): Prize Essay on Yaws
- Maxwell, James, fl. 1839
- Date:
- 1820s-1830s
- Reference:
- MS.8175
- Archives and manuscripts
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Description
"Prize Essay on Yaws": incomplete. Dealing chiefly with case notes.
Publication/Creation
1820s-1830s
Physical description
1 file (12 pages) 12 pages clipped together. Original numbering runs 93-109, 200-203 renumbered 110-112, and 47.
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Acquisition note
Transferred from the Library's printed ephemera collection, where it was found in August 2004. The original provenance is not known.
Biographical note
James Maxwell MD was surgeon to the Annotta Bay Marine Hospital, Jamaica, and wrote this essay drawing on his experiences in the West Indies. The Essay was awarded the Gold Medal of the Senatus Academicus of the University of Edinburgh and published as Observations on yaws and its influence in originating leprosy (Edinburgh, 1839).
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Accession number
- 1270