Ager, Joseph (1780-1857) (& others)

Notes of lectures on the theory and practice of medicine by Joseph Ager: followed by notes of lectures on surgery by Sir B. C. Brodie, and on the theory and practice of midwifery, by Sir Charles Mansfield Clarke, Dr John Clarke etc. Taken down by an unnamed student. The first set of notes ends 'Finis by Dr. Ager'. The attribution of the lectures on surgery (pp. 271-448) to Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie [1783-1862], and of the obstetrical lectures to Sir Charles Mansfield Clarke [1782-1857] is derived from internal evidence. Produced in London.

c.1812-1814

1 volume 7 [8] bl. ll. + 651 pp. + 19 ll. (last 15 bl.). 8vo. 18 x 12 cm. Original half-calf binding defective. One of the preliminary leaves has been cut out.

Purchased at Sotheby's, 19/12/1931, Lot 500 (part).

Joseph Ager obtained his M.D. at Oxford in 1810, and was elected F.R.C.P. in the following year: he was afterwards physician to the Marylebone Infirmary. [Cf. Munk's Roll, Vol. III., pp. 97, 98.]

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).