A Treatise on Gynæcology

On flyleaf John Fenwick. 1744. [Born 1722; M.D. St. Andrews, 1745; practised at Morpeth; died 1783.] Title on fo. 1. "Tractatus | Contineus universos | Mulierum | morbos | Cui accedit | Historia Partus | Cl. (Abbreviation for "Clarissimi.") Albini." The text is written by the same hand throughout on alternate leaves. The first treatise is paged 1-214, the second has no title-page, and is paginated 1-137. There are a few marginal additions by another hand. The manuscript is based upon the lectures of Bernard Albinus at Leiden (cf. MSS. Nos. 56 and 65).

18th century

358 folios 4to. 20 × 15.5 cm. Original boards and vellum back.

Of this gynæcological treatise, there are two other copies in the collection, MSS. Nos. 72 and 93.

Described in: Warren R. Dawson, Manuscripta medica. A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the Library of the Medical Society of London (London, 1932).