Liston, Robert (1794-1847), Professor of Clinical Surgery, University College London

  • Robert Liston, 1794-1847, Professor of Clinical Surgery, University College London
Date:
1834-1864
Reference:
MSS.6084-6096
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Liston, Robert (1794-1847), Professor of Clinical Surgery, University College London
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Description

Letters from Robert Liston to his friend and former assistant, James Miller (1812-1864), who was Professor of Surgery at Edinburgh from 1842; plus one note of a public dinner given to Liston on his retirement (MS.6096)

Publication/Creation

1834-1864

Physical description

13 files Partly copies.

Acquisition note

Sotheby's (Billingshurst) 29 Jan. 1987, lot 1609. Purchased subsequently from Arthur Middleton. Acquired together with MSS. 6096-6104.

Finding aids

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).

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  • acc. 347699