Items acquired with the Morrison and Hobson papers, including reports of missionary societies and their hospitals in China
- Date:
- 1839-1872
- Reference:
- MS.5852
- Part of:
- Morrison and Hobson Families
- Archives and manuscripts
Collection contents
About this work
Description
Miscellaneous printed items deposited by Archibald Hobson relating to his grandfather B. Hobson M.D. and to the work of the protestant missionaries in China. The collection includes translations of texts, cuttings referring to the work of Benjamin Hobson, obituary notices and reports of missionary societies and their hospitals in China.
Some items carry inscriptions giving information as to their use and provenance.
Publication/Creation
1839-1872
Physical description
69 items Printed.
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).