Power, Sir William Henry (1842-1916)

Date:: 1888

Reference:: MS.1723/6

Part of:: Collectanea: Pathology, etc. II. Seven short works. Mostly Author's holograph MSS

Archives and manuscripts

Collection contents

Collectanea: Pathology, etc. II. Seven short works. Mostly Author's holograph MSSMS.1723
- Collectanea: Pathology, etc. II.: octavo materialMS.1723/6-7
  - Power, Sir William Henry (1842-1916)MS.1723/6

About this work

Description

Notes of cases of vaccination. Produced in London.

Publication/Creation

1888

Physical description

3ll + 14bl ll + 7ll 3 ll. + 14 bl. ll. + 7 ll. 8vo. 18 x 111/2 cm.. Original boards. Partly written in pencil.

Biographical note

The author had a distinguished career in the Public Health Service. Joining the Local Government Board as Assistant Inspector in 1871, he became Principal Medical Officer in 1889, resigning in 1908. He was elected F.R.S. in 1895 and knighted in 1908. [Cf. B.M.J. 1916, ii, pp. 303-307].

Finding aids

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).