Notebook of patient case histories compiled by Richard Hey, and notes on medical topics by his brother William Hey II
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Type of record: Archive
Title: Notebook of patient case histories compiled by Richard Hey, and notes on medical topics by his brother William Hey II
Classmark: MS 1991/2/2
Original reference: MS 560
Creator(s): Hey, William (1772-1844); Hey, Richard (1789)
Date(s): 1785-c.1796
Size and medium: 1 volume
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/487665
Collection group(s): Medical Collections
Description
Bound volume contains notes at the front and the reverse. From the front of the volume are notes on medical topics, such as the symptoms of and treatments for tetanus, which appear to be written by William Hey (1772-1844). 'William Hey' is inscribed in the front fly-leaf, and the notes are numbered from 996 to 1239. Before the re-binding of the volume, the spine label read 'Hunter's lectures'.
At the back of the volume, the fly-leaf is inscribed with: 'Richd Hey Octobr 1785 William Hey junr 1796'. There are approximately 48 medical cases recorded here by Richard Hey of patients observed at St Thomas' Hospital, London. This part of the volume is paginated.
A number of pages in the middle of the volume are unused.
Provenance
Previously catalogued under the artificial collection SC MS Case Notes.
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