Lecture notes on medical topics, reputedly delivered by James Gregory and Joseph Adams

Description

Anonymous manuscript notes from lectures in medicine, delivered by James Gregory (1753-1821), and a Dr Adams, presumably Joseph Adams (1756-1818).


168 pages in total; pp. 1-89 contain notes from the lectures by Gregory [referred to as 'Dr G' or 'Dr Gy'], and pp. 94-161 are notes from the lectures of Dr Adams. Text mainly written on rectos only. pp.90-93 and pp.162-168 are blank.


Some of topics of Gregory's lectures include:

Diarrhoea, Diabetes, Hysteria, Hydrophobia [Rabies], Melancholia, Mania, Cachexia, Intumescentice, Flatuosae Pneumatosis, Hydrocephalus externus, Ascites, Hydrometra, Hydrocele, Rachitis [Rickets], Scrofula [Tuberculosis, Lymph Node], Syphilis, Gonorrhea, Scurvy, and Jaundice.


Some of the topics of Dr Adam's lectures include:

Inflammation, Fevers, Hemorrhage, Dropsy [Edema], Asthma, Angina Pectoris, Indigestion, Jaundice, Diabetes, Tetanus, Chorea, Hysteria, Hypochondrians, Scarlatina [Scarlet Fever], Hydrophobia [Rabies], Venereal disease, Gonorrhea, Diseases of the Throat, Croup, Cholera, Contracted Pylorus, Diarrhoea, Inflammation of the kidneys, Epidemics, Chicken pox, Small pox, Psora, Hereditary Diseases, Carcinoma, Apoplexy [Stroke], Epilepsy, Yaws.


References to the work of various physicians and surgeons throughout, including: Dr [William] Cullen, Dr [?Matthew]Dobson of Liverpool, Dr [Alexander] Monro Jnr, Dr Watts, Dr Hamilton, Dr Rutherford, Dr J Fothergill, Dr Mead of Sydenham, Dr Simon Brown, Dr Reid of Glasgow, Dr Crawford, Mr Hunter.

Biography or history

James Gregory (1753-1821) was a physician from Aberdeen. He was appointed Professor of Institutes of Medicine at Edinburgh in 1776 and Professor of Practice of Medicine in 1790. He became engaged in controversy with Dr Alexander and James Hamilton (managers of Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and the College of Physicians), and was suspended from his fellowship of the Edinburgh College of Physicians in 1808.


Joseph Adams (1756-1818) was a physician from London.


Sources:

Paul Lawrence, ‘Gregory, James (1753–1821)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/11466, accessed 23 Feb 2017]

Jean Loudon, ‘Adams, Joseph (1756–1818)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Sept 2014 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/124, accessed 23 Feb 2017]

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Transferred to Special Collections in 1981. Previously catalogued under an artificial collection, SC MS Case notes.

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Front board is completely detached; some pages loose from the binding.

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