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Total number of records: 89

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Medical Collections87
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society1

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general surgery2
obstetrics2
anatomy1
cadaver1
climatology1
dissection1
hospitals, general1
meteorites1
midwifery1
schools, medical1

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Hey, William (1736-1819)6
Hey, William (1772-1844)5
Hey, John (1777-1801)3
Hey, Richard (1789)3
Farish, William (1759-1837)2
Hey, Samuel (1815-1888)2
Hey, William (1796-1875)1
Hey, William (1811-1882)1
Pearson, John (1758-1826)1
Sharp, William (1769-1833)1

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Hey Family Collection

Hey, Richard (1789); Hey, William (1772-1844); Hey, Samuel (1815-1888); Hey, William (1736-1819)

1759-1842

The collection includes papers, correspondence and medical casebooks by members of the Hey family, surgeons of Leeds. The casebooks form the bulk of the collection, with 21 medical and obstetrical c...

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PRINTED ELEVATION AND FLOORPLAN OF SEDBERGH SCHOOL AND MASTERS HOUSE

18th century

The ichnography or platform of Sedbergh School and masters house, as it is designed to be built. Printed for and sold by Jo. Smith in Exeter Exchange in the Strand, London

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Correspondence from Samuel Hey (1815-1888) to his brother William Hey (1811-1882)

Hey, Samuel (1815-1888)

12 Feb 1828-28 Oct 1842

Contains 34 letters from Samuel Hey to his older brother, William Hey. The letters start from when Samuel was studying at Cox's School in Gainsborough, and move on to his medical training at Leeds a...

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Notebooks of case histories in obstetrics

Hey, William (1736-1819)

May 1759-Nov 1807

The 10 manuscript notebooks contain descriptions of obstetrics patient cases that William Hey I attended through his private medical and midwifery practice. Each case includes information about the pa...

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Notebooks of medical and surgical case histories

Hey, William (1736-1819)

1763-1809

The 12 manuscript notebooks contain descriptions of patient cases that William Hey I attended through his private medical and midwifery practice, including details of symptoms and treatment given.

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Notebook of medical and surgical case histories compiled by William Hey I, Richard Hey and his brother William Hey II
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Notebook of medical and surgical case histories compiled by William Hey I, Richard Hey and his brother William Hey II

Hey, William (1772-1844); Hey, Richard (1789)

1780-1828

Manuscript, paginated notebook bound with parchment with 'W Hey' written on the front cover. The fly-leaf is inscribed with 'Rd Hey 1781 William Hey junr. 1795'. Contains 26 patient cases, some whi...

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Notes and articles by William Hey, presented to the Philosophical and Literary Society, Leeds, known as 'The Hey Papers'

Hey, William (1736-1819)

1783-1952

Contains three sets of notes attributed to William Hey I on various topics, which he presented as articles to the Philosophical and Literary Society, Leeds. These original notes were rediscovered i...

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Correspondence from Richard Walker to William Hey

1784-1785

Comprised of three letters from Richard Walker senior, Royal Apothecary of St James Street, London, to William Hey I. The letters mainly relate to the training of medical practitioners in Leeds.

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Letter from William Hey I to his son Richard Hey

Hey, William (1736-1819)

3 Mar 1787

The letter is a request to Richard Hey from his father, William Hey, to procure a cadaver to be used for teaching anatomy at the Leeds General Infirmary. Richard was residing in Southwark, London, so ...

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