- GB 406 PP/GC
- Série
- 1903-1990s
Fait partie de Personal papers and correspondence
Fait partie de Personal papers and correspondence
Papers relating to John Hunter
Fait partie de Personal papers and correspondence
The collection relates to Hunter’s dispute with St George’s Hospital and the division of pupils’ fees among the surgeons, which Hunter perceived as unfair, arguing he brought in more pupils than the other surgeons. The dispute culminated in a meeting in Oct 1793 at the hospital, during which Hunter suffered a heart attack and died.
In addition to the papers relating to the dispute, there are some additional notes, some collected by Charles Hawkins and some by George Edwards. These include copies of two letters from John Hunter’s pupil James Williams to his sister, describing working with Hunter, dissections and the work of the so-called ‘Resurrection Men’, and describing Hunter’s death. These were acquired apparently from a descendant of Williams by Edwards; the location of the original letters is unknown.
Correspondence relating to Hunter’s dispute with St George’s Hospital
Fait partie de Personal papers and correspondence
Fait partie de Personal papers and correspondence
Weekly Board 12 Oct 1791, called to consider objections made ‘to the attendance of physicians pupils at operations’, signed by James Robertson, Matthew Baillie, George Pearson, John Burges and Stephen Aisley
Weekly Board 2 May 1787, called to consider suspension of by-law prohibiting physicians and surgeons from recommending assistants or deputies, signed by Robert Hallifax, William Bromfeild, John Jackson, Thomas Robinson and John Tetlow. A manuscript annotated signed ‘C.H.’ [Charles Hawkins] notes that Thomas Keate and Everard Home were elected assistant surgeons.
Other papers relating to John Hunter
Fait partie de Personal papers and correspondence
Typescript notes regarding Anne Hunter
Fait partie de Personal papers and correspondence
Biographical notes on John Hunter's wife Anne Hunter
Fait partie de Personal papers and correspondence
Painting by Johann Zoffany of an anatomical session with audience, featuring John Hunter and William Hunter. Cutting from a book or a journal
Envelope entitled ‘John Hunter leaves St George’s Hospital Oct 16 1793’
Fait partie de Personal papers and correspondence
Envelope empty. Not dated (20th c.)
Receipts relating to William Brown Exhibition
Fait partie de Personal papers and correspondence
Photocopies from the Lancet of articles by Charles Hawkins relating to the Hunter correspondence
Fait partie de Personal papers and correspondence
'John Hunter’ (The Lancet 1886 (2): 36-37), Hawkins states that he has Hunter’s correspondence relating to the ‘unfortunate disagreement’ between him and St George’s Hospital, explaining the circumstances at the time and including extracts from the letters
'Medical education in former days’ (The Lancet 1888 (2): 595-596), transcriptions from the manuscripts in his possession
Lists of house surgeons at St George’s Hospital 1735-1852
Fait partie de Personal papers and correspondence
List of house surgeons to St George’s Hospital 1733-1756; List of house surgeons 1749-1789; List of house surgeons 1755-1852; notes regarding St George’s history and its relation to other institutions. Written in different hands. Not dated
Personal papers and correspondence
Collections of personal papers relating to former members of staff or students of St George's
Sans titre
Photographs of Davies and his family
Fait partie de Personal papers and correspondence
Two portraits of Davies, family photographs of Davies, his wife Charlotte and his daughters Jeanette (b.1860) and Florence (b.1864), with captions at the back
Fait partie de Personal papers and correspondence
The papers include material relating to epidemiology and smallpox in particular, including correspondence, a notebook, smallpox testing kit and publications relating to smallpox in the 1960s.
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Copy of marriage certificate of William Albert Davies and Elizabeth Jenetta Bolton
Fait partie de Personal papers and correspondence
Copy of marriage certificate of William Albert Davies and Elizabeth Jenetta Bolton, 1801
Fait partie de Personal papers and correspondence
List of items with a note from Davies asking his mother to send them to him, accompanied by a list ‘sent to John Jan 7. 1839[?]’, including a claret jug, 6 caraffes, spoons, wine glasses, napkins etc.
Certificate from the School of Anatomy adjoining Saint George’s Hospital
Fait partie de Personal papers and correspondence
Certificate from the School of Anatomy adjoining Saint George’s Hospital, signed by Samuel Lane and John Harrison, 1 May 1839
Certificate from the Royal College of Surgeons in London
Fait partie de Personal papers and correspondence
Certificate from the Royal College of Surgeons in London, signed by Astley Cooper, Anthony Carlisle, George James Guthrie, Anthony White, John G. Andrews, B.G. Brodie and Samuel Cooper, 3 Jun 1839
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Copy of the will of Davies, 1860 naming wife Charlotte Wadeworth Davies
Memoranda relating to birth dates
Fait partie de Personal papers and correspondence
‘Memoranda’ detailing the birth dates of John’s family and dates of Charlotte’s subsequent marriage , nd (c.1872)
Fait partie de Personal papers and correspondence
Fait partie de Personal papers and correspondence
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Fait partie de Personal papers and correspondence
Fait partie de Personal papers and correspondence
Fait partie de Personal papers and correspondence
Printed letter by John Gunning, William Walker and Thomas Keate, including a letter from John Hunter ‘which is to be the subject of your consideration on Friday next’. Hunter’s letter regards the division of pupils’ fees and their instruction