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Includes a paper relating to a coin swallowed by Isambard Brunel

Inscription on title page: ‘Presented to the St George’s Hospital Library by Mr Willisford 1836’

Full title: ‘Dr Boerhaave’s Academical Lectures on the Theory of Physic Being a Genuine Translation of his Institutes and Explanatory Comment, Collated and adjusted to each other, as they were dictated to this Students at the University of Leyden’

Inscription on flyleaf: ‘With the author’s compliments’

Inscription on flyleaf: ‘Jan 8th 1901’

The inside cover reveals the book was once owned by Mr Frederick G. Peck of St George's Hospital before being presented to the Medical School Library.

Embryology, Vol. I, Part I
General Anatomy or Histology, Vol. I, Part II
Osteology, Vol. II, Part I
Arthrology, Myology, Angeiology, Vol. II, Part II
The Spinal Cord and Brain, Vol. III, Part I
The Nerves, Vol. III, Part II
Organs of the Senses, Vol. III, Part III
Splanchnology, Vol. III, Part IV
Superficial and Surgical Anatomy, Appendix

Tenth edition

Inscription on flyleaf: ‘Purchased by Dr G. Edwards, 31.3.1949 who presented it to the Library to complete the set’

Second edition by Harold Barwell

Inscription on title page (Vol I): ‘London Hospital Medical Library 1904’

Four volumes: I (General Pathology); II (Local Injuries. Diseases of the Eye); III (Operative Surgery; Diseases of the Organs of Special Sense, Respiration, Circulation, Locomotion, and Innervation); IV (Diseases of the Organs of Digestion, of the Genito-Urinary System, of the Breast, Thyroid Gland, and Skin; Appendix of Miscellaneous Subjects)

Ex libris of the Library of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow pasted inside the front cover, inscribed ‘7th Oct 1869’ (Vol I); ‘8th Jan 1870’ (Vol II); ‘9th Jan 1871’ (Vol IV); ‘27/5/71’ (Vol V)

Second edition. Five volumes (Vol III missing): I (General Pathology); II (Local Injuries. Diseases of the Eye); III (Operative Surgery; Diseases of the Organs of Special Sense, Respiration, Circulation, Locomotion, and Innervation); IV (Diseases of the Organs of Digestion, of the Genito-Urinary System, of the Breast, Thyroid Gland, and Skin; Appendix of Miscellaneous Subjects); V (Diseases of the Genital Organs, of the Breast, Thyroid Glad, and Skin; Operative Surgery)

Inscription on flyleaf: ‘With the author’s compliments’

Attached within article ‘Directions for the Treatment of Persons bit by Mad Animals’ a newspaper cutting, annotated in pencil ‘Diary Feb 11 1791’ entitled ‘On the Bite of a Mad Dog’ and letters by Robert Jackson and Jesse Foot; and a manuscript note entitled ‘Hydrophobia cured by Vinegar’

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 May 1946
Date of death: 8 May 1946
Disease (transcribed): Multiple cerebral abscesses due to bronchiectasis and lung abscess
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Brain); Bronchiectasis (Lung); Abscess (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Levick, Claude Blaxland
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, heart, lungs, stomach and liver
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Kitchen porter
Age: 61
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Mar 1946
Date of death: 3 May 1946
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of the left lower bronchus
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Bronchi)
Admitted under the care of: Feiling, Anthony
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Skeletal system, central nervous system, circulatory system, respiratory system, intestinal system, genito-urinary, spleen and endocrines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housewife
Age: 72
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Apr 1946
Date of death: 26 Apr 1946
Disease (transcribed): Clinical diagnosis: Bronchiectasis. ? Cerebral abscess
Disease (standardised): Bronchiectasis (Lung); Abscess (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Feiling, Anthony
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No autopsy
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 84
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Mar 1946
Date of death: 2 Apr 1946
Disease (transcribed): Clinical diagnosis: Bronchopneumonia
Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Feiling, Anthony
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No autopsy
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Saleswoman
Age: 64
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Mar 1946
Date of death: 25 Mar 1946
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of the breast with secondary deposits in the lungs
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Breast); Carcinoma (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Feiling, Anthony
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Skeletal system, central nervous system, circulatory system, respiratory system, intestinal system, genito-urinary, spleen and endocrines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Railway DVR
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Mar 1946
Date of death: 25 Mar 1946
Disease (transcribed): Cardiac failure due to chronic bronchitis and emphysema
Disease (standardised): Failure (Heart); Bronchitis (Lung); Emphysema (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Levick, Claude Blaxland
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Skeletal system, circulatory system, respiratory system, intestinal system, genito-urinary, spleen and endocrines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Jan 1946
Date of death: 9 Jan 1946
Disease (transcribed): Broncho pneumonia due to chronic bronchitis and emphysema
Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Emphysema (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Levick, Claude Blaxland
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Skeletal system, central nervous system, circulatory system, respiratory system, intestinal system, genito-urinary, spleen and endocrines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Accountant
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Feb 1946
Date of death: 12 Mar 1946
Disease (transcribed): Clinical diagnosis: Stricture of urethra. Pulmonary embolism
Disease (standardised): Constriction (Urethra); Embolism (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Riddell, Victor Horsley Hume
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: n/a
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Company director
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Feb 1946
Date of death: 9 Mar 1946
Disease (transcribed): Broncho pneumonia and emphysema
Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lung); Emphysema (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bellingham-Smith, Eric
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Skeletal system, central nervous system, circulatory system, respiratory system, intestinal system, genito-urinary, spleen and endocrines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Foreman warehouseman
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Mar 1946
Date of death: 2 Mar 1946
Disease (transcribed): Acute on chronic bronchitis and emphysema
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Emphysema (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Feiling, Anthony
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Meninges, heart, pleural cavities, lungs, stomach, liver and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Kitchen porter
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Feb 1946
Date of death: 28 Feb 1946
Disease (transcribed): Cardiac failure due to chronic bronchitis and emphysema
Disease (standardised): Failure (Heart); Bronchitis (Lung); Emphysema (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bellingham-Smith, Eric
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Skeletal system, central nervous system, circulatory system, respiratory system, intestinal system, genito-urinary, spleen and endocrines
Type of incident: n/a