Volume 1

Descriptive catalogue of the preparations in the museum of St. Thomas's Hospital.

Date:
1847-59
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Descriptive catalogue of the preparations in the museum of St. Thomas's Hospital. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    Previous to 1814, there was only a List of the Preparations at the Hospital, in a book, written by Mr. Astley Cooper, but at what time is unknown. After that part of the collection specially made by Mr. Cooper, had been incorporated with that already at the Hospital in 1814, the whole of the Healthy and Patholo- gical Anatomy was carefully looked over by him, and by Mr. Henry Cline, and from their dictation, another list in a book was written by Mr. John F. South, to which from time to time additions were made by him, by Dr. Nathaniel Lister, and by Dr. Barker, who have severally held the office of Curator. Such records of cases as could be readily obtained from the Surgical Lectures of Sir Astley Cooper, or from other sources, were com- menced in another book by Dr. N. Lister, and by Mr. John F. South, and these from time to time have been increased by histories from the Case Books of soine of the Medical Officers of the Hospital. Of late years, a more careful record has been preserved of the new preparations added to the Collection. That the histories of very many of the more valuable old preparations have been preserved in the medical publications of the time is beyond doubt; and careful search having been made, an abstract from them, and reference to the sources from whence obtained, will be given. John F. South.