Clapham, William (fl. 1750-1785), M.D.

Formulary and notebook of William Clapham, a graduate of Edinburgh Medical School (M.D. 1775). Containing medical notes and receipts, some apparently abstracted from (University?) manuscripts listed on the end flyleaf. With some later family accounts. ff. 1r.-2v. Notes and exercises in medical latin. ff. 3r.-50v. Formulae et casus: prescriptions, many copied from reports on cases at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary treated by John Gregory (1724-73) and William Cullen (1710-90), the latter from 1772-3. ff. 51r.-80r. Largely blank, occasional accounts of Richard Clapham, Liverpool, 1833-35. ff. 80v.-90v. Additional receipts, generally extracted from printed sources, with preliminary definitions from (unidentified) lectures on the institutions of medicine.

1775-1835

90 ff. 1 vol., 320 × 100 mm. Vellum binding. List of medical authorities on front cover.

Purchased from Bloomsbury Book Auctions, 25 June 1992, lot 140.

Inscribed 'Ex Libris Gulielmi' Clapham M.D.', front flyleaf.

Described in typescript supplements, by Christopher Hilton and Richard Aspin, to the Library's published finding aids.