[Notice of the sale of the collection of pathological drawings belonging to the late Dr. William Thomson].

Date:
[1853?]
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Credit: [Notice of the sale of the collection of pathological drawings belonging to the late Dr. William Thomson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Collection op Pathological Drawings belonging to the late Dr. William Thomson, Professor of the Practice of Physic in the University of Glasgow, is about to be sold. This Collection consists in all of about 2,400 delineations. Of these more than a half, or about 1,250, are original unpublished coloured representations of the morbid appearances and structures observed in various diseases. Many of these are from rare aud remarkable cases, and the most of them are accompanied by detailed histories of the symptoms during life, and of the dissection. Of these 1,250 original Drawings, about 800 were executed by- Mr., uow Sir Robert Carswell, M.D., previous to the year 1820, some iu this country, from cases coming under the notice of Dr. John Thomson of Edinburgh, and of his son, Dr. William Thomson, but the majority in the great hospitals of Paris, Lyons, Home, and other continental cities, to which Mr. Carswell was sent tor several years by Dr. Thomson, accompanied by Dr. William Thomson. Of the remainder, about 350 are by various experienced artists, such as Patrick Syme, Schetkey, M'Artnev, {the latter of whom acquired great experience and ability- in the delineations of diseases,) &c., and are, like those of Carswell, finished water colour drawings of original cases of disease. The remaining 100 are slight sketches in a less finished style. The other part of the Collection, (consisting of 1,150 Drawings,; may be described under two divisions, viz. :— 1st. W ater Coloured Drawings and Paintings, amounting in all to about Zi5, are either representations of Pathological preparations in various museums of London, Paris, Edinburgh, and Glasgow, or have been copied from published plates.