The Royal College of Physicians and Its Collections
Author: Geoffrey Davenport
Publisher: Royal College of Physicians
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780907383833
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Geoffrey Davenport
Publisher: Royal College of Physicians
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780907383833
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Richard Julian Roberts
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 458
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →John Dee (1527-1609) has emerged as one of the most influential figures in the intellectual history of Tudor England. Though best known in his own time as a mathematician, he had a host of other interests (including navigation, astrology and astronomy, cabbala, alchemy, paracelsian medicine, and Welsh history) and was one of the first scholars to advocate collecting manuscripts from the dissolved monastic libraries. Indeed his own library was perhaps the largest assembled in England by one man before 1600. This study, which includes a facsimile of the detailed catalogue of 1583, recounts for the first time the growth of Dee's library, the raid made upon it during his absence in Poland, and its dispersal after his death. The book also describes the location of his surviving books and manuscripts.
Author: Alastair Compston
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Published: 2018-06-28
Total Pages: 112
ISBN-13: 1408706393
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Royal College of Physicians celebrates its 500th anniversary in 2018, and to observe this landmark is publishing this series of ten books. Each of the books focuses on fifty themed elements that have contributed to making the RCP what it is today, together adding up to 500 reflections on 500 years. Some of the people, ideas, objects and manuscripts featured are directly connected to the College, while others have had an influence that can still be felt in its work. This, the ninth book in the series looks at the libraries and archive of the Royal College.
Author: Sir George Norman Clark
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1964
Total Pages: 550
ISBN-13: 9780199253340
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Volume 4 examines the way in which the Royal College of Physicians has adapted to far-reaching changes in medical knowledge, social attitudes and the organization of health. At the same time it illuminates the history of the NHS and examines controversial public issues such as smoking.
Author: Leon J. Fine
Publisher: Royal College of Physicians
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9781860162992
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This short monograph commemorates the 400th anniversary of William Harvey becoming a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and his legacy to the RCP library and its librarians.
Author: Louella Vaughan
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Published: 2017-06-22
Total Pages: 112
ISBN-13: 1408706334
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Royal College of Physicians celebrates its 500th anniversary in 2018, and to observe this landmark is publishing this series of ten books. Each of the books focuses on fifty themed elements that have contributed to making the RCP what it is today, together adding up to 500 reflections on 500 years. Some of the people, ideas, objects and manuscripts featured are directly connected to the College, while others have had an influence that can still be felt in its work. This, the sixth book in the series looks at the history of the Royal College.
Author: Rina Knoeff
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-03-09
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 131703192X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Almost every medical faculty possesses anatomical and/or pathological collections: human and animal preparations, wax- and other models, as well as drawings, photographs, documents and archives relating to them. In many institutions these collections are well-preserved, but in others they are poorly maintained and rendered inaccessible to medical and other audiences. This volume explores the changing status of anatomical collections from the early modern period to date. It is argued that anatomical and pathological collections are medically relevant not only for future generations of medical faculty and future research, but they are also important in the history of medicine, the history of the institutions to which they belong, and to the wider understanding of the cultural history of the body. Moreover, anatomical collections are crucial to new scholarly inter-disciplinary studies that investigate the interaction between arts and sciences, especially medicine, and offer a venue for the study of interactions between anatomists, scientists, anatomical artists and other groups, as well as the display and presentation of natural history and medical cabinets. In considering the fate of anatomical collections - and the importance of the keeper’s decisions with respect to collections - this volume will make an important methodological contribution to the study of collections and to discussions on how to preserve universities’ academic heritage.
Author: Karen Attar
Publisher: Facet Publishing
Published: 2016-05-31
Total Pages: 609
ISBN-13: 1783300167
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This directory is a handy on-volume discovery tool that will allow readers to locate rare book and special collections in the British Isles. Fully updated since the second edition was published in 1997. this comprehensive and up-to-date guide encompasses collections held in libraries, archives, museums and private hands. The Directory: Provides a national overview of rare book and special collections for those interested in seeing quickly and easily what a library holds Directs researchers to the libraries most relevant for their research Assists libraries considering acquiring new special collections to assess the value of such collections beyond the institution,showing how they fit into a ‘unique and distinctive’ model. Each entry in the Directory provides background information on the library and its purpose, full contact details, the quantity of early printed books, information about particular subject and language strengths, information about unique works and important acquisitions, descriptions of named special collections and deposited collections. Readership: Researchers, academic liaison librarians and library managers.