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John Rowand Fonds
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- Source of title proper: Based on the documents in the fonds.
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Fonds
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CA OSLER P018
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1780-1782 (Creation)
- Creator
- Rowand, John, active 1780-1782
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Physical description
13 cm of textual records (4 items)
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Name of creator
(active 1780-1782)
Biographical history
John Rowand was a medical student at the University of Edinburgh. Later, he became Assistant-surgeon at the Hôtel-Dieu Hospital of Montreal, ca. 1782.
Custodial history
Transferred from Medical Library in 1958. Old accessions numbers 345, 400, 457.
Scope and content
The fonds consists of John Rowand's manuscript notebooks of lectures in medicine at the University of Edinburgh, 1780-1782. The material is divided into 4 folders: 1. Dr. Alexander Monro on surgery; 2. Dr. Andrew Duncan on the Practice of medicine; 3. Dr. William Irvine's chemical lectures vol. 1; 4. Dr. William Irvine's chemical lectures vol. 2.
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English
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The documents are in English.
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Items can be requested for consultation online via the Library Catalogue or by email at osler.library@mcgill.ca. Advance notice is recommended.
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Osler Database ID
4537
Osler Fonds ID
8
Osler Alternate ID
P18
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- University of Edinburgh (Subject)