MS – Manuscript Series
This list contains details of individual manuscript items held to the archive of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland.
All items on this list are subject to the access conditions laid out in the Heritage Centre Guidelines. Copying of archive material is subject to the conditions laid out in the Heritage Centre Copying Guidelines
MS/1 World Health Organisation Stamps 24 June 1948
Extent: 1 item
Creator: World Health Organisation
Description: Sheet of headed note paper from the World Health Organisation with nine stamps issued to mark the first meeting of the World Health Organisaiton, all the stamps are franked Geneve 24.VI.48
MS/2 Smallpox First Day Cover 18 September Extent: 2 items 1978
Creator: The Department of Posts and Telegraphs
Description: First day cover issued by the Irish post office to mark the global eradication of small pox.
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MS/3 First National Congress of Tropical Medicine 1952 Commemorate Stamps
Extent: 22 pages
Creator: Ministerio do Ultramar, Lisboa
Description: Printed booklet, containing commemorative stamps, issued to mark the first national congress of tropical medicine held in Lisbon in 1952. Text is in Portuguese, French and English
Language: English French Portuguese
MS/4 General Bill of all the Christinings and Burials in 14 December London or Bills of Mortality 1685-13 December Extent: 1687 2 items
Creator: Company of Parish-Clerks of London
Description: Printed sheets showing the returns made by the Company of Parish Clerks of London for all christenings and burials in that city between 15 December 1685 and 14 December 1686, and between 14 December 1686 and 13 December 1687. The number of burials and christenings are details be parish, there are also details giving a breakdown of the causes of deaths.
MS/5 Notes on Pathology 1824-1825
Extent: 56 pages
Creator: Corrigan, Sir Dominic John, 1802-1880
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Description: Softbound volume containing manuscript lecture notes on pathology made by Dominic Corrigan while a medical student.
MS/6 Irish Medical Schools and Graduates Association 1938-1939
Extent: 4 items
Creator: McCullagh, William McKim Herbert, 1889-1964 Rowlette, Robert James, 1877-1944
Description: Two letters to Dr Rowlette from W McKim H McCullagh, the Hon. Metropolitan secretary of the Association informing him of his selection as President of the Association, with a printed list of Association members from 1938, and a letter from [L Kidd] about the Association's President's Badge.
MS/7 The League of Nations Society of Ireland 1 January 1925 Extent: 4 pages
Creator: The League of Nations Society of Ireland
Description: Printed publicity leaflet no 12 of the society, giving details of the league, extracts from the society's constitution, its objectives and the names of the President, Council and Committee.
MS/8 National Planning Conference October 1942, July Extent: 1943 2 items
Creator: The National Planning Conference
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Description: Information bulletins issued by the National Planning Conference. Bulletin 2, October 1942, 'Planning foundations - Some Vital Facts and Symptoms' and Bulletin 6, July 1943, 'The Handbook of National Planning and Reconstruction'.
MS/9 Scheme for the Application of the Fund ... in favour of 23 April 1874 the Richmond National Institution for Instruction of Industrious Blind
Extent: 12 pages
Creator: William Goddard & Son, Law Agent
Description: Printed 'Scheme for the application of the fund bequeathed by the late Rev. Edward Pepper, as settled by the court in favour of the Richmond National Institution for Instruction of Industrious Blind', relating to the Chancery case between Thomas St. George Pepper and the Attorney General for Ireland.
MS/10 St Patrick's Ambulance Association [early twentieth Extent: century] 14 pages
Creator: St Patrick's Ambulance Association
Description: Printed rules and regulations for local committees of the St Patrick's Ambulance Association.
MS/11 Irish Medical Association Report and List of Members 1881
Extent: 60 pages
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Creator: Irish Medical Association
Description: Printed report and list of members of the Association for 1881, with details of the objectives of the association and a membership form.
MS/12 The Dublin Gymnasium 1902
Extent: 4 pages
Creator: The Dublin Gymnasium
Description: Printed flyer for the Dublin Gymnasium on Earlsfort Terrace, with details of teaching staff, term times, uniforms and the programme of classes available.
MS/13 Statement of the Irish Medical Schools & Graduates 1888 Assocation
Extent: 16 pages
Creator: Irish Medical Schools and Graduates Association
Description: Printed statement by the Association on the exclusion from hospital appointments in England of candidates holding the higher qualifcations of the Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons of Ireland, with details of the regulations for membership of the English and Irish Colleges.
MS/14 Letter from John Henry Foley 18 March 1873 Extent: 3 pages
Creator:
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Foley, John Henry, 1818-1874 Stokes, Margaret, 1832-1900
Description: Letter from John Henry Foley to Miss [Margaret] Stokes about the statue of her father Dr Stokes, which Foley was working on for the King and Queen's College of Physicians of Ireland.
MS/15 Dun's Hospital Case Books 1807-1809
Extent: 2 items
Creator: Unknown
Description: Two softbound manuscript case book kept by an unknown doctor or medical student, recording cases in Dun's Hospital at an unknown hospital. As well as the case notes there are manuscript notes on 'Doctor Boyton's Lectures' and some prescriptions.
MS/16 Apothecaries Resident in Dublin c.1850
Extent: c. 98 pages
Creator: Willis, Thomas, [d.1876]
Description: Softbound volume containing alphabetical arranged list of all apothecaries resident in Dublin from 1740 to c.1850, list gives name and location on shop. At the reverse of the volume is an additional alphabetically arranged list of abstracts of marriage licences in the consistorial court, Dublin, issued to medical practitioners from the seventeenth century to 1781.
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MS/17 To Miss Helen Faucit 1848
Extent: 1 item
Creator:
Description: Mounted photograph of a letter of appreciation addresses to Helen Faucit for her representation of Antigone on the stage in Dublin, with 35 signatures several of which are of medical men.
MS/18 Application for Professorship of Anatomy and Surgery 15 April 1813
Extent: 6 pages
Creator: Macartney, James, 1770-1843 Todderick, George Francis, b.1782
Description: Letter of application for the Professorship of Anatomy and Surgery in Trinity College Dublin, from James Macartney to George Todderick, as Registrar of the King and Queen's College of Physicians of Ireland. Letter contains a summary of Macartney's medical education and practice to date, including details of appointments and publications.
MS/19 Letter to Robert Travers 30 [September] Extent: 1836 3 pages
Creator: Travers, Robert, 1807-1888
Description: Letter from an unidentified doctor to Robert Travers arranging to meet to attend Robert Bentley Todd's
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introductory lecture at King's College, and also at another time to introduce Travers to 'Moore'.
MS/20 Letter from John Cheyne to Edward Percival 2 December 1818 Extent: 4 pages
Creator: Cheyne, John, 1777-1836 Percival, Edward, d.1819
Description: Letter from Dr Cheyne to Dr Percival, giving his opinion on James Macartney's 'anatomical communication', which seems to relate to the morbid appearances of fever in a recent epidemic. Cheyne has found different appearances to Macartney, he suggests this may be due to the nature of the bodies dissected. Cheyne has worked on the bodies of those who died in House of Industry whereas Macartney has to rely on bodies provided by grave robbing.
MS/21 Letter from Robert Graves to William Moore 20 May
Extent: 1 page
Creator: Graves, Robert James, 1796-1853 Moore, William Daniel, 1813-1871
Description: Undated note from Robert Graves to Willam Daniel Moore asking for his opinion on Robert Kane's paper and assistance in working out the formula, which Graves thinks may assist in his objections to the use 'of chemical nomenclature in medicine'.
MS/22 Letter from Whitley Stokes to his wife 22 June [1808] Extent: 3 pages
Creator:
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Stokes, Whitley, 1763-1845 Stokes, Mary Anne, fl early nineteenth century
Description: Letter from Whitley Stokes to his wife Mary Anne to be open in the case of his death. The letter gives Mary Anne advice on how Whitley would like their children to be educated and also the religious community they should belong to, the dissenting communion of Stand Street, Dublin.
MS/23 Degree of John Cuppage Douglas 24 February 1810 Extent: 1 membrane
Creator: Trinity College Dublin
Description: Degree certificate of MD awarded to John Cuppage Douglas by Trinity College Dublin
MS/24 Indenture of Apprenticeship 1 May 1853
Extent: 4 pages
Creator: Ledwich, Thomas Hawkesworth, 1823-1858 Granville, Alexander Ravenscroft, fl.1850s
Description: Indenture of apprenticeship made between Surgeon Thomas Ledwich and Alexander Granville. Ledwich agrees to teach Granville the practice of surgery over a period of five years for a payment of £95.
MS/25 Thesis on Psoriasis May 1951
Extent: 78 pages
Creator:
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Pritchard, Raymond Moore,
Description: Typescript of Pritchard thesis on 'Psoriasis - An investigation into the histology and cytology of psoriasis, with special reference to the process of keratinization in the disease and in normal skin; also a series of cases treated with arsenic', submitted to Trinity College for the degree of Doctor of Medicine.
MS/26 Examinations on Osler 1902, 1927
Extent: 2 items
Creator: St. Thomas's Hospital Gazette
Description: Cuttings from the St. Thomas's Hospital Gazette containing light-hearted examination on Osler's Textbook of Medicine 4th and 10th editions.
MS/27 William Harvey Tercentenary May 1928
Extent: 26 items
Creator: Winter, William Arthur, 1868-1935
Description: File of invites, menus, programmes and other items relating to the tercentenary celebrations for the publication of Harvey's De Motu Cordis, held in London in May 1928 and attended by Dr Winter as President of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. File also contains similar items from a conference on Rheumatic Diseases and annual meeting of the Association of Physicians of Great Britain and Ireland which Dr Winter attended as part of the same trip.
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MS/28 Medical Lecture Tickets 1801-1806
Extent: 4 items
Creator: Moore, John William, fl. 1800s
Description: Entrance tickets for medical lectures attended by John William Moore; Experimental Chemistry at the Dublin Society, Anatomy and Surgery at Trinity College Dublin and Dr Wilkinson's Philosophical Lectures.
MS/29 Indenture of Apprenticeship 1 October 1824 Extent: 1 page
Creator: Leney, William, fl. 1820s Holmes, John, fl. 1820s
Description: Indenture of apprenticeship between William Leney surgeon and apothecary of Strabane, county Tyrone and John Holmes.
MS/30 Indenture of Apprenticeship 4 August 1828 Extent: 1 page
Creator: Wadsworth, Godfrey Bingley, fl. 1820s Woodcock, Michael, fl. 1820s Merchant, Francis, fl.1820s
Description: Indenture of apprenticeship between Godfrey Wadsworth and Michael Woodcock and Francis Merchant surgeons and apothecaries of Hemsworth, York.
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MS/31 Deed of Assignment and Co-partnership 15 March 1823 Extent: 4 pages
Creator: Sinnett, Edward, fl.1820s Sinnett, Frederick, fl. 1820s O'Galligan, John, fl. 1820s
Description: Deed of assignment and co-partnership in which Edward Sinnett gives a half share of the interest in his two medicines (French Pills and Doctor Sinnett's Cordial Balm) and the copyright of his book entitled Practical observations on ... Nervous Atrophy' to John O'Galligan for the some of one hundred pounds, and the other half share to his son Frederick Sinnett.
MS/32 Reports of the National Vaccine Establishment 1811-1812
Extent: 2 items
Creator: National Vaccine Establishment
Description: Printed reports of the National Vaccine Establishment, as ordered by the House of Commons, dated May 1811 and March 1812
MS/33 Address to the Society of Metropolitan Medical 1881 Officers of Health
Extent: 4 pages
Creator: Cameron, Sir Charles Alexander, 1830-1921
Description: Printed copy of Cameron's address to the Society at the Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin.
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MS/34 Local Government Board's Prescribed List of Medical 1904-1905 and Surgical Appliances
Extent: 10 pages
Creator: Local Government Board for Ireland
Description: Order form for surgical and medical supplies with prices prescribed by the Local Government Board, for the use of the Unions' Boards of Guardians.
MS/35 Laboratory for Clinical Research [1898]
Extent: 4 pages
Creator: Earl, H C
Description: Advertising card for H C Earl's laboratory for clinical research on Leinster Street, card gives details of services offered and prices.
MS/36 Correspondence of John William Moore and May - June Apothecaries Hall 1879
Extent: 3 letters
Creator: Apothecaries' Hall of Ireland Moore, John William, 1845-1937
Description: Correspondence between the Apothecaries' Hall and John William Moore in relation to Moore's signature on a report of the Irish Medical Association relating to the status of Apothecaries' Hall. The Hall complains to Moore about his support of this report, in his draft reply Moore supports his actions and outlines why he
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feels that the Hall are not suited to award licenses to practice medicine or pharmacy.
MS/37 Correspondence of Professor Lyle and Mr Atkins 1899
Extent: 8 letters
Creator: Atkins, [D], fl. 1890s Lyle, Professor, fl.1890s
Description: Series of letters from Atkins, in Wanganella, New South Wales, to Professor Lyle regarding care of [his son] Dr Robert Lyle at the Rotunda Hospital. Letters refer to Atkin's investments on behalf of Professor Lyle. Series also contains one draft letter from Lyle to Atkins.
MS/38 The Application of Wet Thermal Atmospheres to Man 28 January 1957 Extent: 15 pages
Creator: Lyburn, E F St. John
Description: Typescript copy of paper, with covering letter, sent by Lyburn to the College.
MS/39 Hypertension and Coronary Disease 24 June 1957
Extent: 12 pages
Creator: White, Paul Dudley, 1886-1973
Description: Typescript, with manuscript annotations, of a speech given by Dr White to the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland.
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MS/40 The Changing Face of Medicine October 1956
Extent: 9 pages
Creator: Murphy, Cyril
Description: Typescript of a speech given by Murphy giving a personal view of the changes he has seen in medicine since the commencement of his career in 1918.
MS/41 Consumer Satisfaction with Maternity Services November 1984 Extent: c.150 pages
Creator: Johnson, Zachary
Description: Photocopy of a consumer satisfaction study carried out in Dublin Maternity Hospitals.
MS/42 Report to the Minister for Health January 1973
Extent: c.100 pages
Creator: The Irish National Council on Alcoholism
Description: Typescript of the report submitted to the Minister for Health.
MS/43 Irish Medical Students at Montpellier 2006
Extent: c.100 pages
Creator: Berlan, Helene,
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Description: Photocopy of sections of Helene Berlan's thesis 'Faire sa medicine au XVIIIe siecle. Recrutement et devenir professional des estudiants montpellierains' dealing with Irish students of medicine at Montpellier University in the eighteenth century. File contians photocopies of the database records of the 72 Irish students identified by Berlan.
The original thesis is in the Library of the University of Montpellier who provided this copy.
Language: French
MS/44 Presentation to J W Bigger March 1951
Extent: 1 item
Creator: Medical Research Council
Description: Board, part of a large presentation, to Professor J W Bigger in gratitude for his service as honorary secretary of the Council, with the signatures of eight [council members].
MS/45 Presentation to James Craig 1906
Extent: 4 items
Creator: Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
Description: Papers relating to the arrangement for a photograph album of subscribers to be presented to James Craig, with the gift of a cabinet of silver plate, by the College. File includes official letters on the subject and a list of the signatures of subscribers.
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MS/46 To T Gillman Moorhead December 1929 Extent: 1 pages
Creator: Gogarty, Oliver St John, 1878-1957
Description: Manuscript poem written, and signed by Gogarty, and addressed to his friend and colleague Thomas Gillman Moorhead at Christmas 1929.
MS/47 Testimonial to R E Tottenham 4 May 1935
Extent: 1 large item
Creator: Tottenham, Richard Edward, b.1889
Description: Testimonial presented to Richard Edward Tottenham, professor of midwifery, by his pupils at the Hong Kong Tsan Yuk Hospital. With the testimonial is a translation.
MS/48 Mary Alice Thorn Hearn 18 October 1924 Extent: 1 large membrane
Creator: Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
Description: Certificate of election to Fellowship of the College of Mary Hearn, the first female Fellow.
MS/49 Albert Ormsby Speedy c.1860s
Extent: 1 large item 15 rolled items
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Creator: Speedy, Albert Ormsby, d.1919
Description: Certificates relating to the medical education of Albert Speedy.
MS/50 Alice O'Brien 1911-1912
Extent: 3 large items
Creator: Local Government Board for Ireland Dublin Metropolitan Technical School for Nurses Dr Steevens' Hospital, 1720-
Description: Certificates of nursing training awarded by Dr Steevens' Hospital to Miss Alice O'Brien (1912), certificate of registration as a trained nurse (1911), Certificate of attendence at the Dublin Metropolitan Technical School for Nurses (1909).
MS/51 Certificate of character 5 July 1708
Extent: 1 item
Creator: Dun, Sir Patrick, 1642-1713
Description: Certificate of character for Thomas Abraham, written and signed by Sir Patrick Dun.
MS/52 John Robert Price 1821, 1834
Extent: 2 membranes
Creator: Trinity College Dublin Coombe Women's Hospital
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Description: Medical certificates of John Robert Price, medical degree from Trinity College (1821) and license in midwifery from the Coombe Hospital (1834).
MS/53 Daniel McClure Ross 1870s
Extent: 3 membranes
Creator: King and Queen's College of Physicians of Ireland
Description: Certificates of Dr Ross, Licentiate in Medicine (1870), Licentiate in Midwifery (1870) and Membership (1879).
MS/54 Edward Dillon 1831
Extent: 1 large membrane
Creator: Coombe Women's Hospital
Description: Certificate in obstetrics awarded by the Coombe to Edward Dillon
MS/55 Death Certificates 1932, 1960
Extent: 2 items
Creator: Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages
Description: Death certificates of Walter George Smith (1932) and Thomas Gillman Moorhead (1960).
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MS/56 Medical Registration Certificates 1890-1891
Extent: 2 items
Creator: General Medical Council
Description: Certificates of registration with the medical council Francis Charles Martley (1890) and Charles Edwin Cornwall (1891)
MS/57 Menu and table plan [1900s]
Extent: 2 items
Creator: Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
Description: Menu and table plan for a dinner to be held in the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. No date is given but from the names of those attending it probably dates from the first decade of the twentieth century.
MS/58 College Certificates 1865-1913
Extent: 8 membranes
Creator: King and Queen's College of Physicians of Ireland
Description: Certificates of Licentiate in Midwifery of Henry MacNaughton Jones (1865), Licentiate in Medicine of Joseph FitzGerald (1873), Licentiate in Medicine and Membership of Robert Leonard Rutherford (1878, 1888), Licentiate in Medicine of Frederick William Smith Stone (1889), cancelled Licentiate in Medicine of James Charles McWalter (1899), Licentiates in Medicine and Midwifery of Patrick Michael Moriarty (1913)
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MS/59 Trinity College Medical Degrees 1740-1758
Extent: 25 items
Creator: Trinity College Dublin
Description: Degree certificates of John Anderson (BM 1740). Clement Archer (BM 1756, MD 1760), Robert Archer (BM 1743, MD 1756), Thomas Brooke (BM 1753, MD 1753), Charles Burdon (BM 1756), Samuel Clossey (BM 1750), Thomas Ellis (BM 1756), George Fletcher (BM 1748/9, MD 1752), John Graydon (BM 1755), Archibold Hamilton (BM 1755), Ludo Kerr (BM 1757), Luke King (BM, DM 1753), Ezekiel Nesbit (MD 1740), Anthony Rhellan (DM 1743), John Robbins (BM 1758), John Sican (BM 1742), Robert Warren (BM 1742, MD 1747), Robert Wood (BM 1742, MD, 1745).
MS/60 Trinity College Medical Degrees 1820-1822
Extent: 2 membranes
Creator: Trinity College Dublin
Description: Degree certificates of Alexander Erck (1820) and Patrick Thompson (1822)
MS/61 Licentiates in Medicine 1844-1850
Extent: 4 membranes
Creator: King and Queen's College of Physicians in Ireland
Description: Certificates of Licentiates in medicine of Robert MacDonnell (1844), Thomas Nash (1849), William Peard (1850) and John Oliver Curren (1846)
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MS/62 George Seymore Russell Stitch 1892-1902
Extent: 2 rolled items
Creator: Stitch, George Seymore Russell,
Description: Certificates of George Stitch, Licentiate in medicine from the Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons in Edinburgh and Glasgow (1892) and licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall of Ireland (1902).
MS/63 Robert Dickson 1829-1832
Extent: 21 rolled items
Creator: Dickson, Robert
Description: Certificates of Robert Dickson; BA from Trinity (1829), certificates of attendance at lectures in the Meath Hospital, Trinity College Dublin, Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital, University of Dublin, 19 South William Street and the School of Physic (1828-1831), diploma in obstetrics from the Coombe (1831), diploma from the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh (1832), diploma in obstetrics from the Rotunda (1838), diploma from the Society of Opthalmologists of Glasgow (1839).
MS/64 Robert Hickson 1834-1839
Extent: 13 items
Creator: Hickson, Robert
Description: Certificates of Robert Hickson.
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MS/65 Roll of Governors of Apothecaries' Hall 1855-1895
Extent: 2 rolled item
Creator: Apothecaries' Hall of Ireland
Description: Roll of signatures of those elected as governors of Apothecaries' Hall, with the oath to be taken on election.
MS/66 Michael Joseph Ryan 1886
Extent: 2 rolled items
Creator: Ryan, Michael Joseph, fl. 1880s
Description: Certificates of Licentitates in medicine and midwifery from the King and Queen's College of Physicians in Ireland.
MS/67 Membership and Fellowship Certificates 1931-1944
Extent: 5 items
Creator: Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
Description: Fellowship certificates of Una Prasanna Basu (1931), Charles Francis McCann (1944) and Vishwa Nath (1931), also Membership and Fellowship certificates of Eamon de Valera (1941 and 1944).
MS/68 Charles Stackley 28 April 1838
Extent: 1 item
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Creator: Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Description: Certificate of attendance at a course of dissection and anatomical demonstrations.
MS/69 John B Walters 1843
Extent: 1 membrane
Creator: Western Lying-in Hospital
Description: Certificate of attendance at lectures in the Western Lying-in Hospital.
MS/70 Hime Family Certificates 1850-1862
Extent: 10 membranes
Creator: Trinity College Dublin
Description: Certificates from Trinity College Dublin awarded to Frederick Hime (1853), John Hime (1850), Robert Hime (1856) and Bartholomew Hime (1853-1862).
MS/71 Indenture of Apprenticeship 18 October 1853 Extent: 4 pages
Creator: Hesslegrave, Joseph Bradbury, Joseph
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Indenture of apprenticehip of Joseph Bradbury to Joseph Hesslegrave, surgeon.
MS/72 Moore Family Letters 1774-1814
Extent: 7 items
Creator: Moore, Henry, 1784-1856 Moore, Charles, 1st Marquess Drogheda, 1730-1822 [Trench, William, 1769-1849]
Description: Correspondence, and letter fragments, between members of the Moore family including a letter from William Trench to his sister Catherine, who was married to Hon. Ponsonby Moore, and two letters from Henry Moore to his father the Hon. Ponsonby Moore. Also one letter from Charles Moore to his brother Ponsonby.
MS/73 Letter from Willie Speedy 7 October 1863 Extent: 4 items
Creator: Speedy, William, fl.1860s
Description: Letter from Willie Speedy to his father, written from Christ church, possibly a relation of Albert Speedy, file also contains four photographs which were found with the letter and Albert Speedy's certificates and may be of member of the Speedy family.
MS/74 Licentiate certificate of Campbell Fair 7 August 1866 Extent: 1 membrane
Creator: Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
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Description: Licentiate of Medicine certificate awarded by the King and Queen's College of Physicians of Ireland to Campbell Fair. Two photographs of Dr Fair have been stuck to the certificate at a late date. See also BMS/? for Dr Fair's casebook.
MS/75 Deeds of Trust 1826, 1844
Extent: 3 items
Creator: Kyle, Samuel, c.1771-1848 Lloyd, Bartholomew, c.1772-1837 Mercer's Hospital, Dublin
Description: Deeds of trust made between Kyle and Llyod, as the executors of the will of John Barrett, and Mercer's Hospital. Two copies of a deed dated 28 April 1826 leaving a sum of £1000 in trust 'for the use and benefit of the hospital', and a further deed made 20 April 1844 leaving an additional £1134.4.2 in trust for the use and benefit of the hospital.
MS/76 John Stephen Doyle 1950s-1980s
Extent: c.25 items in 4 folders and rolls
Creator: Doyle, John Stephen, 1929-2004
Description: Educational and professional certificates of John Stephen Doyle, including his medical qualifications, membership of various medical Colleges, including the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland where he was President 1991-1993. File also contains a sheet of biographical data compiled by Doyle.
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MS/77 Charles Benson 1821-1824
Extent: 9 items
Creator: Benson, Charles, 1797-1880
Description: Letters of recomendation of Charles Benson from a series of Irish and French hospitals and teaching institutions, including a certificate signed by Laennec and one on behalf of Baron Cuvier. File also contains Benson's passport used during his training in France.
MS/78 Timotheous Haran c.1840s-1904
Extent: 1 folder 27 rolled items
Creator: Haran, Timotheous, 1830-1904
Description: Papers of Timotheous Haran an Irish surgeon in the Royal Navy, contains medical education certificates, photographs and an obituary.
MS/79 Royal City of Dublin Hospital, Resident Staff December 1934 Extent: 1 item
Creator: Royal City of Dublin Hospital
Description: Mounted photograph of the resident staff of the Royal City of Dublin Hospital, taken outside the hospital in December 1934. Names on mount read: P O'Dwyer, D P Harris, A T Rouiller, D J Hayes, M Toohey, H Pringle, E Cowan, R L Oakes, G Rea Clarke, E J Hamilton, C H Crosbie (House Physicians), J
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Hempenstall (House Surgeon), N Joyce, P Walsh and R Keith.
MS/80 Joseph Michael O'Ferrall 22 August 1843 Extent: 1 item
Description: Honorary certificate award to Joseph Michael O'Ferrall by Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine
MS/81 Facade of Number 6 2011
Extent: 2 items
Creator: Grehan, Des, architect
Description: Scale CAD (computer aided drawing) of the facade of Number 6 Kildare Street.
MS/82 Ampicillin for Typhoid Carriers c.1946-1970
Extent: c.90 pages
Creator: Troy, Patricia, 1910-1970
Description: File of case notes of fever cases in the annex at Prestwick Hospital compiled by Dr Patricia Troy between 1949 and 1964. This material was used by Dr Troy in writing a piece for the British Medical Journal in 1964 on the use of Ampicillin for treating typhoid cases, a copy of this article is included in the file, with a number of request slips for copies of the article. The file also contains a photograph of Dr Troy taken in 1946, and an obituary from the British Medical Journal (1970).
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MS/83 A case of Klippel-Feil Syndrome c.1960
Extent: 2 items
Creator: Troy, John J,
Description: Typescript copy of a case of Klippel-Feil syndrome reported by Dr Troy when he was Senior Medical Officer to the London Borough of Hammersmith.The file also contains a photograph of Dr Troy, taken c.1940s.
MS/84 Letter to Dr Faulkner 29 February 1796 Extent: 2 pages
Creator: Berkeley, Joshua, d.1807
Description: Letter from Joshua Berkeley, Dean of Tuam, to Dr Faulkner apologising for any 'expressions that may have escaped from him' on the previous Saturday and ascribing them to his 'violent agitation of mind' caused by the unexpected death of his most beloved sister.
MS/85 Royal Hospital for Incurables Application for [early Admission twentieth century] Extent: 4 pages
Creator: Royal Hospital for Incurables, Donnybrook
Description: Blank admisssion form for a female patient entering the Royal Hospital for Incurables.
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MS/86 Receipt for a Rout [nineteenth century] Extent: 1 page
Description: Manuscript containing humorous instructions for holding a rout (or party).
MS/87 Some of the doctors of Georgian Dublin [early twentieth Extent: century] 14 pages
Description: Typescript of a talk on Georgian doctors given to an unnamed society. The typescript contains no details of who gave the paper, although it may have been Dr Kirkpatrick.
MS/88 Advertisement 1 July 1735
Extent: 1 page
Creator: Dr Steevens' Hospital, 1720-
Description: Advertisement for the letting of a field at Dolphin's Barn, belonging to Dr Steeven's Hospital
MS/89 The Lying-In Hospital, Dublin. Abstract of the registry [1862]
Extent: 1 page
Creator: Rotunda Hospital, Dublin, 1745-
Description: Printed abstract from the registry of the Rotunda Hospital giving yearly totals from 1745 to 1861 of; Number of Patients Admitted; Received into chronic
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wards; went out not delivered; delivered in the hospital; boys born; girls born; total number of children; women having twins or more; children died; children still born; women died; Master of Hospital; assistants.
MS/90 The Kirkpatrick Lecture 2 June 1967
Extent: 16 pages
Creator: McCormick, V O
Description: Typescript of the inaugural Kirkpatrick Lecture, hosted by the Faculty of Anaesthetists, RCSI, given by Dr McCormick and looking at the life of Dr T P C Kirkpatrick
MS/91 Wills's "First Aid" cigarette cards [1915]
Extent: 10 cards
Creator: W.D. & H.O. Wills, 1786- 1988
Description: Cigarette cards with illustrations of various first aid methods including dressing a sprained ankle, placing patients on a stretcher, improvised stretcher of coats and of rope, foreign body in the ear, bleeding from the nose, course of arteries diagram, legs peppered with shot from a gun, finger bite from a dog or animal, how to extract a fish hook from the thumb.
MS/92 [Adelaide Hospital] account books 1869-1945
Extent: 7 items
Creators: Adelaide Hospital, Dublin, 1834-1996
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Pearson, William, 1882-1976 Harvey, William Geoffrey, 1877-1958 Bewley, Geoffrey, 1894-1981 Bewley, Henry Theodore, 1860-1945 Gordon, Thomas Eagleson, 1866-1929 Jackson, Robert Tennard Gunn, K E L-G
Description: Bank books for the [Adelaide Hospital, its medical board, and for various doctors working at the hospital] for accounts held at the Royal Bank of Ireland and Ulster Bank. Books contain details of account balance, withdrawals and lodgements.
MS/93 Case notes from Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital [1893-1897]
Extent: 4 items
Creator: Parsons, Alfred Robert, 1864-1952 Watson, Edward John Macartney, 1872-1947
Description: Case note sheets for three patients attending Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital and seen by Dr Parsons, file also contains a letter from Dr Watson to Dr Parsons, dated 14 August 1897, relating to a patients seen at Dun's Hospital.
MS/94 Cholera map of Ireland, 1866 1867
Extent: 1 item
Creator: Haughton, Samuel, 1821-1897
Description: Map produced by Dr Samuel Haughton to demonstrate the spread of Asiatic cholera in Ireland in 1866. This map was produced ancillary to Haughton's article 'A scientific inquiry into some of the causes alleged to produce Asiatic cholera', published in the London
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Medical Times and Gazette in 1867. In this article Haughton argued that cholera travels 'along the lines of human traffic, and improves its rate of locomotion as the facilities of human intercourse improve'.
The map demonstrates the contact theory on the course of the cholera in Ireland, and its progressive appearance at various points.
MS/95 Medical diaries and visiting lists 1902-1903
Extent: 2 items
Creator: Unknown
Description: Medical diaries and visiting lists for 1902 and 1903, both contain records of which patients have been seen each day and in some cases more details on their condition and/or treatment. There are some occasional notes which relate to personal matters, for example a record of entering 'Harry' (presumably a son) as a medical student at the Cecilia Street Medical School. The name of the doctor who owned the diaries is not recorded.
MS/96 BCG Vaccination leaflet [1952]
Extent: 2 copies
Creator: National BCG Committee
Description: Printed promotional flyer, produced by the National BCG Committee, encouraging people not to forget their BCG Vaccination.
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MS/97 Patient notification letter 30 January 1933 Extent: 1 item
Creator: Cork Street Fever Hospital
Description: Printed notification later, completed with patient details in manuscript, informing Mr Burke that his son Thomas Burke is 'lying dangerously ill in the epidemic house' of the hospital, and giving details of the visiting hours.
MS/98 The Anchorite June/July 1947 Extent: 20 pages
Creator: Rowntree, T
Description: Newsletter produced by the patients at the Royal National Hospital for Consumption, Newcastle, Co. Wicklow and edited by T Rowntree. Newsletter includes pieces written by the patients and medical staff, including Noel Browne, as well as puzzles and advice on what to do to pass the time while in the hospital.
MS/99 Certificate of Hannah McAlister 22 July 1948
Extent: 1 item
Creator: Rotunda Hospital
Description: Certificate awarded to Hannah McAlister for regularly attending the hospital for 24 months and passing the examinations for 'Nursetenders (or Midwives)'
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MS/100 Draft letter to the editors of The Lancet 15 February 1916 Extent: 2 pages
Creators: Moore, Sir John William, 1845-1937 The Lancet
Description: Draft manuscript letter from Sir John William Moore to the editors of The Lancet. In the letter Moore points out the admission of a work by Thomas Wrigley Grimshaw in bibliographical review of thermometry published in The Lancet of 22 January 1916.
MS/101 Prescriptions and medical certificates [1930s- 1960s] Extent: 5 items
Creator: Dublin Health Authority
Description: Three prescriptions issued to a Mrs Brady of Dublin (1932-3).
Two blank Dublin Health authority forms, one for admission to St Kevin's Hospital the other for a sick certificate.
MS/102 Medical advertisements 1893, [1910s]
Extent: 2 items
Creator: William Hayes & Co, pharmaceutical chemists Pick-Me-Up, magazine
Description: Printed advertisement for Earl's Fluid Pepsine, a remedy for indigestion and dyspepsia, recommended by Sir Charles Cameron, Sir Philip Smyly and William J
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Wheeler, and available from William Hayes & Co, Dublin.
Page from 'Pick-me-up' magazine 1893 with some medical related advertisements include advertisements for chlorodyne, a cure for deafness and hair removal.
MS/103 Irish College of General Practitioners Flyer [1984]
Extent: 4 pages
Creator: Irish College of General Practitioners
Description: Printed flyer for the newly former Irish College of General Practitioners. Flyer lays out the purpose and objectives of the new College, and calls for new members.
MS/104 Robert Shaw Wayland [1890-1920]
Extent: 3 items
Creator: Wayland, Robert Shaw, d.1928
Description: Small collections of papers relating to Robert Shaw Wayland; - Booklet of printed testimonials to Robert Shaw Wayland from L Hepenstal Ormsby, Samuel R Mason, John William Moore, Sir William Stokes, Philip C Smyly, W J Hepburn, J H Wharton, Rawdon MacNamara and George H Porter, all dated 1890.
- Studio photograph of Robert Shaw Wayland, [1890s]
- Fee book of Robert Shaw Wayland for his anaesthetic practice in Dublin, 1915-1920.
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MS/105 AIDS leaflets [1980s]
Extent: 2 items
Creator: Health Education Bureau Department of Health
Description: - AIDS information booklet produced by the Health Education Bureau - Copy of Criteria for defining and diagnosing a case of AIDS and for the epidemiological surveillance of AIDS
MS/106 Practical Lectures [mid twentieth Extent: century] 78 pages
Creator: Richmond, Whitworth and Hardwicke Hospitals, Dublin
Description: Printed 'Practical Lectures - according to syllabus of General Nursing Council for Preliminary Examinations', produced by the Richmond, Whitworth and Hardwicke Hospitals. Copy is signed by Anna Felicitas Ryan, Nurses Home, Richmond Hosp., and has her manuscript notes throughout.
MS/107 Grant of arms to the Irish Society of Clinical 11 April 2003 Microbiologists
Extent: 1 parchment in presentation folder
Creator: Gillespie, Fergus, Deputy Chief Herald of Ireland
Description: Illuminated parchment grant of arms to the Irish Society of Clinical Microbiologists.
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MS/108 An elegy on the death of the much lamented Doctor [Nineteenth D M O'Brien century]
Extent: 1 page
Creator: Brereton, P, printer
Description: Printed broadside of a poem entitled 'An elegy on the death of the much lamented Doctor D M O'Brien', with a woodcut illustration. Printers name is given as P Brereton, 1 Lr Exchange Street, Dublin.
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