The Littlejohn Collection Reference and contact details: GB 779 GD23 Title: The Littlejohn Collection Dates of creation: 1846- Held at: The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Extent: 3 Boxes RS L4 Beige paper folder of acquisition correspondence GD 23 at RS L4 as at November 2015 Name of creator: Henry Duncan Littlejohn and Henry Harvey Littlejohn Level of Description: fonds Language: English Presented 2004, from the estate of F.S.Fiddes OBE, MB, ChB Late Lieut Col RAMC Henry Duncan Littlejohn FRCSEd 1854 was born in Edinburgh, the son of a wealthy merchant. His early education was received at Perth Academy and the Edinburgh High School before studying at Edinburgh University, where he graduated with distinction; part of his medical training was obtained at the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh, as well a period of study at the Sorbonne in Paris. In 1855 he was appointed a lecturer at the RCSEd and, in 1862, Surgeon of Police and Medical Officer of Health in Edinburgh, a position he held until 1908. In 1865 Littlejohn published a report on the sanitary conditions in Edinburgh which became a model for many similar works both home and abroad. Following his appointment to the Board of Supervision, Littlejohn held the position of Medical Officer, which he kept until his retirement in 1908. For over forty years Littlejohn lectured on Medical Jurisprudence at the Surgeons' Hall in Edinburgh, followed by an appointment to the Chair of the same subject at the university in 1897. Littlejohn was also Medical Advisor to the Crown in Scotland in criminal cases, and was frequently called upon to give evidence in cases of murder and other serious crimes. One of the main legacies of Littlejohn's life and work was the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh, of which he co-founded with Dr. John Smith. He also had nine years' service on the Royal Infirmary Board and outside medicine he has strong connections with St. Giles' Cathedral, of which became an elder. Littlejohn's valued and influential [email protected] Page 1 work was fully recognised in his lifetime: President of the Royal College of Surgeons (1875-6), President of the Medico-Chirurgical Society of Edinburgh (1883-5), President of the Institute of Public Health (1893). In 1893 the University of Edinburgh made him an LL.D., and two years later he was honoured with a Knighthood. He died at Arrochar in Argyllshire on the 30th September 1914. Henry Harvey Littlejohn FRCSEd 1890, the son of Henry Duncan Littlejohn, was widely known as an authority on Medical Jurisprudence and succeeded his father to the Chair of Forensic Medicine at the University of Edinburgh. Harvey Littlejohn was educated at Edinburgh Academy (1873-7) before studying at the university, where he gained an M.A., B.M. and B.S., before becoming a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and President of the Royal Medical College. Following his university education, Harvey Littlejohn spent time as Resident Physician in Edinburgh's maternity hospital, followed by a period of study abroad. From 1888 he assisted his father in the teaching of medical jurisprudence and in 1891 was appointed Medical Officer of Health to the city of Sheffield. In 1897 he began lecturing in Medical Jurisprudence at the Surgeons' Hall in Edinburgh, as well as taking up a lectureship in Forensic Medicine at the Royal College of Edinbugh. In 1906 he became Chief Police Surgeon in Edinburgh and frequently appeared as a witness for the Crown in many High Court cases. Latterly, he became the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine in Edinburgh, as well as a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Public Health and member of several scientific societies. He died at a nursing home in Edinburgh on the 15th August 1927. Scope and Content Certificates and Diplomas, 1846 and 1906; Correspondence, 1857-1927; Photographs, c1860s-1920s; Publications, 18th/19th Century The majority of the collection comprises correspondence received by Henry Duncan Littlejohn and Henry Harvey Littlejohn, with the exception of a small amount of correspondence between Joseph Lister and John Chiene. The Lister letters were sent to Harvey Littlejohn in 1926 and were found in his personal papers. System of Arrangement A preliminary survey of the collection was compiled in 2003 and a list was created by Dawn Kemp, the RCSEd's Director of Heritage. The collection was re-surveyed by Chris Duncan, a post-graduate student at the University of Glasgow. The collection is now arranged chronologically by individual collection type (i.e. correspondence, photos, etc.), with the inclusion of access points for the majority of the letter writers, many of whom were influential in their respective fields of knowledge. Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements Paper, photographs, books Archival History The collection was deposited at the RCSEd in 2003 by Jim Fiddes. Its custodial history before this date is not known at present. Immediate Source of Acquisition Jim Fiddes Accruals None expected Conditions Governing Access Access is granted by permission from Ms Marianne Smith, the College Librarian Existence/Location of Copies [email protected] Page 2 Photographic images are available for most items in the collection Existence/Location of Originals The collection material is original Finding Aids List only Archivist's Note Fonds, series, and file level descriptions compiled by Chris Duncan, MSc student at the University of Glasgow, November 2007 Access Points Personal Name Terry Fred 1863-1933 Actor Subject Actors Access Points Personal Name Cunningham Daniel John 1850-1909 Professor of Anatomy Keith Arthur 1866-1955 Anatomist Turner William 1832-1916 Professor of Anatomy at the University of Edinburgh Subject Anatomists Access Points Personal Name Morham Robert 1839-1912 City Architect, Edinburgh Subject Architects Access Points Personal Name Balfour Isaac Bayley 1853-1922 Professor of Botany at the University of Glasgow Subject Botanists Access Points Personal Name Macadam William Ivison 1856-1902 Professor of Chemistry at Edinburgh's Royal College of Surgeons Subject Chemists Access Points Personal Name Mackintosh James 1858-1944 James Mackintosh, K.C., M.A. ST. AND. ET. OXON., LL.D. EDIN. 1935, was Professor of Civil Law at the University of Edinburgh (1893-1938), Dean of the Faculty of Law (1910-1938), and Sheriff of Ross, Cromarty and Sutherland (1912-1940) Muirhead James 1830-1889 Professor of Civil Law at Edinburgh University Subject Civil law Access Points Personal Name Brander George b. 1848 Procurator Fiscal, Cupar, Fife Troutbeck John 1860-1912 Coroner and Deputy High Bailiff of Westminster Subject Coroners Access Points Personal Name Newsholme Arthur 1857-1943 Epidemiologist Subject Epidemiology Access Points Personal Name Glaister John 1856-1932 Forensic Scientist Haberda Albin 1868-1933 Forensic Science [email protected] Page 3 Hay Matthew 1855-1932 Forensic Scientist Subject Forensic Medicine Access Points Personal Name Chantrelle Eugene Marie 1834-1878 Teacher of French Subject Murderers Access Points Personal Name Taylor Alfred Swaine 1806-1880 Forensic Toxicologist Subject Forensic Medicine Access Points Personal Name Dickson William Kirk 1860-1949 Advocate and first Librarian of the National Library of Scotland Roughead William 1870-1952 Advocate Skelton John 1831-1897 Advocate, Secretary to the Board of Supervision in Scotland Subject Lawyers Access Points Personal Name Croom John Halliday 1847-1923 Professor of Midwifery at the University of Edinburgh (1905-1921) Simpson Alexander Russell 1835-1916 Professor of Midwifery at the University of Edinburgh Subject Midwifery Access Points Personal Name Lees James Cameron 1834-1913 Minister of St. Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh (1878-1909) Whyte Alexander 1836-1921 United Free Church of Scotland Minister Subject Ministers Access Points Personal Name Tovey Donald Francis 1875-1940 Musicologist Subject Musicology Access Points Personal Name Gordon David 1816-1886 Obstetrician Subject Obstetrics Access Points Personal Name Balfour Andrew 1874-1931 Parasitologist Subject Parasitology Access Points Personal Name Spilsbury Bernard Henry 1863-1933 Pathologist Subject Pathologists Access Points Personal Name Affleck James Ormiston 1840-1922 Consulting Physician to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, President of the Medico-Chirurgical Society of Edinburgh (1907-1907) Clouston Thomas Smith 1840-1915 Physician, Superintendent of the Royal Edinburgh Asylum (1873-1908) Duckworth Dyce 1840-1928 Physician Ewart James Cossar 1851-1933 Physician [email protected] Page 4 Fraser Thomas Richard 1841-1919 Physician Greenfield William Smith 1846-1919 Physician Keith Arthur 1866-1955 Physician Mann John Dixon 1840-1912 ,Physicians Newman George 1870-1948 Sir George Newman, G.B.E., K.C.B., M.B., 1892, M.D., F.R.C.P., LL.D., was an eminent authority on Public Health and Hygiene and Chief Medical Officer to the Ministry of Health (1919- 35). Osler William 1849-1919 Physician Payne Algernon Payne c1849-1929 Physician Philip Robert William 1857-1939 Physician Ramsay James Taylor Thom 1854-1937 Physician Schroder Walter 1855-1930 Physician Stewart G Hunter Physician Stewart Thomas Grainger 1837-1900 Professor of the Practice of Physic at the University of Edinburgh, Physician-in-Ordinary to the Queen in Scotland, President of the Medico-Chirurgical Society of Edinburgh Stockman Ralph 1861-1946 Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics in the University of Glasgow (1897-1936) and Physician to the Western Infirmary, Glasgow (1900-1926)