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Gustavus Richard Brown lecture notes

  • PC147
  • Collection
  • 1766-1768

The collection consists of 4 notebooks of lectures made by Gustavus R. Brown while a student at the University of Edinburgh in 1766-1768.  There are four volumes in the collection: 1-2. Lectures on physiology by William Cullen, 1766-1767; 3. Cullen's  practice [of physic] by William Cullen,  and  4. Doctor Young on midwifery by Thomas Young, 1767-1768.

Brown, Gustave Richard

Sinhalese Ola leaf manuscript.

A collection of medical and surgical remedies for snake-bite, fractures, cholera, typhoid, etc. The painted wooden covers, the binding cord, and the medallion are modern, but made after ancient models. Additional information on Dr. Wood's research on olas can be found in his article: Wood CA. Ayurvedic Medicine in Ancient and Medieval Ceylon, Annals of Medical History, v.8, Dec. 1926, pp. 435-445.

Thomas Jefferson Letter

  • PC011
  • Collection
  • 1810, 1814

This collection includes a single handwritten letter by former president Thomas Jefferson. The letter, dated December 26, 1814, was sent to John McAllister, an optician in Philadelphia. McAllister had crafted several sets of Jefferson’s lenses that were purchased during his second presidential term. Several years had passed since Jefferson bought the lenses and he had only just begun to use one of the sets McAllister had made. As he began using this particular set regularly, he found that a few didn’t work as desired. In the letter, Jefferson explains, in his eloquent style, what he perceives to be the problem and asks McAllister to repair the faulty lenses.

Jefferson, Thomas

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