Series 2 LETTERS RECEIVED, 1779-1784
Series
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This small collection of manuscripts, 1764-1802, documents the
education, medical career, and personal life of Thomas Ruston.
Items in the collection relating to Ruston's medical education
at the University of Edinburgh include notes on two lectures
on the pulse delivered by William Cullen with drafts of three
letters by Ruston describing his affairs, 1764-1765; petitions
signed by the students of the university, protesting the lack
of regulations in granting degrees, 1764; and an autograph letter
of John Hope, professor of materia medica and botany, to Ruston,
1765.
The collection also includes professional correspondence concerning Ruston's appointment at the Devon and Exeter Hospital and printed letters from the Medical Society of Edinburgh's Committee on Publication and the Society Instituted in London for the Improvement of MedicaljKnowledge, 1779-1784. There are also a few bills and receipts, 1790-1802; three recipes, 1766 and 1784; a poem composed by Sir William Browne to celebrate the marriage of Ruston with Mary Fisher, 1771; and Ruston's commonplace book, 1799-1801, containing financial information, poems, observations on the weather, and a few diary notes.
The collection also includes professional correspondence concerning Ruston's appointment at the Devon and Exeter Hospital and printed letters from the Medical Society of Edinburgh's Committee on Publication and the Society Instituted in London for the Improvement of MedicaljKnowledge, 1779-1784. There are also a few bills and receipts, 1790-1802; three recipes, 1766 and 1784; a poem composed by Sir William Browne to celebrate the marriage of Ruston with Mary Fisher, 1771; and Ruston's commonplace book, 1799-1801, containing financial information, poems, observations on the weather, and a few diary notes.
Dates
- 1779-1784
Extent
From the Collection: 1 Box (27 items)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Creator
- From the Collection: Ruston, Thomas (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Repository
Contact:
19 S. 22nd Street
Philadelphia PA 19103 United States
215-399-2001
library@collegeofphysicians.org
19 S. 22nd Street
Philadelphia PA 19103 United States
215-399-2001
library@collegeofphysicians.org
