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Lecture notes

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Isaac S. Thompson notes on the lectures of Colin McKenzie

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 408
Scope and Contents note This is a volume of manuscript lecture notes entitled "Lectures on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery by Colin McKenzie, M.D." The notes appear to have been taken by Isaac S. Thompson. There are 22 lectures; topics include "Of the Structure of the Pelvis," "Of Conception and Touching," "On Abortion," "Premature Births," and "Preternatural Labor." The volume also includes several recipes for prescriptions.An inscription on the inside of the front cover dates the volume to 1784;...
Dates: 1784; undated

Samuel Knox notes on lectures from the University of Pennsylvania

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2/050
Scope and Contents Samuel Knox’s 1783 abstract of Colin McKenzie’s lectures on midwifery in 1773 and his notes on Adam Kuhn’s lectures on materia medica and Benjamin Rush’s on chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania in 1784-1785.Volume 1 contains Knox’s abstract of Colin McKenzie’s series of 19 lectures describing the history of midwifery, symptoms of pregnancy and labor, typical and atypical births, and postnatal care.While a student at the University of Pennsylvania, Knox may have...
Dates: 1783 - 1785