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Record ID 120728

Lind on the Scurvy

Borrowed: 1770/6/28 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/7/0.


Borrower

Gilbert McConnell
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/83806. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1768-1770.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

James Lind (Male, born 1716, died 1794)
Genre: Medicine
Treatise of the scurvy [Lind]

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

James Lind (Male, born 1716, died 1794)
Genre: Medicine
A treatise on the scurvy.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1753. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 118


Book Work

James Lind (Male, born 1716, died 1794)
Genre: Medicine
Treatise on the Scurvy

Borrowed: 1770/6/28 (Thursday).

Borrower: Gilbert McConnell

Author: James Lind (Male, born 1716, died 1794), Genre: Medicine

Treatise on the Scurvy

Record ID 120731

Cleghorn on Minorca

Borrowed: 1770/6/28 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/5/6.


Borrower

William Richard Stack
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/90106. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1762-1769.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

George Cleghorn (Male, born 1716, died 1789)
Genre: Medicine
Cleghorn on Minorca (original title)
Observations on the epidemical diseases in Minorca. From the year 1744 to 1749 (standardised title)

Record ID 120740

Comparative View

Borrowed: 1770/7/3 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/5/0.


Borrower

James Stark
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/80498. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1768-1770. Other: Indian Medical Service, 1772.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

John Gregory (Male, born 1724, died 1773)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Comparative view of the state and faculties of man with those of the animal world [Gregory]

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

John Gregory (Male, born 1724, died 1773)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
A comparative view of the state and faculties of man with those of the animal world.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1766. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 49


Book Work

John Gregory (Male, born 1724, died 1773)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Comparative View of the State and Faculties of Man with those of the Animal World

Record ID 120743

& Offices of a Physician

Borrowed: 1770/7/3 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

James Stark
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/80498. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1768-1770. Other: Indian Medical Service, 1772.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

John Gregory (Male, born 1724, died 1773)
Genre: Medicine, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Observations on the duties and offices of a physician, and on the method of prosecuting enquiries in philosophy [Gregory]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections G.19.69.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

John Gregory (Male, born 1724, died 1773)
Genre: Medicine, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Observations on the duties and offices of a physician; and on the method of prosecuting enquiries in philosophy.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 47


Book Work

John Gregory (Male, born 1724, died 1773)
Genre: Medicine, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Observations on the Duties and Offices of a Physician

Record ID 120746

Universal history Vol. 12:th

Borrowed: 1770/7/3 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.


Borrower

Thomas Scot
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Genre: History
An universal history, from the earliest account of time : compiled from original authors; and illustrated with maps, cuts, notes, &c. : with a general index to the whole.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 12

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Genre: History
An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time. Compiled from Original Authors; and Illustrated with Maps, Cuts, Notes, &c. With a general Index to the Whole.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1747-1754. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1453 times in 850 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: History
Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present

Record ID 120749

V. Swieten Commentary Vol. 4:tum

Borrowed: 1770/7/3 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 3/0/0.


Borrower

Richard Wilson Greathead
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91488. Dissertation: De Hydrothorace.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1768-1770; MD (Edin), 1771. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1769. Origin: St Kitts.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

John Toland (Male, born 1670, died 1722)
Genre: Medicine
Van Swieten's commentaries [on the Aphorisms of Boerhaave]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

John Toland (Male, born 1670, died 1722)
Genre: Medicine
Van Swieten’s Commentaries abridged.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1762-1774. Format: 8vo.
Editors: abridged by Dr Schomberg.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 132 times in 66 borrowing records


Book Work

John Toland (Male, born 1670, died 1722)
Genre: Medicine
Van Swieten’s Commentaries Abridged

Borrowed: 1770/7/3 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Richard Wilson Greathead

Author: John Toland (Male, born 1670, died 1722), Genre: Medicine

Van Swieten’s Commentaries Abridged

Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

Record ID 120752

Edin:r Medical Essays V:s 1-2-3-4 & 5.

Borrowed: 1770/7/3 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

Richard Wilson Greathead
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91488. Dissertation: De Hydrothorace.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1768-1770; MD (Edin), 1771. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1769. Origin: St Kitts.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Philosophical Society of Edinburgh (Unspecified, born 1731)
Genre: Medicine
Medical essays and observations, published by a Society in Edinburgh
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; E.B. .6104 Edi..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Philosophical Society of Edinburgh (Unspecified, born 1731)
Genre: Medicine
Medical essays and observations / revised and published by a Society in Edinburgh.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1737-1738. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 224 times in 87 borrowing records


Book Work

Philosophical Society of Edinburgh (Unspecified, born 1731)
Genre: Medicine
Medical Essays and Observations [Philosophical Society of Edinburgh]

Borrowed: 1770/7/3 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Richard Wilson Greathead

Author: Philosophical Society of Edinburgh (Unspecified, born 1731), Genre: Medicine

Medical Essays and Observations [Philosophical Society of Edinburgh]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5

Record ID 120755

Mead's Works V:s 1st & 2d

Borrowed: 1770/7/3 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

Richard Wilson Greathead
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91488. Dissertation: De Hydrothorace.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1768-1770; MD (Edin), 1771. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1769. Origin: St Kitts.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Richard Mead (Male, born 1673, died 1754)
Genre: Medicine
Medical works of Richard Mead
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Richard Mead (Male, born 1673, died 1754)
Genre: Medicine
The medical works of Richard Mead, M.D. Physician to his late Majesty King George II. Fellow of the Royal Colleges of Physicians at London and Edinburgh, and of the Royal Society.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763-1765. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 110 times in 55 borrowing records


Book Work

Richard Mead (Male, born 1673, died 1754)
Genre: Medicine
Medical Works of Richard Mead

Borrowed: 1770/7/3 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Richard Wilson Greathead

Author: Richard Mead (Male, born 1673, died 1754), Genre: Medicine

Medical Works of Richard Mead

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 120758

Taciti Opera 12:mo

Borrowed: 1770/7/3 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/4/0.


Borrower

Charles McMillan
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/78096. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1770-1773.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Cornelius Tacitus (Male, born c.56, died 120)
Genre: History
C. Cornelii Taciti quæ exstant opera.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Cornelius Tacitus (Male, born c.56, died 120)
Genre: History
C. Cornelii Taciti quae exstant opera.
Language: Latin . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1760. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 16 times in 6 borrowing records


Book Work

Cornelius Tacitus (Male, born c.56, died 120)
Genre: History
Works of Tacitus

Borrowed: 1770/7/3 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Charles McMillan

Author: Cornelius Tacitus (Male, born c.56, died 120), Genre: History

Works of Tacitus

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Record ID 120761

Franklin on Electricity

Borrowed: 1770/7/3 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea. Funds deposited: Linen Note.


Borrower

Thomas Christie
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/88749. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1770-1772.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Benjamin Franklin (Male, born 1706, died 1790)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Experiments and observations on electricity : made at Philadelphia in America.

Record ID 120764

Fingal with D:r Blair's Dissertation

Borrowed: 1770/7/3 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/0/0. Funds deposited: Dumfries Note.


Borrower

Patrick Hunter
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/89330. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1767-1769.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Hugh Blair (Male, born 1718, died 1800), James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
The works of Ossian, the son of Fingal : in two volumes.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Hugh Blair (Male, born 1718, died 1800), James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
The works of Ossian, the son of Fingal. In two volumes. Translated from the Gaelic language by James Macpherson.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1765. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 99 times in 53 borrowing records


Book Work

Hugh Blair (Male, born 1718, died 1800), James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Works of Ossian, the Son of Fingal ... Critical Dissertation on the Poems of Ossian

Borrowed: 1770/7/3 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Patrick Hunter

Author: Hugh Blair (Male, born 1718, died 1800), James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry

Works of Ossian, the Son of Fingal ... Critical Dissertation on the Poems of Ossian

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 120770

Cicero de Legibus Davisij

Borrowed: 1770/7/5 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

Thomas Robertson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Cicero de legibus [Davila]

Record ID 120773

Les Oeuvres de M. Bayle tomes 2-3-4 folio

Borrowed: 1770/7/5 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

Thomas Robertson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Pierre Bayle (Male, born 1647, died 1706)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Oeuvres diverses de Mr. Pierre Bayle, professeur en philosophie, et en histoire, a Rotterdam.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Pierre Bayle (Male, born 1647, died 1706)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Œuvres diverses de Pierre Bayle ... contenant tout ce que cet auteur a publié sur des matières de théologie, de philosophie, de critique, d'histoire & de littérature; excepté son Dictionnaire historique et critique.
Language: French . Published: The Hague. Date of publication: 1727-1731. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 21 times in 12 borrowing records


Book Work

Pierre Bayle (Male, born 1647, died 1706)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Works of Pierre Bayle

Borrowed: 1770/7/5 (Thursday).

Borrower: Thomas Robertson

Author: Pierre Bayle (Male, born 1647, died 1706), Genre: Lives, Genre: Philosophy and Morality

Works of Pierre Bayle

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4

Record ID 120776

Borrowed: 1770/7/5 (Thursday).

Borrower: Thomas Robertson

Author: Louis de Beaufort (Male, born 1703, died 1795), Genre: History

République Romaine, ou Plan Général de l'Ancien Gouvernement de Rome

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 120779

Blackwell's Court of Augustus V:s 2:d & 3:rd

Borrowed: 1770/7/5 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

Thomas Robertson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Thomas Blackwell (Male, born 1701, died 1757)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Memoirs of the court of Augustus [Blackwell]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Thomas Blackwell (Male, born 1701, died 1757)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Memoirs of the court of Augustus.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1753-1755. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 53 times in 32 borrowing records


Book Work

Thomas Blackwell (Male, born 1701, died 1757)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Memoirs of the Court of Augustus

Borrowed: 1770/7/5 (Thursday).

Borrower: Thomas Robertson

Author: Thomas Blackwell (Male, born 1701, died 1757), Genre: Philosophy and Morality

Memoirs of the Court of Augustus

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3

Record ID 120782

Ancient Universal history Vol. 11:th

Borrowed: 1770/7/5 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

Thomas Robertson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Ancient Universal History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 11

Borrowed: 1770/7/5 (Thursday).

Borrower: Thomas Robertson

Ancient Universal History

Volumes borrowed: Volume 11

Record ID 120785

Aristotle de Politica 8:vo

Borrowed: 1770/7/5 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

Thomas Robertson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Aristotle (Male, born BCE384, died BCE322)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Aristotelis Politica [Ramus]

Borrowed: 1770/7/5 (Thursday).

Borrower: Thomas Robertson

Author: Aristotle (Male, born BCE384, died BCE322), Genre: Philosophy and Morality

On the Soul

Record ID 120788

& Observations upon them 4:to A.A.C.d.25

Borrowed: 1770/7/5 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

Thomas Robertson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Robert Filmer (Male, born c.1588, died 1653)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Observations upon Aristotles Politiques, touching forms of government.

Record ID 120791

Nature Displayed V:s 4:th & 5:th 6:th & 7:th

Borrowed: 1770/7/5 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/0/0. Funds deposited: Air Note Douglass.


Borrower

Thomas Clerk
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/90736. Dissertation: De Hydrocephalo.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1772-1775; MD (Edin), 1776. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1775; Royal Army Medical Corps, 1777; LRCP(1781) . Origin: Scoto-Brit..
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Nature displayed. (original title)
Spectacle de la nature : or, Nature display'd. (standardised title)

Volumes borrowed: Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la nature: or, Nature display’d. Being discourses on such particulars of natural history, as were thought most proper to excite the curiosity, and form the minds of youth. Illustrated with copper plates. Translated from the original French by Mr. Humphreys.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1750. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 7 vols.
Translators: Humphreys, Mr
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 153 times in 91 borrowing records


Book Work

Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display’d

Borrowed: 1770/7/5 (Thursday).

Borrower: Thomas Clerk

Author: Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761), Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy

Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display’d

Volumes borrowed: Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7

Record ID 120794

Hume's history V:s 5:th & 6:th

Borrowed: 1770/7/5 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.


Borrower

Forrest Dewar
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/81212. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1766-1769. Other: Apprentice to the Royal College of Surgeons, 1766; Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, 1772.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
History of England, from the invasion of Julius Caesar to the accession of Henry VII [Hume]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections E.B. F .9(42) Hum..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5, Volume 6

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
The history of England, from the invasion of Julius Cæsar to the revolution in 1688.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 229 times in 156 borrowing records


Book Work

David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]

Borrowed: 1770/7/5 (Thursday).

Borrower: Forrest Dewar

Author: David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776), Genre: History

History of England [David Hume]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 5, Volume 6

Record ID 120797

Hancocke Febrifugum Magnum

Borrowed: 1770/7/5 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/4/0.


Borrower

Thomas Tudor Tucker
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91482. Dissertation: De frigoris in corpus humanum viribus . Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1765-1769; MD (Edin) 1770. Other: Royal Medical Society 1767. Origin: Bermuda. Life dates: 1745-1828.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

John Hancocke (Male, died 1728)
Genre: Medicine
Febrifugum magnum, morbifugum magnum: or, the grand febrifuge improved : being an essay, to make it probable, that common water is good for many distempers that are not mentioned in Dr. Hancocke's Febrifugum magnum.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

John Hancocke (Male, died 1728)
Genre: Medicine
Febrifugum magnum, morbifugum magnum: or, the grand febrifuge improved.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1726. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1


Book Work

John Hancocke (Male, died 1728)
Genre: Medicine
Febrifugum Magnum, Morbifugum Magnum: or, The Grand Febrifuge Improved

Record ID 120800

Corneille tomes 3 & 4

Borrowed: 1770/7/5 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/10/6.


Borrower

Batholomew Parr
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/92010. Dissertation: De Balneo.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1769-1772; MD (Edin), 1773. Origin: British.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Pierre Corneille (Male, born 1606, died 1684)
Corneille's Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4

Borrowed: 1770/7/5 (Thursday).

Borrower: Batholomew Parr

Author: Pierre Corneille (Male, born 1606, died 1684)

Corneille's Works

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4