An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers' Registers
Record ID 103358
Macbrides Essays
Borrowed: 1772/4/25 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/4/0. Funds deposited: ND.
Adam Ferguson
Gender: Male.
Other: Professor of Natural Philosophy; of Pneumatics and Moral Philosophy. Life dates: 1723-1816.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Student. Education > University Professor.
David Macbride (Male, born 1726, died 1778)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Experimental essays on the following subjects : I. On the fermentation of alimentary mixtures. II. On the nature and properties of fixed air. III. On the respective powers, and manner of acting, of the different kinds of antiseptics. IV. On the scurvy; with a proposal for trying new methods to prevent or cure the same, at sea. V. On the dissolvent power of quick-lime [Macbride]
Confidence level: Certain
David Macbride (Male, born 1726, died 1778)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Experimental essays on the following subjects: I. On the fermentation of alimentary mixtures. II. On the Nature and Properties of Fixed Air. III. On the respective Powers, and Manner of Acting, of the different Kinds of Antiseptics. IV. On the Scurvy; with a Proposal for trying new Methods to prevent or cure the same, at Sea. V. On the Dissolvent Power of Quick-Lime.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1764. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 77
ESTC: N8983
David Macbride (Male, born 1726, died 1778)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Experimental Essays [David Macbride]
Borrowed: 1772/4/25 (Saturday).
Borrower: Adam Ferguson
Author: David Macbride (Male, born 1726, died 1778), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Record ID 103361
Pott on Ruptures
Borrowed: 1772/4/25 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/10/6.
Robert Johnston
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Percivall Pott (Male, born 1714, died 1788)
Genre: Medicine
Treatise on ruptures
Confidence level: Certain
Percivall Pott (Male, born 1714, died 1788)
Genre: Medicine
A treatise on ruptures.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1756. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 44
ESTC: T68468
Percivall Pott (Male, born 1714, died 1788)
Genre: Medicine
Treatise on Ruptures
Borrowed: 1772/4/25 (Saturday).
Borrower: Robert Johnston
Author: Percivall Pott (Male, born 1714, died 1788), Genre: Medicine
Record ID 103364
Platneri Institutiones Chirurgiæ
Borrowed: 1772/4/25 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/6/0.
Daniel Gib
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Johann Zacharias Platner (Male, born 1694, died 1747)
Genre: Education, Genre: Medicine
Institutiones chirurgiae rationalis [Platner]
Confidence level: Certain
Johann Zacharias Platner (Male, born 1694, died 1747)
Genre: Education, Genre: Medicine
Jo. Zachariae Platneri... Institutiones chirurgicae rationalis, tum medicae tum manualis in usus discentium.
Language: Latin . Published: Leipzig. Date of publication: 1758. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 25
Johann Zacharias Platner (Male, born 1694, died 1747)
Genre: Education, Genre: Medicine
Institutiones Chirurgicae Rationalis, tum Medicae tum Manualis in Usus Discentium
Borrowed: 1772/4/25 (Saturday).
Borrower: Daniel Gib
Author: Johann Zacharias Platner (Male, born 1694, died 1747), Genre: Education, Genre: Medicine
Institutiones Chirurgicae Rationalis, tum Medicae tum Manualis in Usus Discentium
Record ID 103367
Quintinliani Opera Vol 1:st
Borrowed: 1772/4/25 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.
James Laurie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Male, born c.35, died 100)
Quintilian Opera ed. Burmann 4to
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Borrowed: 1772/4/25 (Saturday).
Borrower: James Laurie
Author: Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Male, born c.35, died 100)
Quintilian Opera ed. Burmann 4to
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 103370
Alston's Mat: med: Vol. 1:st
Borrowed: 1772/4/27 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 2/0/0. Funds deposited: ND.
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.
Charles Alston (Male, born 1683, died 1760)
Genre: Medicine
Lectures on the materia medica ... and an appendix on the method of prescribing [Alston]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Charles Alston (Male, born 1683, died 1760)
Genre: Medicine
Lectures on the Materia Medica: containing the natural history of drugs, their virtues and doses: also directions for the study of the Materia Medica; and an appendix on the method of prescribing.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 4to.
Editors: Hope, John.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 64 times in 37 borrowing records
ESTC: T89751
Charles Alston (Male, born 1683, died 1760)
Genre: Medicine
Lectures on the Materia Medica
Borrowed: 1772/4/27 (Monday).
Borrower: Forrest Dewar
Author: Charles Alston (Male, born 1683, died 1760), Genre: Medicine
Lectures on the Materia Medica
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 103373
Offices of a physician
Borrowed: 1772/4/27 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.
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.
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.
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
ESTC: T73301
John Gregory (Male, born 1724, died 1773)
Genre: Medicine, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Observations on the Duties and Offices of a Physician
Borrowed: 1772/4/27 (Monday).
Borrower: Forrest Dewar
Author: John Gregory (Male, born 1724, died 1773), Genre: Medicine, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Record ID 103376
Literary Essays 3 V:s
Borrowed: 1772/4/27 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.
James Brown
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and observations, physical and literary : read before a society in Edinburgh, and published by them.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and observations, physical and literary. Read before a society in Edinburgh, and published by them.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1754-1771. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 204 times in 116 borrowing records
ESTC: T136789
Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary
Borrowed: 1772/4/27 (Monday).
Borrower: James Brown
Author: Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified), Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 103379
Millar on the Asthma &c.
Borrowed: 1772/4/27 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/7/0.
Thomas Mack
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/89539. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1770-1771.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
John Millar (Male, born 1733, died 1805)
Genre: Medicine
Observations on the asthma, and on the hooping cough [Millar]
Confidence level: Certain
John Millar (Male, born 1733, died 1805)
Genre: Medicine
Observations on the asthma, and on the hooping cough.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 12
ESTC: T90130
John Millar (Male, born 1733, died 1805)
Genre: Medicine
Observations on the Asthma, and on the Hooping Cough
Borrowed: 1772/4/27 (Monday).
Borrower: Thomas Mack
Author: John Millar (Male, born 1733, died 1805), Genre: Medicine