An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers' Registers
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Record ID 147618
Huxham on fevers
Borrowed: 1775/11/24 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/10/6. Funds deposited: 1/2 guinea G. 2. 1759..
Robert Halyburton
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/85275. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1770-1780.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
John Huxham (Male, born 1692, died 1768)
Genre: Medicine
Essay on fevers: to which is now added, A dissertation on the malignant, ulcerous sore-throat [Huxham]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections (E. B. .6169 Hux.).
Confidence level: Certain
John Huxham (Male, born 1692, died 1768)
Genre: Medicine
An essay on fevers. To which is now added, a dissertation on the malignant, ulcerous sore-throat. The third edition.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1757. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 53
ESTC: T53086
John Huxham (Male, born 1692, died 1768)
Genre: Medicine
Essay on Fevers to which is now added, A Dissertation on the Malignant, Ulcerous Sore-throat
Borrowed: 1775/11/24 (Friday).
Borrower: Robert Halyburton
Author: John Huxham (Male, born 1692, died 1768), Genre: Medicine
Essay on Fevers to which is now added, A Dissertation on the Malignant, Ulcerous Sore-throat
Record ID 147621
Russell on Sea-Water
Borrowed: 1775/11/24 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/6/0.
Samuel Foast Simmons
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/82281. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1775-1777.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Richard Russell (Male, born 1687, died 1759)
Genre: Medicine
Dissertation on the use of sea-water in the diseases of the glands [Russell]
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; E.B. .615853 Rus..
Confidence level: Certain
Richard Russell (Male, born 1687, died 1759)
Genre: Medicine
A dissertation on the use of sea-water in the diseases of the glands. Particularly the scurvy, jaundice, King’s-Evil, leprosy, and the glandular consumption.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1753. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 10
ESTC: N8879
Richard Russell (Male, born 1687, died 1759)
Genre: Medicine
Dissertation on the Use of Sea-water in the Diseases of the Glands
Borrowed: 1775/11/24 (Friday).
Borrower: Samuel Foast Simmons
Author: Richard Russell (Male, born 1687, died 1759), Genre: Medicine
Dissertation on the Use of Sea-water in the Diseases of the Glands
Record ID 147624
Lewis's Mat: Med:
Borrowed: 1775/11/24 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.
Joseph Anderson
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/88474. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1775-1777. Other: British Navy, 1776.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
William Lewis (Male, born 1708, died 1781)
Genre: Medicine
Experimental history of the materia medica [Lewis]
Confidence level: Certain
William Lewis (Male, born 1708, died 1781)
Genre: Medicine
An experimental history of the materia medica, or of the natural and artificial substances made use of in medicine: containing a compendious view of their natural history, an account of their pharmaceutic properties.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 51
ESTC: T146923
William Lewis (Male, born 1708, died 1781)
Genre: Medicine
Experimental History of the Materia Medica
Borrowed: 1775/11/24 (Friday).
Borrower: Joseph Anderson
Author: William Lewis (Male, born 1708, died 1781), Genre: Medicine
Record ID 147627
Shaw's Travels
Borrowed: 1775/11/24 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.
David Tod
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Thomas Shaw (Male, born 1694, died 1751)
Genre: Travel
Travels: or observations relating to several parts of Barbary and the Levant [Shaw]
Confidence level: Very likely
Thomas Shaw (Male, born 1694, died 1751)
Genre: Travel
Travels, or observations relating to several parts of Barbary and the Levant. Illustrated with cuts. By Thomas Shaw, D. D. F. R. S. Regius Professor of Greek, and Principal of St. Edmund Hall, in the University of Oxford.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1757. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 35
ESTC: T114688
Thomas Shaw (Male, born 1694, died 1751)
Genre: Travel
Travels, or Observations Relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant
Borrowed: 1775/11/24 (Friday).
Borrower: David Tod
Author: Thomas Shaw (Male, born 1694, died 1751), Genre: Travel
Travels, or Observations Relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant
Record ID 147630
Priestly on Electricity
Borrowed: 1775/11/27 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea. Funds deposited: NG.
John Swinton
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
History and present state of electricity, with original experiments [Priestley]
Confidence level: Certain
Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
The history and present state of electricity, with original experiments.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 55
ESTC: T36344
Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
History and Present State of Electricity, with Original Experiments
Borrowed: 1775/11/27 (Monday).
Borrower: John Swinton
Author: Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804), Genre: Natural Philosophy
History and Present State of Electricity, with Original Experiments
Record ID 147633
Also R. Crusoe Vol. 1:st
Borrowed: 1775/11/27 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.
John Swinton
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Daniel Defoe (Male, born c.1661, died 1731)
Genre: Fiction
The life and strange surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Daniel Defoe (Male, born c.1661, died 1731)
Genre: Fiction
The life and strange surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1766. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 5 times in 4 borrowing records
ESTC: T72282
Daniel Defoe (Male, born c.1661, died 1731)
Genre: Fiction
Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe.
Borrowed: 1775/11/27 (Monday).
Borrower: John Swinton
Author: Daniel Defoe (Male, born c.1661, died 1731), Genre: Fiction
Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 147636
Mackittrick's Commentaries
Borrowed: 1775/11/27 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/6/0.
Dennis Dorsey Dionysus
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/90737. Dissertation: De Chlorosi.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1773-1775; MD (Edin), 1776. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1774. Origin: America.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
James Makittrick Adair (Male, born 1728, died 1802)
Genre: Medicine
Mackittrick's Commententaries (original title)
Commentaries on the principles and practice of physic [Adair] (standardised title)
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections G.18.46.
Confidence level: Certain
James Makittrick Adair (Male, born 1728, died 1802)
Genre: Medicine
Commentaries on the Principles and Practice of Physic. Illustrated by Pathological Tables and Practical Cases. Being An Attempt, on a New Plan, to connect the several Branches of Medicine, and to place the Practice of it on a rational and solid Foundation. To which is prefixed, An Essay on the Education and Duties of Medical Men. By James Makkitrick, M.D. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians at Edinburgh.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 28
ESTC: T149209
James Makittrick Adair (Male, born 1728, died 1802)
Genre: Medicine
Commentaries on the Principles and Practice of Physic
Borrowed: 1775/11/27 (Monday).
Borrower: Dennis Dorsey Dionysus
Author: James Makittrick Adair (Male, born 1728, died 1802), Genre: Medicine
Record ID 147639
Mallet's Bacon's Life
Borrowed: 1775/11/27 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/3/0.
James Stevenson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
David Mallet (Male, born c.1705, died 1765)
Genre: Lives
Life of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England [Mallet]
Confidence level: Certain
David Mallet (Male, born c.1705, died 1765)
Genre: Lives
The life of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1740. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 27
ESTC: T73603
David Mallet (Male, born c.1705, died 1765)
Genre: Lives
Life of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England
Borrowed: 1775/11/27 (Monday).
Borrower: James Stevenson
Author: David Mallet (Male, born c.1705, died 1765), Genre: Lives