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Borrower ID 31479

George Waddell
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 4

Borrower ID 13599

Charles Wade
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1775-1777; MD (Edin), 1778
Class: Medicine
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91649
Number of borrowings: 1

Borrower ID 7880

Oglethorp Wainman
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1770-1771; MD (Edin), 1772
Class: Medicine
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91604
Other: Royal Medical Society, 1771
Number of borrowings: 8

Borrower ID 9845

James Waite
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 2

Borrower ID 8531

William Waite
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 2

Borrower ID 9686

Alexander Walker
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 2

Borrower ID 7703

James Walker
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 8

Borrower ID 7274

Joshua Walker
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1767-1769
Class: Medicine
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91543
Other: MD (Edin) 1770
Number of borrowings: 3

Borrower ID 12777

Josias Walker
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 5

Borrower ID 11163

Pryse Walker
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1773-1774
Class: Medicine
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/78717
Number of borrowings: 7

Borrower ID 9869

Robert Walker
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 1

Borrower ID 12996

Thomas Walker
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1771-1777
Class: Medicine
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/76795
Number of borrowings: 4

Borrower ID 26459

Thomas Walker
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 3

Borrower ID 9473

John Wall
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1765-1769
Class: Medicine
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/86360
Other: Royal Medical Society, 1767
Number of borrowings: 2

Borrower ID 9335

Martin Wall
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1770
Class: Medicine
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/76798
Other: Royal Medical Society, 1769
Number of borrowings: 8

Borrower ID 8759

Charles Wallace
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1772
Class: Medicine
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/90243
Other: Royal Navy, 1776
Number of borrowings: 11

Borrower ID 13023

James Wallace
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1776-1777
Class: Medicine
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/76801
Other: Apprentice to Royal College of Surgeons, 1770; Royal Army Medical Corps, 1781
Number of borrowings: 1

Borrower ID 4198

John Wallace
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 5

Borrower ID 13416

Edward Walsh
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1789-1790
Class: Medicine
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/88326
Number of borrowings: 2

Borrower ID 13620

John Wardlaw
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 1

Borrower ID 27092

William Wardlaw
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 1

Borrower ID 8459

Alexander Wardrobe
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 2

Borrower ID 4066

David Wardrobe
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1766-1769; MD (Edin), 1771
Class: Medicine
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91483
Other: Apprentice to Royal Collage of Surgeons, 1764; Royal Medical Society, 1769
Number of borrowings: 5

Borrower ID 9752

Andrew Wardrop
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1768-1774; MD (Edin), 1775
Class: Medicine
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91605
Other: Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons, 1777
Number of borrowings: 3

Borrower ID 9116

John Waring
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1769
Class: Medicine
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/76808
Number of borrowings: 2

Borrower ID 8945

John Warren
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1766-1769; MD (Edin), 1770
Class: Medicine
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91502
Other: Royal Medical Society, 1767
Number of borrowings: 5

Borrower ID 8498

J. Wasor?
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 1

Borrower ID 7730

Robert Watherston
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1770
Class: Medicine
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/84464
Number of borrowings: 3

Borrower ID 31200

Thomas Watherston
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1789-1790
Class: Medicine
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/84465
Other: British Navy 1793
Number of borrowings: 13

Borrower ID 8318

John Watkinson
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 1

Borrower ID 8591

Alexander Watson
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 4

Borrower ID 8060

Henry Watson
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1771-1772
Class: Medicine
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/90261
Other: Royal Medical Society, 1773
Number of borrowings: 30

Borrower ID 31722

James Watson
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1789-1790
Class: Medicine
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/90262
Number of borrowings: 12

Borrower ID 10778

John Watson
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 9

Borrower ID 8291

Richard Watson
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 14

Borrower ID 9284

William Watson
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 1

Borrower ID 7664

James Watt
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 1

Borrower ID 8624

Alexander Waugh
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 19

Borrower ID 10682

Jonathan Waugh
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 1

Borrower ID 12750

William Waugh
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 7

Borrower ID 7928

James Webster
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1769-1771
Class: Medicine
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/90278
Other: Royal Army Medical Corps, 1772; Royal Medical Society, 1777
Number of borrowings: 10

Borrower ID 31767

John Weems
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1789-1791
Class: Medicine
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/90904
Other: MD (Edin) 1792
Number of borrowings: 2

Borrower ID 31560

David Weir
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 1

Borrower ID 4009

John Weir
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1775-1776
Class: Medicine
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/84486
Number of borrowings: 31

Borrower ID 31764

John Weir
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1787
Class: Medicine
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/82557
Number of borrowings: 0

Borrower ID 12474

Wilbur Charles Wells
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1775-1777; MD (Edin), 1780
Class: Medicine
Dissertation: De Frigore.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91945
Origin: British
Number of borrowings: 21

Borrower ID 7859

William Welsh
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 2

Borrower ID 7706

William Wemyss
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1768-1772; MD (Edin), 1773
Class: Medicine
Dissertation: De Ophthalmia
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91973
Origin: British
Number of borrowings: 11

Borrower ID 8699

Stewart West
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1772
Class: Medicine
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/80697
Number of borrowings: 8

Borrower ID 12666

Thomas Westrop
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1776-1778; MD (Edin), 1779
Class: Medicine
Dissertation: De Scrophula.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/90745
Origin: Irish
Number of borrowings: 1

Borrower ID 8126

Francis Wharrie
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 9

Borrower ID 12207

James Wharrie
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1774-1776
Class: Medicine
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/90289
Number of borrowings: 2

Borrower ID 4135

Robert Wharrie
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1768-1771
Class: Medicine
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/80701
Number of borrowings: 6

Borrower ID 11808

Thomas Whatety
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1774
Class: Medicine
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/82564
Number of borrowings: 3

Borrower ID 31452

George Whetson
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 1

Borrower ID 7913

Richard Whitacker
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1771
Class: Medicine
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/76847
Number of borrowings: 2

Borrower ID 12933

Henry White
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 4

Borrower ID 7247

James White
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 10

Borrower ID 11052

John White
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1773-1774
Class: Medicine
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/88358
Number of borrowings: 15

Borrower ID 8888

Snowden White
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1765-1768; MD (Edin), 1769
Class: Medicine
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/90700
Number of borrowings: 2

Borrower ID 11772

Thomas Whiting?
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 3

Borrower ID 29505

George Whitson
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 5

Borrower ID 8705

Andrew Whyte
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 5

Borrower ID 13683

Douglas Whyte
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1789
Class: Medicine
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/88368
Number of borrowings: 5

Borrower ID 8528

John Whyte
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1769-1771
Class: Medicine
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/84500
Number of borrowings: 1

Borrower ID 7355

William Whyte
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 2

Borrower ID 12387

James Whytt
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1775-1776
Class: Medicine
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/90302
Number of borrowings: 19

Borrower ID 8570

John Whytt
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1772-1774
Class: Medicine
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/86416
Other: Royal Medical Society, 1774
Number of borrowings: 10

Borrower ID 11496

Andrew Wight
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 7

Borrower ID 9425

James Wightman
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1769
Class: Medicine
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/78776
Number of borrowings: 1

Borrower ID 8306

John Wightman
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 17

Borrower ID 11385

Mungo Wightman
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 1

Borrower ID 13008

Robert Wightman
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1776-1788; MD (Edin), 1789
Class: Medicine
Dissertation: De Hypochondriasi.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/90819
Life dates: d. 1843
Origin: Irish
Other: Royal Army Medical Corps, 1785; LRCP, 1796
Number of borrowings: 1

Borrower ID 7667

William Wightman
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 10

Borrower ID 9233

John Wilkin
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 2

Borrower ID 7499

Daniel Wilkinson
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1768-1769
Class: Medicine
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/86425
Number of borrowings: 3

Borrower ID 7622

Rowland Edward Williams
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1769-1770
Class: Medicine
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/76870
Number of borrowings: 5

Borrower ID 9083

Thomas Williams
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 1

Borrower ID 29996

James Veitch Williamson
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1781-1791
Class: Medicine
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/84512
Other: Apprentice of Royal College of Surgeons 1792
Number of borrowings: 13

Borrower ID 6182

John Williamson
Gender: Male
Number of borrowings: 4

Borrower ID 11229

Kirkpatrick? Williamson
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 1

Borrower ID 6122

Thomas Williamson
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 44

Borrower ID 7010

William Williamson
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 1

Borrower ID 6095

John Willison
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 9

Borrower ID 7895

Andrew Wilson
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 4

Borrower ID 8858

Charles Wilson
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1767-1768
Class: Medicine
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/80734
Number of borrowings: 3

Borrower ID 31812

David Wilson
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1784
Class: Medicine
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/82591
Number of borrowings: 1

Borrower ID 9215

George Wilson
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1769
Class: Medicine
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/88393
Number of borrowings: 3

Borrower ID 31506

George Wilson
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 1

Borrower ID 7616

James Wilson
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 16

Borrower ID 31293

John Wilson
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 4

Borrower ID 9902

Laurence Scott Wilson
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1772-1774
Class: Medicine
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/78807
Other: Royal Army Medical Corps, 1781
Number of borrowings: 8

Borrower ID 11679

Robert Wilson
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1774-1777
Class: Medicine
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/82599
Number of borrowings: 6

Borrower ID 31788

Robert Wilson
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1787
Class: Medicine
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/82600
Number of borrowings: 3

Borrower ID 31407

Samuel Wilson
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1789-1791
Class: Medicine
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/90890
Other: Royal Medical Society 1785; MD (Edin) 1792
Number of borrowings: 9

Borrower ID 7973

Thomas Wilson
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1771-1773
Class: Medicine
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/82605
Number of borrowings: 59

Borrower ID 13254

Thomas Wilson
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 3

Borrower ID 31275

Thomas Wilson
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1783-1789
Class: Medicine
Dissertation: De cynanche maligna.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/90851
Other: MD (Edin) 1790
Number of borrowings: 7

Borrower ID 7919

William Wilson
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 4

Borrower ID 8657

Thomas Wise
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1772-1773
Class: Medicine
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/84537
Number of borrowings: 9

Borrower ID 31719

John Wishart
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 1

Borrower ID 4207

William Wishart
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 1

Borrower ID 4177

Thomas Withers
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1768-1771; MD (Edin), 1772
Class: Medicine
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91696
Number of borrowings: 3

Borrower ID 8393

Alexender Wonsh?
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 1

Borrower ID 11685

George Wood
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1774-1783
Class: Medicine
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/86457
Other: Royal Medical Society, 1783; Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons, 1784
Number of borrowings: 7

Borrower ID 10703

James Wood
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1771-1775; MD (Edin), 1776
Class: Medicine
Dissertation: De actione et usu Emeticorum.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/90733
Origin: British
Other: Royal Medical Society, 1773; Royal Army Medical Corps, 1777
Number of borrowings: 3

Borrower ID 12939

John Wood
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 7

Borrower ID 31710

Robert Wood
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1786-1789
Class: Medicine
Dissertation: De pertussi [Whooping cough]
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/90822
Origin: Scottish
Other: Royal Medical Society 1787; MD (Edin) 1790
Number of borrowings: 1

Borrower ID 8102

Thomas Wood
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 3

Borrower ID 10604

William Woodville
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1772-1774; MD (Edin), 1775
Class: Medicine
Dissertation: De Causis Irritabilitatem Fibrarum Motricium augentibus.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91947
Life dates: 1752-1805
Origin: English
Other: Royal Medical Society, 1773; LRCP(1784)
Number of borrowings: 2

Borrower ID 11925

Henry Woollcombe
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1774-1776; MD (Edin), 1777
Class: Medicine
Dissertation: De Hysteria.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91841
Origin: English
Other: Royal Medical Society, 1775
Number of borrowings: 2

Borrower ID 31416

Jacob Wright
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 2

Borrower ID 8546

James Wright
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 6

Borrower ID 31428

John Wright
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 2

Borrower ID 7217

Thomas Wright
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 21

Borrower ID 8273

William Wright
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 4

Borrower ID 7715

Alexander Wyllie
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Number of borrowings: 3

Borrower ID 12501

Gabriel Wynne
Gender: Male
Occupation: Education > University Student.
Academic dates: 1775-1778; MD (Edin), 1779
Class: Medicine
Dissertation: De Cortice Peruviano.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/90746
Origin: Wales
Other: Royal Medical Society, 1776
Number of borrowings: 16