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Record ID 46609
Smellies Midwifry Vs: 1-2-3.
Borrowed: 1769/1/13 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/1/0.
Norman MacLeod
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/83749. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1768-1770.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
William Smellie (Male, born 1697, died 1763)
Genre: Medicine
Treatise on the theory and practice of midwifery [Smellie]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Very likely
William Smellie (Male, born 1697, died 1763)
Genre: Medicine
A treatise on the theory and practice of midwifery.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1766-1768. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 208 times in 86 borrowing records
ESTC: T152324
William Smellie (Male, born 1697, died 1763)
Genre: Medicine
Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery
Borrowed: 1769/1/13 (Friday).
Borrower: Norman MacLeod
Author: William Smellie (Male, born 1697, died 1763), Genre: Medicine
Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 46639
Saunders translation of Plenck
Borrowed: 1769/1/14 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/2/0.
David Wardrobe
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91483. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1766-1769; MD (Edin), 1771. Other: Apprentice to Royal Collage of Surgeons, 1764; Royal Medical Society, 1769.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Joseph Jacob Ritter von Plenck (Male, born 1738, died 1807), William Saunders (Male, born 1743, died 1817)
Genre: Medicine
A new and easy method of giving mercury, to those affected with the venereal disease.
Confidence level: Certain
Joseph Jacob Ritter von Plenck (Male, born 1738, died 1807), William Saunders (Male, born 1743, died 1817)
Genre: Medicine
A new and easy method of giving mercury, to those affected with the venereal disease. To which is annexed a new theory of the action of this metal on the salivary glands. Translated from the Latin of Joseph James Plenck, professor of surgery and midwifery, at Vienna. The second edition. To which is prefixed, A table, exhibiting, at one view, all the preparations of mercury, reduced under proper heads. With an appendix of remarks on Mr. Plenck; together with some experiments and observations which ascertain with more accuracy a steady and uniform method of giving his medicine; and a short and easy method of preparing the mercurius calcinatus. By William Saunders, M.D
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 12mo.
Translators: Saunders, William, 1743-1817.
Number of borrowings: 6
ESTC: T26907
Joseph Jacob Ritter von Plenck (Male, born 1738, died 1807), William Saunders (Male, born 1743, died 1817)
Genre: Medicine
New and Easy Method of Giving Mercury
Borrowed: 1769/1/14 (Saturday).
Borrower: David Wardrobe
Author: Joseph Jacob Ritter von Plenck (Male, born 1738, died 1807), William Saunders (Male, born 1743, died 1817), Genre: Medicine
Record ID 46612
Wintringham's Works 2 Vs:
Borrowed: 1768/1/13 (Wednesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/10/6.
James Maclean
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/83745. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1765-1768.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Clifton Wintringham (Male, born 1689, died 1748)
Genre: Medicine
Works of the late Clifton Wintringham, now first collected and published entire.
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; G.19.95-96.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Very likely
Clifton Wintringham (Male, born 1689, died 1748)
Genre: Medicine
The works of the late Clifton Wintringham, Physician at York, now first collected and published entire: with large additions and emendations from the original manuscripts.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1752. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 47 times in 25 borrowing records
ESTC: T152380
Clifton Wintringham (Male, born 1689, died 1748)
Genre: Medicine
Works of the Late Clifton Wintringham, Physician at York
Borrowed: 1768/1/13 (Wednesday).
Borrower: James Maclean
Author: Clifton Wintringham (Male, born 1689, died 1748), Genre: Medicine
Works of the Late Clifton Wintringham, Physician at York
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 46645
Shaftesbury's Characteristicks
Borrowed: 1768/1/14 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/12/0.
Hugh Anderson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Borrowed: 1768/1/14 (Thursday).
Borrower: Hugh Anderson
Record ID 46615
Harris Voyages Vol. 2d:
Borrowed: 1769/1/13 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 2/0/0. Funds deposited: Aberdeen note; Linen note.
William Sinclair
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/82293. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1769-1775. Other: Apprentice to Royal College of Surgeons, 1768.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
John Harris (Male, born c.1677, died 1719)
Genre: Travel
Navigantium atque itinerantium bibliotheca. Or, A complete collection of voyages and travels.
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections ; *P.15.1-2.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Very likely
John Harris (Male, born c.1677, died 1719)
Genre: Travel
Navigantium atque itinerantium bibliotheca. Or, a complete collection of voyages and travels. Consisting of above six hundred of the most authentic writers, beginning with Hackluit, Purchass, &c. in English; Ramusio, Alamandini, Carreri, &c. in Italian; Thevenot, Renaudot, Labat, &c. in French; De Brye, Grynaeus, Maffeus, &c. in Latin; Herrera, Oviedo, Coreal, &c. in Spanish; and the voyages under the direction of the East-India Company in Holland, in Dutch. Together with such other histories, voyages, travels, or discoveries, as are in general esteem; whether published in English, Latin, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, High and Low Dutch, or in any other European language. Containing whatever has been observed worthy of notice in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America; in respect to the extent and situation of empires, kingdoms, provinces, &c. The climate, soil, and produce, whether animal, vegetable, or mineral, of each country: likewise the religion, manners, and customs of the several inhabitants, their government, arts and sciences, publick buildings, mountains, rivers, harbours, &c. Illustrated by proper charts, maps, and cuts. To which is prefixed a copious introduction, comprehending the rise and progress of the art of navigation, and its successive improvements; together with the invention and use of the loadstone, and its variation. Originally published in two volumes in folio, by John Harris, D.D. and F.R.S. Now carefully revised, with large additions, and continued down to the present time; including particular accounts of the manufactures and commerce of each country.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1744-1748. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 140 times in 111 borrowing records
ESTC: N10532
John Harris (Male, born c.1677, died 1719)
Genre: Travel
Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels
Borrowed: 1769/1/13 (Friday).
Borrower: William Sinclair
Author: John Harris (Male, born c.1677, died 1719), Genre: Travel
Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 46648
Henry's Commentary Vol. 3d
Borrowed: 1769/1/14 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 3/3/0.
Robert Little
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Borrowed: 1769/1/14 (Saturday).
Borrower: Robert Little
Record ID 46618
Smith's Theory
Borrowed: 1769/1/13 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/5/0.
James Heron
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Theory of moral sentiments [Smith]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections ; Dh.5.149.
Confidence level: Very likely
Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
The theory of moral sentiments.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 107
ESTC: T141578
Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Theory of Moral Sentiments
Borrowed: 1769/1/13 (Friday).
Borrower: James Heron
Author: Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790), Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Record ID 46651
Sharp's Inquiry
Borrowed: 1769/1/14 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/4/6.
William McGie
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/89649. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1767.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Borrowed: 1769/1/14 (Saturday).
Borrower: William McGie
Record ID 46621
Preceptor Vol. 2d:
Borrowed: 1769/1/13 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/10/6.
John Anderson
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91843. Dissertation: De Scorbuto.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1768; MD (Edin), 1772. Origin: British.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Medicine and Health > Physician.
Robert Dodsley (Male, born 1704, died 1764)
Genre: Education
Preceptor : containing a general course of education, wherein the first principles of polite learning are laid down in a way most suitable for trying the genius, and advancing the instruction of youth
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Robert Dodsley (Male, born 1704, died 1764)
Genre: Education
The preceptor: containing a general course of education.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Dodsley, Robert
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 122 times in 101 borrowing records
ESTC: N23347
Robert Dodsley (Male, born 1704, died 1764)
Genre: Education
Preceptor: Containing A General Course of Education
Borrowed: 1769/1/13 (Friday).
Borrower: John Anderson
Author: Robert Dodsley (Male, born 1704, died 1764), Genre: Education
Preceptor: Containing A General Course of Education
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 46654
Huxham on fevers
Borrowed: 1769/1/14 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/5/0.
William Diary
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Borrowed: 1769/1/14 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Diary
Record ID 46624
Robinson's Oeconomy
Borrowed: 1769/1/14 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/5/0.
John Drysdale
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/77438. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1765-1768.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Bryan Robinson (Male, born 1680, died 1754)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
A treatise of the animal oeconomy [Robinson]
Confidence level: Certain
Bryan Robinson (Male, born 1680, died 1754)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
A treatise of the animal oeconomy.
Language: English . Published: Dublin. Date of publication: 1732. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 18
ESTC: T176488
Bryan Robinson (Male, born 1680, died 1754)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Treatise of the Animal Oeconomy
Borrowed: 1769/1/14 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Drysdale
Author: Bryan Robinson (Male, born 1680, died 1754), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Record ID 46657
Spectator Vol. 1st
Borrowed: 1769/1/16 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/1/0.
Matthew Poole
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/89889. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1788-1789. Other: Royal Army Medical Corps 1796.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719), Sir Richard Steele (Male, born 1672, died 1729)
Genre: Periodicals
Spectator: in eight volumes.
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; E.B. .82452 Spe..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719), Sir Richard Steele (Male, born 1672, died 1729)
Genre: Periodicals
The spectator. In eight volumes.
Language: English . Published: Glasgow. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 8 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 71 times in 31 borrowing records
ESTC: T178720
Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719), Sir Richard Steele (Male, born 1672, died 1729)
Genre: Periodicals
Spectator
Borrowed: 1769/1/16 (Monday).
Borrower: Matthew Poole
Author: Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719), Sir Richard Steele (Male, born 1672, died 1729), Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 46627
Elements of Criticism Vol. 2d.
Borrowed: 1769/1/14 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/15/0.
William Stewart
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of criticism [Kames]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of criticism. In three volumes.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh | London. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 364 times in 198 borrowing records
ESTC: T32597
Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of Criticism
Borrowed: 1769/1/14 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Stewart
Author: Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782), Genre: Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 46660
Swan's Sydenham
Borrowed: 1769/1/16 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/7/0.
Francis Palmer
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/87881. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1767-1768.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Thomas Sydenham (Male, born 1624, died 1689)
Genre: Medicine
Entire works of Dr. Thomas Sydenham, newly made English from the originals [tr. Swan]
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Sydenham (Male, born 1624, died 1689)
Genre: Medicine
The entire works of Dr Thomas Sydenham, newly made English from the originals.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Swan, John
Number of borrowings: 72
ESTC: T136717
Thomas Sydenham (Male, born 1624, died 1689)
Genre: Medicine
Works of Thomas Sydenham
Borrowed: 1769/1/16 (Monday).
Borrower: Francis Palmer
Author: Thomas Sydenham (Male, born 1624, died 1689), Genre: Medicine
Record ID 46630
Essays Moral & Philosophical
Borrowed: 1769/1/14 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/5/0.
John Baird
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Alexander Forbes of Pitsligo Lord Pitsligo (Male, born 1678, died 1762)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essays moral and philosophical.
Historical Shelfmark: Z.h.21.. Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections N.18.23.
Confidence level: Certain
Alexander Forbes of Pitsligo Lord Pitsligo (Male, born 1678, died 1762)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essays moral and philosophical, on several subjects: viz. A view of the human faculties. A short Account of the World. Two Discourses on Decency. An essay on self-love.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1734. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 14
ESTC: T108054
Alexander Forbes of Pitsligo Lord Pitsligo (Male, born 1678, died 1762)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essays Moral and Philosophical, on Several Subjects
Borrowed: 1769/1/14 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Baird
Author: Alexander Forbes of Pitsligo Lord Pitsligo (Male, born 1678, died 1762), Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Record ID 46663
Brooke's practice 2 Vs: in 1
Borrowed: 1769/1/16 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/7/0.
John Barrie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Borrowed: 1769/1/16 (Monday).
Borrower: John Barrie
Record ID 46633
Hallieri primæ lineæ
Borrowed: 1769/1/14 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/7/0.
William Black
Gender: Male.
Dissertation: De Diagnosi, Prognosi, et Causis Mortis in Febribus.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: before 1771. Other: MD (Leiden), 1772; LRCP(1787) . Origin: Irish. Life dates: 1749/50-1829.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Baron Albrecht von Haller (Male, born 1708, died 1777)
Genre: Education, Genre: Medicine
Primae lineae physiologiae : in usum praelectionum academicarum.
Confidence level: Certain
Baron Albrecht von Haller (Male, born 1708, died 1777)
Genre: Education, Genre: Medicine
Alberti v. Haller, Domini In Goumoens LE Iux ET Eclagnens. M. ET Phil. D. Praesidis Societ. Reg. Scient. Gotting, Acad. Imp. N. Cur. ET Regg. SC. Gall. ET Chir. Gall. Brit. Boruss. Suec. ET Ups. Bonon. Batav. Bavar. Florent. Arcad. Helvet. Oecon. Bern. Sod. In Supremo Senatu Reip. Bernensis Ducentum Viri, primæ lineæ physiologiæ, in usum prælectionum academicarum, ad editionem tertio auctam & emendatam expressæ.
Language: Latin . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 53
ESTC: T125939
Baron Albrecht von Haller (Male, born 1708, died 1777)
Genre: Education, Genre: Medicine
Primae Lineae Physiologiae, in Usum Praelectionum Academicarum
Borrowed: 1769/1/14 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Black
Author: Baron Albrecht von Haller (Male, born 1708, died 1777), Genre: Education, Genre: Medicine
Primae Lineae Physiologiae, in Usum Praelectionum Academicarum
Record ID 46666
Lewis Commercium Philosophico Technicum 2 Vs:
Borrowed: 1769/1/16 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/3/0.
William Grieve
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91498. Dissertation: De Febribus Tertianis.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1766-1772; MD, 1770. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1767. Origin: British.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Medicine and Health > Physician.
William Lewis (Male, born 1708, died 1781)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Commercium philosophico-technicum; or, the philosophical commerce of arts: designed as an attempt to improve arts, trades, and manufactures.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
William Lewis (Male, born 1708, died 1781)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Commercium philosophico-technicum; or, The philosophical commerce of arts: Designed as an attempt to improve arts, trades, and manufactures.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763-1765. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 45 times in 36 borrowing records
ESTC: T146870
William Lewis (Male, born 1708, died 1781)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Commercium Philosophico-Technicum; or, The Philosophical Commerce of Arts
Borrowed: 1769/1/16 (Monday).
Borrower: William Grieve
Author: William Lewis (Male, born 1708, died 1781), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Commercium Philosophico-Technicum; or, The Philosophical Commerce of Arts
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 46636
Sauvages Nosologia Methodica 2 Vs: 4to
Borrowed: 1769/1/14 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/10/6.
Thomas Aery
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/78858. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1767. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1768.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
François Boissier de la Croix de Sauvages (Male, born 1706, died 1767)
Genre: Medicine
Nosologia methodica, sistens morborum, classes genera et species : juxta Sydenhami mentem et botanicorum ordinem.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Very likely
François Boissier de la Croix de Sauvages (Male, born 1706, died 1767)
Genre: Medicine
Nosologia methodica, sistens morborum classes, juxtà Sydenhami mentem & botanicorum ordinem.
Language: Latin . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 111 times in 43 borrowing records
François Boissier de la Croix de Sauvages (Male, born 1706, died 1767)
Genre: Medicine
Nosologia Methodica [François Boissier de la Croix de Sauvages]
Borrowed: 1769/1/14 (Saturday).
Borrower: Thomas Aery
Author: François Boissier de la Croix de Sauvages (Male, born 1706, died 1767), Genre: Medicine
Nosologia Methodica [François Boissier de la Croix de Sauvages]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2