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Record ID 92177

Whytt's Works

Borrowed: 1769/2/27 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/6/0.


Borrower

William Acheson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Robert Whytt (Male, born 1714, died 1766)
Genre: Medicine
Works of Robert Whytt, M.D.
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; E.B. .61 Why..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Robert Whytt (Male, born 1714, died 1766)
Genre: Medicine
The works of Robert Whytt, M.D. Late Physician to his Majesty; President of the Royal College of Physicians, Professor of Medicine in the University of Edinburgh, and Fellow of the Royal Society.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 51


Book Work

Robert Whytt (Male, born 1714, died 1766)
Genre: Medicine
Works of Robert Whytt

Borrowed: 1769/2/27 (Monday).

Borrower: William Acheson

Author: Robert Whytt (Male, born 1714, died 1766), Genre: Medicine

Works of Robert Whytt

Record ID 92183

Voyage de Tournefort tome 2:d

Borrowed: 1769/2/28 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/1/0.


Borrower

James Ker
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/77845. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1766-1774. Other: Apprentice to Royal College of Surgeons, 1776.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (Male, born 1656, died 1708)
Genre: History, Genre: Travel
Relation d'un voyage du Levant [Tournefort].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (Male, born 1656, died 1708)
Genre: History, Genre: Travel
Relation d'un voyage du Levant, fait par ordre du Roy. Contenant l'histoire ancienne & moderne de plusieurs isles de l'archipel, de Constantinople, des côtes de la Mer noire, de l'Arménie, de la Georgie, des frontieres de Perse & de l'Asie mineure.
Language: French . Published: Lyon. Date of publication: 1727. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 9 times in 6 borrowing records


Book Work

Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (Male, born 1656, died 1708)
Genre: History, Genre: Travel
Relation d'un Voyage du Levant fait par Ordre du Roy

Borrowed: 1769/2/28 (Tuesday).

Borrower: James Ker

Author: Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (Male, born 1656, died 1708), Genre: History, Genre: Travel

Relation d'un Voyage du Levant fait par Ordre du Roy

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 92195

World Displayed V:s 1st & 2d

Borrowed: 1769/2/28 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 2/0/0.


Borrower

Thomas Turnbull
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/82502. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1769.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Genre: Travel
World displayed: or, a curious collection of voyages and travels, selected from the writers of all nations.
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections ; P*.33.34.53.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 92204

Boerhaarve's Chemistry Vol. 2. by Shaw 4:to

Borrowed: 1769/2/28 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/1/0.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Herman Boerhaave (Male, born 1668, died 1738)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
New method of chemistry; including the history, theory, and practice of the art: translated from the original Latin of Dr. Boerhaave's Elementa chemiæ
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Herman Boerhaave (Male, born 1668, died 1738)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
A new method of chemistry; including the history, theory, and practice of the art.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1753. Format: 4to.
Editors: Shaw, Peter
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 69 times in 45 borrowing records


Book Work

Herman Boerhaave (Male, born 1668, died 1738)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
New Method of Chemistry

Borrowed: 1769/2/28 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Thomas Williamson

Author: Herman Boerhaave (Male, born 1668, died 1738), Genre: Natural Philosophy

New Method of Chemistry

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 92216

Sharp's Surgery

Borrowed: 1769/2/28 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/4/6.


Borrower

Robert Dobson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Samuel Sharp (Male, born c.1700, died 1778)
Genre: Medicine
Critical enquiry to the present state of surgery [Sharp]

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Samuel Sharp (Male, born c.1700, died 1778)
Genre: Medicine
A critical enquiry into the present state of surgery.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1761. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 77


Book Work

Samuel Sharp (Male, born c.1700, died 1778)
Genre: Medicine
Critical Enquiry into the Present State of Surgery

Record ID 92228

Saunders on Mercury

Borrowed: 1769/2/28 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/2/6.


Borrower

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.


Book HoldingLibrary record

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.

Borrowed: 1769/2/28 (Tuesday).

Borrower: William McGie

Author: 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

Record ID 92231

Harris Hermes

Borrowed: 1769/2/28 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/10/6.


Borrower

John Baird
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

James Harris (Male, born 1709, died 1780)
Genre: Education
Hermes, or, A philosophical inquiry concerning universal grammar
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; SC 9217.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

James Harris (Male, born 1709, died 1780)
Genre: Education
Hermes, or, A philosophical inquiry concerning universal grammar.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1765. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 25


Book Work

James Harris (Male, born 1709, died 1780)
Genre: Education
Hermes, or, A Philosophical Inquiry Concerning Universal Grammar

Record ID 92246

Hogarth's Analysis

Borrowed: 1769/3/3 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/10/6.


Borrower

Charles Stewart
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

William Hogarth (Male, born 1697, died 1764)
Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Analysis of beauty : Written with a view of fixing the fluctuating ideas of taste
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections *.T.25.2 .

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

William Hogarth (Male, born 1697, died 1764)
Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
The analysis of beauty. Written with a view of fixing the fluctuating ideas of taste.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1753. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 29


Book Work

William Hogarth (Male, born 1697, died 1764)
Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Analysis of Beauty. Written with a View of Fixing the Fluctuating Ideas of Taste

Record ID 92255

Monitor 2 V:s

Borrowed: 1769/3/3 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/10/6.


Borrower

John Wallace
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Genre: Periodicals
Monitor (original title)
Monitor: or, British freeholder (standardised title)

Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections ; V.21.12-13.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Genre: Periodicals
The Monitor: or, British freeholder. From August 9, 1755, to July 31, 1756, both inclusive.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1760. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 10 times in 7 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: Periodicals
Monitor: or, British Freeholder

Borrowed: 1769/3/3 (Friday).

Borrower: John Wallace

Genre: Periodicals

Monitor: or, British Freeholder

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 92276

Reiger Hippocratis Aphorismi Vol. 1:st

Borrowed: 1769/3/3 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/12/0.


Borrower

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.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Hippocrates (Male)
Genre: Medicine
Hippocratis coi aphorismi notationibus variorum illustrati [Rieger]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Hippocrates (Male)
Genre: Medicine
Hippocratis,... Aphorismi, notationibus variorum illustrati.
Language: Latin . Published: The Hague. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Rieger, Johann Christoph, -1774
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 43 times in 28 borrowing records


Book Work

Hippocrates (Male)
Genre: Medicine
Aphorisms of Hippocrates

Borrowed: 1769/3/3 (Friday).

Borrower: William Grieve

Author: Hippocrates (Male), Genre: Medicine

Aphorisms of Hippocrates

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 92291

Leusden Clavis Test:

Borrowed: 1769/3/3 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/3/0.


Borrower

Jo: Buchan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

Borrowed: 1769/3/3 (Friday).

Borrower: Jo: Buchan

Record ID 92303

Boerhaave's Method

Borrowed: 1769/3/3 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/4/0.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Herman Boerhaave (Male, born 1668, died 1738)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
New method of chemistry; including the history, theory, and practice of the art: translated from the original Latin of Dr. Boerhaave's Elementa chemiæ
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Herman Boerhaave (Male, born 1668, died 1738)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
A new method of chemistry; including the history, theory, and practice of the art.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1753. Format: 4to.
Editors: Shaw, Peter
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 69 times in 45 borrowing records


Book Work

Herman Boerhaave (Male, born 1668, died 1738)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
New Method of Chemistry

Borrowed: 1769/3/3 (Friday).

Borrower: Thomas Duncan

Author: Herman Boerhaave (Male, born 1668, died 1738), Genre: Natural Philosophy

New Method of Chemistry

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 92318

Home's Facts

Borrowed: 1769/3/3 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/1/0.


Borrower

Frederick Pillson
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/78310. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1768.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Francis Home (Male, born 1719, died 1813)
Genre: Medicine
Medical facts and experiments [Home]
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; E.B. .616 Hom..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Francis Home (Male, born 1719, died 1813)
Genre: Medicine
Medical facts and experiments.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1759. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 33


Book Work

Francis Home (Male, born 1719, died 1813)
Genre: Medicine
Medical Facts and Experiments

Borrowed: 1769/3/3 (Friday).

Borrower: Frederick Pillson

Author: Francis Home (Male, born 1719, died 1813), Genre: Medicine

Medical Facts and Experiments

Record ID 92321

& Edin:r Literary Essays 2 V:s

Borrowed: 1769/3/3 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

Frederick Pillson
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/78310. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1768.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

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 2

Book Edition

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


Book Work

Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary

Record ID 92324

Mead's Works Vol:s 1:st & 3:d

Borrowed: 1769/3/4 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/1/0.


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

Richard Mead (Male, born 1673, died 1754)
Genre: Medicine
Medical works of Richard Mead
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 3

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: 1769/3/4 (Saturday).

Borrower: Forrest Dewar

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

Medical Works of Richard Mead

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 3

Record ID 92339

& Alexander's Essays

Borrowed: 1769/3/4 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


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

William Alexander (Male, died 1783)
Genre: Medicine
Experimental essays on the following subjects: I. On the external application of antiseptics in putrid diseases. II. On the doses and effects of medicines. III. On diuretics and sudorifics [Alexander]
Historical Shelfmark: A.A.A.K.b.7 [or A.A.M.g.7].

Record ID 92351

Sherlock's Sermons Vol. 2.d

Borrowed: 1769/3/4 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/1/0.


Borrower

James Buchan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Sherlock's Sermons.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Borrowed: 1769/3/4 (Saturday).

Borrower: James Buchan

Sherlock's Sermons.

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 92357

Ferguson's Lectures

Borrowed: 1769/3/4 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/16/0.


Borrower

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.


Book HoldingLibrary record

James Ferguson (Male, born 1710, died 1776)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Lectures on select subjects in mechanics, hydrostatics, pneumatics, and optics [Ferguson]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections E.B. .5304 Fer..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

James Ferguson (Male, born 1710, died 1776)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Lectures on select subjects in mechanics, hydrostatics, pneumatics, and optics.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1764. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 51


Book Work

James Ferguson (Male, born 1710, died 1776)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Lectures on Select Subjects in Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, and Optics

Record ID 92372

Opuscules de Margraff 2 tomes

Borrowed: 1769/3/4 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/12/0.


Borrower

William Logan Junior
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91528. Dissertation: De regimine Phthisicorum.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1768-1769; MD (Edin), 1770. Origin: Philadelphia.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Andreas Sigismund Marggraf (Male, born 1709, died 1782)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Opuscules chymiques [Margraf].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Andreas Sigismund Marggraf (Male, born 1709, died 1782)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Opuscules chymiques.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 20 times in 10 borrowing records


Book Work

Andreas Sigismund Marggraf (Male, born 1709, died 1782)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Opuscules Chymiques

Borrowed: 1769/3/4 (Saturday).

Borrower: William Logan Junior

Author: Andreas Sigismund Marggraf (Male, born 1709, died 1782), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Opuscules Chymiques

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 92378

& Reid's Inquiry

Borrowed: 1769/3/4 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

William Logan Junior
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91528. Dissertation: De regimine Phthisicorum.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1768-1769; MD (Edin), 1770. Origin: Philadelphia.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Thomas Reid (Male, born 1710, died 1796)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Inquiry into the human mind: on the principles of common sense [Reid]

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Thomas Reid (Male, born 1710, died 1796)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
An inquiry into the human mind, on the principles of common sense.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1764. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 178


Book Work

Thomas Reid (Male, born 1710, died 1796)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Inquiry into the Human Mind, on the Principles of Common Sense