An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers' Registers
Record ID 94268
Franklin on Electricity
Borrowed: 1769/5/2 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/10/6.
James Mclurg
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91520. Dissertation: De Calore.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1766-1769; MD (Edin), 1770. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1767. Origin: Virginia.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Benjamin Franklin (Male, born 1706, died 1790)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Experiments and observations on electricity : made at Philadelphia in America.
Confidence level: Certain
Benjamin Franklin (Male, born 1706, died 1790)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Experiments and observations on electricity, made at Philadelphia in America, by Benjamin Franklin, L.L.D. and F.R.S. To which are added, letters and papers on philosophical subjects.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 32
ESTC: T101040
Benjamin Franklin (Male, born 1706, died 1790)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Experiments and Observations on Electricity, made at Philadelphia in America
Borrowed: 1769/5/2 (Tuesday).
Borrower: James Mclurg
Author: Benjamin Franklin (Male, born 1706, died 1790), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Experiments and Observations on Electricity, made at Philadelphia in America
Record ID 94313
Camoen's Lusiad folio
Borrowed: 1769/5/2 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/5/0.
Thomas Mercer
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Luís de Camões (Male, born c.1524, died 1580)
Genre: Poetry
The Lusiad, or, Portugals historicall poem.
Confidence level: Certain
Luís de Camões (Male, born c.1524, died 1580)
Genre: Poetry
The Lusiad, or, Portugals historicall poem.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1655. Format: folio.
Translators: Fanshawe, Richard, 1608-1666.
Number of borrowings: 5
ESTC: R18836
Luís de Camões (Male, born c.1524, died 1580)
Genre: Poetry
Lusiad
Borrowed: 1769/5/2 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Thomas Mercer
Author: Luís de Camões (Male, born c.1524, died 1580), Genre: Poetry
Record ID 94316
Gooch's Cases
Borrowed: 1769/5/2 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/10/6.
William Junor
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/81666. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1768.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Benjamin Gooch (Male, died c.1780)
Genre: Medicine
Cases and practical remarks in surgery. With sketches of machines [Gooch]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Benjamin Gooch (Male, died c.1780)
Genre: Medicine
Cases and practical remarks in surgery. With sketches of machines, of simple construction, easy application, and approved use.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1758. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 152 times in 81 borrowing records
ESTC: T90166
Benjamin Gooch (Male, died c.1780)
Genre: Medicine
Cases and Practical Remarks in Surgery
Borrowed: 1769/5/2 (Tuesday).
Borrower: William Junor
Author: Benjamin Gooch (Male, died c.1780), Genre: Medicine
Cases and Practical Remarks in Surgery
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 94325
London Medical Essays 3 V:s
Borrowed: 1769/5/2 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.
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.
London Medical Essays.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 94328
Reid's Inquiry
Borrowed: 1769/5/2 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/6/0.
Charles Ocheltrie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Thomas Reid (Male, born 1710, died 1796)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Inquiry into the human mind: on the principles of common sense [Reid]
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
ESTC: T110558
Thomas Reid (Male, born 1710, died 1796)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Inquiry into the Human Mind, on the Principles of Common Sense
Borrowed: 1769/5/2 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Charles Ocheltrie
Author: Thomas Reid (Male, born 1710, died 1796), Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Inquiry into the Human Mind, on the Principles of Common Sense
Record ID 94334
Baglivi's practice of physic
Borrowed: 1769/5/2 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/10/6. Funds deposited: For M:r Odier I have the Money.
Dr Louis Odier
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91531. Dissertation: De elementariis musicae sensationibus.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1767-1771; MD (Edin), 1770. Origin: Geneva. Life dates: 1748-1817.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Medicine and Health > Physician.
Giorgio Baglivi (Male, born 1668, died 1707)
Genre: Medicine
The practice of physick : reduc'd to the ancient way of observations containing a just parallel between the wisdom and experience of the ancients, and the hypothesis's of modern physicians [Baglivi].
Confidence level: Certain
Giorgio Baglivi (Male, born 1668, died 1707)
Genre: Medicine
The practice of physick, reduc’d to the ancient way of observations containing a just parallel between the wisdom and experience of the ancients, and the hypothesis’s of modern physicians.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1704. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 4
ESTC: N9782
Giorgio Baglivi (Male, born 1668, died 1707)
Genre: Medicine
Practice of Physick [Giorgio Baglivi]
Borrowed: 1769/5/2 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Dr Louis Odier
Author: Giorgio Baglivi (Male, born 1668, died 1707), Genre: Medicine
Record ID 94337
Lind on the Scurvy
Borrowed: 1769/4/2 (Sunday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/7/0.
William Blaine
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
James Lind (Male, born 1716, died 1794)
Genre: Medicine
Treatise of the scurvy [Lind]
Confidence level: Very likely
James Lind (Male, born 1716, died 1794)
Genre: Medicine
A treatise on the scurvy.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1753. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 118
ESTC: T45786
James Lind (Male, born 1716, died 1794)
Genre: Medicine
Treatise on the Scurvy
Borrowed: 1769/4/2 (Sunday).
Borrower: William Blaine
Author: James Lind (Male, born 1716, died 1794), Genre: Medicine
Record ID 94340
Harris's Hermes
Borrowed: 1769/4/2 (Sunday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/1/0.
Hugh McDougall
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
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.
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
ESTC: T116396
James Harris (Male, born 1709, died 1780)
Genre: Education
Hermes, or, A Philosophical Inquiry Concerning Universal Grammar
Borrowed: 1769/4/2 (Sunday).
Borrower: Hugh McDougall
Author: James Harris (Male, born 1709, died 1780), Genre: Education
Hermes, or, A Philosophical Inquiry Concerning Universal Grammar
Record ID 94343
& Rollin's history Vol. 1:st
Borrowed: 1769/5/2 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.
Hugh McDougall
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Rollin's History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Borrowed: 1769/5/2 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Hugh McDougall
Author: Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 94346
Terentianus Maurius
Borrowed: 1769/5/5 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/5/0.
Walter Fisher
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Marcus Terentius Varro (Male, born BCE116, died BCE27)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Pars librorum quattuor et viginti de lingua latina M. Vetranius Maurus recensuit.
Confidence level: Certain
Marcus Terentius Varro (Male, born BCE116, died BCE27)
Genre: Belles Lettres
M. Varronis De lingua Latina.
Language: Latin . Published: Lyon. Date of publication: 1563. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1
Marcus Terentius Varro (Male, born BCE116, died BCE27)
Genre: Belles Lettres
De Lingua Latina [Marcus Terentius Varro]
Borrowed: 1769/5/5 (Friday).
Borrower: Walter Fisher
Author: Marcus Terentius Varro (Male, born BCE116, died BCE27), Genre: Belles Lettres
Record ID 94349
Also Labbe Græcorum Dilecti
Borrowed: 1769/5/5 (Friday). Loan period: 0/12/0.
Walter Fisher
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Philippe Labbé (Male, born 1607, died 1667)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Reference Works
Graecorum dialecti poeticae [Labbe].
Confidence level: Certain
Philippe Labbé (Male, born 1607, died 1667)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Reference Works
Linguae graecae prosodia, dialecti, epitheta, cum Thesauro prosodico graeco-latino.
Language: Greek | Latin . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1653. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 3
Philippe Labbé (Male, born 1607, died 1667)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Reference Works
Linguae Graecae Prosodia, Dialecti, Epitheta, cum Thesauro Prosodico Graeco-Latino
Borrowed: 1769/5/5 (Friday).
Borrower: Walter Fisher
Author: Philippe Labbé (Male, born 1607, died 1667), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Reference Works
Linguae Graecae Prosodia, Dialecti, Epitheta, cum Thesauro Prosodico Graeco-Latino
Record ID 94355
Also Labbe Græcorum Dilecti
Borrowed: 1769/5/5 (Friday). Loan period: 0/12/0.
Walter Fisher
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Philippe Labbé (Male, born 1607, died 1667)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Reference Works
Graecorum dialecti poeticae [Labbe].
Confidence level: Certain
Philippe Labbé (Male, born 1607, died 1667)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Reference Works
Linguae graecae prosodia, dialecti, epitheta, cum Thesauro prosodico graeco-latino.
Language: Greek | Latin . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1653. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 3
Philippe Labbé (Male, born 1607, died 1667)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Reference Works
Linguae Graecae Prosodia, Dialecti, Epitheta, cum Thesauro Prosodico Graeco-Latino
Borrowed: 1769/5/5 (Friday).
Borrower: Walter Fisher
Author: Philippe Labbé (Male, born 1607, died 1667), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Reference Works
Linguae Graecae Prosodia, Dialecti, Epitheta, cum Thesauro Prosodico Graeco-Latino
Record ID 94352
Shaftesbury's Characteristicks Vol. 1.st
Borrowed: 1769/5/5 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/12/0.
Hugh Mair
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/87592. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1768-1769. Other: Indian Medical Service 1771.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Anthony Ashley Cooper Earl of Shaftesbury (Male, born 1671, died 1713)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Characteristicks of men, manners, opinions, times
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections (E. B. .82451).
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Anthony Ashley Cooper Earl of Shaftesbury (Male, born 1671, died 1713)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Characteristicks of men, manners, opinions, times. In three volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1711. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 105 times in 51 borrowing records
ESTC: T30440
Anthony Ashley Cooper Earl of Shaftesbury (Male, born 1671, died 1713)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times
Borrowed: 1769/5/5 (Friday).
Borrower: Hugh Mair
Author: Anthony Ashley Cooper Earl of Shaftesbury (Male, born 1671, died 1713), Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 94367
Medical pamphlets A.A.A.C.g.2
Borrowed: 1769/5/5 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/10/6.
William Junor
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/81666. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1768.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Borrowed: 1769/5/5 (Friday).
Borrower: William Junor
Record ID 94370
Whytt on Nervous disorders
Borrowed: 1769/5/9 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/6/0.
William Junor
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/81666. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1768.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Robert Whytt (Male, born 1714, died 1766)
Genre: Medicine
Observations on the nature, causes, and cure of those disorders which have been commonly called nervous, hypochondriac, or hysteric : to which are prefixed some remarks on the sympathy of the nerves [Whytt]
Confidence level: Very likely
Robert Whytt (Male, born 1714, died 1766)
Genre: Medicine
Observations on the nature, causes, and cure of those disorders which have been commonly called nervous, hypochondriac, or hysteric: to which are prefixed some remarks on the sympathy of the nerves.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 64
ESTC: N10057
Robert Whytt (Male, born 1714, died 1766)
Genre: Medicine
Observations on the Nature, Causes, and Cure of those Disorders which have been commonly called Nervous
Borrowed: 1769/5/9 (Tuesday).
Borrower: William Junor
Author: Robert Whytt (Male, born 1714, died 1766), Genre: Medicine
Record ID 94376
Home principia
Borrowed: 1769/5/9 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/3/0.
John Elliot
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Francis Home (Male, born 1719, died 1813)
Genre: Medicine
Principia medicinae [Home]
Confidence level: Certain
Francis Home (Male, born 1719, died 1813)
Genre: Medicine
Principia medicinae.
Language: Latin . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 43
ESTC: T55407
Francis Home (Male, born 1719, died 1813)
Genre: Medicine
Principia Medicinae [Francis Home]
Borrowed: 1769/5/9 (Tuesday).
Borrower: John Elliot
Author: Francis Home (Male, born 1719, died 1813), Genre: Medicine
Record ID 94385
Sydenham Opera
Borrowed: 1769/5/5 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/8/0.
George Sandeman Junior
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/90713. Dissertation: De Rheo palmato.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1765-1768; MD (Edin), 1769. Other: LRCP(1786) . Origin: Scottish. Life dates: 1746-1818.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Thomas Sydenham (Male, born 1624, died 1689)
Genre: Medicine
Thomas Sydenham ... opera omnia.
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: 1769. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Swan, John.
Number of borrowings: 15
ESTC: N6602
Thomas Sydenham (Male, born 1624, died 1689)
Genre: Medicine
Works of Thomas Sydenham
Borrowed: 1769/5/5 (Friday).
Borrower: George Sandeman Junior
Author: Thomas Sydenham (Male, born 1624, died 1689), Genre: Medicine
Record ID 94394
Gorter in Aphorismos
Borrowed: 1769/5/5 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/10/0.
Walter Jones
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/90697. Dissertation: De Dysenteria.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1765-1769; MD (Edin), 1769. Origin: Virginia.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Johannes de Gorter (Male, born 1689, died 1762)
Genre: Medicine
Medicina Hippocratica exponens Aphorismos Hippocratis [Gorter]
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; *G.22.69.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Johannes de Gorter (Male, born 1689, died 1762)
Genre: Medicine
Medicina Hippocratica exponens Aphorismos Hippocratis.
Language: Latin . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1755-1761. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 54 times in 30 borrowing records
Johannes de Gorter (Male, born 1689, died 1762)
Genre: Medicine
Medicina Hippocratica exponens Aphorismos Hippocratis
Borrowed: 1769/5/5 (Friday).
Borrower: Walter Jones
Author: Johannes de Gorter (Male, born 1689, died 1762), Genre: Medicine
Medicina Hippocratica exponens Aphorismos Hippocratis
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 94406
& Reiger in Idem [?] Vol. 1inum
Borrowed: 1769/5/5 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.
Walter Jones
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/90697. Dissertation: De Dysenteria.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1765-1769; MD (Edin), 1769. Origin: Virginia.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Hippocrates (Male)
Genre: Medicine
Hippocratis coi aphorismi notationibus variorum illustrati [Rieger]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
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
Hippocrates (Male)
Genre: Medicine
Aphorisms of Hippocrates
Borrowed: 1769/5/5 (Friday).
Borrower: Walter Jones
Author: Hippocrates (Male), Genre: Medicine
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 94409
Elements of Criticism Vol 2d
Borrowed: 1769/5/5 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/15/0.
Matthew 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: 1769/5/5 (Friday).
Borrower: Matthew Stewart
Author: Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782), Genre: Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 94418
Also Monro on Common Diseases [?]
Borrowed: 1769/5/5 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/10/0.
William Blaine
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.