An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers' Registers
Record ID 129119
Pott on the hydrocele
Borrowed: 1773/3/30 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/3/0.
James Shirreff Junior
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/78495. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1771-1772.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Percivall Pott (Male, born 1714, died 1788)
Genre: Medicine
An account of the method of obtaining a perfect or radical cure of the hydrocele, or watry [sic] rupture, by means of a seton [Pott]
Confidence level: Certain
Percivall Pott (Male, born 1714, died 1788)
Genre: Medicine
An account of the method of obtaining a perfect or radical cure of the hydrocele, or watry rupture, by means of a seton.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 22
ESTC: T150537
Percivall Pott (Male, born 1714, died 1788)
Genre: Medicine
Account of the Method of obtaining a Perfect or Radical Cure of the Hydrocele
Borrowed: 1773/3/30 (Tuesday).
Borrower: James Shirreff Junior
Author: Percivall Pott (Male, born 1714, died 1788), Genre: Medicine
Account of the Method of obtaining a Perfect or Radical Cure of the Hydrocele
Record ID 129122
Hume's Essays vol. 1st
Borrowed: 1773/4/2 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/12/0.
James Anderson
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/84615. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1769-1774.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Hume's Essays (original title)
Essays and treatises on several subjects (standardised title)
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections ; N*.27.31..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essays and treatises on several subjects. In two volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1764. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 81 times in 59 borrowing records
ESTC: T33492
David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects
Borrowed: 1773/4/2 (Friday).
Borrower: James Anderson
Author: David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776), Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 129125
Milton's Paradise Lost
Borrowed: 1773/4/2 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.
John Aitken
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/84585. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1763-1770. Other: Fellow of the Edinburgh College of Surgeons.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Medicine and Health > Surgeon.
John Milton (Male, born 1608, died 1674)
Genre: Poetry
Paradise lost. A poem in twelve books.
Confidence level: Certain
John Milton (Male, born 1608, died 1674)
Genre: Poetry
Paradise lost. A poem, in twelve books.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1751. Format: 12mo.
Editors: Marchant, John
Number of borrowings: 4
ESTC: T135474
John Milton (Male, born 1608, died 1674)
Genre: Poetry
Paradise Lost
Borrowed: 1773/4/2 (Friday).
Borrower: John Aitken
Author: John Milton (Male, born 1608, died 1674), Genre: Poetry
Record ID 129134
Euripides Græc. Lat:
Borrowed: 1773/4/2 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/6/0.
John Govan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Euripides (Male, born c.BCE480, died BCE406)
Genre: Drama
Euripides Graec. Lat. 8vo
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections *W.17.11..
Confidence level: Very likely
Euripides (Male, born c.BCE480, died BCE406)
Genre: Drama
Εὐριπιδου σωζομενα ἁπαντα ... Euripidis quæ extant omnia: tragœdiæ nempe XX., præter ultimam omnes completæ: item, fragmenta aliarum plusquam LX. tragœdiarum; et epistolæ V., nunc primum et ipsæ huc adjectæ: Scholia demùm doctorum virorum in septem priores tragœdias, ex diversis antiquis exemplaribus undiquaque collecta et concinnata ab Arsenio, Monembasiæ Archiepiscopo. Præmittitur Euripidis vita ex variis authoribus accuratius descripta: etiam, tractatus de tragœdia veterum Græcorum. Adduntur suis locis, scholia aliquot MSS., item selectiores doctorum virorum notæ et conjecturæ, cum perpetuis ad posteriores fabulas commentariis ... Accedit index triplex ... Opera et studio J. Barnes. MS. notes [by J. C. de Pauw].
Language: Greek | Latin . Published: Cambridge. Date of publication: 1694. Format: folio.
Translators: Barnes, Joshua
Number of borrowings: 10
Euripides (Male, born c.BCE480, died BCE406)
Genre: Drama
Works of Euripides
Borrowed: 1773/4/2 (Friday).
Borrower: John Govan
Author: Euripides (Male, born c.BCE480, died BCE406), Genre: Drama
Record ID 129140
Horatius Bentl: 4:to
Borrowed: 1773/4/2 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/0/0. Funds deposited: ND.
Alexander Munro
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Record ID 129146
& Mallet's Life of Bacon
Borrowed: 1773/4/2 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.
Alexander Munro
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: 1773/4/2 (Friday).
Borrower: Alexander Munro
Author: David Mallet (Male, born c.1705, died 1765), Genre: Lives
Record ID 129152
Hume's facts
Borrowed: 1773/4/2 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/8/0.
Andrew Alexander
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
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..
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
ESTC: T120708
Francis Home (Male, born 1719, died 1813)
Genre: Medicine
Medical Facts and Experiments
Borrowed: 1773/4/2 (Friday).
Borrower: Andrew Alexander
Author: Francis Home (Male, born 1719, died 1813), Genre: Medicine
Record ID 129155
Young on Opium
Borrowed: 1773/4/2 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.
Andrew Alexander
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
George Young M. D. (Male)
Genre: Medicine
Treatise on opium: founded upon practical observations [Young]
Confidence level: Certain
George Young M. D. (Male)
Genre: Medicine
A treatise on opium, founded upon practical observations.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1753. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 34
ESTC: T51640
George Young M. D. (Male)
Genre: Medicine
Treatise on Opium
Borrowed: 1773/4/2 (Friday).
Borrower: Andrew Alexander
Author: George Young M. D. (Male), Genre: Medicine
Record ID 129161
Med: pamphlets Cb25
Borrowed: 1773/4/2 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/6/0.
James Shirreff Junior
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/78495. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1771-1772.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Genre: Medicine
Medical pamphlets.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8
Borrowed: 1773/4/2 (Friday).
Borrower: James Shirreff Junior
Genre: Medicine
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8