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Macalister, Alexander, 1844-1899 (Professor of Anatomy and surgeon)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1844 - 1899

Biography

Alexander Macalister (1844-1899), Professor of Anatomy, surgeon

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

 Fonds

Frank Webster Furniss collection, 1917 - 1921

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/FUR
Scope and Contents Colour copies of photographs, College postcards and (27) letters to and from Clarice Preston, during his time as a student at Downing College. Includes: postcard (2 Nov 1917) soon after Frank's matriculation, saying he had collected his OTC uniform and done his first parade the day before; (22 Jun 1918) description of OTC Camp at Mildenhall; (July 1918) describing helping to unload an ambulance train of wounded soldiers after the Red Cross asked for volunteers - 'We had to prepare over 100...
Dates: 1917 - 1921
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Some records series are subject to confidentiality restrictions with the following closure periods: 30 years from date of creation for general administration files, legal records and financial files; 50 years from date of creation for governmental records, including papers of the College Governing Body and College Council, and constituent committees; 100 years from date of creation for personal and personnel records, including tutorial files, staff and fellows files and appointment records, personal finance and pension records. In addition sensitive correspondence and papers concerning College affairs such as disputes and disciplinary matters are closed for 100 years. Restrictions apply on some personal and private papers.
 Fonds

Medical case-books of George Murray Humphry (1820-1896)

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10169
Scope and Contents Hospital case-books dating from Humphry's apprenticeship to J. G. Crosse, surgeon to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital (2 vols.) and continuing under Humphry at Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge (9 vols,). Includes general and surgical wards cases. Many entries are in Humphry's hand with some penned by other doctors and surgeons. Two later volumes include pasted-in patient charts; one in a printed surgical case-book format. Additional to the case-books is Humphry's Anatomical Museum...
Dates: 1836 - ? 1919
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

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Anatomical science 1
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire 1
Cambridgeshire 1
Downing College, University of Cambridge 1
First World War (1914-1918) 1