John Williams' Notebook from his time as a student of anatomy at the Royal College of Surgeons of England
TitleJohn Williams' Notebook from his time as a student of anatomy at the Royal College of Surgeons of England
ReferenceMS0074
Level of descriptionfonds
Date1844-1846
Admin./ biographical historyJohn Williams was a General Surgeon, and a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1859). He studied at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London and became interested in comparative anatomy. In 1842, he was elected Student Assistant at the Royal College of Surgeons of England on 19th June 1843. Early in 1844, Goadby of the Hunterian Museum was asked to instruct him in preparing and mounting specimens. The duties of Student Assistant were formulated in the Minutes of the Museum Committee in July 1846. The College Library holds the MS. “Notes of the Work done by John Williams as Student of Anatomy”, dated January 1844. He completed his appointed task in July 1846, being presented by the Museum Committee with a copy of the Museum Catalogue.
For more information on Williams' life and career, please visit his profile on Plarr's Lives of the Fellows: https://livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk/client/en_GB/lives/search/results?qu=john+williams&te=ASSET.
For more information on Williams' life and career, please visit his profile on Plarr's Lives of the Fellows: https://livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk/client/en_GB/lives/search/results?qu=john+williams&te=ASSET.
Scope and ContentThis volume contains notes on work done by John Williams while a Student of Anatomy at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. The fly sheet of the volume is signed by Williams and dated January 1844.
The notes contains details of Williams' activities, such as remounting pathological preparations, cataloguing Mr Swain's preparations, showing visitors around the museum, and various dissections.
The notes contains details of Williams' activities, such as remounting pathological preparations, cataloguing Mr Swain's preparations, showing visitors around the museum, and various dissections.
Extent1 volume
LanguageEnglish
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Persons keyword John Williams, 1819-1878, surgeon
SubjectAnatomy, Museum collections, Student projects
