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Date(s)
- 1701 - 1897 (Creation)
Level of description
Book Collection
Extent and medium
4,012 books
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
Formed in 1963 after an amalgamation of institutions dating back to 1834, Newcastle University is based in Newcastle upon Tyne, with overseas campuses in Malaysia and Singapore. It is a member of the Russell Group of Universities.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
This collection has been built-up from a variety of sources, over a number of years.
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Scope and content
This is a collection of over 2000 volumes and hundreds of pamphlets, covering the history of medicine and a broad range of medical subjects. The collection is rich in seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth-century works.
It includes books from the medical library of noted South Shields doctor T.M. Winterbottom (1766-1859), and highlights include Erasmus Darwin's Zoonomia (1794), John Abercrombie's Pathological and Practical Researches on Diseases of the Brain and Spinal Cord (1828), considered to have been the first textbook on Neuropathology, and several works by the famed botanist, humanist and physician Herman Boerhaave (1668-1738).
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Accruals
Further material is expected to be added to this collection
System of arrangement
Dewey Decimal
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Conditions governing access
Open
Conditions governing reproduction
UK copyright law applies
Language of material
- English
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Rare Books / Publications
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Status
Draft
Level of detail
Full
Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English