Book Collection SMETR - Medical Tracts

Identity area

Reference code

SMETR

Title

Medical Tracts

Date(s)

  • 1700-1950 (Creation)

Level of description

Book Collection

Extent and medium

604 pamphlets bound across 129 volumes.

Context area

Name of creator

(1963-)

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

It is proposed that these pamphlets were originally accumulated by the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and acquired by the Medical School before 1951. By 1952 they were under the care of the Library when it was still under the remit of Kings College, University of Durham. An original sequence of pamphlets may have been part of the Medical Collection and added to at an unknown date.

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Scope and content

The medical tracts contain a series of 129 bound volumes of pamphlets relating to medical matters. These matters include, but are not limited to, addresses from the Royal College of Physicians, along with new research and hypotheses about ailments, symptoms, consequences and cures. There is also a small collection of 'History of Medicine' quarterly magazines, and the occasional instance of a stand alone pamphlet, such as 'Four Centuries of Anatomy,' by Frederick Pybus, A professional biography of William Harvey, and the '1st spasmodic cholera epidemic in York,' published by the Borthwick Institute, York.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Dewey Decimal

Conditions of access and use area

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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Description control area

Description identifier

gb186-SMETR

Institution identifier

gb186

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Status

Draft

Level of detail

Full

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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