Detail of 15th Century Book of Hours
1905 Illuminated congratulatory manuscript presented by the Edinburgh Obstetrical Society
Andreae Vesalii invictissimi Caroli V Imperatoris Medici Opera omnia anatomica & chirurgica, 1725
Playfair Building ground floor plans 1908
John Griffith Roberts certificate signed by Charles Bell 1872
Highlights from the RCSEd historical records.
As part of a Wellcome Trust project, we recently digitised thousands of our early manuscripts which we have been uploading to view through our online catalogue. While the majority of these manuscripts span the 16th-18th centuries, we have also digitised our 1830s architectural plans of the current RCSEd building on Nicolson Street.…
Our guest blog post is from Marieke Hendriksen, a postdoctoral researcher at Utrecht University. Marieke will be joining us in October here at the RCSEd Library and Archive on a Wellcome Trust Research Bursary.…
To coincide with a talk by Iain Macintyre on 5th August at Edinburgh’s Central Library on surgical pioneer Elsie Inglis (as part of the public engagement programme on women and warfare run by our colleagues at the Museum) this week’s Archive blog offers a snapshot into Inglis’ path to medical and surgical qualification through the Scottish Triple Qualification (TQ).…
A project is underway at The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) to preserve and catalogue the College’s institutional records and those of associated bodies.…