Adopt a Book
With the College now in its sixth century of existence, our Archive and Library contain both printed and manuscript treasures in the field of surgery, as well as other topics, dating from the 15th Century.
Ours is an exceedingly varied collection, comprising everything from legal documents in old Scots to religious texts in French and Latin.
Preserving such a collection requires great care and effort and many of its items are in need of restoration and conservation work.
We are committed to ensuring the survival of these treasured items so that they may inform and be appreciated by future generations, and we always appreciate assistance in doing so.
Adopting one of our items not only secures its future but links you to it in perpetuity. It is thus a fantastic way to leave a legacy at the same time as assisting our work.
Joining the Adopt a Book Program
If you would like to support this project please email library@rcsed.ac.uk or call +44(0)131 527 1632.
Donors to the Project
We thank the donors most sincerely. Their generosity is funding the conservation of important printed and manuscript heritage, for future generations.
Below is a list of current donors. To search the list use the search box provided.
Mr Graham Kyle FRCSEd
Book or Manuscript:
Bennet, Christopher (1617-1655)
Tabidorum theatrum, sive phtiosis, atrophiae et hecticae xenodochium [or the nature and cure of consumption or tuberculosis] [by Christopher Bennet, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London]. 1714
(Bennet is best known for his Theatri tabidorum vestibulum, a treatise on consumption, the disease which eventually killed him. It examines various forms of wasting disease, dealing more with the pathology than with treatment, in which it was quite traditional. The work is notable for the constant reference to cases observed, ‘explanatory histories’, and to dissections, not to classical authorities, which make the treatise stand out as an example of the Baconian method applied in medicine. The book was republished a number of times after Bennet's death, and was translated into English in 1720 ).
Acknowledgements:
David Spillane and the staff of TECNIPLAST UK
Book or Manuscript:
1. The Workes of that famous physitian Dr Alexander Read, doctor of Physick and one of the fellows of Physitians-Colledge, London. 1650
2. Synopsis medicinae. A compendium of physick, chirurgery, and anatomy. By William Salmon, Professor of Physick. 1681
3. Eight chirurgical treatises. By Richard Wiseman, Serjeant-Chirurgeon to King Charles the Second. London. 1696
Acknowledgements:
March 2010. These books were adopted by David Spillane and the staff of TECNIPLAST UK to commemorate the life of the late Ray Pitts, a valued friend and colleague.
"Please don’t cry because it’s over; SMILE because it happened”
Mr Collin Sweithin Linton Peiris FRCSEd
Book or Manuscript:
1. Porta, John Baptist 'De refractione' 1593
2. Porta, John Baptist 'De distillationibus' 1609
Acknowledgements:
Mr Ian James McClure MDS FDS RCSEd
Book or Manuscript:
Hunter, John.
The Natural History of the Human Teeth: ...
[And:]
A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the Teeth; ...
London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1778. [ Copy 2 ]
Acknowledgements:
Mr John St C McCormick, Scotland FRCSEd
Book or Manuscript:
Watt, Robert (1774-1819)Cases of diabetes, consumption etc., with observations on the history and treatment of disease in general. By Robert Watt, member of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow.(Watt was a Licentiate, then Fellow then President of the Faculty (later Royal College) of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow .There is a portrait of him there.)
Acknowledgements:
Mrs Irene Corbett SRN SCM MTD ONC
Book or Manuscript:
Guillaume Mauquest de la Motte
"A general treatise of midwifery" London, 1746
Acknowledgements:
Mr Robert Buchan FRCSEd
Book or Manuscript:
Title to be selected at Librarian's discretion.
Acknowledgements:
Dedicated to my Father