Main content

William Shaw notes on the lectures of George H. B. Macleod

Notifications

Held at: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia [Contact Us] 19 S. 22nd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

William John Shaw, Scottish ophthalmic surgeon, was born on 7 Dec. 1855. He died at Skelmerlie Hydropathic on Clyde on 1 Jan. 1893. Shaw received his M.B. and C.M. from the University of Glasgow in 1878. He became House Surgeon at the Glasgow Eye Infirmary and the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. He was also Surgeon for Diseases of the Eye at Anderson's College Medical School in Glasgow. Shaw became a Fellow of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1882 and was a member of the Glasgow Southern Medical Society and the British Medical Association.

William J. Shaw's notes on lectures of George H. B. Macleod on surgery at the University of Glasgow, 1874 Nov. 21-1875 Apr. 1. Lectures are numbered 1-91. Subjects are: surgical pathology, tumors, bone fractures, and wounds and injuries of the head, spine, and neck.

Publisher
Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Collection Inventory

Print, Suggest