Autograph letter signed : London, England, to Philip Syng Physick, Philadelphia, Pa., 1835 May 8.

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Autograph letter signed : London, England, to Philip Syng Physick, Philadelphia, Pa., 1835 May 8.

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Letter of William Clift to Philip Syng Physick, 1835 May 8, describes care of pathological collections of John Hunter since Hunter's death in 1793; extracts concerning pathological specimens made from Hunter's papers and manuscripts before their destruction; production of catalogue; and current inaccessibility of museum collections due to construction in the library of the Royal College of Surgeons.

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College of Physicians of Philadelphia

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Hunter, John, 1728-1793

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English physician. From the description of Letter, 1777, Sept. 7 : [London], to Edward Jenner. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35113899 John Hunter (1728-1793), surgeon, anatomist, and Fellow of the Royal Society who published several treatises on medical subjects, including one on inflammation and gunshot wounds. His anatomical and natural science collections form the core of the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow. From the description of Note on Edward May's Mo...

Royal College of Surgeons of England. Museum

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Clift, William, 1775-1849

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William Clift, English museum curator, was born in Cornwall on 14 Feb. 1775. He married Caroline Amelia Pope in 1799; their daughter, Caroline Amelia Clift, married Sir Richard Owen in 1835. Clift died in London on 20 June 1849. Clift became an apprentice to physician John Hunter in 1792; after Hunter's death, Clift was retained to care for his extensive collection of pathological specimens. When this collection was acquired by the Royal College of Surgeons of England in...

Physick, Philip Syng, 1768-1837

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