Level of Description: Fonds

Extent and Medium of the unit of description: 0.06 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Glasgow Medico-Chirurgical Society

Administrative/Biographical History
The Glasgow Medico-Chirurgical Society was formed in 1820 by Mr Marshall, Mr Wilson and Dr Ferguson. Initially, the Society met in members’ houses although it later met in “Cow Pock Hall”, St Andrews Square. The number of members who agreed to abide by the laws governing the Society totalled twenty-one. The aim of the Society was to promote the writing and discussion of medical subjects. The Society was wound up in 1832. This relatively short-lived society is not to be confused with the (Royal) Medico Chirurgical Society of Glasgow (RCPSG 3).

Scope and content
Minute books, 1820-1829.

Conditions governing access
Access to some items may be restricted. Please contact the Archivist at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.

Conditions governing reproduction
Identification of copyright holders of unpublished material is often difficult. Permission to make any published use of any material from the collection must be sought in advance from the Archivist. We will try to assist in identifying copyright owners but the responsibility for copyright clearance before publication ultimately rests with the reader.

Language/scripts of material
English

Finding aids
Descriptive list available in the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. See also NRA(S) Survey 1909.

Publication Note
"A note on the minute book of an early Glasgow Medico-chirurgical society", by George Middleton, Glasgow Medical Journal, 1899, p. 333-335.
"Note of the minute book (vol II) of an early Glasgow medico-chirurgical society", by William Whitelaw, Glasgow Medical Journal, 1900.
Jacqueline Jenkinson, Scottish Medical Societies, 1731-1939, Edinburgh University Press, 1993

Archivist's Note
Compiled by Rachael Third, Scottish Archive Network Project, based on work undertaken by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow

Rules or Conventions
ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description, International Council on Archives (2nd edition, 2000).

Date(s) of Descriptions
March 2000