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Descriptive Summary
Biographical/Historical Note
Collection Summary
Index Terms
Administrative Information
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Series Descriptions
Series I: Lectures,
1829-1930, n.d.
Series II: Printed Material,
1784-1827
Series III: Case reports,
1784-1827
Series IV: Correspondence,
1824-1861
Series V: Lecture Notes,
c.1837
Series VI: Draft of Practical Observation in Midwifery with a Selection of Cases, Part 2nd, by John Ramsbotham
1832
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| Collection Number: | MS C 32 |
| Creator: | Ramsbotham, Francis Henry, 1800-1868 |
| Title: | Francis Henry Ramsbotham Papers
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| Dates: | 1784; 1824-1861 |
| Quantity: | 0.84 linear feet |
Ramsbotham was a London obstetrician most noted for his The Principles and Practice of Obstetric Medicine and Surgery (1844). He received his education at the London Hospital and Edinburgh University, graduating in 1822. He became a licentiate at the Royal College of Physicians of London in 1822. He also had a successful East London private practice which he assumed from his father. He was appointed obstetric physician and lecturer at the London Hospital and physician to the Royal Maternity Charity. He was president of the Harveian and Hunterian Societies.
[Dictionary of National Biography]
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Lectures, notes, case reports, and correspondence of Francis Henry Ramsbotham. Includes notes taken from a course of lectures in midwifery delivered at the London Hospital by Richard Dennison in 1827; case reports; and draft of Practical observations in midwifery with a selection of cases, pt. 2, by John Ramsbotham, published in 1832.
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| MeSH Subjects |
| | Midwifery |
| | Obstetrics |
| Personal Names |
| | Dennison, Richard |
| | Ramsbotham, John. Practical observations in midwifery |
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Ramsbotham, Francis Henry. Francis Henry Ramsbotham Papers. 1784; 1824-1861. Located in: Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD; MS C 32.
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Series I: Lectures,
1829-1930, n.d.
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| Box | Folder |
| 1 | 1 |
Afflications of the uterus,
n.d. |
| 1 | 2 |
Diseases of pregnancy,
1829 |
| 1 | 3 |
Prolapsus uteri, inversio uteri,
n.d. |
| 1 | 4 |
Fleshy tubercule, solid enlarged uterus,
n.d. |
| 1 | 5 |
Carcinoma uteri,
n.d. |
| 1 | 6 |
Diseases of internal organs,
n.d. |
| 1 | 7 |
Various notes - unsorted,
n.d. |
| 1 | 8 |
Diseases of the external organs,
n.d. |
| 1 | 9 |
Diseases of the internal organs,
n.d. |
| 1 | 10 |
Hysteria,
n.d. |
| 1 | 11 |
Evolution of the ovum,
n.d. |
| 1 | 12 |
Lecture 18 - 22 - preternatural labor, multiple births, miscarriages, circulation of fetus, common symptoms of pregnancy,
n.d. |
| 1 | 13 |
Introduction to midwifery,
n.d. |
| 1 | 14 |
Internal organs of generation,
n.d. |
| 1 | 15 |
Pathology of menstruation,
n.d. |
| 1 | 16 |
Demonstration of the gravid uterus,
n.d. |
| 1 | 17 |
Hydrops ovarii,
n.d. |
| 1 | 18 |
Hydatids of the uterus, worms in the uterus,
n.d. |
| 1 | 19 |
Moles, false conceptions,
n.d. |
| 1 | 20 |
On menstruation,
n.d. |
| 1 | 21 |
Malposition of the head, difficult labor, lingering labor,
n.d. |
| 1 | 22 |
Abortion,
c.1830 |
| 1 | 23 |
Extirpation of the ovary, scrofulous ovary, diseases of the fallopian tube,
n.d. |
| 1 | 24 |
Rape, pregnancy,
n.d. |
| 1 | 25 |
Duration of pregnancy, delivery, tenant by courtesy, superfectation,
n.d. |
| 1 | 26 |
Prolicide, feticide, infanticide,
n.d. |
| 1 | 27 |
Infanticide,
n.d. |
| 1 | 28 |
Impotence,
n.d. |
| 1 | 29 |
Labor, diseases of the puerperal state,
n.d. |
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Series II: Printed Material,
1784-1827
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| Box | Folder |
| 2 | 1 |
Printed matter with corrections |
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Series III: Case reports,
1784-1827
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| Box | Folder |
| 2 | 2 |
Authorship unknown,
1784, n.d. |
| 2 | 3 | 1827 |
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Series IV: Correspondence,
1824-1861
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| 2 | 4 |
Correspondence and notes collected between the publication of the first and second editions of Obstetric Medicine,
1837-1854 |
| 2 | 5 |
Correspondence and notes collected between the publication of the third and fourth editions of Obstetric Medicine,
1851-1854 |
| 2 | 6 |
Correspondence and notes collected since the publication of fourth edition of Obstetric Medicine,
1851-1861 |
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Series V: Lecture Notes,
c.1837
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| Box | Folder |
| 2 | 7 |
Lectures in Latin, 1 by Francis Muller,
n.d. |
| 2 | 8 |
Lecture notes and miscellaneous data - conception; of the membranes, placenta, etc.; is the period of utero gestation in the human female limited or not?; ovarian dropsy; insanity,
1824-1850 |
| 2 | 9 |
Lecture notes - unsorted - includes distorted or ill-formed pelvis,
c.1840s |
| 2 | 10 |
Lecture notes - unsorted,
n.d. |
| 2 | 11 |
Lecture of Richard Dennison,
c.1837 |
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Series VI: Draft of Practical Observation in Midwifery with a Selection of Cases, Part 2nd, by John Ramsbotham
1832
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| Box | Folder |
| 2 | 12 |
Title page, dedication and preface,
1832 |
| 2 | 13 |
On preternatural labor; on the breech presentation - case reports |
| 2 | 14 |
Rupture of the uterus - case reports |
| 2 | 15 |
Placental presentation - case reports |
| 2 | 16 |
On labor with tow or more children - case reports |
| 2 | 17 |
Partial placental presentation - case reports |
| 2 | 18 |
On convulsion during labor - case reports |
| 2 | 19 |
On unavoidable hemorrhage - case reports |
| 2 | 20 |
On polypus of the uterus - case reports |
| 2 | 21 |
On retroversion of the uterus - case reports |
| 2 | 22 |
Convusions before labor - case reports |
| 2 | 23 |
On abortion - case reports |
| 2 | 24 |
On the shoulder presentation; accidental hemorrhage - case reports |
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