Robert Walker Medical Commonplace Book, 1785-1787.

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Location of collection:
Colonial Williamsburg
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
P.O. Box 1776
Williamsburg, VA 23187
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Preferred citation:

Robert Walker Commonplace Book, Manuscript MS 31.24, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Summary

Creator:
Robert Walker, d. 1830.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Robert Walker Commonplace Book, Manuscript MS 31.24, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Background

Scope and content:

Notes taken by Dr. Robert Walker (d. ca. 1820), of Kingston, Dinwiddie County, Va., while a medical student at the University of Edinburgh. These notes pertain to clinical observation of female patients, their diseases, and the treatments used at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, where Walker studied under Dr. James Gregory and Dr. James Hume.

There is an inscription inside the front cover which reads: "The notes in this book were made by Dr. Robert Walker of Kingston Plantation, Dinwiddie Co., Va. while a student in medicine at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. The above named Dr. Robert Walker was my G. Grandfather. John W. Brodnax M.D. Richmond, Va., June 14th, 1917."

Biographical / historical:

Dr. Robert Walker was the son of Robert Walker (b. 1729) and Elizabeth Starke Walker. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh under Dr. Gregory and Dr. Hume. After his studies, he returned to Virginia. He lived on Kingston Plantation, Dinwiddie County.

Acquisition information:
Purchase, 1931.
Physical description:
1 item (138 p. ; 20 x 16 cm.)