Francis Henry Ramsbotham Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS C 32

Abstract

Lectures, notes, case reports, and correspondence of Francis Henry Ramsbotham.

Dates

Creation: 1784; 1824-1861

Extent

0.84 Linear Feet

Creator

Ramsbotham, Francis Henry, 1800-1868 (Person)

Physical Location

Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine

Language of Materials

Collection materials primarily in English

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Biographical Note

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]

Collection Summary

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.