Historical manuscripts
This collection contains a selection of important historical manuscripts produced by scholars from the University of Edinburgh's past.
Recent Submissions
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Series of four case histories
(The University of Edinburgh, 1989)Awarded the WIGHTMAN PRIZE IN CLINICAL MEDICINE -
Diffractive method of measuring erythrocytes
(The University of Edinburgh, 1925)Awarded the Gunning Victoria Jubilee Prize in Physiology -
[Case studies from Wards 22 and 25 of the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary between May 7th and June 6th 1984]
(The University of Edinburgh, 1984) -
Ectopic hormone production
(The University of Edinburgh, 1978) -
Digest of research on succine acid, with special reference to its metallic salts.
(The University of Edinburgh, 1907)An essay written for the Gunning Victoria Jubilee Prize in Chemistry, 1907 -
On the intermedic-lateral tract
(The University of Edinburgh, 1908)An essay written for the Gunning Victoria Jubilee Prize in Zoology, 1909 -
Theory of nationality : its origin and influence on the history of the nineteenth century
(The University of Edinburgh, 1908)An essay on the theory of nationality and its origin and influence on the history of the nineteenth century, which won the Lord Rector's Prize, 1905. -
On the theory of Chemical Combination
(Edinburgh: Neill and Company, 1861, 1861)This paper was presented in 1861 to the Faculty of Medicine, when I was a candidate for the degree of M.D. In consequence of a somewhat adverse opinion expressed as to the speculations contained in it, I exercised the ... -
The Situation of the World; a sermon
(Edinburgh : Printed for Hamilton & Balfour, and sold by them, and Mr. A. Millar, London, 1759, 1755)The situation of the world at the time of Christ's appearance, and its connexion with the success of his religion, considered : a sermon, preached before the Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge, at their ... -
An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations: Volume Two
(London : printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1776., 1776) -
An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations: Volume One
(London : printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1776., 1776)Of the causes of improvement in the productive powers of labour, and of the order according to which its produce is naturally distributed among the different ranks of the people -
An Essay Upon the Vasomotor Changes in Tabes Dorsalis
(University of Edinburgh, 1885-04)An essay upon the vasomotor changes in Tabes Dorsalis and on the influence which is exerted by the sympathetic nervous system in that disease, being a thesis presented in the hope of obtaining the degree of the Doctorship ... -
Disputatio Medica Inaugralis, de Merocele, vel Hernia Crurali
(Edinburgi: excudebat C. Stewart, MDCCCXII, 1812-06)Few diseases are more important than Hernia, whether we consider the frequency of its occurrence, or the distressing and often fatal symptoms which accompany it: and there is none which calls for more anatomical science, ...
