Report of the Leith Hospital, includes The Edinburgh & Leith Humane Society, Dispensary, and Casualty Hospital, for 1852'

Maker
1. Leith Hospital (estab. 1848, closed 1987)
2. William Heriot
Date
1853
Description
Printed and bound report which includes summaries of cases, an appendix containing lists of subscriptions and donations, and state of funds, and dates each body instituted: Humane Society, 1788; Dispensary, 1815; Casualty Hospital, 1837; united with Leigh Hospital, 21 December 1848. It belonged to Dr Andrew Cairncross Livingston (1812-1884).
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Date
Medium
paper, black ink, thread
Measurements
22 x 13.5 cm
Accession Number
MHM2012.108
Credit line
Gift of Dr John Andrew Brenan, 2012, ??? of Andrew Cairncross Livingston
Inscriptions
name/inscriptions ▫ printed on title page, ‘REPORT/OF THE/LEIGH HOSPITAL,/INCLUDES/THE EDINBURGH & LEIGH HUMANE SOCIETY,/DISPENSARY,/AND CASUALTY HOSPITAL,/FOR 1852’ and ‘LEITH:/PRINTED BY WILLIAM HERIOT/1853.’
Object Type
Named Collection
Medical History Museum Category

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