The Association was formed in 1818 for the purpose of "promoting professional intercourse and improvement." It possessed a library for the use of its members. One of the activities of the Association was the provision of vaccinations within the local community but this service was discontinued by 1831. Around 1850-1851 the Association was reduced to a membership of six and the decision was taken to divide the library collection of over 400 books between the members for safe-keeping, on a temporary basis. It was intended that the Association would be reconvened and put on a firmer financial basis but there is no record of this taking place.
Laws and regulations, 1820-1821; minute book, which includes lists of library books, 1840-1851; notes of John Blair on Aristotle's physics, 1654-1656; notes taken by William Rae on Alexander Monro's surgery lectures, University of Edinburgh, 1790.
Arranged chronologically within record series.
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Descriptive list available at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.
Jacqueline Jenkinson, Scottish Medical Societies, 1731-1939, Edinburgh University Press, 1993.
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Includes lists of library books. Greenock Medical and Chirurgical Association.
Taken from the dictation of David Bruce and Alexander Pitcairn.
[John Blair, graduated MA St Andrews, 1656, and became Minister of Kilspindie; David Bruce, regent in St Salvator’s College, St Andrews, session 1653-1654, and later a distinguished physician; Alexander Pitcairn, regent in St Salvator’s College, 1648-1656, and later Principal of St Mary’s College]. Book label of the Greenock Medical and Chirurgical Association.
Entitled: "Surgery by Alexander Monro M.D. Professor of Anatomy & Surgery in the University of Edinburgh vol. 1".
Includes table of fees and society rules. Greenock Medical Society.
Greenock Medical Society.
Includes some correspondence from individuals unable to continue paying membership fees. Greenock and District Faculty of Medicine.
Greenock and District Faculty of Medicine.
Greenock and District Faculty of Medicine.
Greenock and District Faculty of Medicine.