Series MS 458/5/2 - Dr William Aurelius Harland (1822-1858)

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MS 458/5/2

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Dr William Aurelius Harland (1822-1858)

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  • 1848-1858 (Creation)

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1 envelope

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(26 September 1937-)

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(1) News cutting re Royal Asiatic Society, 1848,
(2) Letter to [Dr] Halley, introducing him to ‘my friend Marsh’ who has attacks of pneumonia, despite ‘being cupped & blistered’ and ‘taking Calomel & Opium’, 1850
(3) Letter to his father, telling of a patient on whom he’d operated for gangrene on the lung, and of a smallpox epidemic where he’s noticed vaccination means the English community are less afraid then the Americans, but Chinese and other local peoples are badly affected, 1852
(4) Notes on the Geology, Natural History, Climate, and Diseases of Hong Kong, July 1851’,
(5) Annotated obituary of Dr William Aurelius Harland of Hong Kong, 1858

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Wellcome Collection: Reference MSS.7681-7683 [https://wellcomecollection.org/works/qw9uy97y]

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Practised as a surgeon in Hong Kong where he died

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