Fonds P160 - R. J. Kimber Fonds

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R. J. Kimber Fonds

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    • Source of title proper: Title based on the documents in the fonds.

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    Fonds

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    Osler Library

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    CA OSLER P160

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    • 1807-1808 (Creation)
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      Kimber, R. J.

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    24 cm of textual records

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    Name of creator

    Kimber, R. J.

    Biographical history

    René-Joseph Kimber was a respected physician; a member for Trois-Rivières in the House of Assembly during the 1810s and a legislative councilor. He was the son of René Kimber, a prominent merchant in Trois-Rivières and cousin to Timothee Kimber who was also a physician and political activist.

    Custodial history

    Donated by Dr. John Gale. The materials were given to Dr. Gale by a patient when he was a resident at Montreal General Hospital in the 1950s.

    Scope and content

    Fonds contains five leather bound handwritten notebooks (one cracked) by R. J. Kimber while he was a student at Edinburgh University circa, 1807-08. Notebooks are titled: notes on midwifery, 1808; notes on the practice of medicine #1, 1807(Dr. Gregory); notes on the practice of medicine #2, 1807; book of miscellanies, clinical lectures, 1807?; notes on surgery, 180?.

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    • English

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      Documents are in English.

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      Items can be requested for consultation online via the Library Catalogue or by email at osler.library@mcgill.ca. Advance notice is recommended.

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      4677

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      155

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