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Preferred Citation

Robert Walker Commonplace Book, Manuscript MS 31.24, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Acquisition Information

Purchase, 1931.

Alternative Form

Also available on microfilm M-1118, and M-1553.

Biographical/Historical Information

Dr. Robert Walker was the son of Robert Walker (b. 1729) and Elizabeth Starke Walker. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh under Dr. Gregory and Dr. Hume. After his studies, he returned to Virginia. He lived on Kingston Plantation, Dinwiddie County.

Scope and Content Information

Notes taken by Dr. Robert Walker (d. ca. 1820), of Kingston, Dinwiddie County, Va., while a medical student at the University of Edinburgh. These notes pertain to clinical observation of female patients, their diseases, and the treatments used at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, where Walker studied under Dr. James Gregory and Dr. James Hume.

There is an inscription inside the front cover which reads: "The notes in this book were made by Dr. Robert Walker of Kingston Plantation, Dinwiddie Co., Va. while a student in medicine at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. The above named Dr. Robert Walker was my G. Grandfather. John W. Brodnax M.D. Richmond, Va., June 14th, 1917."

Related Material

Robert Walker Account Book, 1794- 1830. 1 item (15-554 p.) Mss5:3 W1538:1

Index Terms

Persons:

• Gregory, James, 1753- 1821.
• Hume, James, Dr.
• Walker, Robert, d. 1830.

Subjects:

• Medicine--Scotland-- Edinburgh.
• Women--Diseases.
• Medical education--Scotland-- Edinburgh.

Corporate Names:

• Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Commonplace books--Virginia--Dinwiddie County--18th century.

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