William Wallace Papers

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William Wallace Papers

The William Wallace papers comprise patient catalogues, patient illustrations and published material relating to Wallace's medical career and specifically his study of skin diseases. The illustrations include graphic images of sexual organs.

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creator: Wallace, William (1791–1837)

date: 1791-1879

identifier: RCSI/IP/Wallace

coverage: 19th Century

rights: This electronic resource is made available by the RCSI Library solely for the purposes of research, teaching and private study.

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Doctorate of Medicine

Wallace's Doctorate of Medicine from the University of Edinburgh dated 12 July 1833 The certificate is made of vellum and has a light blue ribbon attached to the bottom. The text is in Latin and has 21 signatures.

2-12 July 1833

Medical Illustrations

Colour illustrations commissioned by William Wallace of patients that suffered from varying degrees of skin disease caused by venereal and/or syphilitic diseases. WARNING: Includes graphic images of sexual organs and other body parts

1791-1879

Patient Catalogues

William Wallace's manuscript patient catalogues containing details of patient's illnesses and treatment. The medical illnesses would have been related to skin, venereal, syphilitic diseases. Volume ten is not present.

1827-1835