Mainwaring, Edward Vernon (1809-1855), MD, MRCS

Commonplace book, containing pharmaceutical recipes, pen and pencil sketches, extracts, verse and other commonplaces, compiled from about 1820 onwards by two different authors, James Bridgwater, surgeon of Oswestry, and E V Mainwaring. There are various illustrations, including (ff. 101-102) anatomical sketches of the foot and leg(ff. 104-108) surgical procedure for amputation above the knee, and (ff. 112-113) muscles of the back and head. There are also numerous non-medical illustrations, including birds, flowers and caricatures.

1820-c. 1835

198 ff. 137-176 blank. Original pagination 1-349 and unnumbered; a few of the original leaves wanting. 1 vol., 205 x 130 mm., Brown leather binding, lacking spine.

Purchased from A R Heath, 1999.

Mainwaring seems to have inherited the volume from Bridgwater, about whom nothing further is known. The former became MRCS in 1827 and took his MD at Glasgow in 1842. He may have served in the Indian Medical Service for a period between these two dates. He subsequently practised at Bournemouth.

Ownership inscriptions (f. 1r.): `J Bridgwater Surgeon Oswestry Nov 20 1820' [struck out]; `E Mainwaring Llandrinio Montgomeryshire. 15th March 1829'.

Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts