Cheyne, Sir William Watson F.R.S., M.P. (1852-1932), bacteriologist and surgeon

Material formerly held in the Western Manuscripts Department's Autograph Letters Sequence.

1878-1920

1 volume

Purchased from: Hodgson's, London, June 1931; Glendining, London, January 1935. no. 3 transferred from Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, c.1939, original acquisition details not known. Acquisition details of nos. 4-12 not known; possibly among the material presented in 1933 by Mr. Laurenson of Leagarth, Fetlar, who attended the sale of Cheyne's belongings after his death and recovered some papers from the beach.

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