• Title
  Dr James Mitchell certificates (3) of medical qualifications, 1810-1817
• Creator
  James Mitchell, 1792-1869
• Call number
  MLMSS 10092/Box 1X
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1810-1817
• Type of material
  Textual Records, Objects
• Reference code
  1009267
• Physical Description
  0.45 metres of textual material (1 outsize box) - wove paper, vellum, wax seal, silk ribbon, tin case
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  James Mitchell (1792-1869) was a Scottish physician who arrived in Australia in November 1821 after he was appointed an assistant surgeon to the 48th regiment then stationed in Sydney. In June 1823 he was transferred to the Colonial Medical Department as an assistant surgeon and posted to the Sydney Hospital. In about 1833 he opened a private practice at Cumberland Place which he ran in addition to his duties at the hospital. In 1845 he was elected to the Medical Board and became its president in 1852. His son David Scott Mitchell was a major benefactor to the State Library of NSW.
  
  Reference:
  Library correspondence file
• Collection history
  These papers were in the possession of the donor's father, James Denton Moors, who was a senior partner in the Sydney firm of solicitors Fisher and Macansh before his retirement in 1975. It is possible that they were from the strongroom of the Fisher and Macansh office, and were unclaimed by clients.
• Scope and Content
  1. Certificate headed Alma Academia Edinense, dated 26 July 1810, showing that Mitchell spent 6 months training in obstetrics there. In Latin on wove paper measuring 340 x 425 mm, signed by Artis Obstetrics Professor, James Hamilton. Includes etching of building, engraving plate mark and manuscript additions in iron gall ink.
  2. Certificate from the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh, dated April 1812. In Latin on vellum, measuring 225 x 340 mm, with manuscript additions in iron gall ink and 13 signatures. Also a red wax seal in a circular tin attached to the vellum by a silk ribbon, and a separate hinged tin case for housing the folded document and seal, measuring 245 x 130 mm.
  3. Certificate from the London Infirmary for Curing Diseases of the Eye, dated 20 Dec 1817, showing that Mitchell spent three months in the Infirmary learning about 'the nature and treatment of the several diseases incident to the eye'. In English on wove paper measuring 385 x 270 mm, signed by three medical directors. Includes etching of founder John Cunningham Saunders, engraving plate mark and manuscript additions in iron gall ink.
• Language
  Latin, English
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Subject
  Surgeons--New South Wales.
  
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