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StorageSiteUCL Institute of Neurology
LevelItem
Reference Number NHNN/HIST/48
TitleShorthand diary of William Richard Gowers
Date2018
DescriptionA transcription of Gowers shorthand diaries which has been diligently transcribed by Ann Scott. Two hard copies are available in the Library. online versions are also on QSA website.

This includes two diaries kept while he was a medical apprentice and a great deal of detail about daily life in Coggeshall, Essex, in the 1860s. The most interesting of the entries were incorporated into the following book: William Richard Gowers 1845-1915, Exploring the Victorian Brain Ann Scott, Mervyn Eadie, and Andrew Lees. OUP, 2012.
Extent1 volume [Box 110]
AcquisitionAnn Scott
AccessConditionsThe papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
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