Woods Collection
Collection
Reference code: WOO1
Scope and Contents
A collection of 70 books dating from the sixteenth to mid-twentieth centuries, mostly relating to medical matters. Among the titles: Robert Boyle’s 'Medicinal Experiments' (1692), John Ray’s 'Catalogus Plantarum Circa Cantabrigiam' (1660), and Nicholas Culpepper’s 'A Directory for Midwives' (1777).
Dates
- Creation: 1516 - 1952
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Available to all researchers, by appointment only
Copyright
Where applicable, normal copyright rules apply
Biographical / Historical
Emeritus Professor H.F. (Frank) Woods CBE was former Sir George Franklin Professor of Medicine, and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University from 1988 to 1998.
Extent
70 Item(s)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Numerical
Custodial History
Bequeathed by Emeritus Professor H.F. Woods in 2016
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository
Contact:
Western Bank Library
University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield South Yorkshire S10 2TN United Kingdom
+44 (0) 114 222 7299
lib-special@sheffield.ac.uk
Western Bank Library
University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield South Yorkshire S10 2TN United Kingdom
+44 (0) 114 222 7299
lib-special@sheffield.ac.uk