Summary

Creator:

Hospital for the Relief of Poor Lying-In Women (Dublin, Ireland)

Abstract:

Medical diploma in obstetrics conveyed to Worcester physician Erlin Clarke, from the Lying-In Hospital of Dublin, Ireland, in February 1853. The text of the diploma is in Latin, and bears a red wax seal in a small metal canister on a ribbon. Acquired as part of the History of Medicine Collections at Duke University.

Extent:

.5 Linear Feet
1 box
1 document with seal
15 x 11 inches

Language:

Diploma is in Latin.

Collection ID:

RL.11508

Background

Scope and Content:

Medical diploma in obstetrics conveyed to Worcester physician Erlin Clarke, from the Lying-In Hospital of Dublin, Ireland, February 22, 1853. The text of the diploma is in Latin, and bears a red wax seal in a small metal canister on a ribbon. Acquired as part of the History of Medicine Collections at Duke University.

Biographical / Historical:

Erlin Clarke was born in 1828, and was based in Worcester, England. He received his Bachelor's degree in medicine from King's College, London in 1851, and became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons at the end of that same year, after which he specialized in Obstetrics in Dublin and received an advanced degree in 1853. He was House-Surgeon for the Worcester General Infirmary until his resignation in 1858. He seems to have practiced medicine for the duration of his career in Worcester, England, remaining there until his death in 1905.

[The Medical Times, Vol. 3, Medical News, August 1851; Lancet, No. 1, Vol. 2, December 27, 1851, and April 3, 1858; England and Wales censuses and Civil Registration Death Index, Ancestry.com, viewed online September 15, 2017.]

Acquisition Information:

The Erlin Clarke medical diploma was received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 2017.

Processing information:

Processed and encoded by Paula Jeannet, October 2017.

Accession(s) represented in this collection guide: 2017-0141.

Rules or Conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects

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Subjects:

Medicine -- Study and teaching
Obstetrics -- Study and teaching
Surgeons -- England

Formats:

Diplomas

Names:

Clarke, Erlin, 1828-1905

Places:

Dublin (Ireland)
Worcester (England)