Peter, Many thanks for that. William Henderson was born on January 25th 1784, so would have been 86 years old at time of death. Can I ask where the registers and directories you mentioned are kept? Thanks again, Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Freshwater" <peter@hillfoot.demon.co.uk> To: "Chris Paton" <chrispaton@btinternet.com>; <PERTHSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 15 December 2004 17:10 PM Subject: Re: [PERTH] Dr William Henderson of Perth, died 1870 > Hi Chris > > William Henderson should be listed in the Medical Register, Medical > Directory and Medical Directory for Scotland of the day, and they should > all > identfy the body that granted his degree or licence. I don't know when > the > British Medical Journal began publishing obituaries of doctors, but that > too > is a possibility. > > You don't say how old WH was at his death. Edinburgh University (for > instance) lists three possible William Hendersons among its medical > graduates: they graduated in 1813, 1822 and 1831 respectively, but your > man > might have graduated at Glasgow, or Aberdeen, or St Andrews, or south of > the > Border, or in Dublin, or have trained at one of the Royal Colleges and > bypassed the universities altogether. > > Hope this helps. > > Peter > > > Peter B Freshwater MA MCLIP FSAScot > Edinburgh, Scotland > Email peter@hillfoot.demon.co.uk > Researching > ATKINS, BRUCE, FOX, FRESHWATER, PERKINS, SWINGLER (Beds, Hunts, Leics, & > Northants,) > HAUGHAN (Cumbria & Co. Durham) > DOW, FINDLAY, GRAY, HUNTER, KENNEDY (Angus, Glasgow & Perth) > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Paton" <chrispaton@btinternet.com> > To: <PERTHSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 4:19 PM > Subject: [PERTH] Dr William Henderson of Perth, died 1870 > > >> Hi there, >> >> I've just obtained a copy of the will of my great great great great great > uncle, Dr William Henderson of Perth, who died at his home of Rose Terrace > in 1870. He originally came from Kinclaven, and in his will, left a > beneficiary fund for poor gentleman over the age of 60 residing in Perth, > called Henderson's Mortification, which still exists to this day. The will > is an amazing document, and is so detailed that it has confirmed my > ancestry > a further two generations back, to the mid 1700s. >> >> I am keen to find out more about Dr Henderson, and was wondering if > anybody out there had relatives who had had dealings with him? I've come > across one story on the internet which states that he performed a > caesarian > on a 30 year old lady in Perth in 1820, one of the first times the > procedure > had been performed in Scotland by a professional doctor. Unfortunately the > lady giving birth did not survive, but the daughter did, and was > christened > Caesar Anna! >> >> Also, how would I go about finding where Henderson would have trained up > to become a physician? I am intending to checjk for an obituary on him in > the Perth papers at the AK Bell in Perth in the next few days, but what > other resources would be worth checking? >> >> Many thanks in anticipation, >> >> Chris Paton >> >> >> ==== PERTHSHIRE Mailing List ==== >> -------------------------------------------------- >> Archiver search http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/perthshire/ >> http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/SCT/PERTHSHIRE.html >> ------------------------------------- >> >

Hi Chris These are all printed and published books which are available in large academic libraries and the National Libraries including the British Library. The Medical Register and Medical Directory were, and still are, annual volumes listing all doctors with British licences to practise; they have been published since the middle of the C19. Earlier editions often gave summary CVs of individual doctors too; modern privacy laws seem to have put the lid on that. The Medical Directory for Scotland came later and lasted for a shorter period; it may not have been an annual, but more of an occasional, and is found in fewer libraries. Large medical libraries will have complete sets of the British Medical Journal but, as I say, I am not sure when it began printing regular lists of medical obituaries. Most of the ancient Scottish universities have published list of C19 and earlier graduates; these are now out of print but again are usually available for reference in academic and national libraries. In the C18 and early C19, students often went to university very young, commonly at the age of 11 or 12 (for Arts students) or 15 or 16 (for medical students), so your William could have been the one who graduated at Edinburgh MD 1813 - but that is pure supposition. William and Henderson, after all, are common Scottish names. Hope this helps. Peter Peter B Freshwater MA MCLIP FSAScot Edinburgh, Scotland Email peter@hillfoot.demon.co.uk Researching ATKINS, BRUCE, FOX, FRESHWATER, PERKINS, SWINGLER (Beds, Hunts, Leics, & Northants,) HAUGHAN (Cumbria & Co. Durham) DOW, FINDLAY, GRAY, HUNTER, KENNEDY (Angus, Glasgow & Perth) ----- Original Message ----- From: "CHRIS PATON" <chrispaton@btinternet.com> To: "Peter Freshwater" <peter@hillfoot.demon.co.uk> Cc: <scots-origins@yahoogroups.com>; <PERTHSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 5:18 PM Subject: Re: [PERTH] Dr William Henderson of Perth, died 1870 > Peter, > > Many thanks for that. William Henderson was born on January 25th 1784, so > would have been 86 years old at time of death. Can I ask where the registers > and directories you mentioned are kept? > > Thanks again, > > Chris >