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Hey Family Collection
Hey, Richard (1789); Hey, William (1772-1844); Hey, Samuel (1815-1888); Hey, William (1736-1819)
1759-1842
The collection includes papers, correspondence and medical casebooks by members of the Hey family, surgeons of Leeds. The casebooks form the bulk of the collection, with 21 medical and obstetrical c...
Correspondence from Samuel Hey (1815-1888) to his brother William Hey (1811-1882)
Hey, Samuel (1815-1888)
12 Feb 1828-28 Oct 1842
Contains 34 letters from Samuel Hey to his older brother, William Hey. The letters start from when Samuel was studying at Cox's School in Gainsborough, and move on to his medical training at Leeds a...
Notebooks of case histories in obstetrics
Hey, William (1736-1819)
May 1759-Nov 1807
The 10 manuscript notebooks contain descriptions of obstetrics patient cases that William Hey I attended through his private medical and midwifery practice. Each case includes information about the pa...
Notebooks of medical and surgical case histories
Hey, William (1736-1819)
1763-1809
The 12 manuscript notebooks contain descriptions of patient cases that William Hey I attended through his private medical and midwifery practice, including details of symptoms and treatment given.
Correspondence from Richard Walker to William Hey
1784-1785
Comprised of three letters from Richard Walker senior, Royal Apothecary of St James Street, London, to William Hey I. The letters mainly relate to the training of medical practitioners in Leeds.
Letter from William Hey I to his son Richard Hey
Hey, William (1736-1819)
3 Mar 1787
The letter is a request to Richard Hey from his father, William Hey, to procure a cadaver to be used for teaching anatomy at the Leeds General Infirmary. Richard was residing in Southwark, London, so ...
Notes of an account of a meteor sighting by William Hey, addressed to the Philosophical and Literary Society, Leeds
04 Feb 1784
Bound notebook detailing an account of a meteor sighting near Spacey House, near Pannall, Harrogate on 18 Aug 1783. The account was addressed to the Philosophical and Literary Society, Leeds, on 4th F...
Letters from William Hey I to his nephew, William Sharp
Hey, William (1736-1819)
11 Oct 1791-08 Feb 1792
Two letters discussing various medical topics and William Sharp's medical training.
Notes by William Hey II relating to the biography of his father, William Hey I, written by John Pearson
Hey, William (1772-1844)
approx 1819-1821
Three volumes of notes forming a biography of William Hey (1736-1819), written by his son William Hey II for the published biography 'The Life of William Hey' by John Pearson (1822).
Drafts of a memoranda on increasing the number of medical officers at the Leeds General Infirmary, written by William Hey II
Hey, William (1772-1844)
1827
These drafts were written when Hey was principal surgeon at Leeds General Infirmary.