New archival collection of anatomical drawings

The latest item to be made available to researchers through the archives service is a medical manuscript from the mid-nineteenth century. Entitled an Atlas of Anatomical Drawings to illustrate the work of Wilson, Carpenter and others … (Dublin, 1859), the work consists of 28 plates of drawings of anatomy, with hand-written notes on each plate. The item is listed under A41, and is available for consultation at the Special Collections Reading Room. The item was donated by Prof. Seán and Mrs. Frances Lavelle to the Library, and will be a welcome addition to a number of collections dealing with teaching in Irish universities in the later nineteenth century.