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RCSI/IP/Knott

John Freeman Knott Papers

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Contents

Overview of Collection

Sections

Catalogue

Pamphlet collection RCSI/IP/Knott/01

'Correspondence with T. Spencer Wells' Knott/01/01

'Lady Florence Dixie Vindicated' Knott/01/02

'Die Syphilisbacillen' Knott/01/03

'The Fever of Over-Exertion' Knott/01/04

'Note on the "fatigue fever" of M. Peter' Knott/01/05

'Robert Elsmere' Knott/01/06

'The Climacteric Period' Knott/01/07

'Normal Ovariotomy, Circumcision, Knott/01/08

Clitoridectomy and Infibulation:

A study in compatative ethnology'.

'Co-operation with the Quacks. Approved of Knott/01/09

and sanctioned by the President and Council

of the Royal College of Surgeons'

'Hey's Internal Derangement of the knee-joint' Knott/01/10

'Hieronimo fracastorio and the origin of syphilis' Knott/01/11

'Some remarks on the epiphyses of the long Knott/01/12

bones, and their bearings on the operation

of resection'

'Sir Thomas Browne Knight: Doctor of Physick' Knott/01/13

'Subjective Ozena' Knott/01/14

'Jan Baptista Van Helmont' Knott/01/15

'On Dupuytren's Contraction of the Palmar Fascia' Knott/01/16

'Colles's Fracture' Knott/01/17

'The St Louis Medical Review' Knott/01/18

'Christian Science' Knott/01/19

'Aconite' Knott/01/20

"Normal" Ovariotomy "Female" Circumcision, Knott/01/21

Clitoridectomy, and Infibulation'

'Bernard Connor' Knott/01/22

'Digitalis' Knott/01/23

'The Dublin Journal of Medical Science' Knott/01/24

'The Westminister Review' Knott/01/25

'Dies Caniculares' Knott/01/26

'The Origin of Syphilis and the invention Knott/01/27

of its name'

‘Iron’ Knott/01/28

'The Mistletoe' Knott/01/29

'Spontaneous Combustion' Knott/01/30

'The Claims of Charles Darwin on the Knott/01/31

Homage of Scientific Posterity'

'Heat: "Sensible", "Latent" and Pathological' Knott/01/32

'Bee-Sting Treatment of Rheumatism' Knott/01/33

'Leprosy' Knott/01/34

'Sir Walter Raleigh's "Royal Cordial" Knott/01/35

'The Value of the Periodic Holiday' Knott/01/36

'Balsams' Knott/01/37

'Michael Servetus and the discovery of the Knott/01/38

circulation of the blood'

'The presentation of the medical sciences Knott/01/39

in the new edition of the encyclopedia britannica'

'The Last Illness of Lord Byron' Knott/01/40

'Die Internationale Hygiene Ausstellung Knott/01/41

Dresden 1911'

'The fatal illness and death of Napoleon the Great' Knott/01/42

'The Cinquantenary of the experimental Knott/01/43

Demonstration at the Academie de Medecine'

'A case for acute diabetes' Knott/01/44

'The Physitions Holiday' Knott/01/45

'Art III - Sir Patrick Duns Library' Knott/01/46

'The Plague of Athens' Knott/01/47

‘Old Venetian "Bleeding Glass"’ Knott/01/48

‘Holiday Repair versus Climacteric Decay.’ Knott/01/49

‘A contribution to a Medical Anthology’ Knott/01/50

‘Some recollections of a centro-continential Knott/01/51

Holiday.’

‘Medical One A Manning.’ Knott/01/52

‘Andrew Borde, of Physyche, Doctor.’ Knott/01/53

Original drafts of pamphlet articles Knott/01/54

'The Claims of Francis Bacon on the Homage Knott/01/55

of Posterity'

'Normal Ovariotomy, "Female" Circumcision, Knott/01/56

Clitoridectomy and Infibulation'

'Curiosities of Ancient Japanese Medicine' Knott/01/57



'The Gulf Stream Myth and Seaside Resorts' Knott/01/60

'The Origin of the Custom of Salutation after Knott/01/61

Sneezing'

Medical and Historical reviews RCSI/IP/Knott/02

Correspondence RCSI/IP/Knott/03

Correspondence to first wife Elizabeth Knott/03/01

(nee Bessie)

Correspondence to John Knott from his Knott/03/02

first wife Elizabeth (nee Bessie)

Correspondence from M. Shera Knott/03/03

Correspondence from Susan and Ruby Knott/03/04

Correspondence to and from his son Bill Knott/03/05

Collection of correspondence from Johns' uncle Knott/03/06

Correspondence to the RCSI Knott/03/07

Collection of undated correspondence Knott/03/08

Correspondence from Francise S Clarke Knott/03/09

Correspondence relating to Pat Murray Knott/03/10

Correspondence from the 1870's Knott/03/11



Correspondence from the 1900s Knott/03/14

Letter from the offices of "Who's Who" Knott/03/15

An Annual Biographical Dictionary

Correspondence from the offices of the Knott/03/16

Dietetic and Hygiene Gazette

Letter from the offices of the New York Knott/03/17

Medical Journal

Letter to or from John Freeman Knott Knott/03/18

Letter from K Blokhuis, the Gasworks, Knott/03/19

Middelharnis Holland

Copy of message written to John Freeman Knott Knott/03/20

Copy of message from Mr. Osler Knott/03/21

Copy of message from Professor Clifford Allbutt Knott/03/22

Copy of message written to John Freeman Knott Knott/03/23

Correspondence to and from Elenor Knott Knott/03/24

Certificates RCSI/IP/Knott/04

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland certificates Knott/04/01

Trinity College Dublin certificates Knott/04/02

King & Queen's College of Physicians certificates Knott/04/03

Pathological Society of Ireland certificate Knott/04/04

Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Knott/04/05

Masons of Ireland certificate

Master Masons certificate Knott/04/06

Royal Arch Lodge, Roscommon certificate Knott/04/07

Knights Templar certificate Knott/04/08

Miscellaneous RCSI/IP/Knott/05

Collection of Postcards and Invites Knott/05/01

Collection of Receipts Knott/05/02

Registry of Death, Marriage including Knott/05/03

the Obituary of John Freeman Knott.

‘School Amalgamation’ Knott/05/04

Exam Papers Knott/05/05

Testimonials of John Freeman Knott Knott/05/06

Elenor Knott photograph Knott/05/07

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Small volume of news cuttings Knott/05/08

Land Agreement Knott/05/09

List of books Knott/05/10

Newspaper cutting from British Medical Journal Knott/05/11

Extract from pamphlet entitled

"Jewish Encyclopedia" Knott/05/12

Extract from pamphlet entitled "Robert Recorde" Knott/05/13

Newspaper cutting entitled "A Distinguished Knott/05/14

Roscommon Man"

Handwritten card Knott/05/15

Collection of articles and newspaper cuttings Knott/05/16

by John Freeman Knott

Envelope Knott/05/17


'Article on the treatment of spinal paralysis' Knott/05/19

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Knott/05/20

'Notice of Motion' regarding council meetings

Description of the medical condition of Napoleon Knott/05/21

Partial poem describing the doctors and Knott/05/22

surgeons of the RCSI

Newspaper cutting Knott/05/23

Copy of note to Rev Dean Banks of Boyle? Knott/05/24


Document from the Infirmary House, Longford. Knott/05/26

Poem about Ce Sopham S Atthill? Knott/05/27

Copy of newspaper article relating to an Knott/05/28

investigation by John Freeman Knott

Copy of the Medical Register of 1879 Knott/05/29

Collection of articles about Thomas Heazle Parke Knott/05/30

Document allowing William Knott (Sr) Knott/05/31

act as collector of Public Cess

Document appointing William Knott as Bailiff Knott/05/32

Article from the Catholic Bulletin. Knott/05/33

Poem relating to Irish Nationalism Knott/05/34

Warrant to Distrain Knott/05/35


Address of Dr Wilde. Knott/05/37

Letter from the executor of the Knott/05/38

Right Hon. Robert Edward, Earl of Kingston.

Collection of names which may relate to Knott/05/39

individuals who owe rent




Article about Franz Joseph Gall Knott/05/43

Rent book Knott/05/44

Large volume of newspaper and journal articles. Knott/05/45


'List of Contributions to Medical Literature by Knott/05/47

John Freeman Knott'





RCSI/IP/Knott Collection

John Freeman Knott Papers

4 large archival boxes, 3 small archival

boxes, 2 folders, 1 large volume, 1 small

volume

This collection comprises of medical

certificates, pamphlets, medical and historical

reviews, newspaper cuttings and

correspondence, which are related to the life and

medical career of John Freeman Knott .

By appointment with RCSI Heritage Collections

1853 - 1921

Catalogue No. Description Date

RCSI/IP/Knott/01 Section

John Freeman Knott: Pamphlet Collection

74 pamphlets, 103 folios

The collection comprises of medical and

historical pamphlets written by or given to John

Freeman Knott. Numbers run from

RSCI/IP/Knott/01/01 to RSCI/IP/Knott/01/61.


1880-1950


John Freeman Knott: Medical and Historical

Reviews

25 volumes

Collection of medical and historical reviews

from various journals including the Freemans

Journal, Medical Press and Circular, American

Medican, Dublin Medical Journal and the

Dublin Journal of Medical Science. Also

included are additional correspondents from

various individuals. Such subjects include the

hyssops, the dilatations and diverticula, the

esophague, epidemic cerebro-spinal meningitis

and the Plague of London (1592 - 1594).

Numbers run from RSCI/IP/Knott/02/01 to

RSCI/IP/Knott/02/25


1891 - 1911


John Freeman Knott: Correspondence

757 folios, 10 envelopes

Manuscript correspondence of John Freeman

Knott to and from family, friends and the

RCSI. The following issues are discussed

family matters, medical advice, tenants,

1870-1950

financial matters and Knotts' work with the

RCSI and other hospitals around Dublin. Also

included are correspondence relating to his

daughter Elenor dating from the late 1940's.

By appointment with RCSI Heritage

Collections


John Freeman Knott: Certificates

15 Certificates

Certificates awarded, presented and belonging

to John Freeman Knott from a variety of

institutes and individuals. Majority of the

certificates are on vellum. Numbers run from



Collections

1842 - 1889


John Freeman Knott: Miscellaneous

155 folios, 25 cards, 4 booklets, 7

envelopes, 3 volumes, 1 photo

Miscellaneous material related to John

Freeman Knott, his family and friends.


Collections

1850 - 1975



John Freeman Knott: Testimonials

3 booklets

Three typescript booklets of testimonials

written by various surgeons for John Freeman

Knott. NUmbers run RCSI/IP/Knott/06/01 to

RCSI/IP/Knott/06/03.


Collections

1850 - 1975



John Freeman Knott: Pamphlet Collection

74 pamphlets, 103 folios

The collection comprises of medical and

historical pamphlets written by or given to

John Freeman Knott. Numbers run from



Collections

1880-1950

RCSI/IP/Knott/01/01 Item

'Correspondence with T. Spencer Wells'

1 pamphlet

'Correspondence with T. Spencer Wells

(FRCS). Member of the council of the Royal

College of Surgeons: Surgeon to the Queens

household on Ovariotomy'.


Collections

1880


'Lady Florence Dixie Vindicated'

1 pamphlet

'In 1882, Lady Florence Dixie came to Ireland

on a mission of benevolence and during a

period of six months devoted herself to the

task of investigating the application of relief

for poor Irish families'. Printed by Sealy,

Bryers and Walker, 94, 95 and 96 Middle

Abbey Street.


Collections

1883



Die Syphilisbacillen

1 pamphlet

Die Syphilisbacillen von Dr Sigm. Lustgarten

(Pamphlet written in German).


Collections

1885


'The Fever of Over-Exertion'

1 pamphlet

'The Fever of Over-Exertion. A sporadic, non-

contagious disease arising from exposure to

the sun, fatigue, surfeit, inebriety, &c. A

comparatatively trivial complaint, although it

may be sometime fatal'. Read in the Medical

Section. Pages 78 – 99.


Collections

18 November 1887


'Note on the ''fatigue fever'' of M. Peter'

1 pamphlet

'Note on the ''fatigue fever'' on M. Perter.

Being a supplement of the authors paper on

''The fever of over exertion''. Reprinted from

the transcriptions of the Royal Academy of

Medicine in Ireland. Printed for the author by

John Faleoner, 53 Upper Sackville Street.


Collections

1889



'Robert Elsmere'

1 pamphlet

'Robert Elsmere as a symptom - the education

commission and the school rate'.


Collections

May 1889


'The Climacteric Period'

1 pamphlet

'The Climacteric Period. The Idea of the

existence of definite periods in the course of

the life of the human being. A doctrine which

can be traced back to the teachings of

Pythagoras and his disciples'. This doctrine

was a mixture of science and superstition.


Collections

July 1890


'Normal Ovariotomy, Circumcision,

Clitoridectomy and Infibulation: A study in

compatative ethnology'.

2 pamphlets

'An account of the fact that the female form

has from time immemorial, been sujected to a

greater variety of artificial means for its

modification than that of the male. Charles

Darwin would describe it as the desire to

outshine in the eyes of men and promote

natures great design and secure the survival of

the fittest'.


Collections

9 July 1890



'Co-operation with the Quacks. Approved of

and sanctioned by the President and Council

of the Royal College of Surgeons'

1 pamphlet

Almost every Medical School and College in

Great Britain and Ireland is anxious to guard

the interests of the medical profession and to

prevent unqualified persons practising

medicine and surgery it is to be regretted that

the President and Council of the Royal College

of Surgeons should pass a resolution which

sanctions Licentiates of the college publicly

co-operating with Quacks. Included are

correspondents to the College relating to

individual dissapproval.


Collections

1892


'Hey's Internal Derangement of the knee-

joint'

1 pamphlet

Relating to the distinguished surgeon William

Hey of Leeds who published a volume of

''Practical Observations in Surgery'' which

includes a paper on ''Internal Derangement of

the Knee-joint”.


Collections

1904



'Hieronimo fracastorio and the origin of

syphilis'

1 pamphlet

Refers to the origins of the word syphilis and

the spread of this new disease syphilis across

Europe.


Collections

November 1904


'Some remarks on the epiphyses of the long

bones, and their bearings on the operation of

resection'

1 pamphlet

'The importance of a thorough knowledge of

the position, growth and (final effacement by

completion of) ossification, of the various

epiphyses of the growing human Skeleton'.


Collections

19 August 1905


'Sir Thomas Browne Knight: Doctor of

Physick'

1 pamphlet

'Anti-Cromwellian Loyalist; Witch Finder;

Amateur Exponent of Christian Coctrine;

Conservative Opponent of Scientific

Innovation; and Iconoclastic Critic of the

Errors of the ''Learned Vulgar,'' with their

''Authorities'.'


Collections

11 October 1905



'Subjective Ozena'

1 pamphlet

'A condition in which an offensive odor is due

to local ulceration productive of a foul

discharge and its possible treatment'.


Collections

16 December 1905


'Jan Baptista Van Helmont'

1 pamphlet

'Governor in Morede, most learned, famous,

and acute Phylosopher. Pioneer of Modern

Chemistry and inventer of the Chemical

Balance'. The manuscript note on the cover

reads 'Nellie with love from Papa'.


Collections

August 1905


'On Dupuytren's Contraction of the Palmar

Fascia'

1 pamphlet

A condition which presents features of very

special interest to the anatomist and the

pathologist, as well as to the practising

surgeon.The characteristic features of

''Dupuytren's Contraction'' is the production of

a permanent curvature of the palm and in some

cases the fingers.


Collections

1905



'Colles's Fracture'

2 pamphlets

'Colles's Fracture: Extremely distinctive lesion

which many believe to be the most frequent in

occurrence of all fractures'.


Collections

1905


'The St Louis Medical Review'

1 pamphlet

'A weekly journal of Medicine and Surgery.

Original article, lycanthropy' by John Knott.

Vol: LIII No.14. Read before the St. Louis

Medical History Club.


Collections

29 March 1906


'Christian Science'

1 pamphlet

'Christian Science in both law and medicine'.


Collections

31 August 1906



'Aconite'

1 pamphlet

'Aconite: Its place in History, in Mythology, in

Criminology; in Botany, in Therapeutics, and

in Toxicology'.


Collections

March - May 1907


''Normal'' Ovariotomy ''Female''

Circumcision, Clitoridectomy, and

Infibulation'

2 pamphlets

An account of the fact that the female form has

from time immemorial, been sujected to a

greater variety of artificial means for its

modification than that of the male. Charles

Darwin would describe it as the desire to

outshine in the eyes of men and promote

natures great design and secure the survival of

the fittest.


Collections

7 September 1907


'Bernard Connor'

1 pamphlet

Forgotten Irish medical exile and scientific

pioneer of the 17th century (1666 - 1698).


Collections

1907



'Digitalis'

1 pamphlet

'Digitalis: A powerful therapeutic agent

derived from the vegegable kingdom'.


Collections

1907


'The Dublin Journal of Medical Science'

1 pamphlet

Original communications, reviews, abstracts

and reports in medicine, surgery and collateral

sciences.


Collections

February 1907


'The Westminister Review'

1 pamphlet

Collection of articles by various authors in

which John Freeman Knott is included with

his article on Christian Science.


Collections

February 1907



'Dies Caniculares'

1 pamphlet

'Dog Days: The Physitians Vacation'. The sun

being necessary to life - to existence,

reproduction and growth.


Collections

July - August 1908


'The Origin of Syphilis and the invention of

its name'

1 pamphlet

The perennial interest with the subject of

venereal disease and its obscure origin.


Collections

31 October 1908


'Iron'

1 pamphlet

'Its place in Mythology, in Demonology, in

Astrology, in Medical and Surgical

Therapeusis'.


Collections

November 1908



'The Mistletoe'

2 pamphlets

'A monster in Botany, a symbol of Seminal

Survival and Reproductive Vitality'.


Collections

19 December 1908


'Spontaneous Combustion'

2 pamphlets, 1 folio

'The popular recognition of spontaneous

combustion of the human body as one of the

calculable assets of scientific pathology'.


Collections

April 1909


'The Claims of Charles Darwin on the


2 pamphlets

Doctrine and discipline of England's most

famous hero of natural history.


Collections

October 1909



'Heat: Sensible, Latent and Pathological'

2 pamphlets

Discussion on the laws and phenomena of heat

and inflammatory conditions.


Collections

13 April 1910


'Bee-Sting Treatment of Rheumatism'

2 pamphlets

The efficacy of the bee-sting, both as a

weapon and as a curative agent.


Collections

28 September 1910


'Leprosy'

2 pamphlets

A glance at some of the more significant

historic features of its etiology and

therapeusis.


Collections

February 1911



'Sir Walter Raleigh's ''Royal Cordial''

2 pamphlets

With some side-lights on the clinical medicine

and therapeutics of his generation, and

incidental glances at its political and social

morality.


Collections

April 1911


'The Value of the Periodic Holiday'

1 pamphlet

The importance of a holiday to every human

being.


Collections

August 1911


'Balsams'

1 pamphlet

Description of the balsam oil also known as

balsamo.


Collections

August 1911



'Michael Servetus and the discovery of the

circulation of the blood'

2 pamphlets

Michael Servetus, the rightful claimant to the

credit of the discovery of the circulation of the

blood.


Collections

9 September 1911


'The presentation of the medical sciences in

the new edition of the encyclopedia

britannica'

2 pamphlets

Description of the encyclopedia and its vast

content.


Collections

October 1911


'The Last Illness of Lord Byron'

1 pamphlet

'The Last Illness of Lord Byron: A study in the

borderland of genius and madness, of cosmical

inspiration and pathological psychology'.


Collections

January 1912



'Die Internationale Hygiene Ausstellung

Dresden 1911'

1 pamphlet

'Impressions of a visit to Die Internationale

Hygiene Ausstellung Dresden 1911'.


Collections

March 1912


'The fatal illness and death of Napoleon the

Great'

1 pamphlet

Discussing the illness and death of Napoleon

the Great.


Collections

c 1913


'The Cinquantenary of the experimental

Demonstration at the Academie de Medecine'

2 pamphlets

'The Cinquantenary of the experimental

Demonstration at the Academie de Medecine

by A. Villemin of the specific and contagious

virulence of Tuberculosis'.


Collections

March 1916



'A case for acute diabetes'

1 pamphlet

'A case for acute diabetes - with comments

especially in regard to audosis'.


Collections

3 June 1916


'The Physitions Holiday'

1 pamphlet

Description of canicular vacations and Irish

health resorts.


Collections

October 1917


'Art III - Sir Patrick Duns Library'

1 pamphlet

Description of the foundation and history of

Sir Patrick Duns Library.


Collections

February 1920



'The Plague of Athens'

1 pamphlet

'The Peloponnesian War - Diseases of War'.

The manuscript note on front reads ‘With the

authors compliments’.


Collections

January 1950


Old Venetian "Bleeding Glass"

1 pamphlet

Old Venetian "Bleeding Glass". Note on a

specimen of the old Venetian 'Bleeding Glass'

read in the Medical Section of the Royal

Academy of Medicine in Ireland.


Collections

17 May 1889


‘Holiday Repair versus Climacteric Decay’

1 pamphlet

Holiday Repair versus Climacteric Decay.

Describing the share individuals get during the

holiday season.


Collections

3 October 1903



‘A contribution to a Medical Anthology’

1 pamphlet

A contribution to a Medical Anthology.

Definition of anthology as a collection of

poems relating to medical men and medical

subjects.


Collections

ND


‘Some recollections of a centro-continential

holiday.’

1 pamphlet

Some recollections of a centro-continential

holiday. Describing the need to go to places

which cannot now be visited.


Collections

March 1917


‘Medical One A Manning.’

1 pamphlet

Medical One A Manning. Music as a

therapeutic agent.


Collections

ND



‘Andrew Borde, of Physyche, Doctor.’

1 pamphlet

Andrew Borde, of Physyche, Doctor. The life

of Andrew Borde.


Collections

June 1950

RCSI/IP/Knott/01/54 Subsection

Original drafts of pamphlet articles

67 folios

Original manuscript and typescript drafts of

pamphlet articles.


Collections

1913 - 1918

RCSI/IP/Knott/01/54/01 Item

'Monstrous and Multiplex Births'

2 folios

Paper written by John Freeman Knott

entitled "Monstrous and Multiplex Births".


Collections

ND



'The Medical Knowledge of Shakespere'

2 folios


entitled "The Medical Knowledge of

Shakspere".


Collections

ND


'The Claims of Franz Joseph Gallon the


36 folios


entitled "The Claims of Franz Joseph Gallon

the Homage of Scientific Posterity".


Collections

ND


'Some reflections suggested by an

inspection of the death mask of Dean

Swift'

20 folios


entitled "Some reflections suggested by an

inspection of the death mask of Dean Swift".


Collections

ND



'Napoleon Bonaparte'

1 folio

Description of the life of Napoleon

Bonaparte.


Collections

ND


'Austria'

2 folios

Description of the use of papaverin in the

differential diagnosis of sterious and spasm

of the pylorus.


Collections

October 1918


'Bodily changes in pain, hunger, fear

and rage'

2 folios

An account of the recent researches into the

function of emotional excitement.


Collections

1913


RCSI/IP/Knott/01/54/08

Item

'Periscope'

2 folios

"Periscope - The torpedo as a therapeutic

agent".


Collections

ND


'The Claims of Francis Bacon on the Homage

of Posterity'

25 folios

'The Claims of Francis Bacon on the Homage of

Posterity' with manuscript annotations.


Collections

ND


‘Normal Ovariotomy, "Female" Circumcision,

Clitoridectomy and Infibulation'

2 pamphlets

'Normal Ovariotomy, "Female" Circumcision,

Clitoridectomy and Infibulation with variorum

notes on teh practice of these operations and

their distinction in space and time'.


Collections

7 September 1907



‘Curiosities of Ancient Japanese Medicine'

3 folios

'Curiosities of Ancient Japanese Medicine

Moxa: the almost unique therapeutic weapon of

the Japanese surgeon of the past generation, one

of the two surgical remedies of the former

Japan' from the St. Louis Medical Review.


Collections

29 July 1905


'Curiosities of Ancient Japanese Medicine'

2 pamphlets

'Curiosities of Ancient Japanese Medicine

Senki: the endemic colic of Japan' from the St.

Louis Medical Review.


Collections

14 October 1905


'Curiosities of Ancient Japanese Medicine'

2 folios

'Curiosities of Ancient Japanese Medicine Tea:

its origin, characteristics and uses' from the St.

Louis Medical Review.


Collections

25 November 1905



‘'The Gulf Stream Myth and Seaside Resorts'

1 folio

'The Gulf Stream Myth and Seaside Resorts'

from the Medical Press.


Collections

25 January 1905


'The Origin of the Custom of Salutation after

Sneezing'

2 folios

'The Origin of the Custom of Salutation after

Sneezing' from the St. Louis Medical Review.


Collections

27 October 1906



John Freeman Knott: Medical and Historical

Reviews

25 volumes

Collection of medical and historical reviews

from various journals including the Freemans

Journal, Medical Press and Circular, American

Medican, Dublin Medical Journal and the

Dublin Journal of Medical Science. Also

included are additional correspondents from

various individuals. Such subjects include the

hyssops, the dilatations and diverticula, the

esophague, epidemic cerebro-spinal meningitis

and the Plague of London (1592 - 1594).

Numbers run from RSCI/IP/Knott/02/01 to

RSCI/IP/Knott/02/25


1891 - 1911



John Freeman Knott: Correspondence

816 folio

Manuscript correspondence of John Freeman

Knott to and from family, friends and the

RCSI. The following issues are discussed

family matters, medical advice, tenants,

financial matters and Knotts' work with the

RCSI and other hospitals around Dublin. Also

included are correspondence relating to his

daughter Elenor dating from the late 1940's.


Collections

1870-1950

RCSI/IP/Knott/03/01 SubSection

Correspondence to first wife Elizabeth (nee

Bessie)

118 folios

Extensive collection of personal letters

between his first wife Elizbeth (nee Bessie).

The letters contain a period of seperation when

John was away in Dublin working towards his

medical degree in Dublin while working in

some of Dublins top hospitals including the

Richmond and Combe, while Elizbeth stayed

and worked on the farm based in Kingsland,

Co Roscommon. Short transcriptions of many

of the letters are included however many of the

letters are incomplete. Numbers run from

RSCI/IP/Knott/03/01/01 to

RSCI/IP/Knott/03/01/40.


Collections

1874 - 1877



Correspondence to John Knott from his first

wife Elizabeth (nee Bessie)

160 folios

Extensive collection of personal letters to John

Knott from his first wife Elizabeth (nee

Bessie). The letters contain a period of

seperation when John was away in Dublin

working towards his medical degree in Dublin,

while Elizbeth stayed and worked on the farm

based in Kingsland, Co Roscommon. Some

correspondance are incomplete. Numbers run

from RSCI/IP/Knott/03/02/01 to



Collections

1874 - 1876


Correspondence from M. Shera

26 folios

Correspondence from John's mother in law, M

Shera. The correspondance relate to life back

in Boyle, Rosscommon while John was away

in Dublin working towards his medical degree.

Numbers run from RSCI/IP/Knott/03/03/01 to



Collections

1874 - 1876



Correspondence from Susan and Ruby

4 folios

Correspondence from Susan and Ruby. Susan

congratulates John on winning his medal and

hopes it wont be the last he achives. Ruby

mentioned its been a long time since they last

spoke and wishes they could walk through the

Botanic gardens together and when will he

next be home. Numbers run from




Collections

c 1876


Correspondence to and from his son Bill

4 folios

Collection of correspondence to and from his

son Bill including such isssues as Bill's time in

Newscastle with the department of the medical

officer of health and public analyst while in his

fathers correspondance he tells bill of the work

he is doing for the Rector in the churchyard as

he lives alone in the churchyard. Numbers run




Collections

circa 1900



Collection of correspondence from John’s

uncle

4 folios

Correspondence from his uncle Joseph

Lougheed? The major theme of these

correspondance are the news from home in

Boyle. Numbers run from




Collections

1975 - 1976


Correspondence with the RCSI

6 folios, 1 envelope

Correspondence with the RCSI. Numbers run




Collections

23 July 1872 - 8

January 1891


Note to finance committee


Note to finance department of the RCSI

relating to the pay each doctor will

receive for every session they teach in a

year. The note is signed by Dr. Alex

Frazer and accompanied by an envelope

dated July 23th 1872. The name AH

Jacob, Secretary of Council, Royal

College of Surgeons is written on

envelope.


Collections

23 July 1872



Letter to President and Council of the

RCSI

2 folios

Disputing the use of a room by a junior

demonstrator for his private classes which

is precluding its use by other teachers. It

is asked that the room be granted to the

demonstrator of anatomy and fitted up for

that use.


Collections

18 November 1890


Letter to the President and Council of

the RCSI

2 folios

Further correspondence relating to the

demonstrators room discussed in the letter

of November 18th 1890. The grievence is

still in existence and it is asked that the

council take more action on the matter.


Collections

7 February 1891


Collection of undated correspondence

201 folios

Extensive collection of undated correspondence

which relate to both John, his wife Elizabeth and

acquaintances. Included also is a collection

which relate to the period of seperation when

John was away in Dublin studying for his

medical degree. Numbers run from

ND





Correspondence from Francise S Clarke

6 folios

Manuscript correspondence from Francise S

Clarke to John Freeman Knott from the

Rectory, Boyle and the Provincial Grand

Lodge, North Connaught. Issues discussed

include pamphlets, a visit to his father in

boyle, and later his fathers death. Numbers run




Collections

1885 - 1888


Correspondence relating to Pat Murray

15 folios

Manuscript correspondence relating to Pat

Murray, trusted friend of John Freeman Knott.

Issues disscussed include health, payment of

rent and tranfer of lands. Numbers run from




Collections

1889 - 1888



Correspondence from the 1870's


Collection of individual correspondence from

the 1870's relating to John Freeman Knott.

Numbers run from RSCI/IP/Knott/03/11/01 to



Collections

1872 - 1877


Letter from C. M. Dermott?

3 folio

Correspondance from C. M. Dermott?

Issues discussed include a meeting of

proprietors of land in the district of

Loughgara and Mantna drainage.


Collections

27 July 1870


Letter to William Knott


Letter to William Knott from Illegible

individual. Short letter requesting William

Knott be available for a meeting in Boyle

on Saturday at 11 o'clock.


Collections

8 September 1870



Letter from S Lacorence?

2 folios

Letter to William Knott from S Lacorence.

Issues duscussed include payment of rent

from tenents.


Collections

21 October 1870



1 folio

Letter to William Knott from S Lacorence.

Issues duscussed include non payment of

rent from tenents and the possibility of

legal action if payment is not received.


Collections

12 December 1870


Letter from C.J. Button?

3 folios

Letter from C.J. Button to William Knott.

Issues discussed include a dispute over

land and turf.


Collections

10 August 1871



Letter from CM?

1 folio

Letter to William Knott from CM? Issue

mentioned include warrrents possibly for

land.


Collections

6 April 1872


Letter from illegible hand

1 folio

Letter from illegible hand to John Freeman

Knott. Issues include the mention of a

medical condition that has not improved

and strongly recommends that he seeks a

second opinion.


Collections

3 June 1872



2 folios

Letter from illegible hand to William

Knott. Issues discussed include non

payment of rent and the possibility of

payment being enforced.


Collections

29 March 1873



Letter from the National Bank in Boyle

1 folio

Letter from the National Bank in Boyle to

William Knott. Issue mentioned include

payment to the bank and requesting he

visits the bank.


Collections

8 September 1873


Letter from Francis Fahy

3 folios

Letter from Francis Fahy to John Freeman

Knott. Issue mentioned is the health of his

father William Knott.


Collections

8 September 1873



3 folios


Knott. Issue again mentioned is the health

of his father William knott and its

improvement with him now being able to

see with both eyes.


Collections

10 September 1873




2 folios




improvement.


Collections

13 September 1873



3 folios




improvement with the possibility of him

being able to go home in a few days.


Collections

14 September 1873



2 folios

Letter from S Lacorence to John Freeman

Knott. Issue mention is the removal of all

savings from the bank.


Collections

23 March 1874


SI/IP/Knott/03/11/15 Item

Letter from Henry W Clarke?

1 folio

Letter from Henry W Clarke? Issues

include information on the entrance exams

including the subjects for Trinity College

Dublin. Also mentioned are the fees that

must be paid to registrar at least three days

before these exams.


Collections

4 September 1874


Letter from Sam Manghton?

2 folio

Letter from Sam Manghton? Issues

disscussed include the graduates of Arts in

Oxford, Cambridge and the Royal College

of Surgeons, exams and the regulations of

the school of physic.


Collections

29 September 1874


Note from illegible hand

2 folios

Note from illegible hand which reads "I am

sorry to say I can see nothing".


Collections

6 November 1875




3 folios

Letter from illegible hand to John Freeman

Knott. Issue regarding rent is discussed.


Collections

4 January 1876


Letter from S. Finch

2 folios

Letter from S. Finch to John Freeman

Knott. Issue mentioned is an invitation to

dinner.


Collections

15 April 1876


Letter from John S Hobble?

2 folios

Letter from John S Hobble to John

Freeman Knott. Issues mentioned include

Visiting John in Dublin, Exams and a visit

to Boyle.


Collections

19 May 1876



Letter to Mr Longheed

1 folio

Letter to Mr Longheed. Issues include the

mention of John Freeman Knott helping

Mr Longheed in his medical studies.


Collections

7 April 1877


Letter from Henry Castles

2 folios

Letter from Henry Castles from Belfast.

Issues disscussed include the lectures and

examinations he would have to attend and

pass to be accepted into the Royal College

of Surgeons and Trinity College if he

wanted to be a Doctor or Surgeon.


Collections

1874


Letter from St Thomas's Parish

1 folio

Letter from the conjugation of St Thomas's

Parish. Issues include the mention of a

meeting to get up a public testimonial to

their distinguished and trustworthy country

man Mr Knott.


Collections

1877





Collection of individual correspondence from

the 1880's relating to John Freeman Knott.

Numbers run from RSCI/IP/Knott/03/12/01

to RSCI/IP/Knott/03/12/21.


Collections

1885 - 1889


Letter from Mrs Culleton?

2 folios

Letter from Mrs Culleton to John Freeman

Knott. Issue mentioned include information

on the Knott family crest and also the coat

of arms for the Knott family.


Collections

2 June 1881


Letter from Edward Mapother

1 folio

Letter from illegible hand. Issues

mentioned include the editing by John of

the third edition of the Manual of Physio

and the payment of one shilling and

sixpence for every copy sold.


Collections

1881



Letter from Richard Allen

3 folios

Letter from Richard Allen. Issues

mentioned include the description of a new

disease which has appeared in tropical

countries and causes excruciating pain.

Attached to letter is newspaper article

relating to this disease.


Collections

2 February 1883


Letter from Richmond Allen

2 folios

Letter from Richmond R Allen.

Correspondance from a frend in South

Africa regarding life and work there.


Collections

3 February 1883


Letter from Dublin Castle to John

Freeman Knott

2 folios

Letter from Dublin Castle to John Freeman

Knott. Letter to acknowledge the receipt of

his letter, offering himself as a candidate

for the Professorship of Anatomy and

Physiology in the Queens College of

Belfast.


Collections

19 October 1883



Letter from W.M. Wright

2 folios

Letter from W.M. Wright to John Freeman

Knott. Issues discussed include pamphlets.


Collections

28 September 1884


Letter from W White

4 folios

Letter from W White to John Freeman

Knott. Issue discussed is the kindness John

has shown the writer regarding his work.


Collections

27 December 1884


Letter from James A Whelan

1 folio

Letter from James A Whelan from the

Medical Students Club Limited of 91

Harcourt Street, Dublin. Issues mentioned

are the receipt of payment and the thanking

for the letter and cheque from the council.


Collections

26 January 1885



Letter from Stafford?

3 folios

Letter from Stafford? to John Freeman

Knott. Isssue mentioned that the writer is

glad John is comfortable in Dublin and

hopes he'll make the best of it.


Collections

17 September 1885


Letter from illegible individual

1 folio, 1 envelope

Letter from illegible individual. Subject

mentioned include health and visiting. Post

dated envelope included addressed to John

Freeman Knott, 34 York Street.


Collections

14 June 1887


Letter from Matthew O'Connor?

1 folio

Letter from Matthew O'Connor? to John

Freeman Knott. Issue mentioned is New

Years.


Collections

31 December 1887




2 folios

Letter from illegible hand. Issues include

this individuals health and the publishing

of medical cases.


Collections

18 January 1888


Letter from John Brennan?

1 folio

Letter to John Freeman Knott from John

Brennan? Issues discussed include the

placing of individuals by the name of

Charles and Murray of the Rolls of the

College and Mr Knotts health.


Collections

17 April 1888


Letter from Michael Cregg

2 folios

Letter from Michael Cregg. Issues include

health and a promise made by John to help

Michael stay in the Royal Society of

Chemistry so he can one day make him

proud for his help.


Collections

13 June 1888



Letter to unnamed cousin

1 folio

Letter to unnamed cousin of John Freeman

Knott from Derrybeg. Issues include land

rights and possession. The names Henry

Moor and Pat Murray are mentioned in the

correspondance.


Collections

19 August 1888


Letter from Randon?

4 folios

Letter from Randon? to John Freeman

Knott. Issues discussed are this individuals

sickness and the treatment being

prescribed.


Collections

6 January 1889


Letter from R Duncan

2 folios

Letter from R Duncan of 20 Beechwood

Avenue Ranelagh. Issues mentioned

include pamphlets and the opportunity to

hold lectures on the Brain for an unnamed

medical society.


Collections

24 November 1889



Letter from Thornley Stoker

2 folios

Letter from Thornley Stoker of 16 Harcourt

Street, Dublin. Issues mentioned are

medical panphlets and a condition that

causes paralysis in the arms and legs.


Collections

9 December 1889


Letter from Edmund Rundle?

1 folio

Letter from Edmund Rundle? issues

mentioned include Edmund thanking John

for his help through the fellowship and that

he is suffering with a bad cold.


Collections

19 December 1889


Letter from T O' Connell

2 folios

Letter from T O' Connell. Issues mentioned

include the New Year, their friend Gloster

who had earlier attended Johns class.


Collections

31 December 1889



Letter from George Dun Malley?

2 folios

Letter from George Dun Malley? Issues

mentioned include a letter from a Mr

Patrick Jordan regarding a medical

condition he suffers from and requires help

from John in his treatment.


Collections

31 December 1889




Collection of individual correspondence

from the 1890's relating to John Freeman

Knott. Numbers run from




Collections

1890 - 1897


Letter from A. Maurcons?

1 folioa

Letter from A Maurcons? from

Copenhagen to John Freeman Knott.

Correspondance relating to the work of this

individual and also John Freeman Knott.


Collections

31 July 1882



Letter from Cecil B. Karmsworth

2 folios

Letter from Cecil B. Karmsworth of 38

Trinity College, Dublin. Issues discussed

include a pamphlet on Tinea Sycosis, the

possible effects and the treatment.


Collections

19 April 1890


Letter from A.N. Sucol

2 folios

Correspondence from A.N. Sucol,

Secretary of the Royal College of Surgeons

to Fr Buchi , Optician. Issues discussed is

the ordering of the pamphlet 'The Phantom

of the Brain' and also the ordering of an

apparatus from an optician. The letter is

accompanied by a letter from F. Buchi,

optician.


Collections

1 May 1890


Letter from John Freeman Knott

2 folios

Letter from John Freeman Knott. Issues

mentioned include a testimonial for Dr

Henry William Devlin and his professional

knowledge.


Collections

5 November 1890



Letter from J Balcomber?

2 folios

Letter from J Balcomber of Clontarf? Issue

discussed is a loan to John Freeman Knott.

Written copy of the letter included.


Collections

27 October 1891


Letter to John Freeman Knott


Letter to John Freeman Knott sent by

illegible individual. Issues disscussed

include not being able to read previous

letters, a medical referral, the arrival of a

Mr Callem and the weather.


Collections

22 June 1893



2 folios

Letter to John Freeman Knott sent by

illegible individual. Issues disscussed

include again not being able to read

previous letters.


Collections

23 June 1893




1 folio, 1 envelope

Letter to John Freeman Knott. Issues

disscussed include student affairs and that

an illegible individual is unwell and will be

for some time. Envelope included

addressed to John Freeman Knott.


Collections

1 July 1893


Letter from one of his children

1 folio

Letter from one of his children. Issues

discussed include a visit to the park and

renovations to the house.


Collections

3 July 1893


Letter from John Murray

2 folios

Letter from John Murray of Kingsland.

Issues discussed is the death of John

Murrays father and the health of all the

neighbours in Kingsland.


Collections

1893



Letter to Dr Wood

2 folios

Letter to Dr Wood. Issues include meeting

with John and exam papers.


Collections

November 1894


Letter from Patrick Murray

2 folios

Letter from Patrick Murray of Kingsland.

Issues discussed include asking about the

possibility of work in Dublin and also the

possibility of emigration to America.


Collections

26 March 1895


Letter from Patience A Greening?

3folios

Letter from Patience A Greening? Issues

discussed include health, a visit to the

doctors surgery and precriptions.


Collections

4 November 1897



Letter from L Cherie Robinson?

2 folios

Letter from L Cherie Robinson? Issues

discussed include health, travel and the

weather.


Collections

7 May 1897




Collection of individual correspondence

from the 1900's relating to John Freeman

Knott. Numbers run from




Collections

1901 - 1910


Letter from W Thorn Martin?

1 folio

Letter from W Thorn Martin? to John

Freeman Knott. Issues discussed include

the valuable information John has sent him

which was dispatched to the University by

same post.


Collections

17 February 1901



Copy of note from an unknown individual

1 folio

Copy of note from unknown individual.

Issues discussed include pamphlets and a

book written by the late Dr John Moyes.


Collections

5 April 1903


Copy of letter from H Warrington

1 folio

Copy of letter from H Warrington to John

Freeman Knott. Topics discussed include

asking John to send his some of his strong

medication as he has being feeling off

colour and also thanking him for all his

attention in the past.


Collections

3 August 1904


Letter from Mr Osler

1 folio, 1 envelope

Letter from Mr Osler relating to a disease

called angina pectoris and its rarity in

Ireland although it is very common in the

USA.


Collections

29 October 1904



Copy of letter from G.M.G

1 folio

Copy of letter from G.M.G complimenting

John Freeman Knott on his excellent

editorial however he complains about his

pale ink and writting.


Collections

22 May 1905


Letter from W. Smyly

1 folio

Letter from W. Smyly thanking him for his

letter and his help in the grinds room of the

RCS.


Collections

4 July 1905


Copy of letter from Fred Hanna

1 folio

Copy of letter from Fred Hanna to John

Freeman Knott. Correspondance relating to

topics for the recent issue of the Medical

Press and Circular.


Collections

10 August 1905



Copy of letter from H. W. Mason

1 folio

Copy of letter from H. W. Mason, RCSI

Secretary, to John Freeman Knott.

Informing John that at a recent meeting of

the Apothecaries, Hall, he was appointed

an examiner in Biology.


Collections

16 September 1907


Letter from Walter G Smith

2 folios

Letter from Walter G Smith, 25 Merrion

Square. Issues discussed include medical

journals and medical science.


Collections

24 October 1907


Letter from The Springfield Republican


Letter from The Springfield Republician.

Issues disscussed include the publication of

a paper written by John Freeman Knott in

the issue of September 4th and also the

prices for regular and yearly subscriptions.

Stamped and post dated envelope included

addressed to John Freeman Knott, 34 York

Street.


Collections

27 December 1910



Letter from Hodgson & Co

1 folio

Letter from Hodgson & Co to John

Freeman Knott. Topics discussed include

the selling of books and the amount he

must hold in reserve for later purchases.


Collections

30 November 1912


Letter from Bailliere, Tindall & Cox

Publishers

2 folios


Publishers to John Freeman Knott. Topics

discussed include the translation of

Doyen's "Operative Surgery" and the

amount he will receive for the work.


Collections

10 July 1913



Publishers

1 folio


Publishers to John Freeman Knott. Topics

discussed include the translation of

Doyen's "Operative Surgery" and the

amount he will receive for the work.


Collections

17 November 1913



Letter from W. Smyly

1 folio

Letter from W. Smyly apologising for his

letter being posted without a stamp.

.


Collections

ND



1 folio

Letter from illegible hand on Trinity

College Dublin notepaper to John Freeman

Knott. Issue mentioned three unknown

papers the writer has been sent by John.

.


Collections

1918


Letter from the offices of "Who's Who":

An Annual Biographical Dictionary

1 folio

Letter from the offices of "Who's Who" : a

companion to Who's Who, containing the

biographies of those who died during the

period. Included is a biography of John

Freeman Knott with corrections written in

red pen. Enclosed in cardboard frame for

protection.


Collections

c 1920



Correspondence from the offices of the

Dietetic and Hygiene Gasette


Correspondence from the offices of the

Dietetic and Hygiene Gasette asking John

Knott to write a piece for their gasette as it

would give him wide publication. Numbers

run from RSCI/IP/Knott/03/16/01 to



Collections

1907 - 1910


Letter from the New York Medical Journal

1 folio, 1 envelope

Letter from the offices of the New York

Medical Journal. Issue disscussed is the

publication of John Freeman Knotts article

entitled Dies Caniculares in the New York

Medical Journal.


Collections

12 October 1907


Letter to or from John Freeman Knott

2 folios

Letter believed to be to or from John

Freeman Knott. Issues discussed include

travel and weather. A picture is drawn at

the end of the correspondence depicting a

man reading beside tea and toast.


Collections

12 August 1910



Letter from K Blokhuis, the Gasworks,

Middelharnis Holland

2 folios

Letter from K Blokhuis. Regarding a

puzzling article written by John Freeman

Knott in the journal "Nature". Inclided is a

coupon which can be exchanged for a

postage stamp.


Collections

23 January 1917


Copy of message written to John Freeman

Knott

1 folio


Knott from WD, the regius professor of

Medicine. Message reads: "Sorry to have

missed you only here for a few hours".


Collections

ND


Copy of message from Mr. Osler

1 folio


Knott from a Mr Osler, Oxford. Issue

discussed is the pamphlet written about

Bernard Connor.


Collections

ND



Copy of message from Professor Clifford

Allbutt

1 folio


Knott from Professor Clifford Allbutt,

Cambridge. Issue duscussed is the reading

of an article or pamphlet.


Collections

ND



Knott

1 folio


Knott from Francis R Cummins? Issues

discussed unknown.


Collections

ND


Correspondence to and from Elenor Knott

71 folios

Collection of correspondence to and from

Elenor Knott (daughter of John Freeman

Knott).


Collections

1945 - 1952



Collection of correspondance to Elenor

Knott from Professor J.F.D. Shrewsbury

61 folios

Collection of correspondance to Elenor

Knott from Professor J.F.D. Shrewsbury,

director of laboratory at the University of

Birmingham. Issues discussed include the

condition of the country after the war, food

rationing and history of both Ireland and

Britain. Numbers run from

RSCI/IP/Knott/03/24/01/01 to

RSCI/IP/Knott/03/24/01/28.


Collections

1945 - 1952


Letter from Mr Mac Donagh

4 folios

Letter to Elenor Knott from a Mr Mac

Donagh. Issues relaing to the history of the

Knott family are discussed.


Collections

17 April 1942


Letter from Elenor Knott to Mr Mac

Donagh

2 folios

Letter from Elenor Knott to Mr Mac

Donagh thanking him for his letter of the

17th April regarding the information he

sent relating to the Knott family.


Collections

26 April 1942



Letter from Francise Devine

1 folio

Letter from Francise Devine to Elenor

Knott. Correspondance relating to a deed

from America from a solicitors by the

name of Horan & Devine.


Collections

11 June 1947


Letter from Risteárd Ó Foghludha

2 folios

Letter from Risteárd Ó Foghludha to

Elenor Knott. Issues discussed include

information regarding a Dr Bernard

Connor, private physician to a former King

of Poland.


Collections

18 July 1950


Letter from Padraig Va Duinnin?

1 folio

Letter from Padraig Va Duinnin? of the

Royal Irish Academy to Elenor Knott.

Correspondance relating to an article

written in the Irish School Monthly in

which Elenor Knott is mentioned.


Collections

ND



John Freeman Knott: Certificates

15 certificates

Certificates awarded, presented and belonging

to John Freeman Knott from a variety of

institutes and individuals. Majority of the

certificates are on vellum. Numbers run from



Collections

1842 - 1889


Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

certificates

2 certificates


certificates awarded and presented to John

Freeman Knott.


Collections

1877 - 1880


RCSI Licentiate of College

1 certificate

John Freeman Knott having certified by the

college and being found duly qualified to

practice the art and science of surgery he is

therefore admitted as a Licentiate of the

College. Certificate is signed by the

President, Vice President and Members of

the Council.


Collections

28 April 1877



RCSI Fellowship of College

1 certificate

RCSI Certificate of Fellowship awarded to

John Freeman Knott on 4th November

1880. Certificate is signed by the President,

Vice President and Members of the

Council.


Collections

4 November 1880


Trinity College Dublin certificates

6 certificates

Trinity College Dublin certificates awarded

and presented to John Freeman Knott.


Collections

1887 - 1889


TCD Bachelor in Arts

1 certificate

TCD Bachelor of Arts awarded to John

Freeman Knott on the 8th June 1887.

Certificate is signed by the President and

Vice President of the College


Collections

1887



TCD Bachelor of Medicine

1 certificate

TCD Bachelor of Medicine awarded to

John Freeman Knott on the 1st July 1887.


Vice President of the College


Collections

1887


TCD Bachelor in Medicine and Surgery

1 certificate

TCD Bachelor in Medicine and Surgery

awarded to John Freeman Knott on the

28th February 1888. Certificate is signed

by the President and Vice President of the

College.


Collections

1888


TCD Bachelor in Surgery

1 certificate

TCD Bachelor in Surgery awarded to John

Freeman Knott on the 1st March 1888.


Vice President of the College.


Collections

1888



TCD Masters in Arts

1 certificate

TCD Masters of Arts awarded to John

Freeman Knott on the 31st December

1889. Certificate is signed by the President

and Vice President of the College.


Collections

1889


TCD Doctorate in Medicine

1 certificate

TCD Doctorate in Medicine awarded to

John Freeman Knott on the 31st December

1889. Certificate is signed by the President

and Vice President of the College


Collections

1889


King & Queen's College of Physicians

certificates

2 certificates

King & Queen's College of Physicians

certificates awarded and presented to John

Freeman Knott.


Collections

1877



Licence to practice in the Faculty of

Physic

1 certificate

Licence to practice in the Faculty of Physic

and certify that he is a Physician and

Licentiate in Medicine of said college.

Awarded to John Freeman Knott on the

13th June 1877. Certificate signed by the

President and Fellows of the college.


Collections

1877


Licence in Midwifery

1 certificate

Licence in Midwifery awarded to John

Freeman Knott on the 14th June 1877.

Certificate signed by the President and

Council of the college.


Collections

1877


Pathological Society of Ireland certificate

1 certificate

Awarded to John Freeman Knott for

diligently attending the meetings of the

Pathological Society of Dublin during the

session commencing in November 1876, and

ending in April 1877. Certificate is signed by

the President Thomas Hayden, Honorary

Secretary William Stokes and Secretary

Edward H Bennett.


Collections

1877



Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted

Masons of Ireland certificate

1 certificate

Admittance of John Freeman Knott into the

Lodge of St. John as a Mason on the 19th

January 1889. Certificate is signed by the

General Secretary and Deputy General

Secretary.


Collections

1889


Master Masons certificate

1 certificate

Master Masons certificate awarded to

William Knott (Sr) on the 7th July 1842.


Collections

1842


Royal Arch Lodge, Roscommon certificate

1 certificate

Royal Arch Lodge Freemasons certificate

awarded to William Knott (Sr) on the 12

October 1842.


Collections

1842



Knights Templars certificate

1 certificate

Knights Templars certificate awarded to

William Knott (Sr) on the 24th February

1842.


Collections

1842



John Freeman Knott: Miscellaneous

155 folios, 25 cards, 4 booklets, 7

envelopes, 3 volumes, 1 photo

Miscellaneous material related to John

Freeman Knott, his family and friends


Collections

1850 - 1975


Collection of Postcards and Invites

22 cards

Collection of postcards and invites sent to

John Freeman Knott from various individuals

and institutions including Herr Fr Buchi, his

son Bill, american medicine, british medical

association, international medical congress,

national association for the promotion of

social science and the university biological

association. Numbers run from




Collections

1806 - 1910

RCSI/IP/Knott/05/02

SubSection

Collection of receipts

45 receipts

Collection of receipts relating to the Royal

College of Surgeons, purchases, IOU's and

rent books from holdings in Kingsland,

Tunroe and Derrybeg. Numbers run from




Collections

1850 - 1939



Registry of Death, Marriage and the

Obituary of John Freeman Knott.

4 certificates, 3 receipts

Included is the marriage certificate for John

Freeman Knott and Mary Elizabeth Shera

who married on November 28th 1876, Death

Certificate of Mary Elizabeth who died

March 1879 of Dysentery, Licence of

Marriage of John Freeman Knott and his

second wife Philippa Anne Belcombe on the

22nd July 1881 and finally the death

certificate and Obituary of John Freeman

Knott who died 2nd January 1921.

(Certificates are copies of the originals.) Also

included are the receipts for the coffin and

burial plot for Mary Elizabeth Knott.

Numbers run from RSCI/IP/Knott/05/03/01

to RSCI/IP/Knott/05/03/07.


Collections

1876 - 1921


School Amalgamation

1 booklet, 3 folios

Included is a booklet explaining the

amalgamation scheme of the school of the

college with the Carmichael College and

Lidwich School. The combined name will

now be the schools of surgery of the royal

college of surgeons and under the control of

the president and council of the royal college

of surgeons. There is also a letter in relation

to John Freeman Knott. The letter states, as a

college Anatomist the pay he will receive

yearly in return for his services to the college

after the amalgamation. Numbers run from




Collections

1888 - 1892



Exam Papers

3 folios

Preliminary examinations of the Royal

College of Surgeons. Exams include Euclid's

Elements by Dr Tweedy, Algebra by Dr.

Woodhouse and Arithmetic by Dr. Nugent.

All exams are dated January 1875. Numbers

run from RSCI/IP/Knott/05/05/01 to



Collections

1875


Testimonials of John Freeman Knott

5 booklets/72 folios

Collection of testimonials of John Freeman

Knott from various doctors in Ireland and

abroad. Numbers run from




Collections

1892 - 1893


Elenor Knott photograph

1 photograph

Photograph believed to be that of Elenor

Knott, daughter of John Freeman Knott.


Collections

c 1970



Small volume of news cuttings

1 volume

Small volume of news cuttings compiled by

John Freeman Knott. (Fragile condition).


Collections

1886 - 1887


Land Agreement

1 folio

Land Agreement between William Knott

(Sr) and James Cunningham. Item damaged

and inside frame.


Collections

c 1857


List of books

1 folio

List of books for sale on Thursday, October

24th 1912.


Collections

24 October 1912



Newspaper cutting from British Medical

Journal

1 folio

Newspaper cutting from the British Medical

Journal about John Freeman Knott and his

views on circumcision.


Collections

25 August 1906


Extract from pamphlet entitled "Jewish

Encyclopedia"

1 folio

Extract from pamphlet entitled "Jewish

Encyclopedia" Issues discussed include

medical history and anatomy.


Collections

5 November 1904


Extract from pamphlet entitled ''Robert

Recorde''

1 folio

Extract from pamphlet entitled ''Robert

Recorde'' A reference to the unique record

of a great Welsh man of science.


Collections

7 December 1916



Newspaper cutting entitled ''A

Distinguished Roscommon Man''

1 folio

Newspaper cutting entitled ''A

Distinguished Roscommon Man'' A

reference to the work by Dr Knott, a man

well known throughout Europe as one of

the most profound investigators of all

difficult points relating to medical science.


Collections

ND


Handwritten card

1 folio

Handwritten card admitting John Freeman

Knott for duty on Monday and Wednesday.

Signed by W Weir? and William Thornley

Stoker.


Collections

8 April 1876


Collection of articles and newpaper

cuttings by John Freeman Knott

4 folios

Collection of articles and newspaper

cuttings describing topics such as science,

anaesthesia and poisons.


Collections

c 1904



Envelope

1 envelope

Empty envelope postdated 22nd February

1891.


Collections

22 February 1891


Envelope

1 envelope

Empty envelope postdated 4th February

1891.


Collections

4 February 1891


‘Article on the treatment of spinal

paralysis’

3 folios

Article on the treatment of spinal paralysis.

Included with envelope with the words

'Translated for M. P. and C'


Collections

ND




'Notice of Motion' regarding council

meetings

2 cards


'Notice of Motion' regarding council

meetings. Notes to John Freeman Knott on

the reverse.


Collections

c 1880


Description of the medical condition of

Napoleon

1 folio

Diary entry describing the medical

condition of Napoleon. Believed to be

written by his own doctor.


Collections

ND


Partial poem discribing the doctors and

surgeons of the RCSI

2 folios

Partial poem discribing the Doctors and

Surgeons of the RCSI who strive to cure

every disease known to man.


Collections

ND



Newspaper cutting

1 folio

Newspaper cutting from John Freeman

Knott on the subject of Eugenics.


Collections

21 August 1913


Copy of note to Rev Dean Banks of Boyle?

1 folio, 1 envelope

Copy of a note to Rev Dean Banks of

Boyle on how he felt sad about hearing

news and he enclosed a copy of the article.


Collections

April 1904


Envelope

1 envelope

Copy of empty envelope addressed to John

Freeman Knott postdated 5th July 1905.


Collections

5 July 1905



Document from the Infirmary House,

Longford

1 folio

Document from the Infirmary House,

Longford relating to the report of

unprofessional conduct to the President of

the College and Council of the Royal

College of Surgeons.


Collections

4 January 1892


Poem about Ce Sopham S Atthill.?

4 folios

Poem about Ce Sopham S Atthill.? Better

known as Tilly - Lt in His Majesties Gallant

Sphinx's.


Collections

ND


Copy of newspaper article relating to an

investigation by John Freeman Knott

1 folio

Copy of newspaper article relating to an

investigation by John Freeman Knott.

Investigation relates to the tale of the

Countess of Desmond living to the age of

110 while others maintain there are older

individuals living elsewhere.


Collections

21 December 1910



Copy of the Medical Register of 1879

1 folio

Copy of the Medical Register of 1879.

Information given include: address, date of

registration and qualifications.


Collections

1879


Collection of articles from various

newspapers and journals

26 folio

Collection of articles from various

newspapers and journals publications

include: The Times, Freemans Journal and

the British Medical Journal.


Collections

1891


Document allowing William Knott (Sr) act

as collector of Public Cess

1 folio

Document allowing William Knott (Sr) act

as collector of Public Cess in the County of

Roscommon, Barony of Boyle.


Collections

10 May 1870



Document appointing William Knott as

Bailiff

1 folio

Document appointing William Knott (Sr) of

Derrybeg as bailiff in the County of Sligo.


Collections

10 February 1834


Article from the Catholic Bulletin

2 folios

Article from the Catholic Bulletin relating

to the life and work of Elenor Knott

(Daughter of John Freeman Knott).


Collections

ND


Poem relating to Irish Nationalism

2 folios

Poem relating to Irish Nationalism.


Collections.

ND



Warrant to Distrain

2 folios

Warrant to Distrain. The nomination of

William Knott as Bailiff.


Collections.

29 September 1862


Envelope

1 envelope

Empty envelope addressed to Miss Knott

post dated February 2nd


Collections.

c 1900


Address of Dr Wilde

1 folio

Address of Dr Wilde. 1 Merrion Sq. North,

Dublin.


Collections.

ND



Letter from the executor of the Right Hon.

Robert Edward, Earl of Kingston

1 folio

Letter from the executor of the Right Hon.

Robert Edward, Earl of Kingston. The issue

discussed is to request a half years rent

from the tenants and any arrears due.


Collections.

26 September 1871


Collection of names which may relate to

individuals who owe rent

1 folio

Collection of names and places are

mentioned which could relate to individuals

who owe rent.


Collections.

ND


Newspaper cutting

1 folio

Newspaper cutting re. a collection of

pamphlets and publications.


Collections.

ND



Envelope

1 envelope

Empty envelope addressed to a Mr Thomly

Rhine?


Collections.

ND


Envelope

1 envelope

Empty envelope addressed to Dr Eleanor

Knott, 2 Sallymount Terrace, Dublin. (The

Knotts of Sligo).


Collections.

ND


Article about Franz Joseph Gall

15 folios

Article related to a physician by the name

of Franz Joseph Gall. Pioneer in the Terra

Incognita of the central nervous system.


Collections.

30 November 1906



Rent book

1 small volume

Kingsland Estate Rent Book. (Fragile

Condition).


Collections.

ND


Large volume of newspaper and journal

articles

1 large volume

Large volume of newspaper and journal

articles. Index compiled by John Freeman

Knott with inscriptions by his daughter

Eleanor Knott.


Collections.

c 1921


Newspaper cuttings

3 folios

Newspaper cuttings about John Freeman

Knott's article on Francis Bacon and

Shakespeare. Cuttings are from the

Freeman's Journal, Irish Independent and

Medical Press.


Collections.

1902



'List of Contributions to Medical

Literature by John Freeman Knott'

1 folio

'List of Contributions to Medical Literature

by John Freeman Knott'.


Collections.

ND

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