Collected papers regarding grants and documents relating to the legal aspects of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and other local bodies. 1505 - 1825. Spinal text: Historical accounts of the college of Justice circa 1787; Royal Grants and documents relative to the incorporation and college of surgeons of Edinburgh 1505-1696; Paper on instruction in medical jurisprudence; medical polemics re James Gregory; Letters written 1816-1825 by James Hamilton on the Professorship of Midwifery