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Official documents recording Peter Freyer's university qualifications and his good character, with 2 appointments to positions in the British Army and 1 appointment as Honorary President of the Spanish Association of Urology. These documents include certificates of his attendance at lectures at QCG, certificates of his degrees and testimonials from his tutors and others. This part of the collection is arranged under 4 headings: certificates, degrees conferred, testimonials and appointments
Medical records generated by Peter Freyer in the operation of his private practice and work as a hospital consultant carried out mainly in London and covering a period of 3 decades. Notebooks containing the case histories of his patients comprise the main bulk of the records. Other notebooks contain details of operations for stone in the bladder and for the removal of the prostate. Three medical diaries record Freyer's daily work as a private consultant. His social diary for 1915 records his visits to the hospitals in Brighton for the wounded soldiers of World War I.
Two account books 1892-1921 give details of Peter Freyer's income and expenditure during the last 30 years of his life. Only brief details are recorded of his income except that derived from investments. Expenditure is however very detailed and covers his last 3 years in India and all his time in Harley St, London. Short, separate sections in the account books record the costs of furnishing 46 and later 27 Harley St and the school expenses of his children. Other financial papers concern Freyer's investments in both India and England.
This part of the collection contains books belonging to Peter Freyer, books written by Freyer and reprints of published lectures by him.
Cuttings from medical journals and newspapers documenting some of the main events in Peter Freyer's life, such as the birth of his children, the gift of a lakh of rupees from the Nawab of Rampur in 1888, the presentation of the Arnott Medical Medal to him in 1904, his investiture as CB and KCB in 1917, the presentation of the great mace to the American College of Surgeons in 1920 and his attendance at various social events. This part of the collection has been arranged in 4 sections, which contain cuttings from medical journals, cuttings from newspapers, newspaper sheets and a scrapbook. The scrapbook also contains some photographs, letters, articles from medical journals and reviews of Freyer's publications.
Letters, receipts, catalogues, cards, menus and associated papers relating to Peter Freyer's time at QCG; awards he received; dinners he attended; his medical career; hospitals he was involved with; his death and the sale of his home and also a few miscellaneous items.
This part of the collection contains mainly black and white photographs of various sizes, from the late 19th and early 20th centuries but also includes some colour photographs from the 1980s. The early photographs display some of Peter Freyer's leisure pursuits in India, such as tennis and big game hunting. Others show Indian buildings, for example his house in Benares and the Golden Temple there. Some photographs are of family members, his home in Harley St and dinners attended in London. The groups of photographs that post date Peter Freyer, include photographs of his portrait in St Peter's Hospital, gravestone inscriptions from Clifden cemetery, an exhibition of his memorabilia at UCG, the Freyer symposium at UCG and 46 and 27 Harley St taken by Graeme Heap in 1987.