Medical student registers
These registers record details about the education of medical students who entered St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College from 1888-1934.
The digitisation of these records was generously funded by the Medical College of St Bartholomew's Hospital Trust. These records are held by Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums. For more information about their collections, browse and search the catalogue.
Each register contains:
- an index arranged alphabetically by surname and then chronologically by year of entry;
- one page per student recording: name; preliminary examination; date of birth; home address (including the name of the student's father or other relative); date entered; lectures: subject, number attended, session during which attended; demonstrations: subject, number attended, session during which attended; clinical appointments; scholarships and prizes; and examinations passed.
- Some registers also include additions such as copies of references and newspaper cuttings.
To search for a particular student:
- Click on the 'cover and index' pdf for the relevant volume and browse to find the student name and corresponding page number in the index (these pdfs are not text-searchable). The pdf will either open on your screen or automatically download to your desktop.
- Click on the pdf with the relevant page span (eg. 'pp.1-96' refers to pages 1-96) and navigate to the correct page.
Researching earlier students
An earlier student register covering the years 1857-1864 (reference: SBHMS/S/2/1) has not been digitised. Please email barts.archives@nhs.net if you wish to enquire about entries from this register.
An alphabetical index of all medical students for the period 1842-1935 can be found here: SBHMS-S-6-2 [PDF 2,229KB]
An index of names of surgical students from the period c.1804-1826, compiled from the journal of Sir Ludford Harvey, Surgeon to St Bartholomew's Hospital, can be found here: SBHMS-S-6-1 [PDF 894KB].
- SBHMS/S/2/2: Medical student register 1906-1912: cover and index [PDF 63,000KB]
- SBHMS/S/2/2: Medical student register 1906-1912, pp.1-102 [PDF 141,811KB]
- SBHMS/S/2/2: Medical student register 1906-1912, pp.103-202 [PDF 141,282KB]
- SBHMS/S/2/2: Medical student register 1906-1912, pp. 203-302 [PDF 147,440KB]
- SBHMS/S/2/2: Medical student register 1906-1912, pp.303-401 [PDF 142,940KB]
- SBHMS/S/2/2: Medical student register 1906-1912, pp.402-500 [PDF 138,541KB]
- SBHMS/S/2/3: Medical student register 1912-1919: cover and index [PDF 64,164KB]
- SBHMS/S/2/3: Medical student register 1912-1919, pp.1-106 [PDF 159,909KB]
- SBHMS/S/2/3: Medical student register 1912-1919, pp.107-202 [PDF 155,944KB]
- SBHMS/S/2/3: Medical student register 1912-1919, pp.203-298 [PDF 160,494KB]
- SBHMS/S/2/3: Medical student register 1912-1919, pp.299-401 [PDF 157,504KB]
- SBHMS/S/2/3: Medical student register 1912-1919, pp.402-500 [PDF 157,052KB]
- SBHMS/S/2/4: Medical student register 1919-1922, cover and index [PDF 58,123KB]
- SBHMS/S/2/4: Medical student register 1919-1922, pp.1-95 [PDF 124,962KB]
- SBHMS/S/2/4: Medical student register 1919-1922, pp.96-195 [PDF 124,700KB]
- SBHMS/S/2/4: Medical student register 1919-1922, pp.196-296 [PDF 125,509KB]
- SBHMS/S/2/4: Medical student register 1919-1922, pp.297-391 [PDF 133,473KB]
- SBHMS/S/2/4: Medical student register 1919-1922, pp.392-500 [PDF 147,649KB]
- SBHMS/S/2/5: Medical student register 1922-1926, cover and index [PDF 83,841KB]
- SBHMS/S/2/5: Medical student register 1922-1926, pp.1-93 [PDF 152,039KB]
- SBHMS/S/2/5: Medical student register 1922-1926, pp.94-189 [PDF 165,615KB]
- SBHMS/S/2/5: Medical student register 1922-1926, pp.190-284 [PDF 176,833KB]
- SBHMS/S/2/5: Medical student register 1922-1926, pp.285-383 [PDF 176,814KB]
- SBHMS/S/2/5: Medical student register 1922-1926, pp.384-500 [PDF 211,295KB]
- SBHMS/S/2/6: Medical student register 1926-1930, cover and index [PDF 63,335KB]
- SBHMS/S/2/6: Medical student register 1926-1930, pp.1-104 [PDF 152,949KB]
- SBHMS/S/2/6: Medical student register 1926-1930, pp.105-203 [PDF 146,306KB]
- SBHMS/S/2/6: Medical student register 1926-1930, pp.204-300 [PDF 146,046KB]
- SBHMS/S/2/6: Medical student register 1926-1930, pp.301-399 [PDF 147,103KB]
- SBHMS/S/2/6: Medical student register 1926-1930, pp.400-500 [PDF 150,663KB]
- SBHMS/S/2/7: Medical student register 1930-1934, cover, index and inserts [PDF 83,440KB]
- SBHMS/S/2/7: Medical student register 1930-1934, pp.1-95 [PDF 164,088KB]
- SBHMS/S/2/7: Medical student register 1930-1934, pp.96-193 [PDF 179,225KB]
- SBHMS/S/2/7: Medical student register 1930-1934, pp.194-293 [PDF 175,179KB]
- SBHMS/S/2/7: Medical student register 1930-1934, pp.294-392 [PDF 174,833KB]
- SBHMS/S/2/7: Medical student register 1930-1934, pp.393-500 [PDF 185,864KB]