title: The residency mess at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh: history and traditions.
abstract: For almost 250 years the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary was staffed with resident physicians and surgeons.This paper traces the history and the traditions of the Residency Mess, its inhabitants' lives, duties and leisure activities and how these have changed over the years.
authors.affiliation: rapburt@btopenworld.com
authors.forename: R A P
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Burt
mesh_terms: D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006761:Hospitals / Q000266:history*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000266:history*; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000266:history; D012606:Scotland