Collection GB 0120 WTI/JAA - Acheson, James Alexander (1892-1968)

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GB 0120 WTI/JAA 1925-1926 Collection 1 box Acheson , James Alexander , 1892-1968

James Acheson graduated MB, BCh, BAO from Trinity College, Dublin, in 1921; Medical Officer for the British South Africa Company and subsequently for the Protectorate of Northern Rhodesia [Zambia], 1923-1948, and had a special interest in dermatology. His MD thesis, 'Framboesia tropica or yaws, with special reference to its occurrence in the Kasempa District of Northern Rhodesia' (1927), was based on the observations recorded in these notes and photographs. Further biographical details can be found in the obituary in the British Medical Journal, 17 February 1968.

These items were given to the Wellcome Museum of Medical Science in 1983 by the widow of Dr Acheson. When the Museum closed, its collections were transferred to the newly-formed Wellcome Tropical Institute, and in 1989 the WTI collections were in turn transferred to the Wellcome Library.

Book of case notes, illustrated with photographs showing patients' progress, regarding yaws in the Kasempa District of Northern Rhodesia, 1925-1926.

Casebook and negatives of photographs used in the book.

Open. The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
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There is an analysis of the notebook by Dr Mark Lowenthal in the Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Vol 76, No 5, 1982.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
May 2008 Colonialism Information sources Documents Medical records Government Public administration Health services administration Patient care management Delivery of health care Treponemal infections Yaws Tropical diseases Spirochaetales infections Pathology Diseases Bacterial infections Imperialism Political doctrines Bacterial infections and mycoses Acheson , James Alexander , 1892-1968 , physician Zimbabwe Southern Africa Primary documents

These items were given to the Wellcome Museum of Medical Science in 1983 by the widow of Dr Acheson. When the Museum closed, its collections were transferred to the newly-formed Wellcome Tropical Institute, and in 1989 the WTI collections were in turn transferred to the Wellcome Library.

Book of case notes, illustrated with photographs showing patients' progress, regarding yaws in the Kasempa District of Northern Rhodesia, 1925-1926.

Casebook and negatives of photographs used in the book.

Open. The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• English