GB 0120 SA/BMS - British Microcirculation Society

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GB 0120 SA/BMS

Title

British Microcirculation Society

Date(s)

  • 1963-1990 (Creation)

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5 boxes, 7 transfer boxes, 1 box file

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Biographical history

Plans to form a British Microcirculation Society came to fruition in 1963 when the decision was made to hold the 4th European Conference on Microcirculation in Cambridge in 1966. The European Society had emerged from the first European Conference in 1960 and Dr P.A.G. Monro of the University of Cambridge Anatomy School, who was on the Committee, was instrumental in setting up the British Society and was its Secretary until 1980.

Archival history

GB 0120 SA/BMS 1963-1990 Collection (fonds) 5 boxes, 7 transfer boxes, 1 box file British Microcirculation Society

Plans to form a British Microcirculation Society came to fruition in 1963 when the decision was made to hold the 4th European Conference on Microcirculation in Cambridge in 1966. The European Society had emerged from the first European Conference in 1960 and Dr P.A.G. Monro of the University of Cambridge Anatomy School, who was on the Committee, was instrumental in setting up the British Society and was its Secretary until 1980.

These papers were given to the Wellcome Library by the Society via its Secretary, Dr Laurence Smaje, in 1989 and 1991.

Papers of the British Microcirculation Society including the files kept by the Secretary; signed minutes of Annual General Meetings and of committee meetings (1963-1990) together with accounts, correspondence files and copies of printed booklets about the Society and the scientific meetings which it organised. There are also copies of photographs and films about microcirculation, given by the former secretary.

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.

English

Further details can be found in "The Early History of the British Microcirculation Society, 1963-1984" written by P.A.G. Monro for presentation to members of the 3rd World Congress on Microcirculation (see item C.7 in this collection). A catalogue of microcirculation films, edited by S.D. Carlill, was published in 1972 by The British Life Assurance Trust for Health Education.

Copied from the Wellcome Library catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Jan 2009 Cardiovascular physiology Cardiovascular physiologic processes Blood circulation Microcirculation Internal medicine Haematology Government Public administration Health services administration Organization and administration Professional practice Medical sciences Specialties, medical Circulatory and respiratory physiology Physiology Medical societies Societies Associations Organizations Professional societies British Microcirculation Society UK Western Europe Europe London England

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

These papers were given to the Wellcome Library by the Society via its Secretary, Dr Laurence Smaje, in 1989 and 1991.

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Papers of the British Microcirculation Society including the files kept by the Secretary; signed minutes of Annual General Meetings and of committee meetings (1963-1990) together with accounts, correspondence files and copies of printed booklets about the Society and the scientific meetings which it organised. There are also copies of photographs and films about microcirculation, given by the former secretary.

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

Conditions governing reproduction

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.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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English

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Wellcome Library

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In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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  • English

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