Collection GB 0100 TH/PP12 - Brown Animal Sanatory Institution [SHERRINGTON, Sir Charles Scott (1857-1952)]

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Reference code

GB 0100 TH/PP12

Title

Brown Animal Sanatory Institution [SHERRINGTON, Sir Charles Scott (1857-1952)]

Date(s)

  • [1895-1904] (Creation)

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Extent and medium

1 volume

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Sir Charles Scott Sherrington (1857-1952) was Professor-Superintenden of the Brown Institution, which specialised in research into diseases of domestic animals. The Institute was situated in Wandsworth Road, South West London and was destroyed by bombing in 1944. Sherrington was later Professor of Pathology, University of London, and Lecturer on Physiology at St Thomas's Hospital.

Archival history

The volume appears to have been deposited at St Thomas's Medical School Library through Sir Charles Scott Sherrington, who became Lecturer on Physiology at St Thomas's Hospital.
GB 0100 TH/PP12 [1895-1904] collection 1 volume Brown Institute
Sherrington , Sir , Charles Scott , 1857-1952 , Knight , pathologist

Sir Charles Scott Sherrington (1857-1952) was Professor-Superintenden of the Brown Institution, which specialised in research into diseases of domestic animals. The Institute was situated in Wandsworth Road, South West London and was destroyed by bombing in 1944. Sherrington was later Professor of Pathology, University of London, and Lecturer on Physiology at St Thomas's Hospital.

The volume appears to have been deposited at St Thomas's Medical School Library through Sir Charles Scott Sherrington, who became Lecturer on Physiology at St Thomas's Hospital.

Transferred from St Thomas's Hospital Medical School Library in 2002.

Register, [1895-1904], entitled 'Rabies Investigations' of tests on the bodies of dogs sent to the Brown Institution for suspected rabies. Descriptions and results of the tests are given, with some related correspondence pasted into the register. Cases were investigated by Sir Charles Scott Sherrington, Sir John Rose Bradford and Frederick William Twort, Professor-Superintendents of the Institution.

1 volume

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive and Corporate Record Services.
English

Summary guide on-line.

Previous reference: M 14
Sources: Who's Who 1897-1996, CD-ROM (A & C Black); Catalogue of the Printed Books and Manuscripts in the Library of St Thomas's Hospital Medical School (1491-1900) D T Bird (London, 1984); Who's Who 1897-1996 CD-ROM (A & C Black). Compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. 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. September 2002; revised January 2003 Animal diseases Animals Biology Bradford , Sir , John Rose , 1863-1935 , 1st Baronet , President of the Royal College of Surgeons Brown Institution , Wandsworth Diseases England Europe London Pathology Rabies Research Rna virus infections Sherrington , Sir , Charles Scott , 1857-1952 , Knight , pathologist Twort , Frederick William , 1877-1950 , bacteriologist UK Wandsworth Western Europe Zoology

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Transferred from St Thomas's Hospital Medical School Library in 2002.

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Scope and content

Register, [1895-1904], entitled 'Rabies Investigations' of tests on the bodies of dogs sent to the Brown Institution for suspected rabies. Descriptions and results of the tests are given, with some related correspondence pasted into the register. Cases were investigated by Sir Charles Scott Sherrington, Sir John Rose Bradford and Frederick William Twort, Professor-Superintendents of the Institution.

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1 volume

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Conditions governing access

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive and Corporate Record Services.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

Summary guide on-line.

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Publication note

Previous reference: M 14

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Note

Previous reference: M 14

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King's College London College Archives

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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.

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  • English

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