Browne, Stanley George (1907-1986) Browne , Stanley George , 1907-1986 , medical missionary Bacteriology Diseases Drugs Epidemiology Health Health policy Health services Hospitals Infectious diseases Lectures (teaching method) Leprosy Medical personnel Medical profession Medical sciences Microbiology Missionary work Pathology Personnel Pharmacology Physicians Religious activities Religious groups Scientific facilities Scientific publications Teaching methods Tropical diseases Information sciences Ancient religions Christianity Christians Clinical medicine Diseases Drugs Health services Hospitals Infectious diseases Leprosy Medical personnel Medical profession Medical research Medical sciences Medical treatment Missionary work Pathology Patients Personnel Pharmacology Physicians Religions Religious activities Religious groups Science administration Scientific facilities Scientific organizations Scientific publications Social sciences Social welfare Surgery Therapy Travel Travel abroad Tropical diseases Visual materials Information sciences The archive spans Browne's career from school onwards, but the core series of records focus on his work as a medical missionary at the BMS hospital in Yakusu, Belgian Congo (now the Democratic Republic of Congo). Section B comprises records for the period 1938-1958, including registers of leprosy sufferers, case records and photograph albums documenting various symptoms. Section K contains further photographs (mainly clinical) for the period 1938-1977, the most important series of which dates from Browne's time at the Baptist Mission Hospital and comprises over 900 negatives and prints together with supporting documentation, 1954-1958. Section C contains a small number of files compiled by Browne during his research into leprosy, yaws, onchocerciasis and ainhum, 1946-1983. Particularly notable are the files on the anti-leprosy drug B663 (now known as clofazimine), into the use of which Browne conducted pioneering studies whilst director of the Leprosy Research Unit, Uzuakoli, Eastern Nigeria, 1959-1966.The remaining records comprise personal and biographical material, 1923-1985 (section A); general subject files containing correspondence, reprints etc. on a wide variety of topics, 1948-1986 (section D); writings by Browne, 1935-1985 (section E); records of Browne's involvement with the International Leprosy Association, 1909-1985 (section F) and various other organisations, 1959-1986 (section G); records on foreign visits, 1965-1985 (section H); and a few files on religious matters, 1959-1984 (section J). 1909-1986 26 boxes, 6 oversize items https://atom.aim25.com/browne-stanley-george-1907-1986 GB 0120 WTI/SGB eng https://atom.aim25.com/wellcome-library Wellcome Library The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, by prior appointment with Archives and Manuscripts staff and after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking. Please note that access to several files is restricted as they contain sensitive personal data (the relevant files are marked `Restricted Access' in the detailed list). Readers wishing for access to such material may submit a formal application form to Archives and Manuscript staff.