GB 0809 Corkhill - CORKILL, Norman Lace (1898-1966)

4 boxes

GB 0809 Corkhill c1939-c1966 Collection (fonds) 4 boxes Corkill , Norman Lace , 1898-1966 , nutrionist and zoologist
Born 11 Jun 1898; educated Liverpool Institute and Liverpool University; served King's (Liverpool) Regiment, 1915-1919; qualified MB, ChB, University of Liverpool, 1925; MD (Liverpool), 1926; worked in Iraq Health Service, 1927-1930; Professor of Zoology, Royal College of Medicine of Iraq; Civil Staff Surgeon, Baghdad; worked in Sudan Medical Service (SMS), 1930-1946; served in Sudan Defence Force and Royal Army Medical Corps, Mirala (appointed Lt Col), World War Two, 1940-1944; Medical Officer of Health, Khartoum, 1944; Assistant Director (Public Health) SMS, 1945-1946; Senior Lecturer in Tropical Hygiene, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, 1946-1948; Quarantine Expert, Saudi Arabia, 1948-1950; Short Term Consultant in Nutrition, World Health Organization (WHO), 1951; Health Adviser, Aden Protectorate Health Service, 1951-1952; WHO. Nutritionist, Teheran, 1962-1963; died 26 Sep, 1966. Publications: Snakes and Snake Bite in Iraq (1932); The Feeding of Sudanese Infants (1946); contributions on tropical medicine and ophiology.

Donated to the School by Corkhill's widow, 1966.

Papers of Norman Lace Corkill, c1939-1965 (mostly undated), consisting of a collection of articles by other authors used by Corkill in his work with particular reference to the geography and health of the Arabian area; articles and notes by Corkill concerning nutrition, diet, vitamin deficiency, and disorders and diseases caused by poor nutrition; detailed surveys and breakdown of nutritional content of the local diet and household expenditure on food; reports and documentation on WHO Project Iran, and the Aden Protectorate Health Service; detailed reports by Corkill on his examination of Prisoner of War camps in the Sudan, World War Two and a study of the Nuba community. Also includes correspondence and research relating to a study of folk medicine in Iran carried out in 1966 and nutrition surveys of Iran.

Arranged into three series: Research papers (Corkill/01); Nutrition surveys in Iran (Corkill/02) and correspondence concerning the paper on 'Tradition and health in Iran with special reference to nutrition and mothers and children' (Corkhill/03).

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English, Arabic and French.

Compiled by Erika Gwynett and Robert Baxter as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project and edited by Samantha Velumyl, AIM25 cataloguer. Source: Who's Who. 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. Jun 2001 and February 2008 Aden Protectorate Asia Caloric intake Corkill , Norman Lace , 1898-1966 , nutrionist and zoologist Diet Dietary surveys Dietetics Disease control East Africa Food intake Gulf States Health Health policy Iran, Islamic Republic Middle East Nutrient intake Nutrition Nutritional requirements Nutritional status Nutrition assessment Nutritive value Physiology Saudi Arabia Social research Social surveys Sudan Systems of medicine WHO , World Health Organization x World Health Organization Yemen

Donated to the School by Corkhill's widow, 1966.

Papers of Norman Lace Corkill, c1939-1965 (mostly undated), consisting of a collection of articles by other authors used by Corkill in his work with particular reference to the geography and health of the Arabian area; articles and notes by Corkill concerning nutrition, diet, vitamin deficiency, and disorders and diseases caused by poor nutrition; detailed surveys and breakdown of nutritional content of the local diet and household expenditure on food; reports and documentation on WHO Project Iran, and the Aden Protectorate Health Service; detailed reports by Corkill on his examination of Prisoner of War camps in the Sudan, World War Two and a study of the Nuba community. Also includes correspondence and research relating to a study of folk medicine in Iran carried out in 1966 and nutrition surveys of Iran.

Arranged into three series: Research papers (Corkill/01); Nutrition surveys in Iran (Corkill/02) and correspondence concerning the paper on 'Tradition and health in Iran with special reference to nutrition and mothers and children' (Corkhill/03).

This collection is open for consultation. Please contact the Archivist to arrange an appointment. All researchers must complete and sign a user registration form which signifies their agreement to abide by the archive rules. All researchers are required to provide proof of identity bearing your signature (for example, a passport or debit card) when registering. Please see website for further information at www.lshtm.ac.uk/library/archives.

Photocopies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Archivist.

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English, Arabic and French.

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.

• anglais