GB 0120 PP/JWD - Dickson, John Wanless (1920-2001)

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Reference code

GB 0120 PP/JWD

Title

Dickson, John Wanless (1920-2001)

Date(s)

  • 1959-1992 (Creation)

Level of description

Extent and medium

35 boxes

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Born, 1920; Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Ipswich Hospital; died, 2001.

Archival history

GB 0120 PP/JWD 1959-1992 Collection (fonds) 35 boxes Dickson , John Wanless , 1920-2001 , orthopaedic surgeon

Born, 1920; Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Ipswich Hospital; died, 2001.

These papers were deposited in the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre by Mr Dickson, in June 1985, November 1986, January 1988, and February 1994 (accessions 205, 250, 281 and 501).

Medico-legal reports compiled by John Wanless Dickson, at the request of solicitors acting for clients, or for insurance companies, on individuals claiming compensation for injuries, usually from road accidents; complete run for 1959-1992, except for the year 1960.

Chronological.

Due to the confidential nature of this material, which includes hospital medical records of individuals, all the files in this collection are closed for 84 years from the date of the claim.

English

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 2008 Dickson , John Wanless , 1920-2001 , orthopaedic surgeon Finance Insurance Accidents Disasters

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

These papers were deposited in the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre by Mr Dickson, in June 1985, November 1986, January 1988, and February 1994 (accessions 205, 250, 281 and 501).

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Medico-legal reports compiled by John Wanless Dickson, at the request of solicitors acting for clients, or for insurance companies, on individuals claiming compensation for injuries, usually from road accidents; complete run for 1959-1992, except for the year 1960.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Chronological.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Due to the confidential nature of this material, which includes hospital medical records of individuals, all the files in this collection are closed for 84 years from the date of the claim.

Conditions governing reproduction

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

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Description identifier

Institution identifier

Wellcome Library

Rules and/or conventions used

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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Language(s)

  • English

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    Sources

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