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- 1861-1948 (Creation)
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48 items (plus 1 box uncatalogued)
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Lyon Falkener (1867-1947), MRCS, LRCP; nd locum tenens at Claybury Asylum and the Western Fever Hospital, Fulham; nd Assistant House Surgeon at the Metropolitan Hospital, London and nd General Practitioner at Icart, Guernsey.
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GB 0120 MSS.6802-6809 & 7990-7995 1861-1948 Collection (fonds) 48 items (plus 1 box uncatalogued) Falkener , Lyon , 1867-1947 , physician and surgeon
Lyon Falkener (1867-1947), MRCS, LRCP; nd locum tenens at Claybury Asylum and the Western Fever Hospital, Fulham; nd Assistant House Surgeon at the Metropolitan Hospital, London and nd General Practitioner at Icart, Guernsey.
Presented by Lt Colonel M B Portman as executor of the estate of Margorey Falkener, 1991 (acc. nos. 348509, 348799) and 2002 (acc.1019).
Lecture notes, case notes and abstracts of printed works compiled by Lyon Falkener in various professional positions, 1861-1948: most importantly as locum tenens at Claybury Asylum and the Western Fever Hospital, Fulham, and as Assistant House Surgeon at the Metropolitan Hospital, London. A few personal items, largely testimonials and photographs supplement these, together with medical papers by Falkener. Falkener's later career as a general practitioner at Icart, Guernsey, is represented by a collection of his prescriptions.
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
Described in the Library's typescript finding aids by Richard Aspin, Christopher Hilton, Keith Moore and Richard Palmer.
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 Infectious diseases Information sources Documents Medical records Anaesthesia Hospitals Hospitals, special Hospitals, psychiatric Teaching methods Lectures (teaching method) Health Health policy Medical sciences General practice Pharmacology Drugs Prescription drugs Health services Medical institutions Asylums Communicable diseases Falkener , Lyon , 1867-1947 , physician and surgeon Metropolitan Hospital , London London England UK Western Europe Europe Guernsey Channel Islands Diseases Pathology Primary documents
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Presented by Lt Colonel M B Portman as executor of the estate of Margorey Falkener, 1991 (acc. nos. 348509, 348799) and 2002 (acc.1019).
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Lecture notes, case notes and abstracts of printed works compiled by Lyon Falkener in various professional positions, 1861-1948: most importantly as locum tenens at Claybury Asylum and the Western Fever Hospital, Fulham, and as Assistant House Surgeon at the Metropolitan Hospital, London. A few personal items, largely testimonials and photographs supplement these, together with medical papers by Falkener. Falkener's later career as a general practitioner at Icart, Guernsey, is represented by a collection of his prescriptions.
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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.
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- English
Script of material
- Latin
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English
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Described in the Library's typescript finding aids by Richard Aspin, Christopher Hilton, Keith Moore and Richard Palmer.
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- Pathology » Diseases » Infectious diseases
- Information sources
- Documents
- Health services » Hospitals
- Teaching methods
- Teaching methods » Lectures (teaching method)
- Health
- Health » Health policy
- Medical sciences
- Pharmacology
- Pharmacology » Drugs
- Health services
- Pathology » Diseases
- Pathology
- Documents » Primary documents
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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