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- 1886-1996 (Creación)
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4 archive boxes
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Historia biográfica
Charles Montague Fletcher, the son of Sir Walter Morley Fletcher (see PP/WMF), was born in 1911. He was educated at Eton and Cambridge, and was in the team that won the University Boat Race in 1933. He studied medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital where he graduated in 1937.
Whilst at the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, as a house physician and research student to Professor Leslie Witts, Fletcher was involved in the early clinical investigations of penicillin. He administered the first injection of penicillin to a human patient in 1941. His name appears on the tablet in the penicillin memorial rose garden outside Oxford Botanical Gardens.
He joined the Pneumoconiosis Research Unit in South Wales as Director in 1945 until 1952. It was here that he became aware of the differences in interpreting the same chest x-rays by different observers - "observer error". To ensure better standardisation he designed a semi-quantitive scoring system which is now used worldwide. For his work on pneumoconiosis he was awarded the CBE in 1952.
In 1952, Fletcher wished to return to general medicine. Sir John McMichael invited him to join as a consultant physician and a reader in clinical epidemiology (1952 - 1973) at the Postgraduate Medical School at Hammersmith Hospital, where he later became Professor (Emeritus) of Clinical Epidemiology, 1973 -1976. He spent 20 years studying the history of bronchitis and emphysema, and showed conclusively that chronic bronchitis sufferers would improve if they stopped smoking rather than take antibiotics.
From 1958 until 1965 he presented the BBC series Your Life In Their Hands and Television Doctor, 1969-1970. He continued as a medical advisor with the BBC until 1972. He was criticised by the medical profession for giving information to patients concerning their illnesses as it was deemed as harmful to the patient.
Fletcher was instrumental in founding Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) (see SA/ASH) and was their first chairman (1971 - 1978) and later their president (1979 - 1995). In April 1995 he gave an account of the early years of ASH to the symposium "Ashes to Ashes".
He retired in 1976, spending much if his time in the Isle of White. He died on 15 Dec 1995 after suffering a stroke.
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GB 0120 PP/CMF 1886-1996 Collection (fonds) 4 archive boxes Fletcher , Charles Montague , 1911-1995 , epidemiologist
Charles Montague Fletcher, the son of Sir Walter Morley Fletcher (see PP/WMF), was born in 1911. He was educated at Eton and Cambridge, and was in the team that won the University Boat Race in 1933. He studied medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital where he graduated in 1937.
Whilst at the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, as a house physician and research student to Professor Leslie Witts, Fletcher was involved in the early clinical investigations of penicillin. He administered the first injection of penicillin to a human patient in 1941. His name appears on the tablet in the penicillin memorial rose garden outside Oxford Botanical Gardens.
He joined the Pneumoconiosis Research Unit in South Wales as Director in 1945 until 1952. It was here that he became aware of the differences in interpreting the same chest x-rays by different observers - "observer error". To ensure better standardisation he designed a semi-quantitive scoring system which is now used worldwide. For his work on pneumoconiosis he was awarded the CBE in 1952.
In 1952, Fletcher wished to return to general medicine. Sir John McMichael invited him to join as a consultant physician and a reader in clinical epidemiology (1952 - 1973) at the Postgraduate Medical School at Hammersmith Hospital, where he later became Professor (Emeritus) of Clinical Epidemiology, 1973 -1976. He spent 20 years studying the history of bronchitis and emphysema, and showed conclusively that chronic bronchitis sufferers would improve if they stopped smoking rather than take antibiotics.
From 1958 until 1965 he presented the BBC series Your Life In Their Hands and Television Doctor, 1969-1970. He continued as a medical advisor with the BBC until 1972. He was criticised by the medical profession for giving information to patients concerning their illnesses as it was deemed as harmful to the patient.
Fletcher was instrumental in founding Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) (see SA/ASH) and was their first chairman (1971 - 1978) and later their president (1979 - 1995). In April 1995 he gave an account of the early years of ASH to the symposium "Ashes to Ashes".
He retired in 1976, spending much if his time in the Isle of White. He died on 15 Dec 1995 after suffering a stroke.
Donated by Mrs Louisa Fletcher, November 1996.
Papers of Charles Montague Fletcher including material relating to his father and the various organisations that Fletcher was involved in, including ASH, section J, from 1983-1995; Institute of Medical Ethics, section F, 1992-1993; and the working party for patient information leaflets covering the period 1980 - 1990, section F. Section C comprises articles and correspondence for the period 1984-1993, relating to Fletcher's involvement in the clinical trials of penicillin. Section D concerns Fletcher's work in television and communication skills of the medical profession, 1967-1983. Other issues touched upon include general material on smoking, pneumoconiosis and asthma; euthanasia, including some material on the Voluntary Euthanasia Society; and much material relating to medical communication.
The archive is divided into sections as follows:
A Personal Material
B Material relating to Sir Walter M. Fletcher
C Penicillin Story
D Broadcasting
E Euthanasia
F Society of Medical Ethics
G Institute of Medical Ethics
H Pneumoconiosis
J Action on Smoking and Health
K Smoking
L National Asthma Campaign
M Patient Information Leaflet (PIL)
N Royal College of Physicians: Communications and Membership
P The Medical Interview Teaching Association (MITA)
Q Paper for BMJ on communication skills
R Lectures
S Own Publications
T Development of Airflow Obstruction
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
In the Wellcome Library:
There are additional Fletcher items in the papers of Action on Smoking and Health (SA/ASH) relating to his involvement with them.
Recordings of Fletcher interviewed by Max Blythe can be found in the Library's Moving Image and Sound Collections.
In addition to the material held in this collection, his father Sir Walter M. Fletcher has his own collection of personal papers in the Library (PP/WMF).
Sir Charles and Sir Walter are both represented as correspondents in the papers of Sir Edward and Lady Mellanby (PP/MEL).
At other repositories:
Further papers of Fletcher are held by Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre: Ref: AVHL - Correspondence with A.V. Hill, 1948-1978.
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 Ethics Psychiatry Psychopathology Mental diseases Pneumoconiosis Substance-related disorders Personnel management Conditions of employment Working conditions Occupational health and safety Therapy Medical treatment Antibiotics Penicillin Social problems Addiction Smoking Medical sciences Occupational medicine Health Health policy Epidemiology Pathology Diseases Asthma Human rights Civil and political rights Right to life Euthanasia Fletcher , Sir , Walter Morley , 1873-1933 , Knight , physiologist Fletcher , Charles Montague , 1911-1995 , epidemiologist Royal College of Physicians Voluntary Euthanasia Society Institute of Medical Ethics Society of Medical Ethics Action on Smoking and Health x ASH Organization and administration Health services administration Public administration Government
Origen del ingreso o transferencia
Donated by Mrs Louisa Fletcher, November 1996.
Área de contenido y estructura
Alcance y contenido
Papers of Charles Montague Fletcher including material relating to his father and the various organisations that Fletcher was involved in, including ASH, section J, from 1983-1995; Institute of Medical Ethics, section F, 1992-1993; and the working party for patient information leaflets covering the period 1980 - 1990, section F. Section C comprises articles and correspondence for the period 1984-1993, relating to Fletcher's involvement in the clinical trials of penicillin. Section D concerns Fletcher's work in television and communication skills of the medical profession, 1967-1983. Other issues touched upon include general material on smoking, pneumoconiosis and asthma; euthanasia, including some material on the Voluntary Euthanasia Society; and much material relating to medical communication.
Valorización, destrucción y programación
Acumulaciones
Sistema de arreglo
The archive is divided into sections as follows:
A Personal Material
B Material relating to Sir Walter M. Fletcher
C Penicillin Story
D Broadcasting
E Euthanasia
F Society of Medical Ethics
G Institute of Medical Ethics
H Pneumoconiosis
J Action on Smoking and Health
K Smoking
L National Asthma Campaign
M Patient Information Leaflet (PIL)
N Royal College of Physicians: Communications and Membership
P The Medical Interview Teaching Association (MITA)
Q Paper for BMJ on communication skills
R Lectures
S Own Publications
T Development of Airflow Obstruction
Área de condiciones de acceso y uso
Condiciones de acceso
The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Condiciones
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.
Idioma del material
- inglés
Escritura del material
- latín
Notas sobre las lenguas y escrituras
English
Características físicas y requisitos técnicos
In the Wellcome Library:
There are additional Fletcher items in the papers of Action on Smoking and Health (SA/ASH) relating to his involvement with them.
Recordings of Fletcher interviewed by Max Blythe can be found in the Library's Moving Image and Sound Collections.
In addition to the material held in this collection, his father Sir Walter M. Fletcher has his own collection of personal papers in the Library (PP/WMF).
Sir Charles and Sir Walter are both represented as correspondents in the papers of Sir Edward and Lady Mellanby (PP/MEL).
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Existencia y localización de originales
Existencia y localización de copias
Unidades de descripción relacionadas
At other repositories:
Further papers of Fletcher are held by Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre: Ref: AVHL - Correspondence with A.V. Hill, 1948-1978.
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- Ética
- Psiquiatría
- Psiquiatría » Psicopatología
- Psiquiatría » Psicopatología » Enfermedad mental
- Gestión del personal
- Gestión del personal » Condiciones de empleo
- Gestión del personal » Condiciones de empleo » Condiciones de trabajo
- Terapia
- Terapia » Tratamiento médico
- Problema social
- Problema social » Adicción
- Problema social » Adicción » Tabaquismo
- Ciencias médicas
- Ciencias médicas » Medicina del trabajo
- Salud
- Salud » Política de la salud
- Salud » Política de la salud » Epidemiología
- Patología
- Patología » Enfermedad
- Derechos humanos
- Derechos civiles
- Derechos civiles » Derecho a la vida
- Derechos civiles » Derecho a la vida » Eutanasia
- Gobierno » Administración pública
- Gobierno
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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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Idioma(s)
- inglés