GB 0120 MSS.5639-5641 - Franklin, Alfred White (1905-1984)

3 volumes

GB 0120 MSS.5639-5641 1845-1979 Collection (fonds) 3 volumes Franklin , Alfred White , 1905-1984 , paediatrician

Born, 1905; educated, Clare College, Cambridge and St Bartholomew's Hospital, London; Lawrence Scholarship and Gold Medal, St Bartholomew's Hospital, 1933 and 1934; Temple Cross Research Fellow, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1934-1935; Honorary Consulting Physician, Department of Child Health, St Bartholomew's Hospital; Honorary Consulting Paediatrician, Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital, London; co-founder, The Osler Club, London; President, British Society for Medical History, 1974-1976; President, International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, 1981-1982; died, 20 September 1984.

Presented by Dr A H T Robb-Smith on behalf of Mrs Franklin, 1986 and 1989.

Correspondence and papers of Alfred White Franklin, 1845-1979, including correspondence, copies of title pages, and other papers for a bibliographical study of Thomas Sydenham. Also included are two letters from Robert Gordon Latham to James Risdon Bennett, Secretary of the Sydenham Society, concerning Latham's translation of the works of Sydenham, 1845; correspondence and papers relating to the portraiture of Thomas Sydenham including photographs of the portraits and correspondence, drafts of lectures and papers concerning John Abernethy, Claude Bernard, Edward Jenner, Sir William Lawrence, William Withering, and the history of anaesthesia, rheumatism and the clinical thermometer.

As outlined in Scope and Content.

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: Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine, 1999).

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 Franklin , Alfred White , 1905-1984 , paediatrician Medical profession Medical personnel Physicians Pathology Diseases Rheumatic diseases History History of Medicine Drugs Pharmacology Equipment Anaesthetics Scientific equipment Thermometers People People by occupation Personnel Medical sciences Therapy Medical treatment Bloodletting Sydenham , Thomas , 1624-1689 , physician Abernethy , John , 1764-1831 , surgeon Jenner , Edward , 1749-1823 , surgeon and pioneer of smallpox vaccination Lawrence , Sir , William , 1783-1867 , 1st Baronet , surgeon Withering , William , 1744-1799 , physician and botanist

Presented by Dr A H T Robb-Smith on behalf of Mrs Franklin, 1986 and 1989.

Correspondence and papers of Alfred White Franklin, 1845-1979, including correspondence, copies of title pages, and other papers for a bibliographical study of Thomas Sydenham. Also included are two letters from Robert Gordon Latham to James Risdon Bennett, Secretary of the Sydenham Society, concerning Latham's translation of the works of Sydenham, 1845; correspondence and papers relating to the portraiture of Thomas Sydenham including photographs of the portraits and correspondence, drafts of lectures and papers concerning John Abernethy, Claude Bernard, Edward Jenner, Sir William Lawrence, William Withering, and the history of anaesthesia, rheumatism and the clinical thermometer.

As outlined in Scope and Content.

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

• Latin

English

Described in: Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine, 1999).

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.

• English