GB 0120 GC/152 - Handley, William Sampson (1872-1962)

2 boxes

GB 0120 GC/152 1894-1938 Collection (fonds) 2 boxes Handley , William Sampson , 1872-1962 , surgeon

W Sampson Handley trained at Guy's Hospital, and graduated MB, BS, in 1895. After a period in general practice, his first post as a surgeon was at the Samaritan Hospital in 1900. In 1904 he won a research scholarship at the Middlesex Hospital, investigating the mode of spread of cancer. He was appointed assistant surgeon at the Middlesex in 1906, and pursued his researches in the Cancer Wing there while becoming a skilled abdominal surgeon.

These volumes were transferred to the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre (now The Wellcome Library Archives and Manuscripts department) in September 1993 from the Modern Medicine Department of the Wellcome Institute Library, to which they had been given in August 1993 by Mrs Rosemary Handley, the widow of Handley's son, Richard Sampson Handley.

Papers of William Sampson Handley including student notebook Guy's Hospital, 1894, with notes on surgical techniques and diagnosis,and notes on cases seen at the Middlesex and Samaritan Hospitals, 1902-1912, with correspondence inserted.

GC/152/2-3 are closed as follows: GC/152/2 closed until January 2039 GC/152/3 closed until January 2036.

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

For other related collections in Archives and Manuscripts see sources leaflets on Cancer, Hospitals: Individual Hospitals in the UK: London, and London.

Copied from the Wellcome Library catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

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.

Mar 2009. Handley , William Sampson , 1872-1962 , surgeon Pathology Diseases Neoplastic processes Neoplasms Hospitals Health services Medical institutions Medical sciences Surgery Pathological conditions, signs and symptoms Pathologic processes Guy's Hospital , London Middlesex Hospital Samaritan Society , London Hospital

These volumes were transferred to the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre (now The Wellcome Library Archives and Manuscripts department) in September 1993 from the Modern Medicine Department of the Wellcome Institute Library, to which they had been given in August 1993 by Mrs Rosemary Handley, the widow of Handley's son, Richard Sampson Handley.

Papers of William Sampson Handley including student notebook Guy's Hospital, 1894, with notes on surgical techniques and diagnosis,and notes on cases seen at the Middlesex and Samaritan Hospitals, 1902-1912, with correspondence inserted.

GC/152/2-3 are closed as follows: GC/152/2 closed until January 2039 GC/152/3 closed until January 2036.

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

For other related collections in Archives and Manuscripts see sources leaflets on Cancer, Hospitals: Individual Hospitals in the UK: London, and London.

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.

• English