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- 1941-1943 (Creation)
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Rowland Hill was consulting neurologist and physician to the West End Hospital for Nervous Diseases, London. During the 1939-1945 war he was a medical specialist in the Royal Army Medical Corps serving in Africa. He attained the rank of Major, relinquishing his commission in 1942 and subsequently was deputy regional adviser in medicine in the Emergency Medical Service (EMS). He played an active role in the medico-political discussions concerning the National Health Service and was elected Vice-President of the BMA in 1966 in recognition of his services.
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Purchased by the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine in May 1987.
GB 0120 GC/2 1941-1943 Collection 1 box Hill , Thomas Rowland , 1903-1967 , neurologist
Rowland Hill was consulting neurologist and physician to the West End Hospital for Nervous Diseases, London. During the 1939-1945 war he was a medical specialist in the Royal Army Medical Corps serving in Africa. He attained the rank of Major, relinquishing his commission in 1942 and subsequently was deputy regional adviser in medicine in the Emergency Medical Service (EMS). He played an active role in the medico-political discussions concerning the National Health Service and was elected Vice-President of the BMA in 1966 in recognition of his services.
Purchased by the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine in May 1987.
Purchased by the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine in May 1987.
Two notebooks compiled while a Major in the RAMC; admission of patients to unnamed military hospital, 1941-1942; clinical notes, draft letters and essay on 'Malignant Malaria in the Army'.
1 box.
Item GC/2/1 contains personal patient medical data and is closed for 84 years, until 1 Jan 2027. Item GC/2/2 is restricted access until 1 Jan 2028 and readers must complete a restricted access application form to apply for access to this item.
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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Copied from Wellcome online catalogue by Barbara Ball. Compiled in compliance with 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. August 2008 Diseases Hill , Thomas Rowland , 1903-1967 , neurologist Infectious diseases Malaria Medical sciences Pathology Royal Army Medical Corps
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Purchased by the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine in May 1987.
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Two notebooks compiled while a Major in the RAMC; admission of patients to unnamed military hospital, 1941-1942; clinical notes, draft letters and essay on 'Malignant Malaria in the Army'.
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1 box.
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Item GC/2/1 contains personal patient medical data and is closed for 84 years, until 1 Jan 2027. Item GC/2/2 is restricted access until 1 Jan 2028 and readers must complete a restricted access application form to apply for access to this item.
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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
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- Latin
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Compiled in compliance with 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.
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