3 reels of 16mm film showing the arrival and departure of the delegates at the 11th International Veterinary Congress filmed by Mr C Wentworth Elam of Liverpool University. Includes a still photograph of the delegates at the 1st International Veterinary Congress, 1863. A video copy is available for reader consultation.
Elam , C Wentworth , fl 1930Book of case notes, illustrated with photographs showing patients' progress, regarding yaws in the Kasempa District of Northern Rhodesia, 1925-1926.
Acheson , James Alexander , 1892-1968Papers on medical mycology 1950-1964, including records of the informal meetings of the Medical Research Council Medical Mycology Committee and the Industrial Epidermophytosis (Miners' Foot Ringworm) Committee.
Ainsworth , Geoffrey Clough , b 1905 , mycologist'Report on Sanitary Investigation in Oyo and Abeokuta Provinces, 1930': to the Director of the Medical and Sanitary Service, Lagos, Nigeria. Typescript with photos and charts.
Anderson , Donald Drysdale , fl c 1930Diaries and notebooks, including ornithological, entomological, variological [1910]-1927; research notebooks, common cold and influenza, 1930-1933; notes on international congresses, 1950s-1960s.
Andrewes , Sir , Christopher Howard , 1896-1989 , Knight , virologistLecture notes of Anthony Angel as a physiology student at University College London, 1950s, and material from the physiology course that he taught as a Professor at Sheffield University, 1960s to 1980s.
Angel , Anthony , b 1937 , physiologistMinutes of the Executive Council of the Animal Defence and Anti-vivisection Society, 26 May 1911-17 Aug 1916.
Animal Defence and Anti-vivisection SocietyArmitage Dispensing Chemist prescription registers 1899-1943, a total of 30 items, 1-27: registers, 1899-1940; 28-30: Records of Prescriptions Dispensed for Particular Doctors, 1919-1925, 1928-1943.
Armitage Dispensing ChemistsMaterials relating to Barclay Barrowman's work on malaria control, also more generally on his activities in the Federated Malay States and other parts of South East Asia, 1925-1978.
Barrowman , Barclay , 1896-1978 , malariologistCharles Berry collection of 3 notebooks: pathology, bacteriology, tropical medicine, c 1920.
Berry , Charles Ernest , b 1893 , Chief Technician of the Wellcome Bureau of Scientific ResearchMicrofilm minutes relating to the Birmingham Provident Dispensary, 1877-1948.
Not givenThree files concerning liaison between the Lister Institute, Medical Research Council, and the Ministry of Health over arrangement of and publicity for the Blood Transfusion Service, 1943-1949; photos of Minister of Health's party for Blood Transfusion Service, 1954.
Drury , A N , fl 1943 , Director of the Lister InstituteComments and reports on the British Pharmaceutical Codex by F B Power and others, 1907.
British Pharmaceutical CodexAttendance book, 1885-1901, and casebooks, including some correspondence, 1905-1911, of Allan Broman's private practice in London (partly in Swedish).
Broman , Allan , 1861-1947Registers of patients treated by Frederick Burkitt in private practice, 1923-1959.
Burkitt , Frederick Thomas , 1891-1961Documents on 'Minamata disease', 1958-1977.
Cavanagh , John Barr , b 1921 , Director of the Medical Research Council Group in Applied NeurophysiologyA thick file of unpaginated duplicated material entitled 'Child Health and Environment: Bethnal Green', 1960s, apparently course material distributed in connection with a course in, presumably, child health, at St Bartholomew's Hospital (University House). The material is undated but from references within the text and given in the bibliography would appear to have been compiled in the late 1960s. The approach taken in the course would seem to emphasise the environmental aspect of child health and to take a social medicine perspective. Notes circulated in connection with a course on the above given at St Bartholomew's Hospital during the late 1960s.
Child Health and the Environment'Sir Rickard Christophers papers comprising correspondence, 1964-1976, photographs and miscellaneous biographical material.
Christophers , Sir , (Samuel) Rickard , 1873-1978 , Knight , protozoologist and expert in tropical medicine'Bulletin' of the Children's Nutrition Council, 1939-1946, and the Committee against Malnutrition, 1934-1936; writings, mainly on nutrition, 1941-1968.
Clark , Frederick Le Gros , 1892-1977 , nutritionistCollection of short papers on surgical subjects, c 1925.
Cooke , Arthur , 1869-1933Material and relating to the First World War work of Major-General Sir Ernest Cowell, 1916-1919: notes, photographs and reprints regarding Thomas's splint, wound-shock and gas-gangrene.
Cowell , Sir , Ernest Marshall , 1886-1971 , Knight , Major-GeneralThe bulk of the papers are reports and talks reflecting Sir Weldon Dalrymple-Champneys' interests as a physician and wide range of duties as Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Health at the Ministry of Health. The subject files (section H) contain details, including some manuscript diaries, of work in which he was particularly closely involved, such as snake venom and brucellosis. Texts of talks and broadcasts, some extracted from those subject files, are brought together in section F. Section D includes personal letters from distinguished colleagues. Sections A-C include mementos of Sir Weldon's father, Sir Francis Henry Champneys (1848-1930), a pioneer of modern midwifery who was Physician-Accoucheur at St. Bartholomew's Hospital in London (1891-1913).
Champneys , Sir , Francis Henry , 1848-1930 , Knight , obstetric physician Champneys , Sir , Weldon , Dalrymple- , 1892-1980 , 2nd Baronet Physician , public servantTranscripts of discussions between paediatricians and psychoanalysts from various London hospitals, 1975-1977, with memorabilia of David Morris, FRCP (1915-1989).
Morris , David , fl 1970 , paediatricianArthur Davies collection, 1878-1916, comprising certificates of attendance, letters of appointment, etc.; papers on tuberculosis; address to the Assurance Medical Society including material on life expectancy, neurasthenia and shell-shock; correspondence with Sir Humphrey Rolleston, Harrington Sainsbury and Clifford Allbutt.
Davies , Arthur Templar , 1858-1929 , physicianSynopses and lecture notes used at the London Hospital Medical College, c 1945.
Davies , John Wynford , b 1927 , doctorTranslation of Alfred Denker's 1904 monograph Die Otosklerose (Otosclerosis) into English by Alexander Robert Tweedie (d 1936).
Denker , Alfred Friedrich Amandus , b 1863Papers of Dr David Dobbie, 1943, comprising notes on tropical medicine, made in Army Field Message Book, 1943. Divided into sections on Malaria; Amoebiasis; Relapsing Fever; Leishmaniasis; Typhoid; Vitamin B deficiency; Ancylostomiasis; Schistosmiasis; Infective hepatitis; Smallpox; Typhus; Virus diseases (CNS); Effort syndrome; Plague; Deficiency malnutrition and Differential diagnosis of certain fevers. Possibly compiled while taking a course on the subject.
Dobbie , David Noble , d ?1987 , doctorLaboratory notebook, copybook of reports, patent applications relating to the development of compounds in the Bayer 205 series, [1914-1923].
Dressel , Dr Farbenfabriken Bayer AktiengesselschaftNotes of lectures on dental surgery, dental radiology, and oral surgery, Aberystwyth, c 1940. It contains notes on 'Inflammation', 'Dental Surgery', 'Radiology' (mostly oral and dental), 'Oral Surgery', and 'Dental Surgery Coaching Class'. There are a number of illustrative sketches among the notes.
Ellis , Ieuan , d 1954'Memorandum on Yellow Fever in Africa' [1941]; notebooks on tropical medicine, including case histories of blackwater fever among military personnel in West Africa, 1941-1945, and anthropology and history of Africa.
Findlay , George William Marshall , 1893-1952 , pathologistPostmortem reports for London coroners' courts, 1907-1913.
Freyburger , Ludwig , d 1934 , physicianPapers of Alfred Glucksmann, 1930-1985; comprising microfilm of diaries, 1930-1948; correspondence with colleagues and radiologists, 1933-1985, including Professor Hugh C McLaren and Dr Constance A P Wood, 1942-1969; offprints of articles, 1929-1966.
Glucksmann , Alfred , 1904-1985Case records on vascular diseases of the heart, [University College Hospital, London], 1919-1921. These case cards of patients first seen for vascular disease of the heart (VDH) between 1919-1921, were brought together by R D Grant for his study of this condition. The results of his research were published in Heart, Vol VI, June 1933, as 'After histories for 10 years of 1000 men suffering from heart disease: study in prognosis'.
Grant , Ronald Thompson , 1892-1989 , cardiologistDiary of Elston Grey-Turner's Royal Army Medical Corps service 1942-1945; BMA correspondence, 1948-1956, 1974; lectures and articles, 1949-1975.
Turner , Elston Grey- , 1916-1984 , doctorGuy's Hospital: Photocopies of Annual Reports, 1911-1944 of the Bacteriological Department; two workbooks, 1918-1934, of medical supplies purchased by the Department.
Guy's HospitalNotebook and photograph album compiled by Albert Hamerton while serving on Sleeping Sickness Commission, Uganda and Nyasaland, 1908-1913.
Hamerton , Albert Ernest , 1873-1959 , pathologistAlbum containing autograph letters of clergymen and doctors, illustrated with prints and photographs. Many of the letters are addressed to Thomas Joseph Pettigrew (1791-1865), surgeon and antiquary, and to H C White. The album was compiled by Harriott Cuff White (née Maxwell), wife of John Charles White (d. 1864), merchant, of London, between 1856 and her death in 1877. A few items were added later by members of her family.
Not givenCorrespondence on the enzyme phosphotase, 1932; correspondence, notes, lists, pamphlets etc re talks to forces (general and on first aid) during Second World War; anatomical and physiological information supplied to RAF; personal correspondence, 1940-1945.
Harris , Henry Albert , 1885-1968 , anatomistMinutes and reports of Bedford Hospital Staff Occupational Health Department, 1960s-1970s, with reports to DHSS, tape-slide presentation, minutes and papers relating to setting up of Staff Occupational Health Department for Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster Health Authority, 1975-1977.
Harte , John Dudley , b 1916 , Staff Physician Staff Occupational Health Service, Bedford General HospitalLecture notes, miscellaneous correspondence and "memoirs" (short stories, often with an autobiographical element) covering his career, 1909-1976. The collection comprises 7 series: 1: file on career, 1920s-1976; 2: 'memoirs' - short stories, composed at various times during Hartridge's life which he intended to publish on his retirement, 1909-1976. His daughter selected those stories which had an autobiographical element in them; 3: Notes, 1947-1953; 4: Corrrespondence, 1928-1951; 5: Lectures, 1920s-1950s; 6: Publications, 1949-1950; 7: Photograph and painting, 1920s-1970s.
Hartridge , Hamilton , 1886-1976 , physiologistTwo commonplace books, 1730, 1732-1742.
Volume 1: with extracts from Sir William Temple and George Cheyne on health, 'The British Heroes, or, a new Poem in honour of St. George' by Mr John Grub, Schoolmaster of Christ Church, Oxon, etc.
Volume 2: Strange events, accidents and phenomena: with other historical occurrences worth observation, pp 63-72 'Paradoxes in physick and anatomy'. The date 1732 is found on p 11 and 1742 on p 74. An entry on p 3, dated 1771 seems to be by a different hand. Produced in Oxford. Compiler copied from other sources down contemporary events and ideas of note. The Index of the book reads: A Vampyre in Hungary, A Girl Possessed, A Cameleon, Miracles, Artifical rarities, Longevity, Aptness (instances of it), Moliere (His Plays), To preserve memory and procure long-life, The Spaniard's devotion, Erroneous opinions, superstition, customs etc, Painting, Fire-Ordeal, Vulgar Errors, Instances of Superstition, Physick, Paradoxes and Prodigies in Phsick and Anatomy, Mineralogy, Grammar, Geography (Paradoxes herein), Optics, Dreams, An Extraordinary Sleepy Person, 4 men living on Water for 4 days, A Ruminating Man, Remarkable Sayings, Strange customs, Tragedy - an account of it, Pedantry, what it is.
Head , Erasmus , b 1711Two 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'.
Hill , Thomas Rowland , 1903-1967 , neurologistTwo manuscripts written by Hockley, each a transcription of an older text, 1829, 1868: 'Four experiments of the Spirits Birto, Agares, Bealpharos and Vassago. Comprising the Forms of Conjuration, Circles, Lamens and Obligations, or Bonds of Spirits-as hath often been proved at the instant request of King Edward the 4th of England'. Author's holograph MS. Text within red rules, pen-drawn coat of arms of Hockley on title, illustrated by two small pen-drawn figures. Produced in London; and 'Book of Good Angels'; transcriber's holograph MS. A transcript of an anonymous ancient book of invocations and talismans, illustrated with two magical figures, and 14 figures of the 'characters and seals of Angels', pen-drawn and coloured in water-colour. Produced in London. 1868.
Hockley , Frederick , 1808-1885Material relating to John Hodgkin's collection of cookery books, c 1900-1925, including glossaries on animal joins and types of fur and skin.
Hodgkin , John , 1857-1930'Natural History. Part II: Vertebrated Animals. Biology and Natural History. Aves and Mammalia'. Author's holograph sketch-books, 1876-1877. These two uniform volumes contain carefully executed water-colour and pencil drawings of anatomical subjects, with neatly written legends. Inserted loose in the first volume are 7 coloured drawings of similar subjects, and two coloured charts of English rocks, etc. Both volumes are signed 'H. H. Hoffert. Royal School of Mines. South Kensington.' Produced in London.
Hoffert , Hermann Henry , 1860-1920 , Professor of Experimental PhysicsExtraits des Livres de Physique, Médecine, Chirurgie, Pharmacie et Histoire Naturelle que j'ay lus et qui ne m'appartiennent pas; avec des Remarques tirées de quelques-uns de ces Ouvrages, et les Titres de ceux de mes livres sur ces Matières que j'ay lus. Author's holograph MSS. On the title of each volume the author describes himself as 'Maître ès Arts et en Chirurgie à Dijon, Chirurgien du Grand Hôpital, Pensionnaire de l'Académie des Sciences et Belles Lettres de la même Ville, et Associé de l'Académie Royale de Chirurgie'. The latest date in the last volume is 1755. Inside the first fly-leaf of each volume: '2 ll. 10s. Pour relieure, papier, etc. pour ce volume'. Produced in Dijon.
Belleisle , Jean Jacques Louis , Hoin- , 1722-1772Commonplace book by Henry Holden (MS.2863), plus notes by A W J Haggis of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum (MS.8956) summarising the volume and comprising a contents list and some transcriptions.
Holden , Henry , 1662-1710 Haggis , A W (Alec William James) , 1889-1946Alchemical writings by Hollandus and others, early-mid 18th century; item 1: Traité d'ouvrages minéraux, ou de la Pierre des Philosophes. There are some small pen-drawings of alchemical apparatus in some inner margins. Inserted as a frontispiece, is a symbolic [?] sepia drawing of a man rescuing a child from drowning in a lake. This work was first published-in German-in 1600 at Middelburg: no record of a French translation has been traced.
On the first fly-leaf 'Anne Cath. Phelps' [c. 1820?], and on the first leaf 'F. Hearne. Jan'y 7. 1865'; item 2: Testament de Jean Isaac ou opération minérale: traduite du flammand en latin par Jaques de Zomere. With extracts from other writings of Hollandus, and from other alchemical authors. Illustrated with numerous small drawings in pen and ink and wash of alchemical apparatus, some in the margins and others interpolated in the text. Pp 167-173 contain seven water-colour drawings of furnaces, etc, of which some are unfinished or uncoloured. The tract entitled 'Donum Dei' (pp. 457-498) is illustrated with 12 symbolical alchemical vessels in water-colour. The last 9 pp. are by a different and later hand, and the last page is in cypher. Contents: (1) Testament: (pp. 1-306); (2) Miscellaneous alchemical receipts (pp. 307-314); (3) Uguictius[?]. Dialogue touchant la composition de la pierre des philosophes tiré d'un traité de Hugontion de Pise (pp. 314-322); (4) Almasatus. Le philosophe Almazat de la coagulation du mercure (pp. 322-324); (5) Grand ouvrage du Plomb par Jean Isaac (pp. 325-344); (6) Ouvrage manuel d'Isaac pour tirer la quinte essence de fuxxuge[?] (pp. 345-371); (7) [Anon.] Work beginning: 'Le corps humain est d'une nature plus tempérée que tous les autres corps', and ending: 'et travaillés avec bonne espérance' (pp. 371-386); (8) Almasatus. Abbrégé du livre que envoiat Almasatus Mahomette à l'Archevêcque de Saragouse (pp. 386-400); (9) Bernhardus Trevisanus. Practicque du Conte Trévisan (pp. 400-415); (10) Traité véridique de M. le philosophe authentique touchant la composition de la pierre bénite (pp. 415-431); (11) Jean de Tirlemont. De l'abrégé de Jean de Tirlemont, célèbre philosophe. Parabole (pp. 432-435); (12) Fabricius (J.)[?]. Fabrice, Pédagogue de S. A. le Prince de Liège (Joseph Clemens, Elector of Bavaria [1671-1723]) étant à Rome a appris de M. Orbion et l'Ange ce qui suit (pp. 435-450); (13) Oeuvre philosophique particulière par le dissolvant de $h (pp. 451-456); (14) [Dastin (J.)]. Donum Dei. Manuscrit de chimie (pp. 457-498); (15) Quintessence de $h dissolvant universel (pp. 499-513); (16) Descriptions évidentes et fidèles des plus excellens remèdes des minéraux dont les plus habiles physiciens ont coûtume de se servir (pp. 515-577); (17) Rares secrets touchant diverses préparations de minéraux et de métaux (pp. 577-699). See Notes for more information on individual texts.
Hollandus , Johann IsaacRegister of admissions and discharges, 1914-1918; Visitors' Register, 1914-1918; patients' personal narratives, 1915-1917.
Holmleigh Auxiliary Military Hospital, Harrow on the HillTwo volumes of notes on St Marylebone Infirmary (later St Marylebone Hospital and then St Charles' Hospital), relating to Hood's period as Medical Superindendent, 1910-1941, compiled by Dr Hood in the 1950s[?], with indexes by his daughter Mrs L Ross.
Hood , Basil , 1876-1978 , medical superintendent