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Bruin, Cornelis de (1652-1719)
GB 0120 MSS.1378-1379 · c.1750

The main part of these manuscripts is a translation into English of part of the published account of de Bruin's travels. There is also a transcription of a small portion of Sir John Chardin's travels. The first volume is signed by Joseph Smith, probably Joseph Smith whose biographical details are noted under the appropriate heading, and some of the manuscripts are in his hand.

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Brunton, Sir Thomas Lauder (1844-1916)
GB 0120 MSS.1384-1386 · 1892-[1895]

Reports of Thomas Lauder Brunton's lectures on therapeutics and notes from a lecture on chloroform with three fragments of lectures on eye affections, on the effects of alcohol, and the effect of drugs on the brain given at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, 1892-[1895].

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Buckle, Fleetwood (1841-1917)
GB 0120 MSS.1395-1404 and 5656 · 1824-1870

The majority of the collection is made up of journals kept by Buckle during the years 1866-1870, during which he travelled to South America, South Africa and Australia (there are also periods during which he was stationed at Portsmouth). There are some lacunae in the sequence of diaries. There is also one autograph album kept by Buckle relating partly to his own affairs (his application to become House Surgeon at the West Norfolk and Lynn Hospital, 1863-1864) but also including older material predating his birth.

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Bufalini, Maurizio (1787-1875)
GB 0120 MSS.1411-1414 · 1836-1853

Lectures on inflammation and pathology by Maurizio Bufalini, 1836-1853.

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Canziani, Giuseppe (1815-1849)
GB 0120 MSS.1500-1504 · [1840-1845]

Notes of lectures by Giuseppe Canziani, on veterinary medicine, anatomy, physiology and phrenology, [1840-1845].

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Castaldus, Joachimus
GB 0120 MSS.1521-1524 · c 1730-1731

Dissertations on various subjects, probably all by Joachimus Castaldus of Naples on 'De Morbis', 'De Morbis Puerorum', 'Pharmaceutica' and 'De febribus malignis'.

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Cirillus (or Cyrillus), Josephus
GB 0120 MSS.1639-1640 · 1776

Two volumes entilted 'Institutionum Physicae particularis pars prima [et secunda]'. The first volume is illustrated by many inserted pen-drawn astronomical and other diagrams and figures: the second by three anatomical drawings of the cerebrum, the internal organs of a man, and of the eye. Vol. I. 'De corporibus inanimatis': Vol. II. 'De viventibus'. At the end of Vol. I is the inscription 'Proeunte D. Josepho Cyrillo haec anno aere vulgaris 1776 scripsi ego Januarius Pelliccia in Seminario Aversano'. Produced in Aversa.

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Cline, Henry (1750-1827)
GB 0120 MSS.1675-1676 · c 1760

Surgical lectures by Henry Cline read at St. Thomas's Hospital. Produced in London, c 1760.

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Coppieters, Carel
GB 0120 MSS.1872-1876 · 1795

Notes of lectures in Latin at the University of Louvain on Astronomy, Physics, Metaphysics, and Ethics: taken down by Carel Coppieters. The first three volumes are extra-illustrated with engraved folding plates of scientific diagrams, figures, etc.: there are also a few pen-drawn figures. Vol. I Tractatus de Astronomia Sphaerica et theoretica, nec non de Geographia (1 l. + 131 pp. + 49 ll.). II Tractatus de motu, dictante pro parte Domino Ledoux...pro parte Domino Wittenbercq (i.e. Louis Joseph Wittenbercq [1767-1798]) (121 pp. + lxiv pp.). III Tractatus de elementis, igne, aëre et acqua (50 pp. + 6 ll. + 64 pp. + 11 ll. + 37 pp. + xxiv pp.). IV Tractatus de metaphysica, dictante D. Verrueghen (45 pp. + 55 pp. + 60 pp. + lxiv pp.). V Philosophia moralis (59 pp. + xviii pp.). Produced in Louvain.

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GB 0120 MSS.1905-1912 · 1903-1916

Collection of note-books containing six volumes on Botany and Comparative Ostology, a Register of Photographs, and a Bicycling Diary. The 5 Botanical notebooks and the single volume on Comparative Ostology are illustrated with mounted and other drawings, some in pencil.

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Parisiensis, Christophorus
GB 0120 MSS.192-193 · late 16th century - early 17th century

Two volumes of texts ascribed to Christophorus Parisiensis, late 16th or early 17th century.

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Desault, Pierre Joseph (1744-1795)
GB 0120 MSS.2103-2104 · 1791

Traité d'opérations de Chirurgie. Rédigé d'après les Leçons de Mr. Desault, chirurgien en chef de l'Hôtel-Dieu de Paris. Revu et corrigé par lui-même. Manuscrit par Victor Gueudeville, l'un de ses Élèves. Vol. I. Opérations de la tête, du col, et de la poitrine (436 pp.); II. Maladies des voyes urinaires, de la verge, des bourses, et de l'anus, aneurisme, amputation (375 pp.). Produced in Paris.

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Duncan, Andrew (1744-1828)
GB 0120 MSS.2233-2240 · 1775-1787

Clinical lectures by Andrew Duncan delivered at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, and lectures on the theory and practice of medicine: notes taken by students, 1775-1787. Produced in Edinburgh.

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Fizes, Antoine (1690-1765)
GB 0120 MSS.2374-2379 · [1740-1750]

Student notes of lectures delivered by Antoine Fizes in Montpellier.

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Foerchtl, Josef
GB 0120 MSS.2389-2390 · 1782-1785

Two volumes entitled 'Collectio plantarum nostratum et pro parte exoticarum quae in statu vivo et naturali depictae sunt' containing in all 200 water-colour drawings of plants, with description in Latin, made by Josef Foerchtl 'Pharmacopoeus' of Cologne, with his signature on a fly-leaf in each volume. Produced in Cologne.

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Fouquier, Pierre Eloy (1776-1850)
GB 0120 MSS.2420-2421 · 1814-1815

'Cours de pathologie interne, générale et particulière, par M. Fouquier, médecin à l'Hôpital de la Charité de Paris', a student's notes of lectures, probably incomplete, as 'Fin du second cahier' is written at the end of Vol. II. Produced in Paris, 1814-1815.

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Gaubius, Hieronymus David (1705-1780)
GB 0120 MSS.2480-2485 · c 1765

'Dictata in Chemiam', notes taken down by George Paterson [1734-1817] of Lectures at Leyden University. Produced in Leyden.

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Geoffroy, Estienne Louis (1725-1810)
GB 0120 MSS.2498-2499 · c 1760

Anonymous student's lecture notes, the manuscripts, written largely in the same hand, have been assigned to Estienne Louis Geoffroy. Produced in Paris, [1760].

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GB 0120 MSS.2542-2543 · 1661-1665

Two versions of lecture notes given by Carl von Goldburg and Wilhelm Anton Brauczek entitled "Tractatus in universam Aristotelis philosophiam ad mentem Doctoris Subtilis Joannis Duns Scoti", produced in Prague, 1661-1665.

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Graham, Thomas (1805-1869)
GB 0120 MSS.2551-2584 · 1821-1868

Papers of Thomas Graham comprising notes, chiefly on chemistry, and some correspondence, 1821-1868.

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Lowder, William (d 1801)
GB 0120 MSS.2665-2666, 3332-3337 and 7789 · 1780-1805

Lectures in Midwifery by William Lowder, 1780-1805, in some cases collaborating with John Haighton.

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Hambleton, Godfrey William (1852-1929)
GB 0120 MSS.2721-2761 & 6889 · 1878-1914

Papers of Godfrey William Hambleton including holograph MSS and corrected typescripts, mainly relating to Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Produced in London, 1878-1914.

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Head, Erasmus (b 1711 )
GB 0120 MSS.2800-2801 · Collection · c 1730-1742

Two 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.

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Hoffert, Hermann Henry (1860-1920)
GB 0120 MSS.2851-2852 · Collection · 1876-1877

'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.

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GB 0120 MSS.2858-2861 · Collection · 1745-1755

Extraits 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.

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Hollandus, Johann Isaac
GB 0120 MSS.2865-2866 · Collection · 18th century

Alchemical 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.

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GB 0120 MSS.2934-2935 · 1887-1888

The collection comprises examination papers answered by Chinese students, the subjects being anatomy and osteology.

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Hope, John (1725-1786)
GB 0120 MSS.2940, 2941 · Collection · 1767-1768

Lectures on Materia Medica. Holograph manuscript notes taken down by Sir Charles Blagden [1748-1820] when a student at Edinburgh University. Produced in Edinburgh.

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Kingston-upon-Hull Corporation
GB 0120 MSS.3109 & 5801-5808 · 1660-1698

Correspondence of the Mayor and Aldermen of Kingston-upon-Hull. 1660-1698. Also their meeting book, 1668-1669, containing entries refering to the Plague and quarantine.

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Latham, Peter Mere (1789-1875)
GB 0120 MSS.3176-3177 · 1839-1844

Medical case-books of Peter Merefrom Latham, 1 May 1839-31 Oct 1840 and 1 Nov 1840-31 Dec 1844. The cases are mostly of respiratory diseases, phthisis, etc. Among the many distinguished patients were Michael Faraday [1791-1867], for vertigo, 1 December, 1839, and later; Anthony White, Surgeon [1782-1849], for suspected phthisis, 16 October, 1840; William Howley, Archbishop of Canterbury [1796-1848], for cholera, August, 1842. Produced in London.

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Layard, Arthur (fl 1900)
GB 0120 MSS.3188-3191 · 1890-1892

Note-books of Arthur Layard containing sketches and drawings in pen, pencil and water-colour from a 'Course on Artistic Anatomy', and similar figure drawings, sketches for title-pages, book-illustrations, etc.

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Mackenzie, Sir James (1853-1925)
GB 0120 MSS.3393-3395 · 1877-[1885]

Notes of lectures (on medical jurisprudence), on cases, and on diseases such as material on digestion and on hip disease, 1877-[1885].

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A Manuscript of Medical Reviews
GB 0120 MSS.3422, 3423 · 1715-1719

'A Manuscript of Medical Reviews in a new concise and exact Collection from the Ancient and Modern Authors; distinguished ... from all former Collections by the addition of referent marginal letters shewing from what Author any sentence of paragraph is taken; and by figures referring to the prior Authors of matters and points commonly found in some modern Accounts'. The second volume has a title-page (p. 938), 'The Art of Physick. The Principles of Physick or the General Institutions and Fundamentals of that Art; delivered in its proper Method and Division. And with the modern corrections and additions'. There are several indexes, and the manuscript exhibits a very wide knowledge of 17th century medical writings. On the verso of the last leaf of Volume II is an inscription 'All my Observations and most extraordinary Medicines are posted to this Book from my Day Book and from the Doctor's Files to this Jan. 5th 1714-15.' 'And to this Aprill the 4th 1716'. 'And to this February the 4th 1717-18'. The latest date found is 31 July 1719 in an added note on p. 764. 'William Chalk, 152 Grosvenor Street Camberwell' is faintly written in pencil inside the upper cover of Volume II. He has also made a calculation of dates, based on the year 1844 beneath the author's dates as given above. Produced in Watford?

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Affleck, Sir James Ormiston (1840-1922)
GB 0120 MSS.856-857 · 1897, 1898

Lectures delivered at Dr. Affleck's Class of Physic, Surgeons Hall, Edinburgh. Winter Session 1897-1898: On the Practice of Medicine. Holograph notes taken by Dr John Dixon Comrie [1875-1939]. Written on the rectos only, with inserted printed summaries pasted in: and in Vol. I, a 'General Outline of the Course'. Produced in Edinburgh.

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GB 0120 MSS.8597-8603 · 1941-2008

Four lecture notebooks of Hedwig (Hedy) Lehmann when she was a medical student, covering the period 1942-1945. These items shed light on the curriculum and teaching methods in nursing training in England during the Second World War period. With additional original and copy documents relating to H Lehmann and her nursing career, and transcript of an interview H Lehmann gave to historians Sybille Baumbach and Beate Meyer in London May 1991 investigating the history of the Jewish community in Hamburg during the years up to and including the Second World War.

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Albinus, Bernhard Siegfried (1697-1770)
GB 0120 MSS.864-868 · c 1760

Volumes entitled, "B.S. Albini dictata in Physiologiam", probably a set of manuscript lecture notes used by George Paterson. Each volume has an engraved title-page dated 'Joh. Le Mair. 1755' with the MS. title written in on the centre panel.

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Trail, Richard Robertson (1894-1971)
GB 0120 MSS.8951-8952 · 1970

"Richard Mead MD (1673-1754): Physician, Scholar, Author, Patron and Collector"

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GB 0120 MSS.929-932 · c 1845

Alphabeta litterae, caracteres et habitus variorum populorum, besides the alphabets, there are numerous traced copies of illustrations-a few in colour-from travel books, etc of the 16th to the early 19th centuries, depicting costumes, ceremonies, occupations, etc. The fourth volume, uniformly bound, is lettered on the spine: 'Salutatio angelica. Symbolum Apostolorum Nicenum S. Athanasii. Decalogus. Praecepta Ecclesiae. Te Deum laudamus. Signum S. Crucis. Orationis Dominicae. Fragmenta polyglotta'. Probably compiled in France: the latest entry is dated 1840.

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GB 0120 MSS.947-950 · 1735-1750

Notes of lectures on surgery by Andouille, noted in the form of questions and answers. Produced in Paris, 1735-1750.

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GB 0120 MSS.952-953 · 1897-1916

Papers of Sir Frederick William Andrewes, 1897-1916, comprising notes on pathology, and on research work carried out at St. Bartholomew's Hospital in 1918.

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GB 0120 PP/ARC · 1889-1978

Papers of Arthur Cushny including correspondence and other items of personal and career interest; manuscripts and notes; photocopies of his correspondence with Dr J J Abel of Johns Hopkins University, 1889-1926 and Sir John McMichael's files relating to Cushy, 1970-1978.

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Parkes, Sir Alan Sterling (1900-1990)
GB 0120 PP/ASP · 1926-1988

Papers of Sir Alan Sterling Parkes, 1926-1988, with a particular bias to the diverse bodies (official, voluntary, and international) which which Parkes was involved through his interests in reproductive biology, endocrinology, scientific publishing, low-temperature biology, and global population issues (among others). There is a large selection of mostly identified photographs.

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Dent, Charles Enrique (1911-1976)
GB 0120 PP/CED · c.1940-1977

The vast majority of the material relates to Dent's research and clinical interests and falls into four main categories: correspondence files; files created around the publication of papers; lecture notes and symposium papers; and case/research notes. There are also smaller quantities dealing with other aspects of his career, such as the administration of UCH Metabolic Ward. The papers thus reflect most of Dent's scientific and clinical interests. This research is mainly represented by the abstracted documentation which he kept with drafts of his published papers (see section E.1) and also by correspondence about cases and clinical case notes (see section C.5). To a lesser degree they also illustrate the work at the laboratory bench which underpinned much of this research. For example, a file of unidentified paper chromatograms has been preserved (C.2/10) to illustrate one of Dent's methods of working, as described by his colleague, Heathcote, and quoted in the Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, 1978: 'Paper chromatograms were not to be thrown away. They were filed and, since the colours faded, the outline of each spot was drawn in and the intensity of the colour was indicated by a number.' The way in which Dent compiled a large series of files around drafts of scientific papers also illustrates the importance of the published paper to him as a stage in the research process. An incomplete collection of reprints of Dent's published papers may be found in section E.2 of the collection.

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Chick, Dame Harriette (1875-1977)
GB 0120 PP/CHI · 1906-1974

Papers of Dame Harriette Chick: this collection represents a relatively limited record of Chick's long and active career. It is particularly strong on the period around her important work in Vienna, 1919-1921, and includes some material relating to other research on nutritional questions.

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Fletcher, Charles Montague (1911-1995)
GB 0120 PP/CMF · 1886-1996

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.

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Colebrook, Leonard (1883-1967)
GB 0120 PP/COL · 1907-1967

Papers of Leonard Colebrook including diaries, research notebooks, writings and photographs, 1900-1967.

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Blacker, Carlos Paton, (1895-1975)
GB 0120 PP/CPB · c 1920-1974

Papers of Carlos Paton Blacker, 1920-1974, reflecting his long and active career in psychiatry (including as including as psychiatrist at the Maudsley Hospital and as an Adviser to the Ministry of Health), and his activities as Secretary to the Eugenics Society and with a number of organisations interested in population and birth control, including the Birth Control Investigation Committee, the International Planned Parenthood Federation, and the Simon Population Trust. There is also some material relating to his return to military duty in the Second World War as a Regimental Medical Officer. The collection also includes correspondence (both personal and professional), which sheds light on his interests in ornithology and nature conservation, and other writings both published and unpublished.

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Craigie, James (1899-1978)
GB 0120 PP/CRA · 1937-1970s

Papers of James Craigie including reports, notes, and articles on cancer, typhus, typhoid and polio, spanning the years 1937-1957; also personal papers and photographs. Unfortunately hardly any correspondence survives. Craigie made important discoveries in virology; in particular, during the 1940s in Canada, identifying different types of typhoid strains and other viruses and the bulk of the collection comprises his memoranda produced at the Connaught Laboratories in Canada.

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Underwood, Edgar Ashworth (1899-1980)
GB 0120 PP/EAU · 1911-1980

Papers of Edgar Ashworth Underwood, 1911-1980. The surviving Underwood papers represent a far from complete record of his career. His correspondence is incomplete and his early career in public health glimpsed by a few notes and papers. The bulk of the collection is made up of the drafts, manuscripts and typescripts of his writings, some of which were never published. Underwood was a perfectionist and polished his work many times. However his immense work for a second volume of A History of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London (to follow Wall and Cameron's history and cover the period 1815 onwards) was never published and sadly the drafts appear to lack one chapter (chapter 15) which has evidently strayed. Similarly a great deal of labour was spent on a history of urology in the late 1950s and early 1960s and on a life of Edward Jenner but neither of these works was ever published, Underwood's failing eyesight inhibiting his researches. However, the collection is valuable in that Underwood meticulously researched and checked evidence and normally kept full records of his work: thus anyone interested in the history of medical education or the apothecaries for example should note the numerous transcripts and copies of administrative records and documents held by the Public Record Office, Guildhall, Royal College of Physicians and elsewhere.

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Chain, Sir Ernst Boris (1906-1979)
GB 0120 PP/EBC · 1906-1980

The papers are very extensive though there are some lacunae, probably attributable to Chain's many changes of workplace. The early biographical period is sparsely documented, there are sporadic gaps in the correspondence files, and there is no original documentation of the penicillin research at Oxford (although there are many historical accounts and much correspondence about the history of penicillin). The surviving biographical material provides documentation of the arrangements for Chain to live and work in Britain, later honours and awards and his musical interests, and family correspondence, photographs and press-cuttings. There are very substantial records of his later career at the Istituto Superiore di Sanità and Imperial College, London, including his continuing contributions to biochemical problems such as carbohydrate metabolism, ergot alkaloids, edible proteins and aeration studies. The Imperial College material also contains records of the creation, administration, finance and architectural design of the Biochemistry Department, and developments in the Department after Chain's statutory retirement in 1973. Additional information about Chain's research is available in the documentation of his very extensive consultancy agreements and collaborative work with industrial firms such as Astra, Beechams and Rank Hovis McDougall, and records relating to government, grant-giving and charitable bodies such as the British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research Campaign and Medical Research Council which contributed to the funding of his research. There is much material on Chain's lectures, addresses and broadcasts, and on his extensive travel on visits and conferences, which includes a substantial number of unpublished talks.

An exceptional feature of the Chain papers is the documentation of the large number of Israel and Jewish organisations with which he was associated, especially the Weizmann Institute of Science, where he was a governor for many years and had at one time considered taking up an appointment.

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