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Wellcome Witness Seminars
GB 0120 GC/253 · 1993-1997

Papers relating to the Wellcome Witness Seminars, 1993-1997, including original audio tapes of the seminars (in most cases, master plus copy); photographs of witnesses and other participants; correspondence, both administrative and between the Twentieth Century Group and witnesses; and programmes and lists of participants.

Wellcome Witness Seminars
GB 0120 GC/12 · Collection · 1945

'Report of Special Operational Store Tyburn, Jan-Nov 1945', by Marinus van den Ende (1912-1957), bacteriologist; and notes and photographs by Dr Helène E. Bargmann, PhD, FRZS, ATS (1897-1987), biologist.

Ende , van den , Marinus , 1912-1957 , bacteriologist Bargmann , Helène E , 1897-1987 , biologist
GB 0120 GC/231 · 1909-1939

Papers on a development by Henri Spahlinger of a controversial vaccine treatment for tuberculosis, 1909-1929, and press-cuttings relating to public reaction to his claims 1932-1939.

Spahlinger , Henri , 1882-1965 , Swiss bacteriologist
GB 0120 MSS.4423-4463 · 1837-1885

Holograph manuscripts of publications by Joseph von Schneller, notes, and some material by other persons collected by von Schneller, 1837-1885.

Schneller , Joseph , von , 1811-1885 , physician
Rolleston family
GB 0120 MSS.4245-4247, 6119-6127, 7494 and 8184 · Collection · 1805-1947

Personal and professional correspondence, photographs and papers of George Rolleston and his son Sir Humphry Rolleston, 1805-1947. There are also miscellaneous Rolleston family papers, as well as 2 papers given by John Davy Rolleston. George Rolleston's main areas of research were in comparative anatomy, zoology, archaeology, anthropology - his correspondence was often with contempories who were prominent in the same or related fields (botanists, biologists, natural historians). Humphry Rolleston was a keen photographer, and his albums contain a total of 323 photographs. These include portraits of relatives and friends, as well as contemporaries who were subsequently prominent in medicine and surgery. There are also general photographs taken during his career in medicine which are of interest for medical historians. His correspondence and papers cover both professional and personal matters.

Rolleston , George , 1829-1881 , Professor of Anatomy and Physiology Rolleston , John Davy , 1873-1946 , physician Rolleston , Sir , Humphrey Davy , 1862-1944 , Knight , physician
Reeve, Henry (1780-1814), MD
GB 0120 MSS.5429-5430 · 1805-1806

Papers of Henry Reeve comprising a journal of continental travels, 1805-1806; letter to Francis Horner, 15 July 1805.

Reeve , Henry , 1780-1814 , physician
GB 0120 MSS.3773-3776, 5123-5131 · Collection · 1792-1927

Personal correspondence and papers of Louis Pasteur, 1792-1927. The papers also include Pasteur and Magnan family correspondence and a collection of newspaper cuttings papers relating to Pasteur. The correspondence includes letters from Pasteur to his assistant Fernand Boutroux; Jules Raulin; Jules Vercel; Eugène Viala. The papers relate to research and publications. Subjects covered in the correspondence and papers reflect his research in fermentation, his study of rabies and of inoculation. There are also papers re Pasteur's work on the diseases of silkworms.

Pasteur , Louis , 1822-1895 , chemist
GB 0120 GC/27 · Collection · 1937-1951

BBC scripts on tropical medicine, 1947-1951; personal records, etc; MD Thesis 'A preliminary study of chemotherapy' (1929); Ministry of Health advice re typhus fever, vaccination of travellers, immunisation of armed forces personnel, 1943-1949; register of vaccinations and inoculations administered 1946-1950.

Murgatroyd , Frederick , 1902-1951
GB 0120 MSS.3328-3330 · 1852-1893

Daybooks of Friedrich Wilhelm Lorinser containing surgical notes, and a collection of manuscripts, 1852-1893.

Lorinser , Friedrich Wilhelm , 1817-1895 , physician
GB 0120 MSS.3245-3249, 5370 · 1766-1812

Personal papers and correspondence of John Coakley Lettsom, 1766-1812, including medical papers and pamphlets by Lettsom, newspaper cuttings relating to him, or subjects that interested him. Letters from various correspondents, mainly from the medical profession. The papers reflect his primary interests in 'Quacks and Quackery', clinical medicine, pathology, materia medica, variolation and vaccination. Many relate to the business of the Medical Society of London, of which Lettsom was President. There is also a fragment of an autobiography of his life as a as a student, MS.3245.

Lettsom , John Coakley , 1744-1815 , physician and botanist
GB 0120 MSS.1180-1218, 1233, 2048-2069, 2802-2819, 3014-3072, 3587-3588, 3662-3663, 4220, 4257, 4302-4306, 4487-4489, 5222-5249 and 7966 · 1680-1877

The collection comprises correspondence, writings and administrative material relating to the Jenner family, particularly Dr. Edward Jenner (pioneer of smallpox vaccination) and the associated Black and Davies families, 1680-1877.

The material on Edward Jenner includes papers relating to organisations set up in the aftermath of his vaccination discoveries: the National Vaccine Establishment, the Royal Jennerian Society and the London Vaccine Institution.

Black family Black , George Charles , 1723-1775 Black , Mary , 1730-1810 Davies , Anne , 1741-1812 Davies , William , 1741-1817 Davies , William , 1769-1849 Davies family Head , Henry , 1664-1739 Jenner family Jenner , Edward , 1749-1823 , surgeon and pioneer of smallpox vaccination Jenner , Elizabeth , fl.1706 Jenner , Henry , 1737-1798 Jenner , Henry , 1767-1851 Jenner , Stephen , 1645-1727 Jenner , Stephen , 1702-1754
Jenner , Stephen , 1732-1797 Jenner , Thomas , 1687-1768 Jenner , George Charles , 1767-1846
London Vaccine Institution. Mockler , Frederick Murray , Charles , d.1847 National Vaccine Establishment Royal Jennerian Society Seely family Seely , Elizabeth , d.1804 Seely , Robert , 1714-1759
Interferon Collection
GB 0120 GC/267 · 1955-2006

Personal accounts on the development of interferon and cytokine research, mainly written in the 1990s and early 2000s, and related materials including photographs correspondence, slides, offprints and other papers.

Archives Committee of the International Society for Interferon and Cytokin Research
GB 0120 PP/JRH · 1890-1959

Papers connected with James Randal Hutchinson and William Henry Bradley's work in the Ministry of Health, 1890-1959 with some retrospective material, and small groups of papers of Sir Weldon Dalrymple-Champneys (on Brucellosis) and Dr J Allison Glover.

Hutchinson , James Randal , [1880-1955] , medical officer at the Ministry of Health Bradley , William Henry , 1898-1975 , medical officer at the Ministry of Health
GB 0120 GP/43 · 1931-1957

Papers of Jesse Robert Garrood, 1930-1951, including 3 day books of his general practice, 1930-1933, 1931-1937 and 1948-1951, and Vaccinator's Register, Jan 1947-Mar 1948.

Garrood , Jesse Robert , 1874-1959 , general practitioner
GB 0120 MSS.5120-5121 · 1783-1811

Correspondence and papers of the statesman Henry Dundas both general and in his capacity as Commissioner (later President) of the Board of Control, 1783-1811.

Dundas , Henry , 1742-1811 , 1st Viscount Melville , Scots statesman x Melville , 1st Viscount
GB 0120 GC/200 · 1924-[1980]

Papers of Herbert Davies Chalke, 1924-[1980] including lecture notes, papers and publications, including re alcoholism, TB, care of the elderly, and food safety. Also papers re service with RAMC in North Africa.

Chalke , Herbert Davies , 1897-1979 , Medical Officer of Health
Carr Family
GB 0120 MSS.5203-5207 · 1739-1861

Notebooks kept by three generations of the Carr family, William Carr (b 1715), of Settle, Yorks.; William Carr (1745-1821), apothecary to the Leeds Infirmary, 1774-1781, surgeon apothecary at Elland, Yorks., 1784, and later at Gomersal; and William Carr (1785-1861), general practitioner, of Gomersal.

Carr , William , b 1715 Carr , William , 1745-1821 , apothecary Carr , William , 1785-1861 , general practitioner
GB 0120 MSS.8185-8186, 8188-8189, 8303-8307, 8321, 8524-8525, 8539 · Early 20th century

Miscellaneous historical essays, written by individuals employed by or associated with the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. Authors include Alban Doran (1849-1927), Charles Thompson (1862-1943) and Marion Spielmann (1858-1948).

Doran , Alban Henry Griffith , 1849-1917 , surgeon Thompson , Charles John Samuel , 1862-1943 , physician and local historian
Spielmann , Marion Harry Alexander , 1858-1948 , art historian Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
GB 0120 SA/BSI · 1956-1998

Papers of the British Society of Immunology since the 1950s, plus some papers of individuals connected with the Society.

British Society of Immunology
GB 0120 MSS.6915-6927 · 18th century - 19th century

Manuscripts from the collection of the British Medical Association, formerly held in the BMA Library, Tavistock Square, London. The manuscripts were numbered and catalogued at the BMA, with two exceptions among these papers - however the numbering of surviving documents is not consecutive, so that the original collection must have contained at least 26 catalogued items and an unknown number of unrecorded acquisitions. Former BMA MSS.1-6 (transferred at the same time as the manuscripts described here) are now GC/140; one fugitive BMA manuscript was purchased separately and is now MS. 6881. The location of the remainder is not known. The contents mainly comprise transcripts of medical lectures and case notes.

British Medical Association
British Medical Association
GB 0120 SA/BMA · 1888-1988

Papers of the British Medical Association compring files [1915-1960], from the following subject series: Medico-Political, Science, Groups, Ethics, Public Health, Hospitals, Organisation. Also incomplete set of copy minutes of Council, Committees and of the Annual Representatives' Meetings and Special Representatives' Meetings, [1907-1982].

British Medical Association
GB 0120 MSS.1164-1165 · c 1800-1823

Two volumes of notes, on medical and chemical books, and on diseases and their treatment, c 1800-1823.

de Villiers , F. T. , Bidault , 1775-1824 , physician
GB 0120 GC/168 · Collection · 1910s-1960s

Diaries 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 , virologist