Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- c1915-c1916 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1 volume and 1 file
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Repository
Archival history
WMS/Amer.1 formed part of the Guerra Collection; WMS/Amer.118 formed part of the León Collection.
GB 0120 WMS/Amer.1 and 118 c1915-c1916 Collection (fonds) 1 volume and 1 file León , Nicolás , 1859-1929 , medical historian
WMS/Amer.1 formed part of the Guerra Collection; WMS/Amer.118 formed part of the León Collection.
WMS/Amer.118 purchased 1927; WMS/Amer.1 purchased 1962.
The collection comprises material on medical history and notes on scatological remedies used in Mexico, and biographical notes on Dr. Miguel Francisco Jiménez (1813-1876).
WMS/Amer.1 comprises notes on scatological remedies and WMS/Amer.118 comprises biographical notes on Dr. Miguel Francisco Jiménez (1813-1876).
The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
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.
Spanish.
holograph; bound and loose papers.
Described in: Robin Price, An Annotated Catalogue of Medical Americana in the Library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1983). Detailed catalogue available at http://www.a2a.pro.gov.uk.
WMS/Amer.1 was published posthumously as Scatológica mexicana : materias excrementicias y secretoriales animales usadas por las mexicanos precolombinos y actuales (Mexico: Vargas Rea, 1946).
description compiled by Christopher Hilton based upon those in the Library's published finding aid by Robin Price. 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. December 2000 Biographies Chemicals Fertilizers History History of medicine Jiménez , Miguel Francisco , 1813-1876 , physician León , Nicolás , 1859-1929 , medical historian x Leon , Nicolas Literary forms and genres Literature Materials Medical personnel Medical profession Medical sciences Medical treatment Mexico North America Palaeontology Personnel Physicians Phytochemicals Prose Scatology Surgery Systems of medicine Therapy Traditional medicine People by occupation People
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
WMS/Amer.118 purchased 1927; WMS/Amer.1 purchased 1962.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The collection comprises material on medical history and notes on scatological remedies used in Mexico, and biographical notes on Dr. Miguel Francisco Jiménez (1813-1876).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
WMS/Amer.1 comprises notes on scatological remedies and WMS/Amer.118 comprises biographical notes on Dr. Miguel Francisco Jiménez (1813-1876).
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Conditions governing reproduction
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.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
Spanish.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Described in: Robin Price, An Annotated Catalogue of Medical Americana in the Library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1983). Detailed catalogue available at http://www.a2a.pro.gov.uk.
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- Literary forms and genres » Prose » Biographies
- Chemicals
- Chemicals » Phytochemicals » Fertilizers
- History
- Literary forms and genres
- Literature
- Materials
- Medical profession » Medical personnel
- Medical profession
- Medical sciences
- Therapy » Medical treatment
- Palaeontology
- Personnel
- Medical profession » Medical personnel » Physicians
- Chemicals » Phytochemicals
- Literary forms and genres » Prose
- Medical sciences » Surgery
- Systems of medicine
- Therapy
- Systems of medicine » Traditional medicine
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Rules and/or conventions used
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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Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English