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Title
Date(s)
- 1919 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
1 vol
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Biographical details of Surgeon Lt-Cmdr McGrath can be found in obituary notices in the British Medical Journal and The Lancet.
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GB 0120 GC/24 1919 Collection 1 vol McGrath , John Stephen , 1893-1927 , Lieutenant Commander , surgeon
Biographical details of Surgeon Lt-Cmdr McGrath can be found in obituary notices in the British Medical Journal and The Lancet.
Volume was given to the Wellcome Institute in 1927 by Mrs McGrath as part of a larger gift of medical books, presumably belonging to her late husband. In 1980 it was transferred to the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre.
Notes on symptoms and prescriptions in 'Wellcome's Medical Diary and Visiting List', 1919.
As outlined in Scope and Content.
Open. 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.
English
Collection level description available on-line on the Wellcome Library website
Entry compiled by Barbara Ball from the Wellcome Library online catalogue.
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.
January 2009 Information sources Documents Prescriptions Pathology Diseases Symptoms
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Volume was given to the Wellcome Institute in 1927 by Mrs McGrath as part of a larger gift of medical books, presumably belonging to her late husband. In 1980 it was transferred to the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre.
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Scope and content
Notes on symptoms and prescriptions in 'Wellcome's Medical Diary and Visiting List', 1919.
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Accruals
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As outlined in Scope and Content.
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Open. 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
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English
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Collection level description available on-line on the Wellcome Library website
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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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Language(s)
- English