GB 0100 TH/MP - Medical and Physical Society of St Thomas's Hospital

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GB 0100 TH/MP

Title

Medical and Physical Society of St Thomas's Hospital

Date(s)

  • 1841-1992 (Creation)

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Extent and medium

9 volumes, 22 files

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The Medical Society of St Thomas's Hospital, later renamed the Medical and Physical Society, met to hear and discuss a dissertation and exchange medical news and cases. The society was open to physicians, surgeons and students.

Archival history

GB 0100 TH/MP 1841-1992 Sub-fonds of St Thomas's Hospital Medical School 9 volumes, 22 files Medical and Physical Society , St Thomas's Hospital
The Medical Society of St Thomas's Hospital, later renamed the Medical and Physical Society, met to hear and discuss a dissertation and exchange medical news and cases. The society was open to physicians, surgeons and students.

Transferred from St Thomas's Hospital Medical School Library in 2002.

Records of the Medical Society, later Medical and Physical Society of St Thomas's Hospital, 1841-1964, comprising minutes of the Society, 1841-1850, 1868-1878, 1894-1938, 1942-1964; members book, 1892-1901;

prize debate papers read before the Society, by Frederick Rowland Barker on the medical education of women, [1874]; Frederick Gordon Brown on diptheria, 1860; Frederick Henry Ward on diabetes, 1864; Frederick Edgar Cockell on anaesthetics, 1873; Ebenezer James Marshall on Hospitals- their past history and present condition, [1873]; paper on dropsy, 1864, by an unidentified student; William Allingham on anasarca albuminuria, 1854; James Vincent Bell on aneurism, [1860]; George Deansfield Brown on diabetes, 1851; Charles William Chaldecott on a case of gangrene from cold, 1851, and surgical essay on mortification, 1850; William Nathan Chipperfield on some cases of anaemia, with remarks upon the pathology and treatment of the disease, 1853, and some cases of phlebitis with remarks upon the varieties, pathology and treatment of the disease, 1854; Thomas Boor Crosby on the nature, causes and treatment of erysipelas, 1851; John White Keyworth on diseases of the jaw bones, as seen in Lucifer-match makers, 1850; Henry Lankester on Bright's Disease, 1851; James Earle Morton on iritis, 1853; John Shepherd on epilepsy, 1851; William Harling Sissons on neuralgia, 1860; William Henry Stone on neuralgia, 1855; essay on the treatment of acute rheumatism and it's complication pericarditis, by an unidentified second year student, [1860];

also attendance register 1892-1901; Secretary's files 1966-1991; printed programmes 1888-1892

The records are arranged as outlined in the scope and content.

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive and Corporate Record Services.
English

Detailed catalogue

Previous Reference: M3, M6, M12, M36, M92, M3, M9, M13, M17, M18, M21, M22, M44, M81, M83, M96, M123, M125, M134, M141.
Compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. 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. May 2002. Revised Jun 2004 Allingham , William , fl 1854 , medical student Anaemia Anaesthesia Associations Barker , Frederick Rowland , fl 1874 , medical student Bell , James Vincent , fl 1860 , medical student Blood disorders Brain diseases Brown , Frederick Gordon , fl 1860 , medical student Brown , George Deansfield , fl 1851 , medical student Central nervous system diseases Chaldecott , Charles William , fl 1850-1851 , medical student Chipperfield , William Nathan , fl 1853-1854 , medical student Cockell , Frederick Edgar , fl 1873 , medical student Crosby , Sir , Thomas Boor , 1830-1916 , Knight , surgeon and Lord Mayor of London Dermatology Diabetes Diabetes mellitus Diseases England Epilepsy Europe Eye diseases Health services Higher science education Hospitals Keyworth , John White , fl 1850 , medical student Lambeth Lankester , Henry , fl 1851 , medical student Learned societies London Marshall , Ebenezer James , fl 1873 , medical student Medical and Physical Society , St Thomas's Hospital Medical education Medical institutions Medical sciences Medical students Metabolic diseases Morton , James Earle , fl 1853 , medical student Neuralgia Nutritional and metabolic diseases Nutritional diseases Oedema Organizations Pathology Shepherd , John , fl 1851 , medical student Sissons , William Harling , fl 1860 , medical student Skin and connective tissue diseases Skin diseases Social sciences Social welfare Stone , William Henry , fl 1855 , medical student St Thomas' Hospital , London St Thomas' Hospital Medical School , London Students Surgery UK Ward , Frederick Henry , fl 1864 , medical student Western Europe Women students

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Transferred from St Thomas's Hospital Medical School Library in 2002.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of the Medical Society, later Medical and Physical Society of St Thomas's Hospital, 1841-1964, comprising minutes of the Society, 1841-1850, 1868-1878, 1894-1938, 1942-1964; members book, 1892-1901;

prize debate papers read before the Society, by Frederick Rowland Barker on the medical education of women, [1874]; Frederick Gordon Brown on diptheria, 1860; Frederick Henry Ward on diabetes, 1864; Frederick Edgar Cockell on anaesthetics, 1873; Ebenezer James Marshall on Hospitals- their past history and present condition, [1873]; paper on dropsy, 1864, by an unidentified student; William Allingham on anasarca albuminuria, 1854; James Vincent Bell on aneurism, [1860]; George Deansfield Brown on diabetes, 1851; Charles William Chaldecott on a case of gangrene from cold, 1851, and surgical essay on mortification, 1850; William Nathan Chipperfield on some cases of anaemia, with remarks upon the pathology and treatment of the disease, 1853, and some cases of phlebitis with remarks upon the varieties, pathology and treatment of the disease, 1854; Thomas Boor Crosby on the nature, causes and treatment of erysipelas, 1851; John White Keyworth on diseases of the jaw bones, as seen in Lucifer-match makers, 1850; Henry Lankester on Bright's Disease, 1851; James Earle Morton on iritis, 1853; John Shepherd on epilepsy, 1851; William Harling Sissons on neuralgia, 1860; William Henry Stone on neuralgia, 1855; essay on the treatment of acute rheumatism and it's complication pericarditis, by an unidentified second year student, [1860];

also attendance register 1892-1901; Secretary's files 1966-1991; printed programmes 1888-1892

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The records are arranged as outlined in the scope and content.

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Conditions governing access

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive and Corporate Record Services.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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English

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Detailed catalogue

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Publication note

Previous Reference: M3, M6, M12, M36, M92, M3, M9, M13, M17, M18, M21, M22, M44, M81, M83, M96, M123, M125, M134, M141.

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Previous Reference: M3, M6, M12, M36, M92, M3, M9, M13, M17, M18, M21, M22, M44, M81, M83, M96, M123, M125, M134, M141.

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King's College London College Archives

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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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  • English

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