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        WARREN, Henry (fl 1802-1859)
        GB 0100 TH/PP77 · [1802-1803]

        Papers of Henry Warren comprising his notes on lectures on anatomy delivered at St Thomas's Hospital by Sir Astley Paston Cooper and Henry Cline, [1802-1803].

        Warren , Henry , fl 1802-1859 , surgeon Cooper , Sir , Astley , Paston , 1768-1841 , 1st Baronet , surgeon
        Cline , Henry , 1750-1827 , surgeon
        GB 0113 MS-WEBBM · 1903-1924 [lacking 1910-1923]

        Webb's letter books compiled whilst a medical student, 1903-1909, containing letters from Webb to her friends, Mrs Annie Lancaster, Mrs Eliza Romiley, and Miss Christabel Cadbury, describing her life as one of the first women students at Birmingham Medical School, including newspaper cuttings regarding Edinburgh University's graduation ceremony, 1907. Webb prefaced each volume with an explanatory note dated 1924.

        Webb , Martha Beatrice , 1863-1951 , medical educator
        WEEKES, Hampton (1780-1855)
        GB 0100 TH/PP78 · 1796-1806, 1890

        Letters of the Weekes family, comprising mainly correspondence between Hampton Weekes and his family, 1801-1803, whilst a medical student at St Thomas's Hospital, 1801-1803, detailing his expenses, his training and operations he saw by hospital surgeons, including those by John Chandler, Astley Cooper and Henry Cline; also includes letters from Owen Evans to Mr Weekes, 1796; letter from Mr Brown to Mr Weekes Jnr, 1806; letter from Charles Betham to Miss Weekes from, 1890. Also letter relating to the deposit of the material, 1942.

        Weekes , Hampton , 1780-1855 , medical student Weekes , Richard (senior) , 1751-1823 , apothecary and surgeon , father of Hampton Weekes Weekes , Richard (junior) , 1783-1847 , younger brother of Hampton Weekes Weekes , Mary Ann , 1781-1854 , sister of Hampton Weekes Weekes , Grace , 1784-1834 , sister of Hampton Weekes Weekes , Fanny , 1792-1823 , step sister of Hampton Weekes
        GB 0120 GP/28 · 1923-1991

        Patient record envelopes (male and female), 1920s-1980s, with brief notes of consultations, from practice in Wellington, Somerset. Prior to 1948 they include details of insurance society of patient.

        Victoria Avenue Health Centre
        GB 0074 H01/WL · Collection · 1965-1993

        Papers of the West Lambeth Health Authority, including:
        District Management Team minutes, 1974-1991;
        standing orders and provisions in the National Health Service Regulations governing the conduct of meetings and proceedings of the authority, 1982;
        reports and papers relating to planning for healthcare provision, 1974-1986;
        papers regarding the computer policy, 1976-1985;
        general reports and papers relating to the functioning of the hospitals, 1974-1984;
        papers of the Department of Community Medicine, 1973-1979;
        papers relating to Lambeth Hospital and Community Care Centre, 1977-1986;
        papers relating to the South Western Hospital, 1973-1983;
        papers of the Terminal Care Support Team, 1977-1982;
        papers relating to Tooting Bec Hospital, 1975-1985;
        publications, 1975-1988;
        issues of 'Inner Circle', staff newsletter, 1976-1988;
        papers relating to the proposed transfer of the Dreadnought Seamen's Hospital, 1982-1987;
        papers relating to Saint John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin, 1981-1985;
        papers relating to other hospitals, including the South Western Hospital, 1979-1981, South London Hospital for Women, 1974-1989, Royal Waterloo Hospital, 1978-1981, Grosvenor Hospital, 1979-1980 and Belgrave Hospital, 1980-1987;
        papers of the Strategies and Resources Advisory Committee, 1987-1990;
        minutes and papers of West Lambeth Health Authority meetings, 1982-1993;
        district reviews, 1983-1987;
        papers of the Resource Allocation Working Party, 1982-1988;
        membership papers, including correspondence, 1987-1999;
        Saint Thomas' Health District (Teaching), District Management Team master papers, 1974-1981;
        West Lambeth Health Authority, District Management Team master papers, 1981-1992;
        District General Managers Advisory Group papers, 1985-1990;
        District Management Board papers, 1986-1990;
        Nursing Policy Group meeting papers, 1976-1982;
        reports and papers of the Chief Nursing Officer, 1965-1987.

        West Lambeth Health Authority , National Health Service
        H36/WMX · Subfonds · 1896-1993
        Part of WEST MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AND ASSOCIATED HOSPITALS

        Records of West Middlesex University Hospital, including annual reports, 1961-1976; administrative files on subjects including the redevelopment of the hospital, staffing, information for patients, medical committees, research ethics, procedures and correspondence, 1939-1992; registers of admission, 1946-1948; registers of creed, 1942-1944; registers of birth, 1896-1976; registers of deaths, 1946-1956, registers of operations, 1920-1971; matron's report books, 1896-1931; registers of sisters, staff nurses, probationers and assistant nurses, 1896-1968; School of Nursing prospectuses, 1960-1970; Isleworth League of Nurses journals, 1923-1957 and photographs of the hospital, staff and patients, 1940-1985.

        West Middlesex University Hospital
        GB 0113 MS-WESTD · 1833-1952

        The records of the Western Dispensary comprise chiefly minute books, annual reports and patient registers.

        Western Dispensary , Westminster London
        GB 0100 TH/PP81 · [1780]-1814

        Manuscript volumes collected by Richard Whitfield comprising lecture notes taken either by Whitfield or unidentified pupils including:
        one volume of notes on a course of anatomy lectures by Henry Cline including lectures on pathology and physiology, 1793, delivered 1787, taken by Whitfield;
        one volume of notes on anatomical lectures of Joseph Else delivered at St Thomas's Hospital, [1780], including notes on John Hunter's lectures on anatomy, 1781, taken by an unidentified pupil;
        six volumes of notes on Fordyce's lectures on medicine, delivered [1788-1789], taken by Richard Whitfield, [1792], containing lectures on material medica, natural history of the human body, doctrine of diseases, doctrine of fevers, doctrine of inflammations, particular inflammations, inflammation of the mucous membrane, lues venereal, eruptive fevers, chronic diseases, spasmodic disease;
        three volumes of notes on lectures on the practice of physic of James Gregory, delivered at Edinburgh, 1814, taken by an unidentified student;
        one volume of notes on William Herbeden's lectures containing observations on the history, nature and cure of poisons, delivered at the College of Physicians, 1749, with copy notes made by Whitfield, 1792;
        two volumes of notes on surgical lectures by John Hunter, 1786;
        four volumes of notes on anatomical and surgical lectures by Alexander Monro, [1788];
        1 volume of notes on Percivall Pott's surgical lectures, delivered [1787], taken down [1794];
        and one volume titled Pharmacopoeia Chirurgica vel Institutiones Chirugicae.

        Whitfield , Richard , c.1764-1837 , Apothecary and Secretary of St Thomas's Hospital Medical School, London Whitfield , Richard Gullet , 1801-1877 , Apothecary and Secretary of St Thomas's Hospital Medical School, London
        WHYTT, Robert (1714-1766)
        GB 0100 TH/PP82 · [1760]

        Manuscript volume containing notes on Robert Whytt's clinical lectures, delivered at Edinburgh University, [1760], taken by an unidentified student. Also includes some 'Directions given by the Physician General at the Havannah to the surgeons of the Army relating to the management of the sick'.

        Whytt , Robert , 1714-1766 , physician
        GB 106 7OCW · Fonds · 1880-1969

        The archive consists of a bound typescript autobiography (c 1952), correspondence (1918-1920), copies of papers written by Wilberforce (1928-c 1960), photographs (c 1885-1960), memorials and an obituary.

        Wilberforce , Octavia Margaret , 1888-1963 , physician
        Wilkinson, Dr David J
        GB 2127 WILKINSON, D J · 1982-2001

        Miscellaneous papers, 1982-2001, of Dr David Wilkinson, relating to his interest in the history of anaesthesia, including ephemera such as programmes, posters and menus relating to conferences and other events, 1982-2001, letters inviting Wilkinson to deliver lectures, 1985, 2001, copy of article in BMA News reviewing a lecture he delivered, 2001, article by Wilkinson on 'Archives: What's the Point?', Anaesthesia News, 2001, and notes relating to coats of arms, 2001.

        Wilkinson , David John , fl 1972-2000 , anaesthetist
        GB 0100 G/PP1/65 · 1843-1852
        Part of GUY'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL RECORDS

        Papers of Sir Samuel Wilks, comprising volume containing testimonials for Samuel Wilks, 1843-1846, 1852-1853; letters to Wilks, from Alfred S Taylor, 10 Apr 1886, and W M Hughes, 9 Apr 1886, relating to publication of a papers in the Guy's Hospital Reports; testimonials to him for the position of Physician to Surrey Dispensary, 1852, including from staff at Guy's Hospital; certificates for Samuel Wilks' attendance as a student and at lectures at Guy's Hospital, 1846, and for winning the Pupil's Physical Society's essay prize, 1845; memorial signed by several hundred students of Guy's Hospital Medical School, expressing their extreme regret at the resignation of Dr Wilks.

        Wilks , Sir , Samuel , 1824-1911 , Baronet , physician
        GB 0120 GP/34 · 1914-1948

        19 practice day books of Sir Frederic Jeune Willans, 1918-1948.

        Willans , Sir , Frederic Jeune , 1884-1949 , general practitioner
        GB 0120 PP/CDW · 1901-1988

        The collection covers most aspects of Williams' life and career after 1939. Papers from her work with the British Colonial Service in Ghana, 1928-1936, were largely lost during transit to her next appointment in Singapore, but the typescript copy of her 1935 report The mortality and morbidity of the children of the Gold Coast is extant. Many papers relating to Williams' work with the British Colonial Service in Singapore, 1936-1941, were lost during the Japanese invasion, but she took a few files into Changi jail, where she wrote up the report An experiment in health work in Trengganu in 1940-1941. Notebooks, correspondence and writings made during her internment, when she was appointed as camp nutritionist by her fellow women prisoners, are also in the collection. Post-war papers cover most aspects of Williams' work, including positions with the World Health Organisation, the American University at Beirut and Tulane School of Public Health, as well as correspondence and collected reprints relating to work carried out in 'retirement' at Wyndham House, Oxford.

        Williams , Cicely Delphine , 1893-1992 , nutritionist and paediatrician
        GB 2134 BWO · Fonds · 1958-1988

        Papers of Dr. W. O. Williams comprising:

        B WO A Williams committee papers 1966-1971
        Records relating to Dr. W. O. Williams' membership of the Research Committee and the Academic Review Committee of the Royal College of General Practitioners. B WO B Williams Research Unit papers 1972-1988
        Records relating to Dr. W. O. Williams' involvement with the Epidemic Observation Unit and the Swansea Research Unit of the Royal College of General Practitioners.B WO C Williams research and publications 1954-1988
        Records relating to Dr. W. O. Williams' research projects and publications, includes bornholm disease, whooping cough, death certification, genetic cancer and doctors' workload. B WO D Williams miscellaneous papers.

        Williams, William Owen founder of RCGP Swansea Research Unit
        Wilson, Albert (1854-1928)
        GB 0114 MS0176 · [1870]

        Papers of Albert Wilson, c1870, comprising a volume titled [H]uman [P]athology, Prof. Saunders, 2 containing manuscript notes by Wilson, taken at the Pathology lectures of Professor Sanders at Edinburgh University; and a loose sheet containing notes on Tubercular Phthisis. The sheet of paper is from the Edinburgh Medical-Missionary Society's Training Institution and Dispensary at No 39 Cowgate. Wilson was resident physician at the Cowgate Dispensary.

        Wilson , Albert , 1854-1928 , physician
        GB 0120 MSS.5027-5028 · 1917-1919

        The material comprises notes, taken by Susan H. Cannon, of Wilson's lectures on pathology and the treatment of diseases by Swedish remedial gymnastics.

        Wilson , Anna Justina Augusta , 1863-1949 , physiotherapist and practitioner of Swedish remedial gymnastics
        GB 0120 PP/CMW · [1828]-1977

        The collection covers Lord Moran's life and career. It includes papers (committee minutes, correspondence, notes, printed material, ephemera, articles, parliamentary papers, etc.) re his position as Dean of St Mary's Hospital Medical School, 1920-1945; as President at the Royal College of Physicians, 1941-1950; his role in negotiations over the establishment and structure of the NHS, 1942-1960; as Chairman of the Awards Committee, 1948-1962. His other professional activities are covered in general correspondence files; a series of medical records, including material on Winston Churchill, 1944-1965; subject files relating to his role on various government, educational and medical bodies, including the commission to determine whether Rudolph Hess was mentally fit to stand trial in 1945. The collection includes drafts and papers re Anatomy of Courage (including photocopies of his World War I army notebooks), and Winston Churchill: Struggle for Survival. There is also a section of unpublished writings and speeches, 1921-1970. Papers consulted by Professor Lovell in Australia while writing his biography of Lord Moran, were returned in two batches, the first in April 1990, when he helped with the initial sorting and listing of the papers, and the second in April 1991. Some of these papers have been returned to the main body of the collection, however most have been kept in a separate section in the list (section L). The collection also contains personal and family material, photographs, press cuttings and ephemera, and a section comprising personal and professional papers of Lord Moran's wife Dorothy, Lady Moran (d.1983).

        Wilson , Charles McMoran , Lord Moran of Manton , 1882-1977 , physician Wilson , Dorothy , Lady Moran , d.1983
        GB 0113 MS-WILSH · 1930-1968

        Henry Leonard Wilson's papers, 1930-1968, relate to his unpublished paper on the blindness of the poet John Milton, and consist of correspondence relating to the paper, drafts of the paper, notes on Milton, articles by others on Milton, and correspondence between Ruth Wilson, Wilson's widow, and the Royal College of Physicians library about the posthumous publication of the paper.

        Wilson , Henry Leonard , 1897-1968 , psychiatrist
        WILSON, John (1811-1879)
        GB 0402 JWI · Collection · 1839-1843

        Log and private journal of John Wilson as ship's surgeon on the second voyage of the South Seas whaler GYPSY, 23 Oct 1839-19 Mar 1843 and portfolio of 23 watercolours, illustrating places named in the journal.

        Wilson , John , 1811-1879 , ship's surgeon
        GB 0120 MSS.5036-5088 · 1865-1922

        Papers cover Witkowski's writings on medical history (and other areas of history) rather than his medical activities. MSS.5036-5038 comprise press cuttings, publishers' notices, reviews, etc., relating to Witkowski's writings, plus original poems, some photographs, and some letters to him about his work; they span the bulk of his career (1865-1920). MSS.5039-5085 consist of material related closely to various published works on medical history and art history by Witkowski: typescript and holograph drafts, annotated published material, etc. Within this block of material, MSS.5057-5062 consist of a detailed critique of Folie de l'Empereur by Augustin Cabanès (1862-1928), consisting of heavily annotated copies of the published work. Also worth noting are MSS.5063-5064, copies of Witkowski's Comment j'ai appris l'Histoire Sainte, a Rabelaisian and satirical anti-clerical history. Finally, MSS.5086-5088, written under the pseudonym "Docteur Clam", comprise travel writings, recording travels in Italy, Turkey, Romania and Hungary, in 1901 (MS.5086); Egypt, in 1901-1902 (MS.5087); and Italy, in 1905 (MS.5088).

        Witkowski , Gustave Jules Alphonse , 1844-1923 , surgeon, writer and medical historian
        GB 0074 ACC/3407 · Collection · 1934-1987

        Records of Leslie R Wolfson's dental practice, 1934-1987, consisting largely of accounts such as balance sheets, cash books, bills, receipts and tax papers relating to Mr Wolfson's dental practices in Enfield; sample of patients' record cards (patients unidentifiable); booklets, pamphlets, and so on regarding aspects of dentistry, National Health Service leaflets and other leaflets on dental charges; and correspondence concerning property transactions in Enfield including agreement for sale of general practice at Grange Park, Enfield.

        Wolfson , Leslie R , b 1911 , dentist
        GB 106 9/05 · Fonds · 1865-1972

        The collection is arranged in chronological order and includes letters written by and to individuals concerned with work in this area, including: Dr Elizabeth Blackwell, Sir John Seeley, George Eliot, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, Cardinal Manning, Lady Strangford, Lord Shaftesbury, Mr Rickman J Godlee Dr Helen Wilson, Dr Sophia Jex-Blake, Frances Power Cobbe, Millicent Garrett Fawcett, Lord Baldwin and Margaret Lawrence (45 items, 1865-c.1972). Subjects include the training of women as doctors, the medical profession and their experiences as medical students.

        Various
        GB 0120 GC/95 · Collection · 1933-1976

        Reports, correspondence, published and unpublished papers, 1933-1974, specifically A: Research files and correspondence, 1933-1958; B: texts of papers, c 1933-1955; C: published papers, 1933-1976; D: correspondence files, 1955-1974.

        Wood , Constance Annie Poyser , 1897-1985 , radiotherapy pioneer
        WOODYER, Caleb (fl 1787)
        GB 0100 G/PP1/70 · [1787]
        Part of GUY'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL RECORDS

        Papers of Caleb Woodyer, comprising one manuscript volume titled 'Lectures on surgery by John Hunter, notes taken by Caleb Woodyer', with notes on 67 lectures, [1787], with index to lectures on the back of the volume. 418pp

        Woodyer , Caleb , fl 1787 , medical student
        GB 0074 CLC/L/BB · Collection · 1550-1917

        Records of the Worshipful Company of Barbers, 1550-1917. The original records (except MS24584) have been returned to the custody of the Clerk at Barber Surgeon's Hall. However, microfilm copies of the following records are available: Court minute books; quarterage books; registers of freedom admissions; registers of apprentice bindings; financial accounts; livery lists, papers relating to property and papers relating to charitable giving. MS 24584 is a draft petition to the Lord Mayor and Aldermen concerning riots which had prevented the Company removing the bodies of four felons for anatomical practice.

        IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING ACCESS: These records are stored at the Guildhall Library site rather than the LMA Clerkenwell site. Researchers wishing to access these records should do so at the Guildhall Library Rare Books table. The Library is open Monday to Saturday, 9:30 to 16:45. Researchers will need to have an Archives History Card or a Library Readers Card. An archivist will be available at Guildhall Library on Thursday mornings to answer any queries.

        Worshipful Company of Barbers
        GB 2130 · 1617 to present day

        Papers of The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London, 1617 to present day, chart the history of its development and its changing roles and activities and notably comprise constitutional records, 1617 to present day, including charters, grants of arms, rules and ordinances, and bye-laws; records of governance, 1617 to present day, including Court and committees' minutes and standing orders; membership records, c 1670s- present day, including Yeomanry and Livery lists, freedom admission registers, quarterage books and apprenticeship bindings, and financial records, 1626 to present day, including Wardens' accounts, ledgers, bonds and annual accounts.

        The collection also includes records concerning associated trade/professional organisations including the Royal College of Physicians of London, Royal College of Surgeons of England, Royal College of General Practitioners, University of London, Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain and British Medical Association. Also those of specialist interest bodies of the Society, including The Friendly Medical Society, The Association of Physicians and Surgeons of the Society of Apothecaries Limited, The Association of Certificated Dispensers; the Society's educational charities The Faculty of History and Philosophy of Medicine and Pharmacy and The Faculty of Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine; The Court of Examiners and Examinations Committee, including minutes, correspondence, lists of Licentiates including Elizabeth Garrett and Ronald Ross, lists of 'Assistants to an Apothecary', candidates' entry books, questions papers and marking sheets; Chelsea Physic Garden, including Garden Committee minutes, account books, catalogues of plants, deeds and photographs; the pharmaceutical manufacturing and retailing businesses including the Laboratory, Navy and United Stock companies; Society's awards and lectures including the Rogers Prize, Gillson Scholarship in Pathology, Galen Medal, Strickland Goodall Memorial Lecture and Gold Medal and the Keats Lecture.

        Papers include administrative and legal records, including those of the Clerk's office, Counsels' opinions, those concerning hospitality and ceremonial events, year books, Royal Addresses, Royal Commissions of Enquiry and staff records. Records of gifts and charities including Distressed Members' Fund, Widows' Fund, donations and bequests, and records of the Hall including deeds, plans, inventories, rentals, records of building works and photographs.

        Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London
        GB 0120 PP/HRW · 1908-1982, n.d.

        Papers of Helena Wright including correspondence, papers and photographs: personal and re family planning movement, 1920s-1970s, and alternative medicine, 1970s.

        Wright , Helena Rosa , 1887-1982 , née Lowenfeld , birth control pioneer
        YELLOWLY, John (1774-1842)
        GB 0113 MS-YELLJ · 1975 (Photocopy of 1827 and 1944 documents)

        Yellowly's journal of his Dutch tour, 1827, and later correspondence regarding the original manuscript, 1944 (photocopy)

        Yellowly , John , 1774-1842 , physician