GB 1538 S2 - MOIR, Professor John Chassar (1900-1977): ergot papers

5 boxes; 1 framed item

Unknown. It is probable that the records were passed to the College Museum or Library by either Chassar Moir or his widow when other material was presented to the College (see below under related material).
GB 1538 S2 1922-1973 Series of Special collections of private papers 5 boxes; 1 framed item Moir , John Chassar , 1900-1977 , Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

John Chassar Moir was the first Nuffield Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Oxford, a post he held from 1937 to 1967. At University College Hospital, London, he and Dr Harold Ward Dudley had isolated the new drug ergometrine, responsible for the traditional clinical effects of ergot, which was rapidly and universally adopted for the prevention of haemorrhage after childbirth, and he had written a thesis on rotation of the foetus in childbirth for which he gained his MD and a gold medal from Edinburgh University. At Oxford, he built up the Radcliffe Infirmary, studied the use of diagnostic x-rays in obstetrics, and made an outstanding contribution to gynaecological surgery, the repair of vesico-vaginal fistulae. He was for several years the co-editor and for the sixth edition sole editor, of Munro-Kerr's well-known textbook Operative Obstetrics. He became president of the obstetrics and gynaecology section of the Royal Society of Medicine, and in 1974 was made an honorary fellow.

Unknown. It is probable that the records were passed to the College Museum or Library by either Chassar Moir or his widow when other material was presented to the College (see below under related material).

Transferred to the Archives by the Library in September 2001.

Papers of John Chassar Moir, 1922-1973, including rough notes and case notes; copies of articles and offprints on ergot, 1935-1964; ms and original tracings and photographs, 1954-1955; correspondence, chiefly relating to ergot, including with H W Dudley, 1930-1973; papers relating to the opening of the new Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' building (Sussex Place), 1960; papers relating editing Munro Kerr's Operative Obstetrics, 1957-1965; papers relating to Moir's presidential address as president of the obstetrics and gynaecology section of the Royal Society of Medicine, entitled 'Men I have known', 1962-1963; photographs including group photographs of members of the British College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and papers relating to the Gynaecological Visiting Society including rules, list of members and photograph of members, 1955.

No further accruals are expected.

Boxes 1-2 are arranged, the remainder are in the original order.

The majority of these records are available for research, by prior appointment, and dependent on data protection, confidentiality and conservation considerations. Some material currently awaiting cataloguing is on restricted access. Please contact the College Archivist & Records Manager for more information archives@rcog.org.uk

Published articles in the copyright of the authors. Other papers in the copyright of the estate of Chassar Moir.
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A general index to the files listed in the catalogue of the Archives of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists is maintained in the College Archives; refer to the College Archivist.

Box list available in the College Archives.

RCOG Archives holds samples of ergot, presented by Professor Chassar Moir's widow and later passed to the Archives from the Museum, (Ref: B10/18/3); folder of photographs of instruments used by Professor J Chassar Moir for closure of vesico-vaginal fistula and a framed ergometric tracing made by Chassar Moir, both of which were passed to the Archives from the Museum at the same time as B10/18/3, are at Ref: PH18/2-3; three films presented to the College by Professor Chassar Moir, covering the discovery of ergometrine, an operation for repair of a fistula and the action of ergometrine on the human uterus respectively (Ref: R5/10-12). Papers relating to the opening of Sussex Place building can be found at (Refs: R5/7 and R6/11)

Sources: Wellcome Library online catalogue. Further biographical details can be found in the obituaries in the "British Medical Journal" and the "Lancet".

Biographical details of the individuals who have presented material to the College and/or comprise the subject of the records, have been compiled using information in administrative files and, where relevant, consulting Sir John Peel's book The Lives of the Fellows of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists 1929-1969, (Whitefriars Press Ltd, 1975). Compiled by Clare Cowling, Archivist, RCOG.
National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997; ISAD(G), Second Edition, 2000. September 2000 Botany Claye , Sir , Andrew Moynihan , 1896-1977 , Knight , gynaecologist Dale , Sir , Henry Hallett , 1875-1968 , Knight , physiologist, pharmacologist and physician Diseases Documents Gynaecological Visiting Society Information sources Kerr , John Martin Munro , 1868-1960 , obstetric surgeon Medical personnel Medical profession Medical records Medical sciences Moir , John Chassar , 1900-1977 , obstetrician and gynaecologist Morris , William Richard , 1877-1963 , 1st Viscount Nuffield , founder of the Morris Motor Company Pathology Personnel Photographs Physicians Plant diseases Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists x British College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Royal Society of Medicine Surgeons Visual materials People by occupation People Primary documents

Transferred to the Archives by the Library in September 2001.

Papers of John Chassar Moir, 1922-1973, including rough notes and case notes; copies of articles and offprints on ergot, 1935-1964; ms and original tracings and photographs, 1954-1955; correspondence, chiefly relating to ergot, including with H W Dudley, 1930-1973; papers relating to the opening of the new Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' building (Sussex Place), 1960; papers relating editing Munro Kerr's Operative Obstetrics, 1957-1965; papers relating to Moir's presidential address as president of the obstetrics and gynaecology section of the Royal Society of Medicine, entitled 'Men I have known', 1962-1963; photographs including group photographs of members of the British College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and papers relating to the Gynaecological Visiting Society including rules, list of members and photograph of members, 1955.

No further accruals are expected.

Boxes 1-2 are arranged, the remainder are in the original order.

The majority of these records are available for research, by prior appointment, and dependent on data protection, confidentiality and conservation considerations. Some material currently awaiting cataloguing is on restricted access. Please contact the College Archivist & Records Manager for more information archives@rcog.org.uk

Published articles in the copyright of the authors. Other papers in the copyright of the estate of Chassar Moir.

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RCOG Archives holds samples of ergot, presented by Professor Chassar Moir's widow and later passed to the Archives from the Museum, (Ref: B10/18/3); folder of photographs of instruments used by Professor J Chassar Moir for closure of vesico-vaginal fistula and a framed ergometric tracing made by Chassar Moir, both of which were passed to the Archives from the Museum at the same time as B10/18/3, are at Ref: PH18/2-3; three films presented to the College by Professor Chassar Moir, covering the discovery of ergometrine, an operation for repair of a fistula and the action of ergometrine on the human uterus respectively (Ref: R5/10-12). Papers relating to the opening of Sussex Place building can be found at (Refs: R5/7 and R6/11)

A general index to the files listed in the catalogue of the Archives of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists is maintained in the College Archives; refer to the College Archivist.

Box list available in the College Archives.

National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997; ISAD(G), Second Edition, 2000.

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