GB 0114 MS0156 - Page, Herbert Markant (fl 1873-1917)

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GB 0114 MS0156

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Page, Herbert Markant (fl 1873-1917)

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  • 1890-1891 (Creation)

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5 photographs

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Biographical history

Herbert Markant Page studied to be a doctor of medicine at Brussels in 1882. He had become a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1873 and a Licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries in 1874. He had also studied Public Health at Cambridge in 1879. His career history included Resident Medical Assistant at the General Hospital, Birmingham; Medical Officer of Health at Redditch Unitary District; and Honorary Surgeon at Smallwood Hospital. He was a member of the British Medical Association; the Somerset Archaeology and Natural History Society; and the Royal Sanitary Institute. He was also a fellow of the Royal Institute of Public Health.

Archival history

The specimen in the photographs was presented to the Museum at Queen's College, Birmingham. The photographs were located in a parcel with some drawings to illustrate work by Alban Henry Griffith Doran on diseases of the Fallopian Tubes. (See MS0155/4/5).

GB 0114 MS0156 1890-1891 Collection (fonds) 5 photographs Page , Herbert Markant , fl 1873-1917 , surgeon

Herbert Markant Page studied to be a doctor of medicine at Brussels in 1882. He had become a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1873 and a Licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries in 1874. He had also studied Public Health at Cambridge in 1879. His career history included Resident Medical Assistant at the General Hospital, Birmingham; Medical Officer of Health at Redditch Unitary District; and Honorary Surgeon at Smallwood Hospital. He was a member of the British Medical Association; the Somerset Archaeology and Natural History Society; and the Royal Sanitary Institute. He was also a fellow of the Royal Institute of Public Health.

The specimen in the photographs was presented to the Museum at Queen's College, Birmingham. The photographs were located in a parcel with some drawings to illustrate work by Alban Henry Griffith Doran on diseases of the Fallopian Tubes. (See MS0155/4/5).

Donated by Alban Henry Griffith Doran (FRCS).

Papers of Herbert Markant Page, 1890-1891, comprising 5 photographs mounted on board showing figures from an article by Page on a mylacephalous acardiac foetus published in Transactions of the Obstetrical Society, Volume XXXIII, 1891. The figures are of the specimen and placenta, and are titled as follows: "Figure 1) Anterior Lateral (left) view. Omphalosite."; "Figure 2) Anterio Lateral (right) view. Omphalosite."; "Figure 3) Perinaeum - Omphalosite."; "Figure 4) Placenta - Omphalosite."; and "Figure 5) Dissection of Omphalosite."

The photographs are accompanied by a summary sheet titled An Aprosopous Anencephalic Monster (Companion to a normal living twin) August 15th 1890. The summary sheet gives details of the case, descriptions of the photographs, and a copy of the index to figure five.

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No photocopying permitted.

English

Compiled by Anya Turner.

Source: Medical Directories 1874, 1910, 1917
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.

Sep 2008 Biology Anatomy Pathology Diseases Birth defects Doran , Alban Henry Griffith , 1849-1917 , surgeon Page , Herbert Markant , fl 1873-1917 , surgeon

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Donated by Alban Henry Griffith Doran (FRCS).

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Papers of Herbert Markant Page, 1890-1891, comprising 5 photographs mounted on board showing figures from an article by Page on a mylacephalous acardiac foetus published in Transactions of the Obstetrical Society, Volume XXXIII, 1891. The figures are of the specimen and placenta, and are titled as follows: "Figure 1) Anterior Lateral (left) view. Omphalosite."; "Figure 2) Anterio Lateral (right) view. Omphalosite."; "Figure 3) Perinaeum - Omphalosite."; "Figure 4) Placenta - Omphalosite."; and "Figure 5) Dissection of Omphalosite."

The photographs are accompanied by a summary sheet titled An Aprosopous Anencephalic Monster (Companion to a normal living twin) August 15th 1890. The summary sheet gives details of the case, descriptions of the photographs, and a copy of the index to figure five.

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As outlined in Scope and Content.

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By written appointment only.

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No photocopying permitted.

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  • English

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  • Latin

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English

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Royal College of Surgeons of England

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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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