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- 1901-1963 (Creation)
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19 volumes and 3 folders
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Name of creator
Biographical history
The Physiological Society of Guy's Hospital was founded by Professor Pembrey, who was head of the Physiology Department of Guy's Hospital Medical School from 1900 to 1933. The Society was founded to encourage students to learn how to collect and present scientific information and manage the affairs of a society.
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Archival history
GB 0100 G/S6 1901-1963 Collection (fonds) 19 volumes and 3 folders Physiological Society of Guy's Hospital
The Physiological Society of Guy's Hospital was founded by Professor Pembrey, who was head of the Physiology Department of Guy's Hospital Medical School from 1900 to 1933. The Society was founded to encourage students to learn how to collect and present scientific information and manage the affairs of a society.
Transferred from Guy's Hospital Medical School Library in 2002.
Records of the Physiological Society of Guy's Hospital, 1901-1963, comprising minutes, 1955-1963; papers read at Physiological Society meetings, 1901-1926, 1949, 1958-1962 (approximately 10 papers per year), on human and animal physiology. Papers cover a vast range of topics, including metabolism, digestion, vision, speech, heredity, nervous system, sex determinism, sleep, blood etc.
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 catalogues are available in the reading room of the College Archives.
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. Arpil 2002; revised November 2002 Associations England Europe Guy's Hospital , London Guy's Hospital Medical School Guy's Hospital Physiological Society Higher science education Learned societies London Medical education Medical students Organizations Physiology Southwark Students UK Western Europe
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Transferred from Guy's Hospital Medical School Library in 2002.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Records of the Physiological Society of Guy's Hospital, 1901-1963, comprising minutes, 1955-1963; papers read at Physiological Society meetings, 1901-1926, 1949, 1958-1962 (approximately 10 papers per year), on human and animal physiology. Papers cover a vast range of topics, including metabolism, digestion, vision, speech, heredity, nervous system, sex determinism, sleep, blood etc.
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Accruals
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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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Finding aids
Detailed catalogues are available in the reading room of the 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