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- [1930]-1983 (Creation)
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0.33 linear metres
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Biographical history
Norah Schuster (1892-1991) qualified as a doctor at the University of Manchester in 1918. After working in the pathology departments of the Queen's Hospital for Children, Hackney Road, St George's Hospital, Hyde Park Corner, and the Infants Hospital, Vincent Square, in 1927 she was appointed pathologist to the Royal Chest Hospital, City Road. Apart from a period in the Emergency Medical Service from 1939 to 1943, she remained at the Royal Chest Hospital until its closure and demolition in 1954. She then worked at Pinewood Hospital, Wokingham, until her retirement in 1959. She was a founder fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists and in 1950 she was elected to the presidency of the Association of Clinical Pathologists.
The closure of the Royal Chest Hospital in 1954 prompted her to investigate the origins of what was the oldest chest hospital in Europe, founded in 1814, and to rehabilitate the reputation of its founder, Doctoor Isaac Buxton, unjustly attacked in E.W. Morris's History of the London Hospital.
See H33/RCH for a detailed history of the Royal Chest Hospital.
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ACC/2180 [1930]-1983 Collection 0.33 linear metres Schuster , Norah Henriette , 1892-1991 , pathologist x Norah Henriette Nicholls
Norah Schuster (1892-1991) qualified as a doctor at the University of Manchester in 1918. After working in the pathology departments of the Queen's Hospital for Children, Hackney Road, St George's Hospital, Hyde Park Corner, and the Infants Hospital, Vincent Square, in 1927 she was appointed pathologist to the Royal Chest Hospital, City Road. Apart from a period in the Emergency Medical Service from 1939 to 1943, she remained at the Royal Chest Hospital until its closure and demolition in 1954. She then worked at Pinewood Hospital, Wokingham, until her retirement in 1959. She was a founder fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists and in 1950 she was elected to the presidency of the Association of Clinical Pathologists.
The closure of the Royal Chest Hospital in 1954 prompted her to investigate the origins of what was the oldest chest hospital in Europe, founded in 1814, and to rehabilitate the reputation of its founder, Doctoor Isaac Buxton, unjustly attacked in E.W. Morris's History of the London Hospital.
See H33/RCH for a detailed history of the Royal Chest Hospital.
ACC/2180
Papers of Doctor Norah Schuster, [1930]-1983, comprising copies of her published articles on the Royal Chest Hospital, its founder Doctor Isaac Buxton and the Western General Dispensary at Saint Marylebone; drafts and notes for her publications, including notes for an unpublished history of the Royal Chest Hospital; research papers relating to Doctor Isaac Buxton, and illustrations for the life of Doctor Isaac Buxton and the history of the Western General Dispensary.
In sections: publications, drafts, note books, transcripts of Doctor Isaac Buxton's papers, notes and correspondence, illustrations.
Available for general access.
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
See H33/RCH for the records of the Royal Chest Hospital, particularly the three earliest surviving minute books of the Royal Chest Hospital, a bound volume of annual reports, and a pharmacopoeia which were transferred from the collection of Dr Schuster and reunited with the archives of the Royal Chest Hospital. They have been assigned the reference numbers, H33/RCH/A1/1-3, H33/RCH/A8/1, and H33/RCH/Y2/1.
See H28/SC/Y for records relating to the Western General Dispensary.
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. January 2009 Saint Marylebone and Western General Dispensary Royal Chest Hospital x Royal Infirmary for Diseases of the Chest x Royal Hospital for Diseases of the Chest Royal Chest Hospital x Infirmary for Asthma, Consumption and other Diseases of the Lungs x Royal Infirmary for Asthma, Consumption and other Diseases of the Lungs x Royal Infirmary for Asthma, Consumption and other Diseases of the Chest Buxton , Isaac , 1773-1825 , physician Schuster , Norah Henriette , 1892-1991 , pathologist x Norah Henriette Nicholls Hospitals Medical profession Medical personnel Physicians Health services Pathologists Medical institutions Personal history Medical history History Historical research Social scientists Historians Medical historians St Marylebone London England UK Western Europe Marylebone City of Westminster Finsbury Islington Hertfordshire Mary-le-bone Personnel Medical sciences Europe People by occupation People
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ACC/2180
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Papers of Doctor Norah Schuster, [1930]-1983, comprising copies of her published articles on the Royal Chest Hospital, its founder Doctor Isaac Buxton and the Western General Dispensary at Saint Marylebone; drafts and notes for her publications, including notes for an unpublished history of the Royal Chest Hospital; research papers relating to Doctor Isaac Buxton, and illustrations for the life of Doctor Isaac Buxton and the history of the Western General Dispensary.
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In sections: publications, drafts, note books, transcripts of Doctor Isaac Buxton's papers, notes and correspondence, illustrations.
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Available for general access.
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Copyright: Depositor
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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See H33/RCH for the records of the Royal Chest Hospital, particularly the three earliest surviving minute books of the Royal Chest Hospital, a bound volume of annual reports, and a pharmacopoeia which were transferred from the collection of Dr Schuster and reunited with the archives of the Royal Chest Hospital. They have been assigned the reference numbers, H33/RCH/A1/1-3, H33/RCH/A8/1, and H33/RCH/Y2/1.
See H28/SC/Y for records relating to the Western General Dispensary.
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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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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