GB 0120 GC/183 - Royal College of Surgeons Department of Pharmacology Orderbooks

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GB 0120 GC/183

Title

Royal College of Surgeons Department of Pharmacology Orderbooks

Date(s)

  • 1954-1967 (Creation)

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3 large boxes

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Biographical history

In 1745 a split in the Company of Barber-Surgeons [est. 1540] led to the formation of The Company of Surgeons. The Company of Surgeons obtained a Royal Charter in 1800 and became the Royal College of Surgeons of London. A new charter in 1843 led to the current name The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Archival history

GB 0120 GC/183 1954-1967 Collection (fonds) 3 large boxes Royal College Of Surgeons of England

In 1745 a split in the Company of Barber-Surgeons [est. 1540] led to the formation of The Company of Surgeons. The Company of Surgeons obtained a Royal Charter in 1800 and became the Royal College of Surgeons of London. A new charter in 1843 led to the current name The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

These were found in a cupboard in the Department of Pharmacology, Royal College of Surgeons, and given to the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre by Dr Helen Cox of the Department in October 1995.

Royal College of Surgeons Department of Pharmacology Orderbooks: 77 order books of equipment and supplies for laboratory run by WD Paton, 1954-1967.

The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

English

Paton's papers are also held (PP/WDP), as are order and account books of the Bristol Department of Physiology, 1925-1980 (GC/108).

Copied from the Wellcome Library catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

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.

Mar 2009. Paton , Sir , William Drummond Macdonald , 1917-1993 , Knight , pharmacologist Pharmacology Physiology Royal College Of Surgeons of England

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These were found in a cupboard in the Department of Pharmacology, Royal College of Surgeons, and given to the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre by Dr Helen Cox of the Department in October 1995.

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Royal College of Surgeons Department of Pharmacology Orderbooks: 77 order books of equipment and supplies for laboratory run by WD Paton, 1954-1967.

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Conditions governing access

The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Conditions governing reproduction

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Paton's papers are also held (PP/WDP), as are order and account books of the Bristol Department of Physiology, 1925-1980 (GC/108).

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Wellcome Library

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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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