GB 0120 MSS.7561, 8091-8092, 8308, 8529, 8850-8852 - Sambon, Louis Westenra (1865-1931)

9 items

GB 0120 MSS.7561, 8091-8092, 8308, 8529, 8850-8852 1893-1923 Collection (fonds) 9 items Sambon , Louis Westenra , 1865-1931 , Italian tropical medicine specialist and medical historian

Sambon was intermittently employed by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum from 1903 onwards.

He organised the 11th International Congress of Medicine (Rome, 1894).

Personal correspondence and papers of Louis Westenra Sambon, 1893-1923. These reflect his interest in the history of medicine and diseases caused by blood-borne parasites.

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, partly French and Italian

Copied from the Wellcome Library catalogue by Sarah Drewery.
In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Jan 2009 Ancient civilizations Classical civilizations Romans Animals Insects Tropical diseases Trypanosomiasis History History of medicine Pathology Diseases Infectious diseases Malaria Culture Civilization Western world Greek world Surgery Medical sciences Plastic surgery Zoology Entomology Sambon , Louis Westenra , 1865-1931 , Italian tropical medicine specialist and medical historian Historical periods Ancient history Arthropods Organisms

Personal correspondence and papers of Louis Westenra Sambon, 1893-1923. These reflect his interest in the history of medicine and diseases caused by blood-borne parasites.

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

• Latin

English, partly French and Italian

In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• English