GB 0114 MS0028 - SIMON, Sir John (1816-1904)

4 boxes and 5 volumes

GB 0114 MS0028 [1838-1894] Collection (fonds) 4 boxes and 5 volumes Simon , Sir , John , 1816-1904 , Knight , sanitary reformer

Born, 1816; educated, Preparatory School, Pentonville, private school, Greenwich; apprenticed to Joseph Henry Green, Surgeon at St Thomas's Hospital, 1833; Member, 1838 and Fellow, 1844, Royal College of Surgeons of England, 1838; Senior Assistant Surgeon, King's College Hospital, 1840-1847; Fellow of the Royal Society, 1845; Lecturer in Pathology, King's College Hospital, 1847; Officer of Health to the City of London, 1848-1855; Chief Medical Officer of Health to the General Board of Health, 1855-1876; built up a state medical department for public health and developed the vaccination system, and was particularly concerned with eradicating the smallpox virus; influential in bringing about the Sanitary Act, 1866 and Public Health Act, 1875; Surgeon, St Thomas's Hospital; member, Privy Council, 1858-1876; member of Council, 1868-1880, Vice-President, 1876-1878 and President, 1878-1879, Royal College of Surgeons of England; President, Royal Society, 1879-1880; knighted, 1887; died, 1904.

Publications include: A Physiological Essay on the Thymus Gland (London, 1845); General Pathology, as conducive to the establishment of rational principles for the diagnosis and treatment of disease (London, 1850); Report on the Sanitary Condition of the City of London, for the year 1853-4 (London, 1854); Report on the last two Cholera-epidemics of London, as affected by the consumption of impure water (Stationery Office, London, 1856); Inflammation in T Holmes A System of Surgery, ... in treatises by various authors, vol 1 (1860); English Sanitary Institutions, reviewed in their course of development, and in some of their political and social relations (Cassell & Co, London, 1890).

The provenance of this collection is unknown

Papers of Sir John Simon, [1830-1895], comprising notes on English Sanitary Institutions; memoir by Simon of John Henry Green prefixed to Green's Spiritual Philosophy, 1865; notes on charitable bequests forbidden by law; notes on the local production of heat in inflammation, annotated by Simon, with article extract; manuscript of a paper on sub-acute inflammation of the kidney, with annotations by Simon, post 1830; memoranda /notes on physiology and pathology, whilst at King's College Hospital and St Thomas's Hospital, 1838; notes and drawings, 1838; copy of a paper on comparative anatomy of the thyroid gland, 1844; A course of lectures in General Pathology delivered at St Thomas's Hospital, 1850, with annotations by Simon; lectures on clinical surgery delivered at St Thomas's Hospital, 1850-1852 with annotations by Simon; copy of An Essay of Inflammation (1860), printed for private circulation with annotations by Simon; letters and papers by Simon and others relating to affairs of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 1879; papers relating to the medical profession, including parliamentary bills written by Simon, [1878]; annotations by Simon on a printed pamphlet by the Royal College of Physicians concerning granting of qualifications, 1892; Personal Recollections of Sir John Simon, (London, 1894), with Simon's corrections; scrapbook of cases; papers on medical reform, 1830-1895.

The records are arranged as outlined in the scope and content.

Open to bona fide researchers by written appointment.

At the discretion of the Librarian.
English

Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1928) by Victor G Plarr.

Letters to Sir Henry Wentworth Acland, 1884-1896, held by Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections and Western Manuscripts (reference: MSS Acland); correspondence with John Ruskin, held by the Ruskin Library; correspondence with A and J Severn, 1878-1902, held by Manchester University: John Rylands Library (reference: Eng MS 1260); Patient case book, 1832-1836, possibly compiled by Simon, held by King's College London Archives.

Sources: Dictionary of National Biography Second supplement, volume III, (Smith, Elder and Co, London 1912); Who's Who 1897-1996 CD-ROM (A & C Black); British Library Public On-line catalogue; Historical Manuscripts Commission On-line National Register of Archives; BBC Science and Discovery website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/simon_john.shtml. 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. October 2002 Anatomy Biology Documents Drawings Green , Joseph Henry , 1791-1863 , surgeon and natural philosopher Health Health policy Health services Information sources King's College Hospital Medical personnel Medical profession Medical sciences Memoirs Pathology Patients Personnel Physiology Royal College of Physicians Royal College of Surgeons of England Simon , Sir , John , 1816-1904 , Knight , sanitary reformer Social sciences Social welfare St Thomas' Hospital , London Surgeons Surgery Visual materials People by occupation People Illustrations Primary documents

The provenance of this collection is unknown

Papers of Sir John Simon, [1830-1895], comprising notes on English Sanitary Institutions; memoir by Simon of John Henry Green prefixed to Green's Spiritual Philosophy, 1865; notes on charitable bequests forbidden by law; notes on the local production of heat in inflammation, annotated by Simon, with article extract; manuscript of a paper on sub-acute inflammation of the kidney, with annotations by Simon, post 1830; memoranda /notes on physiology and pathology, whilst at King's College Hospital and St Thomas's Hospital, 1838; notes and drawings, 1838; copy of a paper on comparative anatomy of the thyroid gland, 1844; A course of lectures in General Pathology delivered at St Thomas's Hospital, 1850, with annotations by Simon; lectures on clinical surgery delivered at St Thomas's Hospital, 1850-1852 with annotations by Simon; copy of An Essay of Inflammation (1860), printed for private circulation with annotations by Simon; letters and papers by Simon and others relating to affairs of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 1879; papers relating to the medical profession, including parliamentary bills written by Simon, [1878]; annotations by Simon on a printed pamphlet by the Royal College of Physicians concerning granting of qualifications, 1892; Personal Recollections of Sir John Simon, (London, 1894), with Simon's corrections; scrapbook of cases; papers on medical reform, 1830-1895.

The records are arranged as outlined in the scope and content.

Open to bona fide researchers by written appointment.

At the discretion of the Librarian.

• English

• Latin

English

Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1928) by Victor G Plarr.

Letters to Sir Henry Wentworth Acland, 1884-1896, held by Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections and Western Manuscripts (reference: MSS Acland); correspondence with John Ruskin, held by the Ruskin Library; correspondence with A and J Severn, 1878-1902, held by Manchester University: John Rylands Library (reference: Eng MS 1260); Patient case book, 1832-1836, possibly compiled by Simon, held by King's College London Archives.

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.

• English