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- 1909-1939 (Creation)
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1 box
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Born, 1882; devised a vaccine treatment for tuberculosis during the first decade of the twentieth century; died, 1965.
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GB 0120 GC/231 1909-1939 Collection (fonds) 1 box Spahlinger , Henri , 1882-1965 , Swiss bacteriologist
Born, 1882; devised a vaccine treatment for tuberculosis during the first decade of the twentieth century; died, 1965.
These volumes were given to the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre in August 1997 by Captain R W Warwick, Marine Superintendant, Cunard Line Ltd. They were discovered among the Medical Department records of the Cunard Line, but appear to have no connection with the Line.
Papers on a development by Henri Spahlinger of a controversial vaccine treatment for tuberculosis, 1909-1929, and press-cuttings relating to public reaction to his claims 1932-1939.
As outlined in the Scope and Content.
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
SA/BMA/G.139-140 deal with Spahlinger's treatment.
Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.
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.
Jun 2008 Actinomycetales infections Systems of medicine Preventive medicine Vaccination Pharmacology Drugs Biological products Pathology Vaccines Diseases Tuberculosis Microbiology Virology Spahlinger , Henri , 1882-1965 , Swiss bacteriologist
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
These volumes were given to the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre in August 1997 by Captain R W Warwick, Marine Superintendant, Cunard Line Ltd. They were discovered among the Medical Department records of the Cunard Line, but appear to have no connection with the Line.
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Papers on a development by Henri Spahlinger of a controversial vaccine treatment for tuberculosis, 1909-1929, and press-cuttings relating to public reaction to his claims 1932-1939.
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As outlined in the Scope and Content.
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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.
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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SA/BMA/G.139-140 deal with Spahlinger's treatment.
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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