Collection GB 0120 GC/166 - Sphagnum Moss In Surgery: scrapbook

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0120 GC/166

Title

Sphagnum Moss In Surgery: scrapbook

Date(s)

  • 1915-1919 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

1 box

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Not given.

Archival history

GB 0120 GC/166 1915-1919 Collection 1 box Not given.

Not given.

This volume was given to the Wellcome Institute Library by the University of London Library in May 1975, and was transferred to the Contemporary Medical Archive Centre in August 1994. No further details of provenance are known.

Scrapbook on the subject of the use of sphagnum moss as a sugical dressing. Contents include: Carbon copy report by Charles W Cathcart, MB, FRCS, to the Director General, Army Medical Services, Jan 1916; copies of correspondence between Sir Henry Morris, FRCS, and the Marquis of Breadalbane, Jan 1916; newspaper cuttings, 1915-1919 and photograph of 'Drying and packing at the Glenelg Hotel, September 1915'.

As above in Scope and Content.

Open. 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

Collection level description available on-line on the Wellcome Library website

Entry compiled by Barbara Ball from the Wellcome Library online catalogue.

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 World War One (1914-1918) Medical sciences Surgery Botany Vegetation Flora Plants Bryophyta Sphagnopsida Wars (events) World wars (events)

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

This volume was given to the Wellcome Institute Library by the University of London Library in May 1975, and was transferred to the Contemporary Medical Archive Centre in August 1994. No further details of provenance are known.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Scrapbook on the subject of the use of sphagnum moss as a sugical dressing. Contents include: Carbon copy report by Charles W Cathcart, MB, FRCS, to the Director General, Army Medical Services, Jan 1916; copies of correspondence between Sir Henry Morris, FRCS, and the Marquis of Breadalbane, Jan 1916; newspaper cuttings, 1915-1919 and photograph of 'Drying and packing at the Glenelg Hotel, September 1915'.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

As above in Scope and Content.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Open. 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

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

Collection level description available on-line on the Wellcome Library website

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Existence and location of copies

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Institution identifier

Wellcome Library

Rules and/or conventions used

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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Language(s)

  • English

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