GB 0120 PP/HCT - Trowell, The Rev Dr Hubert Carey (Hugh)

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GB 0120 PP/HCT 1928-1989 Collection (fonds) 17 boxes Trowell , Hubert Carey , 1904-1989 , physician, paediatrician, and nutritionist

The Rev Dr Hubert Carey (Hugh) Trowell, OBE, MD, FRCP (1904-1989) Physician, paediatrician, and nutritionist. Born, 1904; Qualified at St Thomas's Medical School, 1928; House Physician, St Thomas's Hospital, 1928-1929; Colonial Medical Service, Kenya, 1929; Study of kwashiorkor, 1930-1958; Senior Physician and Senior Paediatrician, Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda, 1935-1958; Return to England, 1959; Ordained into Anglican Church, 1960; Vicar at Stratford-sub-Castle, and chaplain to Salisbury Hospital, 1960-1970; First Chairman of London Medical Group for Study of Medical Ethics, 1960-1964; Study Secretary of the newly formed Institute of Religion and Medicine, 1960-1966; Chair of BMA working party on the ethical aspects of euthanasia, Retired, study of 'dietary fibre', 1970; President of Institute of Religion and Medicine, 1979; died, 1989.

The papers were given to the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre (now The Wellcome Library Archives and Manuscripts department) in August 1989 by Elizabeth Bray, Trowell's daughter, following Trowell's 1987 approach to the Archivist of the Wellcome Tropical Institute, whose archives were amalgamated into the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre in 1988.

The majority of papers in this collection concern Trowell's work on fibre, carried out in close cooperation with Denis Burkitt, exploring its role in the prevention of obesity, diabetes and coronary heart disease. There are no primary sources from the period Trowell spent as Senior Physician at the Mulago Hospital, Uganda, 1930-1958, where he was one of the key researchers into the protein-calorie malnutrition disease kwashiorkor. However, publications can be found at C.1 and the work is discussed in transcripts of taped reminiscences (A.2), and in Trowell's biography (A.5).

Section D of this list consists of papers generated by Trowell's engagement in the debate on the interface of religion and medicine.

Arranged by section as follows:

A Biographical material, 1928-1989;

B Correspondence, 1971-1989;

C Writings, medical, 1941-1988;

D Religion and medicine, 1960-1979;

E Lecture slides

The majority of the papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking. File D/1a is closed until 1 January 2061.

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

In the Wellcome Library:

For other related collections in Archives and Manuscripts see sources leaflets on Nutrition; Tropical Medicine; Alternative Medicine; East Africa; Ethical Questions.

Some publications were transferred to the Library's printed collections.

At other repositories:

Reminiscences concerning his work in Uganda, with the Oxford Developmental Records Project, at Rhodes House.

Trowell's books, and photocopies of some of his papers were given to the Rowett Research Institute in Aberdeen.

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 Kwashiorkor Therapeutics Complementary therapies Nutritional and metabolic diseases Nutrition disorders Tropical diseases Medical sciences Paediatrics Nutritional diseases Obesity Physiology Nutrition Deficiency diseases Social problems Malnutrition Religion Biochemistry Religion and medicine Diabetes mellitus Metabolism Pathology Diseases Coronary disease Human rights Civil and political rights Right to life Euthanasia Religious groups Missionaries Burkitt , Denis Parsons , 1911-1993 , pioneer of medical geography Trowell , Hubert Carey , 1904-1989 , physician, paediatrician, and nutritionist Therapy Protein deficiency Protein-energy malnutrition Medical missionaries

The papers were given to the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre (now The Wellcome Library Archives and Manuscripts department) in August 1989 by Elizabeth Bray, Trowell's daughter, following Trowell's 1987 approach to the Archivist of the Wellcome Tropical Institute, whose archives were amalgamated into the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre in 1988.

The majority of papers in this collection concern Trowell's work on fibre, carried out in close cooperation with Denis Burkitt, exploring its role in the prevention of obesity, diabetes and coronary heart disease. There are no primary sources from the period Trowell spent as Senior Physician at the Mulago Hospital, Uganda, 1930-1958, where he was one of the key researchers into the protein-calorie malnutrition disease kwashiorkor. However, publications can be found at C.1 and the work is discussed in transcripts of taped reminiscences (A.2), and in Trowell's biography (A.5).

Section D of this list consists of papers generated by Trowell's engagement in the debate on the interface of religion and medicine.

Arranged by section as follows:

A Biographical material, 1928-1989;

B Correspondence, 1971-1989;

C Writings, medical, 1941-1988;

D Religion and medicine, 1960-1979;

E Lecture slides

The majority of the papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking. File D/1a is closed until 1 January 2061.

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

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English

In the Wellcome Library:

For other related collections in Archives and Manuscripts see sources leaflets on Nutrition; Tropical Medicine; Alternative Medicine; East Africa; Ethical Questions.

Some publications were transferred to the Library's printed collections.

At other repositories:

Reminiscences concerning his work in Uganda, with the Oxford Developmental Records Project, at Rhodes House.

Trowell's books, and photocopies of some of his papers were given to the Rowett Research Institute in Aberdeen.

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