GB 0120 PP/EBV - Verney, Ernest Basil, (1894-1967)

19 boxes, 1 folder, 1 box

These bulk of these papers (items 1-60) were originally housed in the library of the Cambridge Physiological Laboratory. In 1988 Dr R H S Carpenter placed them in the Physiological Society archive at Churchill College Cambridge. (Whilst the papers were still in the Physiological Laboratory Library a catalogue was produced which provieds the basic structure for this catalogue; however, it should be noted that not all material listed in this catalogue was subsequently transferred to the Physiological Society archive. The microscope slides, lecture slides and brain sections listed in the catalogue are amongst this material not transferred.)

GB 0120 PP/EBV 1922-1966 Collection (fonds) 19 boxes, 1 folder, 1 box Verney , Ernest Basil , 1894-1967 , physiologist and pharmacologist

Professor Ernest Basil Verney (1894-1967), MD, FRCP, FRS, was a physiologist and pharmacologist. An outline of his life and career follows: Born 1894; Exhibition to Downing College, Cambridge, 1913; First class honours part 1 natural science tripos, 1916; Shuter scholar, St Bartholomew's Hospital, anatomy and physiology, 1916-1918; Served in the Royal Army Medical Corps, 1918-1919; MB, BChir (Cantab) MRCP (London), 1920; Assistant to E.H. Starling in the Institute of Physiology, University College London, 1921; Married Ruth Eden Conway, 1923; Assistant to Professor T R Elliott in University College Hospital Medical School, 1924; Chair of Pharmacology at University College London, 1926; Acquitted of charge of using stolen dog in research, 1926; Breakdown in health, 1930; Sheild Reader in Pharmacology in Cambridge, Fellow of Darwin College, 1934; Fellow of the Royal Society, 1936; First Sheild Professor of Pharmacology, Cambridge, 1946; Honorary DSc, University of Melbourne, 1956; Visiting Professor at the University of Melbourne Baly medal of the Royal College of Physicians Honorary member of the Physiological Society, 1957; Retired; Emeritus Professor of Pharmacology, Cambridge, 1961; Personal chair at University of Melbourne, work on adrenal secretions, 1961-1964; Died 1967.

These bulk of these papers (items 1-60) were originally housed in the library of the Cambridge Physiological Laboratory. In 1988 Dr R H S Carpenter placed them in the Physiological Society archive at Churchill College Cambridge. (Whilst the papers were still in the Physiological Laboratory Library a catalogue was produced which provieds the basic structure for this catalogue; however, it should be noted that not all material listed in this catalogue was subsequently transferred to the Physiological Society archive. The microscope slides, lecture slides and brain sections listed in the catalogue are amongst this material not transferred.)

Items 1-60 were deposited at the Wellcome Library as part of the archive of the Physiological Society in 1991. The bulk of that archive is held as SA/PHY but these papers were seen to form a distinct collection and were listed separately. Items 61-78 were deposited in the Wellcome Library in 1984 by Professor Verney's widow, to whom they had been returned by Ivan de Burgh Daly's son, de Burgh Daly having died suddenly while writing Verney's obituary for the Royal Society. They were previously assigned the reference GC/72.

Papers of Ernest Basil Verney, 1922-1966, including experimental notes and notebooks, 1921-1966; also lecture notes, correspondence, reports, reprints and press cuttings.

1 Catalogue of materials while at Cambridge Physiology Laboratory Library 2-4 Published papers 5-36 Experimental notebooks 1921 - 1960 37-56 Box files 1-11, A-K: experimental, lecture and miscellaneous notes 1926-1961 57 'Dog case' press cuttings 1926 58 Obituaries of Verney 59 Tracings from experiments in Australia 60 Instruments used in experiments 61-78 Miscellaneous notes, tracings and correspondence 1942-1966 [previously held as collection GC/72/1-18].

Whilst the papers were still in the Physiological Laboratory Library (see Custodial History) a catalogue was produced which links Verney's published papers with his notebooks and notes, gives detailed descriptions of the contents of files and notebooks and cross-references them. This catalogue is held as item 1 in this collection. To ensure that the information in this catalogue would still be of use it was decided to keep the original order and references of the papers as far as possible. These are given in Roman numerals in italics. For the most part this makes for a reasonable order, except for the contents of 'Box files 1-11' (37-47) and 'Box files A-K' (48-56) which are of a miscellaneous nature, including files of lecture notes, experimental notes and reprints. (N.B.: the microscope slides, lecture slides and brain sections listed in the catalogue were not amongst the material deposited in the Physiological Society archive and subsequently transferred to the Wellcome Library.)

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.

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In the Wellcome Library: The papers of Professor Ivan de Burgh Daly (PP/DBD) contain notebooks of experiments carried out with Verney.

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.

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Items 1-60 were deposited at the Wellcome Library as part of the archive of the Physiological Society in 1991. The bulk of that archive is held as SA/PHY but these papers were seen to form a distinct collection and were listed separately. Items 61-78 were deposited in the Wellcome Library in 1984 by Professor Verney's widow, to whom they had been returned by Ivan de Burgh Daly's son, de Burgh Daly having died suddenly while writing Verney's obituary for the Royal Society. They were previously assigned the reference GC/72.

Papers of Ernest Basil Verney, 1922-1966, including experimental notes and notebooks, 1921-1966; also lecture notes, correspondence, reports, reprints and press cuttings.

1 Catalogue of materials while at Cambridge Physiology Laboratory Library 2-4 Published papers 5-36 Experimental notebooks 1921 - 1960 37-56 Box files 1-11, A-K: experimental, lecture and miscellaneous notes 1926-1961 57 'Dog case' press cuttings 1926 58 Obituaries of Verney 59 Tracings from experiments in Australia 60 Instruments used in experiments 61-78 Miscellaneous notes, tracings and correspondence 1942-1966 [previously held as collection GC/72/1-18].

Whilst the papers were still in the Physiological Laboratory Library (see Custodial History) a catalogue was produced which links Verney's published papers with his notebooks and notes, gives detailed descriptions of the contents of files and notebooks and cross-references them. This catalogue is held as item 1 in this collection. To ensure that the information in this catalogue would still be of use it was decided to keep the original order and references of the papers as far as possible. These are given in Roman numerals in italics. For the most part this makes for a reasonable order, except for the contents of 'Box files 1-11' (37-47) and 'Box files A-K' (48-56) which are of a miscellaneous nature, including files of lecture notes, experimental notes and reprints. (N.B.: the microscope slides, lecture slides and brain sections listed in the catalogue were not amongst the material deposited in the Physiological Society archive and subsequently transferred to the Wellcome Library.)

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.

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In the Wellcome Library: The papers of Professor Ivan de Burgh Daly (PP/DBD) contain notebooks of experiments carried out with Verney.

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.

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