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- 1961 (Creation)
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General Practitioner in Nairobi, Kenya; Senior Medical Officer Magadi Soda Co Ltd, Kenya; Medical Officer, Tanganyika Territory; MB, ChB, DTM&H, DPH; died, c 1994.
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GB 0120 GC/257 1961 Collection (fonds) 1 volume White , Thomas Hedley , fl 1961-1994 , general practitioner
General Practitioner in Nairobi, Kenya; Senior Medical Officer Magadi Soda Co Ltd, Kenya; Medical Officer, Tanganyika Territory; MB, ChB, DTM&H, DPH; died, c 1994.
This item was transferred to the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre in September 1997 by the Royal College of General Practitioners, which had received it in 1992 from Dr White.
Dissertation on human anthrax in the Rift Valley area of Kenya by Thomas Hedley White, 1961, for Diploma in Public Health at the Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene. Includes photographs and diagrams.
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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.
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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According to his letter of deposit, the dissertation is based on White's observations of 'the longest series up that time (and I think since) of over 700 cases of the disease ever recorded'.
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 Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene White , Thomas Hedley , fl 1961-1994 , general practitioner Anthrax Medical sciences Veterinary medicine Health Health policy Pathology Diseases Infectious diseases Kenya East Africa Animal diseases Zoology
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This item was transferred to the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre in September 1997 by the Royal College of General Practitioners, which had received it in 1992 from Dr White.
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Dissertation on human anthrax in the Rift Valley area of Kenya by Thomas Hedley White, 1961, for Diploma in Public Health at the Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene. Includes photographs and diagrams.
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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.
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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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- Latin
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According to his letter of deposit, the dissertation is based on White's observations of 'the longest series up that time (and I think since) of over 700 cases of the disease ever recorded'.
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According to his letter of deposit, the dissertation is based on White's observations of 'the longest series up that time (and I think since) of over 700 cases of the disease ever recorded'.
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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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