27 results
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The Tropical Metabolism Research Unit, the University of the West Indies, Jamaica, 1956-2006 : the house that John built / edited by Terrence Forrester, David Picou, Susan Walker.
Date: 2006, ©2007- E-journals
- Online
Journal of tropical pediatrics
Date: 1980-- Videos
What's killing the children?.
Date: 1990- Film
Malaria patients.
Date: 1974- Videos
Funding for the future rushes. Roll 15.
Date: 1990- Film
Snake bite. Roll 2.
Date: 1974- Books
A picture of health? : a review and annotated bibliography of the health of young people in developing countries.
Date: [1995], ©1995- Videos
- Online
DDT versus malaria : a successful experiment in malaria control by the Kenya Medical Department.
Date: 1946- Books
Malaria in early childhood : an investigation of five hundred seriously ill children in whom a "clinical" diagnosis of malaria was made on admission to the Children's Emergency Room at University College Hospital, Ibadan / by R.G. Hendrickse [and others].
Date: 1971- Archives and manuscripts
Health Visitors' Association
Health Visitor's AssociationDate: 1902-1990Reference: SA/HVA- Archives and manuscripts
Lectures, Speeches and Seminar Papers, Notes, Typescripts, and Correspondence, 1970-1974
Date: 1970-1974Reference: PP/CDW/K.38-55Part of: Williams, Cicely Delphine (1893-1992)- Archives and manuscripts
Wellcome Building: Film Unit Wellcome Laboratories of Tropical Medicine (WLTM) Laboratories Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine Visitors / Friends
Date: c.1930-c.1980Reference: WF/M/I/PR/W3Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
Company-wide Newsletters & Journals (internal)
Date: 1942 - 2000Reference: WF/M/PB/01Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Henry Wellcome Letter Book 4 ['Letter Book HSW Personal 2']
Date: Nov 1896 - Jan 1899Reference: WF/E/01/01/04Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
Society of Medical Officers of Health
Society of Medical Officers of HealthDate: 1856-1998Reference: SA/SMO- Archives and manuscripts
Corporate photography shoots C0001300 - C0001380
Date: 2000Reference: WT/B/11/1/29Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Archives and manuscripts
Corporate photography shoots C0001381 - C0001422
Date: 1999-2000Reference: WT/B/11/1/30Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Archives and manuscripts
Corporate photography shoots C0000727 - C0000769
Date: 1997-1998Reference: WT/B/11/1/18Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Archives and manuscripts
Corporate photography shoots C0003938 - C0005784
Date: 2000-2001Reference: WT/B/11/1/33Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Archives and manuscripts
Corporate photography shoots C0010149 - C0012901
Date: c.2000-c.2002Reference: WT/B/11/1/36Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Archives and manuscripts
Corporate photography shoots C0007934 - C0010148
Date: 1999-c.2001Reference: WT/B/11/1/35Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Digital Images
- Online
Catharanthus roseus (L.)G.Don Apocynaceae. Madagascar Periwinkle Distribution: Madagascar. It is the source of vincristine and vinblastine, which impair cell multiplication by interfering with microtubule assembly, causing metaphase arrest and are effective medications for leukaemias, lymphomas and some solid tumours. The mortality from childhood leukaemia fell from 100% to 30% once it was introduced - not a drug that could ethically be tested by double-blind trials. These chemicals were initially discovered by investigators in 1958 who were looking for cures for diabetes so tested this plant which was being used in the West Indies to reduce blood sugar levels. There are 70 different alkaloids present in this plant, and some - catharanthine, leurosine sulphate, lochnerine, tetrahydroalstonine, vindoline and vindolinine - lower blood sugar levels. However, the toxicity of this plant is such that this is not a plant to try at home for diabetic management. The vincristine content of the plant is 0.0003%, so two kilograms of leaf are required to produce sufficient vincristine for a single course of treatment for a child (6gm). Fortunately it is a vigorous weed and easy to grow in the tropics. Artificial synthesis has now been achieved. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Dr Henry Oakeley- Videos
The truth about HIV.
Date: 2017- Pictures
- Online
The healer.
Copping, Harold, 1863-1932Date: [1916]Reference: 535948i- Archives and manuscripts
Monthly Memoranda (points for propaganda)
Date: 1934-1935Reference: WF/M/GB/30/08Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd