General Correspondence

File consists of papers and general correspondence related to the seminar on, "History of Dialysis in the UK: c. 1950-1980", which was held at the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, on 26 February 2008. The seminar was part of the Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine meetings also known as the Witness Seminars. The transcript of this seminar was published as Volume 37 of the Witness Seminar series, S.M. Crowther, L.A. Reynolds and E.M. Tansey (editors), History of Dialysis in the UK: c. 1950-1980, (London: Wellcome Trust, 2009).

Details of the seminar correspondence, primarily between the chair (Dr John Turney), the adviser to the meeting (Dr John Turney), editors of the published transcript (S.M. Crowther, L.A. Reynolds and E.M. Tansey) and others include:

List of attendees, suggested outline of meeting, control sheets concerning feedback on transcripts, publishing permissions and marketing leaflets for the meeting.

Handwritten notes and copies of e-mails regarding the organisation of the meeting and notes between the organisers and editors regarding the transcript and accommodating people's comments.

Documents include;

Notes prepared for the seminar by David Hamilton including notes of his conversations with Professor Darmady and Professor Malcolm Milne in 1980.

Notes from Professor David Kerr, titled "Dialysis 1950 to 2000 in Newcastle upon Tyne" which were provided at the seminar.

Notes from John Hopewell, titled "Early History of the Royal Free Hospital Renal Unit" which were provided at the meeting.

A letter provided by Dr Stanley Rosen which was an invitation from Dr C. Foster Cooper of the Royal Society of Medicine, dated 14 January 1962 (provided at the meeting).

A copy of the article, "New Developments with Artifical Kidney" which appeared in the British Medical Journal, 29 June 1963 (provided for the meeting by Dr Stanley Rosen).

A pamphlet (provided by Frank Marsh) written by Professor John Ledingham titled, "The Outlook for Renal Failure Before and After the Development of Dialysis at the Royal London Hospital".

A reprint of the article "One Year's Experience in a Ministry of Health Dialysis Centre", British Medical Journal, 11 April 1970.

A copy of Professor Christopher Blagg's article, "Home Haemodialysis: Home, Home, Sweet, Sweet Home!", Nephrology 2005.

Professor Christopher Blagg's article, "The Early History of Dialysis for Chronic Renal Failure in the United States: A View from Seattle", American Journal of Kidney Diseases, vol.49 no.3, pp.482-496, March 2007 (provided at the seminar).

Shelley McKellar's article, "Gordon Murray and the Artificial Kidney in Canada", Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 1999 (provided at the seminar).

A document derived from letters between Professor Kenneth Lowe and Dr John Turney written in 2006/2007 and titled, "The Hammersmith Hospital c.1947 to c.1952.