Sir Horace Smirk.

Date:
1975
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In conversation in Dunedin with Professor Derek North, the late Sir Horace Smirk (1902-1991; Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of Otago, and former Director, Wellcome Research Institution) recalls his life and work in medical research, especially his work on hexamethium in the treatment of malignant hypertension and the diagnosis of auricular fibrillation at University College Hospital between 1930 and 1935, and assesses the contribution of his former colleague Sir John McMichael, FRS and former Wellcome Trustee (1904-1993) to British cardiology. Of interest to historians of modern medical science.

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[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1975.

Physical description

1 videocassette (VHS) (14 min.) ; 1975.

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Notes

Supporting paperwork available in the department.
Copy given to the Trust by Professor North and Lady Sheila McMichael in 1988-89. Film copied from 16mm original. Sound on the film faint.

Creator/production credits

Professor J.D.K. North (Dean of Medicine, University of Auckland, New Zealand)
Professor Derek North; Sir Horace Smirk

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