Volume 35. 'The Resurgence of Breastfeeding, 1975-2000'

  • The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL
Date:
2006-2010
Reference:
GC/253/A/35
Part of:
Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine Seminars
  • Archives and manuscripts

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Series consists of papers, correspondence, photographs, cassette tapes and digital material related to the seminar on "The Resurgence of Breastfeeding, 1975-2000", which was held at the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, on 24 April 2007. 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 35 of the Witness Seminar series, S.M. Crowther, L.A. Reynolds and E.M. Tansey (editors), The Resurgence of Breastfeeding, 1975-2000, (London: Wellcome Trust, 2009).

The participants for the seminar were; James Akre; Professor Elizabeth Alder; Phyll Buchanan; Professor Forrester Cockburn; Rosie Dodds; Jill Dye; Professor Fiona Dykes; Hilary English; Chloe Fisher; Professor Anna Glasier; Professor Lars Hanson; Dr Elisabet Helsing; Dr Edmund Hey; Professor Peter Howie; Professor Alan McNeilly; Professor Kim Michaelsen; Rachel O'Leary; Gabrielle Palmer; Professor Malcolm Peaker; Dr Ann Prentice; Professor Mary Renfrew; Patti Rundall; Ellens Salariya; Dr Felicity Savage; Professor Roger Short; Dr Mary Smale; Dr Alsion Spiro; Dr Penny Stanway; Dr Tilli Tansey; Jenny Warren; Professor Lawrence Weaver (chair); John Wells; Professor Brian Wharton; Professor Roger Whitehead; Dr Anthony Williams; Carol Williams; and Dr Michael Woolridge.

The editors of the published transcript were S.M. Crowther, L.A. Reynolds and E.M. Tansey with an introduction by Rima Apple.

The meeting advisers and organisers were Professor Lawrence Weaver and Dr Daphne Christie.

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Others present at the meeting included; Janette Allotey; Jane Britten; Charlotte Faircloth; Rachel Hillman; Naomi Lewis; Dr Rhona NcInnes; and Professor John Walker-Smith.

Apologies sent by; Professor Jaques Bindels; Professor Peter Elwood; Professor Stewart Forsyth; Professor Armond Goldman; Sheila Kitzinger; Dr Penelope Leach; Professor Alan Lucas; Professor Pearay Ogra; Dr Andrew Radford; Dr Aileen Robertson; Professor Wendy Savage; Dr Andrew Stanway; and Professor Daffyd Walters.

Digital material includes recordings, papers and photographs relating to the seminar and can be found under Audio and Digital Material.

Publication/Creation

2006-2010

Physical description

11 files and 1 digital item

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  • 1753
  • 1762