Volume 28. 'Development of Physics Applied to Medicine in the U.K. 1945-1990'

  • The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL
Date:
1950-2006
Reference:
GC/253/A/28
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 "Development of Physics Applied to Medicine in the U.K. 1945-1990", which was held at the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, on 5 July 2005. 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 28 of the Witness Seminar series, D.A. Christie and E.M. Tansey (editors), Development of Physics Applied to Medicine in the U.K. 1945-1990, (London: Wellcome Trust, 2006).

The participants for the seminar were; Tom Ashton; Dr Barry Barber; Professor Roland Blackwell; Dr Joseph Blau; Professor Sir Christopher Booth; Professor Terence Burlin; J.E. (Bob) Burns; Professor John Clifton; Dr Philip Dendy; Professor Jack Fowler; Dr Jean Guy; John Haggith; Dr John Haybittle; Dr Alan Jennings; Dr John Law; Professor John Mallard; Professor Joe McKie; David J. Murnaghan; Professor Angela Newing; Dr Sidney Osborn; Professor Rod Smallwood; Dr Adrian Thomas; Dr Peter Tothill; Theodore Tulley; Professor Peter Wells; Professor John West; John Wilkinson; and Professor Peter Williams (Chair).

The editors of the published transcript were D.A. Christie and E.M. Tansey with an introduction by Jeff Hughes.

The meeting organisers were Professor John Clifton and Dr Daphne Christie.

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Others present at the meeting included; Professor David Delpy; Dr Paul Danielsen; Dr Jeff Hughes; Dr Carsten Timmerman; and Professor Andy Warwick.

Apologies sent by; Professor Jack Boag; Professor Keith Boddy; Professor Francis Duck; Professor John Grenning; Clifford Gregory; Professor Dennis Hill; Professor Norman Kember; Dr Lloyd Kemp; Dr Richard Mould; G.M. Owen; Dr John Perry; Professor Osmund Reynolds; Dr Geoffrey Rivett; Professor Sir Joseph Rotblat; Dr Norman Stark; Professor Tom Treasure; Dr F. Peter Woodhead; and Professor Heinz Wolf.

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

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1950-2006

Physical description

13 files and 1 digital item

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  • 1493