Volume 22. 'The Rhesus Factor and Disease Prevention'

Series consists of papers, correspondence, photographs, cassette tapes and digital material related to the seminar on "The Rhesus Factor and Disease Prevention", which was held at the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, on 3 June 2003. 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 22 of the Witness Seminar series, D.T. Zallen, D.A. Christie and E.M. Tansey (editors), The Rhesus Factor and Disease Prevention, (London: Wellcome Trust, 2004).

The participants for the seminar were; Professor David Anstee; Professor Neil Avent; Dr Derek Bangham; Dr Barry Benster; Dr Frank Boulton; Professor Robin Coombs; Dr Beryl Corner; Dr Mahes de Silva; Dr Sheila Duncan; Professor Ronald Finn; Professor Ian Franklin; Professor Peter Harper; Dr Nevin Hughes-Jones; Dr Peter Hunter; Dr Belinda Kumpel; Ian MacKenzie; Edwin Massey; Professor Patrick Mollison; Dr Archie Norman; Elliot Philipp; Dr Angela Robinson; Professor Charles Rodeck; Professor James Scott; Dr John Silver; Dr Jean Smellie; Dr Patricia Tippett; Dr Derrick Tovey; Professor Timos Valaes; Humphry Ward; Professor Sir David Weatherall (Chair); Professor Charles Whitfield; Professor John Woodrow; and Professor Doris Zallen.

The editors of the published transcript were D.T. Zallen, D.A. Christie and E.M. Tansey with an introduction by D.T. Zallen.

The meeting organisers were Professor Doris Zallen and Dr Daphne Christie.

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Others present at the meeting included; Dr Joseph Angel; Dr Elizabeth Caffrey; Dr Anne Coombs; Dr Helen Dodsworth; Dr Christopher Everett; Professor Christine Gosden; Luke Matthews; Professor Ursula Mittwoch; Professor Colin Normand; Professor Naomi Pfeffer; Dr Fiona Regan; Freda Roberts; Dr Shona Towers; Professor Stan Urbaniak; Dr Anthony Wilkes; and Professor Maureen Young.

Apologies sent by; Professor Sir Walter Bodmer; M.C. Cooper; Dr Pamela Davies; Dr Ian Fraser; Professor John Davis; Professor Peter Dunn; Dr Ruth Hussey; Dr Richard McConnell; Professor Tom Oppe; Dr David Rushton; Dr Betty Tucker; Dr David Tyrrell; Dr Bryan Walker; and Professor Jonathan Wigglesworth.