World trip 1960

Contents of folder so inscribed. At J.2, J.3 is a chronological sequence of correspondence and papers re arrangements for Mourant's 1960 world tour.

See also A.24.

1959-1961

5 files

Mourants trip included attendance at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Blood Banks, San Francisco, USA, 21-26 August 1960 and the Blood Transfusion Centre, Anchorage, Alaska, 1 September 1960. Mourant then flew to Japan for the 8th International Congress of Blood Transfusion, Tokyo, 12-15 September 1960. Whilst in Japan he also attended the 2nd Red Cross International Seminar on Blood Transfusion. He then visited India on behalf of the World Health Organisation, to inspect a number of blood grouping laboratories in Delhi, Calcutta, Bombay and Poonah.

At J.4-J.6 are lectures given by Mourant at the San Francisco and Tokyo conferences.

See also K.281

A digitised copy is held by Wellcome Collection as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.