Medicine in British hospitals in the 20th century. Photographs, ca. 1986-1987.

Date:
[1986?-1987]
Reference:
754327i
  • Pictures

About this work

Description

Subjects: photographs of hospital wards, dining rooms, gatehouses, dispensaries, asylums, surgeons, nurses, patients, surgical operations, equipment, laboratories, students, rubbish disposal, visitations, etc.

Places from which the slides were commissioned, include the following, and others. Beamish Museum, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Middlesex Hospital, Westminster Hospital, Royal Free Hospital, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester Polytechnic, Manchester Public Library, Physiological Society, Glasgow, Royal Society of Medicine, Wellcome Library, Science Museum. Photo libraries: Daily Herald, Picture Post, Mansell Collection. Publications including: Illustrated London news, The hospital, Sunday illustrated, British medical journal. Dates are predominantly 1900-1960

Publication/Creation

[England], [1986?-1987]

Physical description

approximately 700 photographs : slides, black and white ; 35mm.

Notes

A card-catalogue describing each slide accompanies the slides

Terms of use

Most are in copyright (2011)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 754327i

Type/Technique

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Where to find it

  • ca. 700 slides in plastic sleeves

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    Closed stores

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