Grant, Ronald Thompson

Case records on vascular diseases of the heart, [University College Hospital, London], 1919-1921. These case cards of patients first seen for vascular disease of the heart (VDH) between 1919-1921, wer brought together by R D Grant for his study of this condition. The results of his research were published in Heart, Vol VI, June 1933, as 'After histories for 10 years of 1000 men suffering from heart disease: study in prognosis'.

1919-1921

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These records were given to Dr A Hollman of University College Hospital by Sir Edward Pochin of the Cardiac Department of the hospital. They were presented to the Wellcome Institute Library by Dr Hollman in 1968, and transferred to the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre in 1981.

These case cards of patients first seen for vascular disease of the heart (VDH) between 1919-1921, were brought together by R D Grant for his study of this condition. The results of his research were published in Heart, Vol VI, June 1933, as "After histories for 10 years of 1000 men suffering from heart disease: study in prognosis".

It is said that it was for this work that Grant became an FRS: for further biographical details see Who's Who.