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'B' series

B1. 'Association of British Neurologists, Queen Square, (London), 27 April 51 Stimulation of the medial surface of the remaining hemisphere following hemispherectomy in six cases (..)' and 'Physiological Society Oxford 7 July 51 Anomalous result of excision of excitable motor cortex in Man (...)'. Notes for lectures with W. McKissock

B2. 'Jan 1950'. Mainly drafts of 'Electrical activity of the Cortex accompanying voluntary movements', 'Potential differences around the Eye accompanying movement of the (?) and lids' and 'Information Theory Lecture'

B4. 'Oct 51' (date 'Jan 50' has been deleted). Mainly drafts of popular talks on the Eye, Pregnancy and Cybernetics, notes on lectures of F.M.R. Walshe to Post Graduate (?Med) Federation, 30 January 1951, and Lewin and Whitty to 'Anti-Sp. League 2.11.51', and (?) Letter to the Society of Experimental Biology on psychical research

B5. 'Symposium on Information Theory. Royal Society. Sept 26-29. 1950 1) Significance of Information Theory to Neurophysiology 2) The Nervous System as a communications network. I.E.E. Informal Lecture 20th November 1950 3) Theories of the origin of the EEG. School Lecture 13th Dec 1950'. Notes and illustrations for lectures

B6. 'Sept 51'. Mainly notes and data on 'Pica', from information provided by patients recording their physiological (chiefly dietary) and psychological traits during pregnancy, diagrams of the operation of the brain, draft on 'Volitional Movements', and notes re Ratio Club meeting 1 November 1951

B7. 'Nov 51'. Notes on the literature, drafts, and notes re Ratio Club meeting 21 Dec 1951

B8. 'Hemispherectomy Analysis February 52'. Mainly notes on patients

B9. 'Results of Hemispherectomy on the Motor System. Ass. Brit. Neu. (National Hospital) Queen Sqr 22 Feb 52'. Notes and illustrations for lecture. Most pages not used

B10. '1) What is the Alpha Rhythm? Experimental Psychology Group. U(niversity) C(ollege) London 5 Jan '52' and '2) 'The Nervous System as a communications network' I.E.E. Informal Lecture Norwich 31.3.52'. Notes for lectures. Enclosed: Figures for lecture (?)

B11. 'March 52-June 52'. Paginated 1-101 with list of contents for pages 34-101 at front. Notes, drafts of letters (including letter to J.W.S. Pringle re Ratio Club meeting, May) and, from page 34, notes on patients

B12. Paginated 1-107 with list of contents at front. Data on patients Jun-Oct 1952 At back is draft lecture 'For EAC 24 Sept 52' on the physiology of the central nervous system

B13. Paginated 1-105, with list of contents for pages 79-93 at front. Draft of 'Stimulation of the supplementary motor area in Man after hemispherectomy', and notes on patients

B14. Paginated (1)-110. Notes on patients and sections of drafts

B15. '1 Anatomy + Physiology of Cerebral Palsy. Lecture to Chartered Society of Physiotherapists. Q.S. 2.10.52, 2 Medical Committee Invitation Dinner 11th May 1953, 3 Motor responses from the medial surface of the cerebral hemisphere in Man. Physiol. Soc. Cambridge 24.7.53 4 Lisbon - Internat. Neurological Congress Sept 7-12 1953'. Notes for lectures

B16. Paginated (1)-110, with list of contents at front. Mainly notes on patients

B17. Paginated (1)-108, with list of contents at front. Mainly notes on patients

B18. Paginated (1)-50. Notes on patients treated in the period 1951-1954

B19. Paginated 1-110, with incomplete list of contents at front. Notes on patients, drafts of 'The repeatability of the cortical motor map in later re-exploration' and 'A critical note on Dr Walshe's appreciation of the observation of Liddell + Phillips (1950)', and miscellaneous notes, Nov-Dec 1953

B20. '1. The long-term repeatability of the cortical motor map 2. A comparison between movements produced by stimulation of the motor cortex and the internal capsule in the same individual (lectures delivered to the) Phys(iological) Soc Queen Sqr 19 Dec 53 3. "Volitional movement" Roy. Soc. Med. 7th Jan 1954'. Incomplete pagination (1)-81. Notes for lectures

B21. Paginated (1)-109, with incomplete list of contents at front. Outline notes for lecture 'The concept of voluntary movement', drafts of letters, notes on patients, notes on lecture by D.E. Denny-Brown, etc, Jan-Mar 1954

B22. Paginated 1-111, with incomplete list of contents at front. Draft of ?lecture or paper on voluntary movement March 1954, and notes on patients

B24. 'Paris Hotel de Arènes (...)' Paginated 1-103, with incomplete list of contents on page 2. Notes on visit to Paris c.8-12 November 1954, including draft of lecture on EEG (in part in French), drafts of letters, miscellaneous notes and notes on patients, 29 Nov 1954-17 Jan 1955

B25. '1) The human cortex U.C. Physiol. class 6.12.54 2) The Motor system. Hypothesis versus observation St Bart's Hospital 15.2.54 3) The unidirectional d.c. element in EEG abnormalities Soc Cambs. 15.6.55 4) Case Report - Peter Hampton EEG Soc Nat Hosp. 15.10.55'. Paginated (1)-84. Lecture notes

B26. Paginated 1-111, with list of contents at front. Notes on patients

B27. 'May 55-July 55'. Paginated 1-107, with list of contents at front. Notes on patients and notes and draft for lecture, probably delivered in Canada

B28. '1 Aug 55-'. Paginated 1-109. (Incomplete draft?) 'The repeatability of the Human Cortical Motor map', case report, notes on patients, draft 'Report to EAC Nov 55' etc.

B29. '1) The Human Cortex Cambridge Physiol Class 2.11.55. 2) Stimulation of the Motor Cortex in Man St Bart's Phys Soc 6.10.56'. Paginated (1)-20. Most pages not used. Lecture notes

B30. Incomplete pagination 1-49. Notes on patients draft letters and sections of (lectures?), miscellaneous notes

B31. Paginated (1)-106. Mainly notes on patients, calculations, drafts of letters, May-Nov 1956

B32. '1. Problems in the design of a 21 channel Transistor EEG (machine) London EEG Congress May 1956 2. Stimulation of the Motor Cortex in Man Pt 1. Nat Hosp Lecture, Nov 56 3. Stimulation of the Motor Cortex in Man Pt 2. Nat Hosp Lecture, Dec 56 4. The Human Cortex U.C. class lecture Dec 56'. Notes for lectures

B33. Paginated (1)-106. Drafts of letters, calculations, notes on patients etc.

B34. Paginated 1-113. Mainly notes on patients

B35. 'The contribution of electrophysiology to the surgical treatment of Epilepsy - Oxford 11 June 57' and 'The individuality of the excitable Motor Cortex - Queen Sqr 15 Nov 57'. Notes for lectures

B36. Paginated 1-107, with incomplete list of contents at front. Mainly notes on patients, May-Jun 1957 and notes on proceedings of Wellcome Symposium, 17 Jul 1957 and unidentified conference, 20-24 Jul 1957 Enclosed: letter re possible article for Spastics Quarterly by Bates, 5 Jun 1957

B37. Paginated 1-109. Notes for lecture on C.S. Sherrington, notes on patients, drafts of letters, calculations etc.

B38. '1) Depth recordings in a case of subacute Encephalitis EEG Soc., 4 Jan 1958 2) Significance of stimulation of cerebral white matter A.B.N. Bristol April 11 1958. 3) The new surgery of tremor + rigidity Q.S. Res Soc. Nov 3 (1958) 4) Discussion of "Human midbrain preparation" Gamper 1926 - with film A.B.N. 7 (November 1958)'. Notes for lectures listed and also lecture 'The evolution and dissolution of the classical hypothesis of the Motor System' at King's College London, 17 November 1958

B39. Paginated 1-73. Mainly calculations and data

B40. '12 May 1958'. Paginated 1-39, with list of contents at pp. 32-33. Notes during visit to New York May 1958, and miscellaneous notes, Jun-Sep 1958

B41. Includes notes on patients, drafts of letters and sections of lecture on work of Eduard Gamper, notes on last meeting of Ratio Club at National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, 2 November 1958

B42. '30 March 1959-Sept 59'. Includes diary of visit to the Americas 30 Mar-4 Jun 1959, lists of contacts in America, notes for lecture on 'Plasticity changes in the Nervous System', 10 September 1959

B43. '10.11.59'. Includes notes and drafts of lectures, notes on patients, data

B44. 'Aug 61'. Includes drafts of lectures, letters, referee's report, miscellaneous notes for Italian holiday

B45. 'Inst of Neurol Lectures 1961 "Central Motor Mechanisms" (...)' and 'Physiological Problems in the surgery of Parkinsonism Brooke Hospital 6 Nov 63'. Notes on lecture at Brooke Hospital. Most pages not used

B46. '1962'. Lacks cover. Includes notes on patients, draft on surgery on patients with Parkinson's Disease, outline notes for lectures

B47. 'N.B. (...) Notes (...) 13.6.62'. Paginated 7-91 (pages at front of notebook are missing). Notes on experiments on monkeys and rabbit, notes on patients and data

B48. '1963'. Outline notes for lectures, drafts of letters, notes on experiments on monkeys

B49. 'Aug 64-Jan 65'. Mainly drafts and notes for lectures and drafts of letters. Enclosed: loose notes

B50. 'April-Nov 65'. Outline notes for lectures, draft letters, data, notes on proceedings of meeting in Vienna, 6-10 September, etc.

B51. '66-67'. Mainly notes for lectures, including 'What is a computer'

B52. '67'. Draft letters and miscellaneous notes

B53. '22 Jan 68'. Includes draft letters and miscellaneous notes, including notes on lectures by Pevsner on Inigo Jones, church architecture

B54. '12 June 68'. Draft letters, notes on holiday in Italy, notes on lectures by Pevsner on Italian artists etc.

B55. 'Nov 1968'. Mainly notes on lectures by Pevsner

B66. 'Feb 69-July 69'. Mainly notes on lectures by Pevsner

B67. 'Aug 69-'. Miscellaneous notes and drafts Enclosed: carbon copy of letter to R.G. Bickford, 21 May 1970

B68. '25th March 1970 -'. Miscellaneous notes and drafts, some on the nature of 'Function'

B69. '1st Nov 70 -'. Miscellaneous notes

B70. Miscellaneous notes. Most pages missing

B3. Mainly drafts on information theory and popular talks on diseases and health, and drafts of letters. Also includes notes of Ratio Club meeting. On first page is manuscript bus timetable 1950-1951

B3. Mainly drafts on information theory and popular talks on diseases and health, and drafts of letters. Also includes notes of Ratio Club meeting. On first page is manuscript bus timetable 1950-1951

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