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Gilson, John Cary (1912-1989)

Lectures and Correspondence Relating to Publications

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`Is coal-dust harmful to man?' given to the Midland Medical Society, 4 Nov 1953, with related notes, and notes on slides for a Symposium on Industrial Pulmonary Diseases at the Postgraduate Medical School, 18-20 Sep (file dated Mar 1958)

'Reference book for Dr John C Gilson's trip through the United States'. Between 24 Sep-16 Nov 1955, JCG (sponsored by the Graduate School of Public Health of the University of Pittsburgh) toured the United States attending functions and giving papers. (see C.1/3). Volume contains itinerary and includes letters relating to travel and accommodation arrangements, and his attendance at functions and programmes

`The growth of knowledge of coal workers' pneumoconiosis related to schemes for its compensation in Great Britain', forty first annual meeting of the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions, Chicago, 25-29 Sep 1955: with versions of the paper and notes relating to other papers JCG gave during his tour of the United States

`Pneumoconiosis and disability', DSIR conference, Stoke, 19-21 Dec 1961: with slides

Paper on trial on anti-tuberculous chemotherapy in complicated pneumoconiosis, and also on pathogenesis of complicated pneumoconiosis, dated 10 Feb 1964, for Marc Daniels Lecture: with slides, articles by others, notes and related data

`Problems and perspectives: the changing hazards of exposure to asbestos', Conference on the Biological Effects of Asbestos held by the New York Academy of Sciences Section of Biological and Medical Sciences, 19-21 Oct 1964: with incomplete version of the paper, slides, programme and abstracts of other papers

`Asbestos - recent studies on its biological effects', 20 Oct 1965, for Wyers Memorial Lecture: with versions of lecture, slides, correspondence, reports and notes

`Pathogenesis of PMF in coal workers', International Symposium on the Pathogenesis of Pulmonary Fibroses at the Clinica del Lavoro `Luigi Devoto', University of Milan, 3-5 Dec 1964: with slides, programmes and abstracts of other papers

Notes for lecture, `Health hazards of asbestos'

`A magic mineral and mesotheliomas', Japan Society of Chest Diseases (possibly also given in Vancouver): with slides and notes

`The changing pattern of pneumoconiosis', First Wade Lecture, International Symposium on Health Conditions in the Ceramic Industry which was held by the BOHS and the North Staffordshire Medical Institute, (JT Arlidge Section of Occupational Health) Stoke-on-Trent, 27-28 Mar 1968: with different versions including a published one), slides, articles by others, notes and related data; paper, co-authored by JCG, `Chronic respiratory disease in an industrial town: a a nine year follow-up study', 25 Oct 1967; papers of other speakers, list of delegates and biographical information on Colonel Sir George Wade

`The early recognition of environmental hazards', RSM Section on Occupational Medicine meeting, 14 14 Dec 1967: with versions of the paper, and another paper given at the meeting, `The role of coroners', and related notes; also correspondence on the proposal that JCG should become President of the RSM Occupational Medicine Section, 1968-69

`Asbestos products and the health problem': BOHS and the Asbestosis Research Council Conference, London, 18 Jun 1969: with versions of the paper, slides, index cards with a later annotation, conference programme and lists of delegates

Notes for lectures on 'Recent developments in occupational diseases of (the) lung' and 'Asb(estos): health haz(ards)' (probably for the Royal Postgraduate Medical School)

'Asbestos health hazards: recent observations in UK' possibly given in Johannesburg: with slides

'Dust and chronic bronchitis' (possibly given in Johannesburg): with slides

'Asbestos cancers as an example of the problem of comparative risks', Symposium on Environmental Pollution and Carcinogenic Risks, Lyon, 3-5 Nov, 1975, organised jointly by the International Agency for Research on Cancer and L'Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale: with different versions of the paper, slides, notes, articles by others and correspondence, also programme, list of delegates and notebook on the conference

EMAS notes, `x-ray classification' for EMAS readers' course, Nov 1977, based on JCG's paper to the ILO 4th International Conference on Pneumoconiosis, `The proposed ILO U/C 1971 International Classification of the Radiographic Appearances of Pneumoconiosis', 27 Sep-2 Oct 1971: with a slide and a blank x-ray sheet for slate workers

`Asbestos cancer: past and future hazards', Michael Williams Lecture, RSM Section of Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine, 10 Feb 1972: with different versions of the paper (including abridged published version); slides; notes and data; also articles by others, obituaries of Michael Williams and correspondence (Jul 1954-Dec 1964), draft report on the creation of a `National Reference Panel to establish radiographical standards in pneumonconiosis', with letter co-authored by JCG asking unnamed addressee to participate in the Panel's creation, 1971

Panel on Asbestos and Health, `To what extent is existing knowledge on the effects of asbestos sufficient to protect the health of the worker and the public', held at the International Conference on Lung Diseases, Montreal, May 1975: with different versions of the paper, slide negatives, list of the questions to be asked, notes, articles by others and newsletter of the Council on Epidemiology of the American Heart Association, Jun 1974, also photocopy of the `Standards for asbestos dust concentration for use with the Asbestos Regulations 1969'

`Unanswered questions posed by epidemiological studies' for Symposium on the Biological Effects of Asbestos-`Current Knowledge' at a joint meeting of the Pathological Society of Great Britain and the Dutch Pathological Society, the Medical Research Society and the Renal Association, Cardiff, 11-13 Jul 1974: with papers by other speakers, slides, notes, correspondence and programmes

`D WKC Morgan slides, coal workers, USA': with slides

`Fallacies and perspectives in occupational pulmonary disease' for a Royal Postgraduate Medical School specialist course, 6-10 May 1974: with slides, articles by others, notes and abstracts of papers of speakers on the course

Notes for a Symposium on Some Industrial Lung Diseases held by the Midland Thoracic Society, Birmingham, 1 Nov 1974: for paper `Pneumoconiosis of coal miners' (not on file): respiratory disability in coal miners': with slides, programme and article by D Davies, `Disability and coal workers' pneumoconiosis'

Press briefing by JCG, `Research on asbestos dust and its effects-contributions by staff and grant holders of the Medical Research Council': with notes, slides and related articles by others, 1973-1976

`Medicine and mineralogy' for Royal Society and Mineralogical Society meeting, `Mineralogy: towards the twenty first century', London, 7-8 Apr 1976: with different (including published) versions of the paper, slides, photographs, notes, and programme with abstracts of papers given at meeting

Lecture notes on international schemes for classification of radiographic appearances of pneumoconioses

`Chronic bronchitis?' (JCG's intended title was `Occupational bronchitis'), valedictory address to the RSM, 30 Oct 1969: with different versions, slides, notes and related data, and diary card of RSM events Oct 1969

`Chronic bronchitis?' (JCG's intended title was `Occupational bronchitis'), valedictory address to the RSM, 30 Oct 1969: with different versions, slides, notes and related data, and diary card of RSM events Oct 1969

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