Keele, Professor Cyril, FRCP (1905-1987), pharmacologist: work on pain research

Date:
c. 1934-1972
Reference:
MS.8755
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Description

A few items relating to Professor Keele's research on pain:
Reprint of Thomas Lewis and Werner Hess, "Pain derived from the skin and the mechanism of its production", Clinical Science, vol 1, 1933-34, with two loose sheets of ms notes by Keele, "Substances producing pain"
Notebook of experiments on guineapigs (and some on rabbits) with sulphanilamide, neoarsphenamine, dinitrochlorobenzene (DNCB), colchicine, arsphenamine (606), 1943-1945
Typescript of lecture, "Role of Chemical Factors in the Production of Pain" [n.d., 1967 or later]
Ms notes, possibly for a lecture, "Ideas behind work" [n.d. 1972 or later]

Publication/Creation

c. 1934-1972

Physical description

1 file

Acquisition note

Given to the library at Wellcome Collection in October 2000 by Keele's son, Dr Gerard Keele

Biographical note

An obituary of Professor Keele appeared in the British Medical Journal, Vol 296, 26 Mar 1988: online (pdf) version available here; there is also an entry for him in Munks Roll of Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians, Vol VIII

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  • 1783