Press Cuttings, 1977

Articles from local and national press and trade journals on a range of subjects, the majority of which relate to the workings of Wellcome Foundation sections based at Berkhamsted (such as the Wellcome Veterinary Division; Cooper Agricultural Division and the Wellcome Medical Division).

The cuttings include information relating to Wellcome Foundation staff appointments; the formation of a new export division for all Foundation activities in the Middle East; details from trade journals of sales figures for Wellcome products, and general details on such products as Saxin, Allopurinol (Zyloric), Drapolene, Calpol, and Fiovax; news of a Wellcome Veterinary Division leaflet on the health of dogs; investment in a new research building into parasitology at the Berkhamsted site; links between the Wellcome Foundation and the Berkhamsted community; celebrations for the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II; production of a new film by the Wellcome Medical Division, 'The Purine Revolution' (concerning the diagnosis and treatment of gouty arthritis); a visit to the Wellcome Research Laboratories Berkhamsted by a world-champion sheep shearer; Wellcome Foundation plans for sheep scab eradication; a description of the Wellcome Museum of Medical Science; use of Cooper's aerosol products in gardening; retirement of A.A. Gray as Chief Executive of the Wellcome Foundation; descriptions of the content of the Wellcome Medical Folklore Calendar; and production of informative wall charts: "Know Your Cat" and "Know Your Dog".

1977

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