Seminar. 'Self and Non-self: A History of Autoimmunity'

Sub-series consists of papers, correspondence, photographs and cassette tapes related to the seminar on "Self and Non-self: A History of Autoimmunity", which was held at the Wellcome Institute on 14 February 1995. The seminar was part of the Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine meetings also known as the Witness Seminars. The transcript of this seminar was published with three other seminars in Volume 1 of the Witness Seminar series, E.M. Tansey, P.P. Catterall, D.A. Christie, S.V. Willhoft, L.A. Reynolds (editors), Technology Transfer in Britain: The Case of Monoclonal Antibodies; Self and Non-self: A History of Autoimmunity; Endogenous Opiates; The Committee on Safety of Drugs, (London: Wellcome Trust, 1997).

The participants for the seminar were; Professor J Richard Batchelor (London); Sir Christopher Booth (Chair) (London); Professor Leslie Brent (London); Professor Peter Campbell (London); Professor Robin Coombs (Cambridge); Professor Deborah Doniach (London); Professor Israel Doniach (London); Professor Peter Lachmann (Cambridge); Professor Maurice Lessof (London); Professor Sidney Leibowitz (London); Professor W. Ian McDonald (London); Professor John Playfair (London); Professor Ivan M. Roitt (London); and Dr David Tyrrell (Salisbury).