McMenemey, William Henry

Notebooks while a medical student, and when studying for the Diploma in Psychological Medicine, c.1924-1937.

1924-1937

2 boxes Uncatalogued: 5 transfer boxes

The initial collection of notebooks was purchased by the Wellcome Institute Library in August 1985 from M Phelps, antiquarian bookseller. 5 transfer boxes of correspondence and reprints were received from McMenemey's son in March 1992

W H McMenemey was Professor of Pathology at the Institute of Neurology, University of London, and Consulting Pathologist to the National Hospitals for Nervous Diseases. He was for many years a member of the Association of Clinical Pathologists, serving as Secretary 1943-1957, and President 1958-1959. As well as being a distinguished neuropathologist, he was also noted as a medical historian. Details of his life and career are to be found in Munk's Roll, VII, pp 368-70, Who Was Who, and the obituaries in the British Medical Journal (1977, ii, 1551) and the Lancet (1977 ii, 1239).

The following is an interim description of material that has been acquired since this collection was catalogued. This description may change when cataloguing takes place in future.

Accession 427, received 1992:
Five transfer boxes of correspondence with colleagues, reprints, material relating to institutions with which he was involved, generally relating to McMenemey's career and also reflecting his interests in medical history

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