Fog & Smog

Date:
1953-1954
Reference:
PP/WDP/C/4
Part of:
Paton, Sir William Drummond Macdonald (1917-1993), Pharmacologist
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Description

Correspondence regarding the prescription of "smog masks" for patients with cardiac or respiratory disease.

The file includes: Paton, "The lethal aerosol" (ts draft for 'Lancet' leading article, 7 November, 1953, p.976); London County Council Press Bureau summary of Council Meeting on 17 November, 1953 (see item 'Air Pollution', p.4); Minutes of informal MRC meetings (17 November, 1953, and 25 January, 1954) "to discuss the smog problem"; and several newspaper cuttings on smog pollution.

Also included is a Martindale Protective Mask in its original packaging.

Publication/Creation

1953-1954

Physical description

1 file File includes a Martindale Protective Mask in original packaging.

Location of duplicates

Photographs of Martindale Protective Mask, packaging and accompanying leaflet available via Wellcome Images L49552-L49555

Where to find it

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