Press cuttings, 1958-1961

Cuttings from both national, local and trade press relating to both Wellcome Foundation and Wellcome Trust-funded research. Topics described include:

Sir Henry Dale; Foot & Mouth Vaccines; Oral polio vaccines (BW&Co becoming first pharmaceutical company to offer such a vaccine); Summary of Wellcome Foundation annual reviews by Michael Perrin, Chairman, Wellcome Foundation; Opening of new research wing at Wellcome Veterinary Research Station, Frant; use of monkeys in animal experimentation; vivesection; Historical pharmacies on display at the Wellcome Museum; profiles of the work of the Wellcome Research Laboratories; reports on Wellcome Foundation bidding for Cooper, McDougall and Robertson and polio vaccination.

The cuttings give detailed accounts of grants awarded to the Wellcome Trust between 1958 and 1961, and illustrate contemporary awareness of the work of both the Foundation and the Trust.

1958-1961

1 box Original press cutting have been placed in Secol.

Copyright assigned to the Wellcome Trust