Correspondence. Surnames, 'Girdwood' to 'Parsons'

  • The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL
Date:
1998-2000
Reference:
GC/253/A/8/4
Part of:
Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine Seminars
  • Archives and manuscripts

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Description

File consists of correspondence with people who have surnames from Girdwood to Parsons, related to the seminar on, "Intestinal Absorption", which was held at the Wellcome Institute on 9 February 1999. 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 as Volume 8 of the Witness Seminar series, D.A. Christie and E.M. Tansey (editors), Intestinal Absorption, (London: Wellcome Trust, 2000).

Details of the seminar correspondence, primarily between the chair (Professor Sir Leslie Turnberg), organisers of the meeting (Sir Christopher Booth and Dr E.M. Tansey), editors of the published transcript (D.A. Christie and E.M. Tansey) and others include:

Detailed information for the seminar, commentary on the transcripts and feedback on the meeting from participants.

Correspondence with those not listed as participants including; Professor Ronald Girdwood (apologies); Dr D.A. Hudson; Professor Cecil Kidd (apologies); Dr J.B. Lloyd; Dr Lavinia Loughridge (apologies); Dr George Misiewicz (attendee); and Dr Dennis Parsons (apologies) who also provided a handwritten note on the subject of intestinal absorption since 1948 and commented on the transcript.

Publication/Creation

1998-2000

Physical description

1 file

Arrangement

The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by correspondent.

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Accession number

  • 1046
  • 1789