Organization Type: Archive, Library Address: 232-242 St. Vincent Street City: Glasgow, Scotland Zip / Postal Code: G2 5RJ Country: United Kingdom Telephone Number: 141 221 6072 Fax Number: +44 141 221 1804 Abstract: The College was founded in 1599 and the Library in 1698. The Library provides a service to Fellows and Members and all interested in the history of medicine, particularly in Glasgow and the West of Scotland. Written, email and fax requests are welcome. The library's online catalogue is available at <a href="http://knowledge.scot.nhs.uk/home/library-search.aspx" > http://knowledge.scot.nhs.uk/home/library-search.aspx </a>. Please note that currently about a third of the College's total holdings of approximately 31,500 volumes are available on the online catalogue. The Library is open from 9:00 am until 5:00 pm Monday - Friday. Visitors are requested to make an appointment. Holdings: The College Library contains many of the key medical, anatomical and surgical texts of the 16th and 17th centuries, being particularly strong in the areas of anatomy, medicine, surgery, botany and materia medica in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. The library of Dr William Mackenzie (1791-1868), founder of the Glasgow Eye Infirmary is held as a separate collection. There are, as a consequence, good holdings in historical material relating to the diseases and surgery of the eye. Local historians are well served by the Glasgow Collection consisting of works relating to the history of Glasgow and the West of Scotland. There are just over 100 archive collections including the papers of Sir Ronald Ross (1857-1932), Sir William Macewen (1848-1924) and Dr William Mackenzie (1791-1868). Contact Name, Title: Carol Parry, Archivist Contact Telephone Number: +44 141 227 3234 Contact Email Address: carol.parry@rcpsg.ac.uk Web Site: http://www.rcpsg.ac.uk/library.aspx Collection Subject Strengths: History of Anatomy, History of Botany, History of Medicine [show all 6] Organization Type: Museum Address: 9A St Thomas' Street Southmark City: London Zip / Postal Code: SE1 9RY Country: United Kingdom Telephone Number: 0207 188 2679 Fax Number: +0207 378 8383 Abstract: The Museum exists in the roof of St Thomas Church London, which is a Grade 2* building built in 1703. When closed in 1862 due to the relocation of St Thomas' Hospital, to Lambeth, London, the hospital architecture was missing from history and for nearly one hundred years until its rediscovery in 1956. This public museum consists of Herb Garret and the Women's Operating Theatre of Old St Thomas' Hospital built in 1822 and holds displays on the history of medicine and herb use of the old (United) Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals, London. Displays on the history of medicine contain more than 1,000 nineteenth century surgical and pharmaceutical objects. A panoramic film is available online alongside some objects of the museums' is accessible via the Museum's website <a href="http://www.thegarret.org.uk/tour.htm" > http://www.thegarret.org.uk/tour.htm </a>. Holdings: The Museum does not have its own archive on site. The Museum exists in the roof of a church and consists of the eighteenth century oak beamed Herb Garret and nineteenth century women's Operating Theatre of Old St Thomas' Hospital. The Old Operating Theatre was in use from 1822-62, for women patients only and due to its dates, saw little use of anaesthesia. No antiseptic procedure or hand washing was ever undertaken in the theater. The Museum holds over 1,000 historical medical instruments including: a nineteenth century wooden operating table, a nineteenth century carbolic spray used at Guy's Hospital, nineteenth century amputation, trephination, obstetric and anaesthetic instruments and equipment. The collection also holds late nineteenth century anatomical teaching models and nineteenth century pharmaceutical equipment from carboys shop rounds through to pill making. Some archive material is accessible via the Museum website. Contact Name, Title: Karen Howell, Curator Contact Telephone Number: +0207 188 2679 Contact Email Address: curator@thegarret.org.uk Web Site: http://oldoperatingtheatre.com/ Collection Subject Strengths: History of Hospitals, History of Medicine, History of Pharmacology and Pharmacy [show all 5] Organization Type: Museum Address: 35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields City: London Zip / Postal Code: WC2A 3PE Country: United Kingdom Telephone Number: (0)20 7869 6560 Fax Number: +44(0)20 7869 6564 Abstract: The Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons of England contains collections of specimens and medical and scientific instruments relating to the history of anatomy, pathology, comparative anatomy, surgery and dentistry. Associated material includes paintings, drawings, manuscripts and other archive material relating to the history of the museum and its collections from 1800 - present. Loans of material from the collection can be made to other registered public museums subject to standard museum loan terms and conditions. The museum is open to the public without charge, and access to stored material can be provided for researchers subject to written request. Photographs or digital images of museum objects and archive material can be provided subject to conservation needs. Holdings: The Hunterian Collection contains approximately 3,500 specimens of human and comparative anatomy and pathology together with paintings and other artifacts made for or owned by the surgeon John Hunter (1728-1793). Other collections include approximately 40,000 specimens and microscope slides covering human and comparative anatomy and pathology from the period 1640 - present, together with approximately 10,000 instruments and other medical artifacts principally relating to the practice of surgery 1700 - present. Associated archive material includes annotated catalogues and other documentation relating to the development of the museum and its collections 1800 - present. Other archive material is held within the main College archive collection. Contact Name, Title: Simon Chaplin, Senior Curator Contact Telephone Number: +44(0)20 7869 6560 Contact Email Address: museums@rcseng.ac.uk Web Site: http://www.rcseng.ac.uk Collection Subject Strengths: History of Anatomy, History of Pathology, History of Stomatology [show all 4] Organization Type: Archive Address: Archives and Corporate Records Services King's College London City: London Zip / Postal Code: WC2A R2S Country: United Kingdom Telephone Number: (0)207 848 2015 Fax Number: +44 (0)20 7848 2760 Abstract: Archives and Corporate Records Services houses the institutional records of King's College London since its inception in 1828, of King's College Hospital, and also of institutions with which it has since merged in London, notable the Medical Schools of Guy's Hospital (founded in 1726) and St Thomas's Hospital (founded in the twelfth century), Dulwich Hospital, and of a number of training institutions for nurses including Lewishman Hospital and New Cross Hospital. Historic medical collections include administrative records, correspondence, records of students and staff, publications, photographs, private papers of researchers and the papers of research projects. Restrictions: confidential patient case notes are subject to a closure period. New readers require evidence of identity. SERVICES: Photocopying and digital copying may be carried out on request. Enquiries are answered by letter, email and fax. Hours: 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday - Friday closed on weekends, public holdidays and College closed days. Holdings: Archives totaling in excess of 600 linear meters include clinical records, the records of student medics and dentists from 1723, personal paper collections (180 total), the papers of student learned societies, photographs, including of Joseph Lister and other medical pioneers, biomedical research notably Nobel-Prize winning X-ray diffraction analysis of the DNA helix carried out by Maurice Wilkins and others during the 1950s, and on the sliding filament structur of human muscle. Also the papers of the Nuffield Foundation Science Teaching Project from 1949 that played a key role in the creation of a modern science syllabus in UK schols from the 1960s. The papers of the Royal British Nurses' Association and other papers on nursing training and the records of student nurses from 1887 represent an internationally important resource on this aspect of medical education. Other highlights include papers on childhood developmental psychology and on gerontology. Contact Name, Title: Patricia Methven, Director of Archives Contact Telephone Number: +44 (0)207 848 2015 Contact Email Address: patricia.methven@kcl.ac.uk Web Site: http://kcl.ac.uk/archives Collection Subject Strengths: History of Anatomy, History of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases, History of Gerontology [show all 12] Organization Type: Museum Address: Thackray Museum Beckett Street City: Leeds Zip / Postal Code: LS9 7LN Country: United Kingdom Telephone Number: 0113 244 4343 Abstract: Our collection is particularly strong in European surgical instruments from the 1600s to the present day, and instrument makers’ patterns dating from the late 1800s. We also collect equipment supplied to and used by healthcare providers, including hospital and dental equipment, and we have an important collection of British anaesthetic equipment. There is a representative collection of mainly British first-aid equipment and domestic medicine, and a small collection of British patent medicines and quack cures. The Museum collects medals, tokens and coins with medical links. We also hold a nationally significant collection of hearing aids and audiology equipment, including the British Society of Audiology collection. Amongst the jewels of the Museum’s collections are over 600 ceramic drug jars that were donated to us by Dr. John Frederick Wilkinson. The jars date from the 1500s-1800s and would have been used by pharmacists to store medicine and ingredients. Dr. Wilkinson assembled his collection over a period of 40 years and achieved the largest collection of English pharmacy jars in the world. It includes 400 English drug jars and 200 from Italy and elsewhere. The entire collection is on permanent display at the Museum. The Museum has a small archive relating to the healthcare industry. The archive includes 20th century material from the Thackray medical supply company and other medical supply firms, as well as a collection of pre-NHS pharmacy prescription books dating to the 1800s. There is also a small but interesting collection of photographs showing public health problems in Leeds, 1930 – 1970. Holdings: The Medical History Resource Centre provides access to the Museum’s collection of over 40,000 objects and its library of 15,000 books and catalogues about medicine, healthcare and their histories. Anyone can make an appointment to use the library and resource centre. There is a computerised catalogue where you can access information about books and objects from the Museum’s collection. Information about other library collections is available on microfiche. We cannot lend items to the general public, but a photocopying and photography service is available for a small fee. Our friendly and experienced staff will be pleased to help you find the resources you need. Our staff are available by appointment to identify historical medical items (normally free of charge). A search service is also available; please contact us for a list of charges. The resource centre is open from 10am to 4.30pm Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and staff holidays. To make the most of your visit booking is essential, so please call us on 0113 244 4343 to make an appointment. Contact Name, Title: Lauren Ryall-Stockton Contact Telephone Number: 0113 244 4343 Contact Email Address: lauren@thackraymuseum.org Web Site: http://www.thackraymedicalmuseum.co.uk/ Collection Subject Strengths: History of Anatomy, History of Anesthesiology and Anesthesia, History of Hospitals [show all 10]
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