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: Library Address: Foye Special Collections Library King's College London Maughan Library and Information Services Centre Chancery Lane City: London Zip / Postal Code: WC2R 2LS Country: United Kingdom Telephone Number: (0)207 848 1843 Fax Number: +44 (0)207 848 1843 Abstract: The Foyle Special Collections Library houses the printed collections of King's College London, including those of its three constituent medical schools: St. Thomas's Hospital, Guy's Hospital and King's College Hospital. As such, the library holds one of the largest and most important collections of pre-1901 medical books and journals in any UK university, covering all aspects of medicine, anatomy and dentistry, with notable strengths in illustrated anatomical works, surgery, tropical medicine, venereal disease, obstetrics and gynacecology, pharmacopoeias and public health. SERVICES: Photocopying; photography (digital and non-digital); written, e-mail, phone and fax inquiries. Hours: 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday -Friday. Closed Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays and College closed days. New readers will need to provide evidence of identity and, if not affiliated to an academic institution, a letter of introduction. Holdings: Special Collection includes c. 13,000 pre-1901 medical monographs and over 7,000 pre-1901 medical journals. Association copies include volumes inscribed by Thomas Addison, Asley Cooper, Thomas Hodgkin, Joseph Lister and Florence Nightingale, among others. Contact Name, Title: Katie Sambrook, Special Collections Librarian Contact Telephone Number: +44 (0)207 848 1845 Contact Email Address: catherine.sambrook@kcl.ac.uk Web Site: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/specialcollections Collection Subject Strengths: History of Anatomy, History of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases, History of Gynecology and Obstetrics [show all 9]
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