Thomas Radford Medical Illustration Collection
We have recently completed a cataloguing project on our medical archives, generously funded by the Wellcome Trust under its ResearchContinue Reading
We have recently completed a cataloguing project on our medical archives, generously funded by the Wellcome Trust under its ResearchContinue Reading
I joined the Special Collections team in March as part of an exciting new project to catalogue and promote engagementContinue Reading
Ginny Dawe-Woodings, Wellcome Archivist, writes: The recent acquisition of John Peter Smith’s papers on the foundation of the cervical cytologyContinue Reading
The patient case files of neurosurgeon Sir Geoffrey Jefferson (JCN) are rich in visual materials which enriches the textual informationContinue Reading
Neurosurgeon Sir Geoffrey Jefferson was a great exponent of the frontal lobectomy in the treatment of brain tumours, a procedureContinue Reading
There are a handful of incidents of syphilis, more specifically neurosyphilis, amongst Geoffrey Jefferson’s neurosurgery patient files. Given the prevalenceContinue Reading
Thorotrast was a radiographic contrast agent first introduced in the late 1920s which contained the radioactive compound thorium dioxide. OriginallyContinue Reading
Thomas Radford spent his working life in Manchester and dedicated much of his time to St Mary’s Hospital for Women andContinue Reading
Working through the many patient case files of leading neurosurgeon Geoffrey Jefferson there are a number of particularly significant topicsContinue Reading
With the culmination of a year-long cataloguing project to tackle some of the Library’s science and medical collections a numberContinue Reading