Visual Medical Collections
Work has recently begun to catalogue the work of medical artist Dorothy Davison (1890-1984). The collection contains approximately 400 itemsContinue Reading
Tag: Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery & Long-term Medical Effects of WWI
The case files of neurosurgeon Geoffrey Jefferson survive for patients admitted between 1927 and 1940 and inevitably a number of hisContinue Reading
Incidences of Syphilis Amongst Jefferson’s Neurosurgery Patients
There are a handful of incidents of syphilis, more specifically neurosyphilis, amongst Geoffrey Jefferson’s neurosurgery patient files. Given the prevalenceContinue Reading
Radioactive Thorotrast in 1930s Diagnostic Radiology
Thorotrast was a radiographic contrast agent first introduced in the late 1920s which contained the radioactive compound thorium dioxide. OriginallyContinue Reading
Radium and Radiotherapy in Neurological Cases
Working through the many patient case files of leading neurosurgeon Geoffrey Jefferson there are a number of particularly significant topicsContinue Reading
More Medical Archives…
Efforts to catalogue the University’s many and varied medical archive collections are continuing in earnest. August saw the successful endContinue Reading
Phantoms, Brains and Bodies: Geoffrey Jefferson and Rethinking the Mind, 1917-1939
Dr Rebecca Wynter (University of Birmingham) is currently a Visiting Research Fellow in the John Rylands Research Institute. She is studyingContinue Reading