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Papers of St George's, University of London

  • 406 SGHMS
  • Collectie
  • 1752-2021

The collection contains records created by St George's, University of London (formerly known as St George's Hospital Medical School). Medical school records include:

  • Minutes and papers of the School Council, Academic Board and other committees, 1862-2000

  • Student registers, record cards and certificates, 1752-1970s

  • Manuscripts relating to the early administration of the medical school

  • Institutional publications including school yearbooks, 1990-2014; directories, calendars and prospectus' relating to the school, 1852-c.1960

  • Photographs relating to the medical school and St George's Hospital, including photos of staff, students, events and sports teams, 19th century-21st century

  • Other miscellaneous materials

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Papers relating to John Hunter

The collection relates to Hunter’s dispute with St George’s Hospital and the division of pupils’ fees among the surgeons, which Hunter perceived as unfair, arguing he brought in more pupils than the other surgeons. The dispute culminated in a meeting in Oct 1793 at the hospital, during which Hunter suffered a heart attack and died.

In addition to the papers relating to the dispute, there are some additional notes, some collected by Charles Hawkins and some by George Edwards. These include copies of two letters from John Hunter’s pupil James Williams to his sister, describing working with Hunter, dissections and the work of the so-called ‘Resurrection Men’, and describing Hunter’s death. These were acquired apparently from a descendant of Williams by Edwards; the location of the original letters is unknown.

Post Mortem Examinations and Case Books

  • 406 PM
  • Collectie
  • 1840-1946

The post mortem records contain manuscript case notes, with medical notes both pre and post mortem. These include details on patients’ admission to the hospital, treatments and medication administered to patients and the medical history of patients; the medical histories were copied into the volumes from hospital registers, which are no longer extant. The post mortem cases include detailed pathological findings made during the detailed examination of the body after death. From the 1880s onwards the case books contain original anatomical drawings and photographs.

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The following information is recorded for each case. The information is transcribed from the case notes and/or the relevant index and, where relevant, additionally standardised using MeSH (Medical Subject Headings)

• Name of the patient. If a name is not entered in the volume, it is noted in the catalogue as ‘[No name stated]’

• Gender of the patient (female / male / unknown)

• Age of the patient. Usually in numbers, following the original, with the following exceptions: 4/12 = 4 months, 4/52 = 4 weeks, 4/365 = 4 days. If no age is entered, it is noted in the catalogue as ‘[No age stated]’

• Occupation of the patient. Where no occupation is entered, it is noted in the catalogue as ‘[No occupation stated]’. Children are often designated according to their father’s or mother’s occupation and women by their husband’s occupation (e.g. ‘F / Horsekeeper’, ‘M. Charwoman’, ‘Hd Grocer’); these have been rendered in the catalogue as ‘[Child of] Horsekeeper’, ‘[Wife of] Grocer’

• Date of admission and date of death

• The names of the doctors treating or examining the patient. ‘Admitted under the care of’ denotes the senior doctor in charge of the case (usually entered at the top of the page and in the index); ‘Post mortem performed by’ denotes the doctor responsible for the post mortem examination (usually signed at the bottom of the page) and ‘Medical examination performed by’ denotes the doctor responsible for the medical examination prior to death (usually signed at the bottom of the page). The earliest records usually contain only one name, and some of the later ones may contain multiple names in each category. An authority record (name access point) with basic biographical details has been created for each doctor mentioned in the records; these can be used to explore all the cases related to a particular individual

• Disease(s) or cause of death of the patient. Transcribed from the medical case and/or the index and standardised, e.g. ‘Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Fractured base. Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (lungs). Fracture (skull)’

• Medical and post mortem notes. Brief summary description or transcription of the case notes relating to previous medical history (not a full transcription of the case notes)

• Note on whether the case includes illustrations or photographs; these can also be browsed via genre access points

• Note on whether the death was caused by trauma, accident or suicide

• Subject access points, using standardised terms from MeSH, with disease type (e.g. respiratory tract diseases, cardiovascular diseases) and anatomy type (e.g. cardiovascular system, musculoskeletal system), which can be used for browsing all relevant cases

Note on transcriptions and abbreviations

Names have been silently expanded, e.g. Jas = James, Wm = William

Some common abbreviations and acronyms

AMCH = Atkinson Morley Convalescent Hospital, Wimbledon
BID = Brought in dead
COA = Condition on admission
F = Father
H or Hd = Husband
HP = House physician
HS = House surgeon
IP = In-patient
L = Left
M = Mother
MR or Med reg or Med r = Medical register or Medical registrar
MS = Museum specimen
OP = Out-patient
OPD = Out-patient department
OR = Obstetric register
PMH = Previous medical history
PH = Previous history
Pt or Pat = Patient
PM = Post mortem
R = Right
RF = Rheumatic fever
Ry = Railway
SR or Surg reg = Surgical register or Surgical registrar
TB = Tuberculosis
VD = Venereal disease

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NV007 – Nancy Esterson

Ref no: NV007
Name: Nancy Esterton
Dates at St George's: 1975-2010 [initially at Atkinson Morley]

Copyright form and transcript of audio recording with Narindar Cooper as interviewer. No digitised audio recording present.

NV011 – Jo Dunstone

Ref no: NV011
Name: Jo Dunstone
Dates at St George's: 1956-[1959?]

Digital images, copyright form and transcript of audio recording with Sue Hawkins as interviewer. No digitised audio recording present.

Image descriptions:
PH001 – Jo Dunstone 1956: Jo Dunstone as probationer taken in 1956. Notice Striped uniform of probationers.
PH002 – Jo Dunstone 1959: Jo Dunstone in her new staff nurse uniform in 1959. Notice: stripes gone, peterpan collar gone, straps to apron gone.
PH003 – Set of 56: Group photograph of Dunstone's PTS set in 1956

NV001 – Joan Clague

Ref no: NV001
Name: Joan Clague
Dates at St George's: 1967-74

Digital images, copyright form and transcript of audio recording with Carol McCubbin as interviewer. No digitised audio recording present.

Image descriptions:
PH011/PH031 [two versions] – Ball at Grosvenor House, c.1968-1969: Clockwise from bottom facing camera: Mrs Hugh Anderson; Mr Richard Ellis (House Governor); Mrs Gordon Marsh; Mrs Betty Ellis; Unknown gentleman; Lady Monkton (member of Board of Governors); Dame Muriel Powell (Chief Nursing Officer); Mr Gordon Marsh (Deputy House Governor); Miss Joan Clague (Principal Nursing Officer - Service); Hospital Chaplin (Nash?); Wife of Chaplin; Wife of Board of Governors (Trade Union Rep); Board of Governors member (Trade Union Rep); Mr Hugh Anderson (Consultant surgeon, member of Nursing committee)
PH708 – Joan Clague Nov 1969: Studio photo of Joan Clague in uniform taken Nov 1969 when she was appointed to succeed Dame Muriel who advised her to have one taken as "it will come in useful".
PH709 – Joan Clague PTS Oct 1950 at Guy's: Official PTS photo Oct 1950 at Guy's. Joan Clague is standing first left on the second row.
PH710 – Joan Clague in grounds of PTS in Surrey, 1950: Joan Clague (right) in grounds of PTS in Surrey.
PH711 – Joan Clague Hampstead General Hospital in 50s: Joan Clague at Hampstead General Hospital taken in the mid 50s. The Hospital was pulled down when the new Royal Free was built. This is in the OPD/Casualty at Christmas and Joan is directly behind the Sister in charge on the first row wearing a Tubigauze.

PH712 – Joan Clague at Base Hospital Cairnes in 1960: Joan Clague at the Base Hospital in Cairnes, Australia. She is second left (wearing glasses). She was a £10 Pom and spent 3 years working round Australia.

NV010 – Ruth Cecil

Ref no: NV010
Name: Ruth Cecil (née Sachs)
Dates at St George's: 1962-1965

Digital image, copyright form and transcript of audio recording with Sue Hawkins as interviewer. No digitised audio recording present.

Image description:
PH139 – Ruth Cecil, taken at May 2006 exhibition

NV003 – Chris Eberhardie

Ref no: NV003
Name: Chris Eberhardie
Dates at St George's: 1965-1968, 1986-200?

Copyright form and transcript of audio recording with Shirley Orbell as interviewer. No digitised audio recording present.

NV012 – Delia Norris

Ref no: NV012
Name: Delia Norris
Dates at St George's: 1958-1972 (mostly at Atkinson Morley)

Copyright form and transcript of audio recording with Shirley Orbell as interviewer. No digitised audio recording present.

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