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Ping, Lilian Gertrude (1871- )


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0120 MSS.8270-8279, 8444

Held at: Wellcome Library

Title: Ping, Lilian Gertrude (1871- )

Date(s): 1935-1938

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 11 Items

Name of creator(s): Ping | Lilian Gertrude | b 1871

CONTEXT

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Unknown

CONTENT

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Research notes and essays on the history of medicine by Lilian Gertrude Ping, 1935-1938. Within this the papers cover a wide range of topics, including: miracles, pilgrimages, healing and medieval English saints; history of anatomy and physiology; Spanish physicians; French medical history and the lives and miracles of various medieval figures: Henry VI, including material on his tomb at Windsor; St. William of York and St. Cuthbert, including accounts of the window illustrations of their lives in York Minster; and St. Thomas of Canterbury, including an account of the window illustrations of his life in Canterbury Cathedral, 1938.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

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The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

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Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Copied from the Wellcome Library catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions: In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Jan 2009


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Anatomy | Biology
Blood transfusion | Biological therapy | Therapy | Medical sciences
Cholera | Diseases | Pathology
Faith healing | Spiritual therapies | Complementary therapies | Therapeutics
Health policy | Health
History of medicine | History
Medieval history | Historical periods
Medieval period | Historical periods
Miracles | Religious experience | Religion
Saints | Religious groups
Communicable diseases x Infectious diseases
Therapeutics x Therapy
Physiology

Personal names
Henry VI | 1421-1471 | King of England
Ping | Lilian Gertrude | b 1871

Corporate names
Canterbury Cathedral
York Minster

Places