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Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland

Bryce-Smith, Dr Roger


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 2127 BRYCE-SMITH, R

Held at: Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland

Title: Bryce-Smith, Dr Roger

Date(s): 1890-1892, 1942-1976

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 box

Name of creator(s): Smith | Roger | Bryce- | fl 1942-2000 | anaesthetist

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Bachelor of Medicine; Bachelor of Surgery, 1942; MA, Oxford, 1943; Doctor of Medicine, 1955; Lecturer in Anaesthetics at the University of Oxford. Publications: with Gordon Ostlere, Anaesthetics for medical students (1976 and subsequent editions); edited, with J Alfred Lee, Practical regional analgesia (1976).

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers, 1942-1976 (some undated), written and collected by Dr Roger Bryce-Smith, comprising typescript dissertation on Extradural Anaesthesia for the degree of Doctor of Medicine, University of Oxford [1955]; unpublished typescript lecture on the history of anaesthesia by Bryce-Smith, undated; copies, offprints and cuttings of articles from the British Medical Journal, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, and other publications, 1892, 1946-1976, including some articles by Bryce-Smith; printed and typescript papers on the history of anaesthesia in the USA and UK in the 19th and 20th centuries, largely undated [1950s]; printed and typescript papers on local analgesia, 1942-1974, including notes on earlier publications and copy of an article of 1890; printed papers on anaesthesia from the Postgraduate Medical Journal, xxiv, no 276 (Oct 1948); printed booklets and leaflets on various drugs, one dated 1949.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Access is by appointment with the Archivist only, and in accordance with the Data Protection Act. Records are generally open unless access would contravene the Act.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Photocopies of material can be supplied, subject to copyright restrictions and suitability of the item for photocopying.

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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Donated by the author.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

The Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland holds its own records and also records deposited by various anaesthetists.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Sources: The Medical Directory 2000; British Library OPAC.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Jun 2002


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Analgesia | Anaesthesia | Medical sciences
Drugs | Pharmacology
History of medicine | History
Medical education | Higher science education
Physicians | Medical personnel | Medical profession | Medical sciences
Surgery | Medical sciences
Anaesthesiology
Personnel

Personal names
Smith | Roger | Bryce- | fl 1942-2000 | anaesthetist x Bryce-Smith | Roger

Corporate names

Places
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
USA | North America