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Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland

Juby, Alan James


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 2127 JUBY, A J

Held at: Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland

Title: Juby, Alan James

Date(s): 1926-1984

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1.5 boxes

Name of creator(s): Juby | Alan James | fl 1929-1984 | anaesthetic instrument maker

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

A J Juby was an anaesthetic instrument maker employed by the firm A Charles King Ltd and subsequently by the British Oxygen Company Ltd. A Charles King (1888-1965) was an engineer and instrument maker who specialised in anaesthetic apparatus from the early 1920s, a period of technical development in the specialty. Following a series of financial problems King's company was taken over by Coxeter's, which subsequently became part of the British Oxygen Company (BOC). King worked with leading anaesthetists in developing instruments and amassed a collection of equipment, which he donated to the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland in 1953 and which has subsequently been augmented by further acquisitions. The collection was moved from King's premises in Devonshire Street to the Royal College of Surgeons in 1965 and to the new premises of the Association of Anaesthetists at no 9 Bedford Square in 1987.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers, 1926-1984, of Alan James Juby, relating to the development of anaesthesia and anaesthetic apparatus.

Records relating to Juby's career comprise typescript lease of premises at no 34 Devonshire Street, St Marylebone, London, to Arthur Charles King, 1926; typescript financial accounts of A Charles King Ltd, 1942, 1946; printed catalogue with illustrations of anaesthetic apparatus produced by A Charles King Ltd, undated [mid-20th century]; typescript copy letter from I W Magill to the Editor of The Lancet, 1942, concerning A Charles King's inquiry in 1932 for rotameters for gas and oxygen rather than anaesthetic flowmeters then in use, and their subsequent adoption; records relating to patent specifications, including photographs of apparatus, for Juby's work for A Charles King and subsequently for the British Oxygen Company Ltd, for improvements in retaining devices for anaesthetic mouthpieces, 1929, a portable stand for gas cylinders, 1929, an instrument for introducing intra-tracheal catheters, 1929, improvements in endotracheal tubes, 1953, improvements in cuffed catheters, 1955, improvements in gas-administering apparatus, 1956, connectors for endotracheal tubes, 1959, and means for producing a spray of gas-entrained liquid, 1960.

Records relating to organisations comprise reports and notices of meetings, lectures and other events, 1937-1984, of organisations including the Royal Society of Medicine Section of Anaesthetists, the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland, the Royal College of Surgeons Faculty of Anaesthetists, and the British Oxygen Company Ltd; dinner menus (some with collected signatures) and other ephemera, 1955-1971, including photographs including British Oxygen Company events, 1956-1957, and undated menu belonging to A Charles King.

Other records comprise printed booklets, articles, brochures, leaflets, diagrams and typescripts, 1939-1976, on subjects in anaesthetics including equipment (including apparatus produced by A Charles King Ltd and the British Oxygen Company Ltd), the development of anaesthetic techniques and drugs, and the history of anaesthesia and eminent anaesthetists including printed Inventory of the A Charles King Collection of early anaesthetic apparatus present to the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland by A Charles King March 6th 1953; copies of the K Bryn Thomas's article, 'The A Charles King Collection of early anaesthetic apparatus', Anaesthesia, vol xxv, no 4 (Oct 1970); and various British Standards, 1950-1970, on anaesthetic and other medical equipment.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: Mainly English, some Spanish

System of arrangement:

As received.

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.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Donated to the Association by Juby's widow via Dr D J Wilkinson.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

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.

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.

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
Accounting | Financial administration | Finance
Anaesthesia | Medical sciences
Drugs | Pharmacology
History of medicine | History
Medical equipment | Scientific equipment | Equipment
Museum collections | Museum facilities
Patents | Intellectual property | Civil law | Legal systems | Law
Photographs | Visual materials
Physicians | Medical personnel | Medical profession | Medical sciences
Private enterprises | Enterprises
Professional associations | Associations | Organizations
Science museums | Specialized museums | Museums
Surgery | Medical sciences
Collections
Personnel

Personal names
Juby | Alan James | fl 1929-1984 | anaesthetic instrument maker
King | Arthur Charles | 1888-1965 | anaesthetic instrument maker
Magill | Sir | Ivan Whiteside | 1888-1986 | Knight | anaesthetist
Thomas | Kenneth Bryn | 1915-1978 | anaesthetist

Corporate names
A Charles King Ltd | anaesthetic instrument makers
Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland
British Oxygen Company Ltd
Royal College of Surgeons of England | Faculty of Anaesthetists
Royal Society of Medicine | Section of Anaesthetists

Places
Devonshire Street | St Marylebone | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe