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White, Thomas Hedley (fl 1961-1994)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0120 GC/257

Held at: Wellcome Library

Title: White, Thomas Hedley (fl 1961-1994)

Date(s): 1961

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume

Name of creator(s): White | Thomas Hedley | fl 1961-1994 | general practitioner

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

General Practitioner in Nairobi, Kenya; Senior Medical Officer Magadi Soda Co Ltd, Kenya; Medical Officer, Tanganyika Territory; MB, ChB, DTM&H, DPH; died, c 1994.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Dissertation on human anthrax in the Rift Valley area of Kenya by Thomas Hedley White, 1961, for Diploma in Public Health at the Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene. Includes photographs and diagrams.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Single item

Conditions governing access:

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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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

This item was transferred to the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre in September 1997 by the Royal College of General Practitioners, which had received it in 1992 from Dr White.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

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According to his letter of deposit, the dissertation is based on White's observations of 'the longest series up that time (and I think since) of over 700 cases of the disease ever recorded'.

Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.

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 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Anthrax | Animal diseases | Zoology
Health policy | Health
Infectious diseases | Diseases | Pathology
Veterinary medicine | Medical sciences

Personal names
White | Thomas Hedley | fl 1961-1994 | general practitioner

Corporate names
Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene

Places
Kenya | East Africa