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ELLIOT, Robert Henry (1864-1936)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0809 Elliot

Held at: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Title: ELLIOT, Robert Henry (1864-1936)

Date(s): c1864-c1936

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 7 boxes

Name of creator(s): Elliot | Robert | Henry | 1864-1936 | lecturer in Ophthalmology

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Robert Henry Elliot was born in 1864; educated at Bedford School, St Bartholomew's Hospital and later gained qualifications as Bachelor of Surgery, London; Doctor of Surgery, Edinburgh; Doctor of Medicine and Diploma of Public Health. Elliot was awarded Preliminary Scientific Exhibition Bentley Surgical Prize; Montefoire Medal and Scholarship in Military Surgery and Maclean Prize in Clinical Medicine, Netley 1892.

Elliot worked as Superintendent of Government Hospital Ophthalmic Hospital, Madras and Professor of Ophthalmology, Madras Medical College, 1904-1914; Hunterian Professor, Royal College of Surgeons, England; Chairman of Naval and Military Committee of British Medical Association, 1917-1922; Honourable Consulting Ophthalmic Surgeon, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London; Vice President Institute of Hygiene; Chairman of Council British Health Resorts Association and Lecturer in Ophthalmology, London School of Tropical Medicine. Elliot was a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons and Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, London. Elliot died 9 November 1936.

Publications include: Sclero-corneal Trephining in the Operative Treatment of Glaucoma (George Pulman and Sons, London, 1913); The Indian Operation of Couching for Cataract (London, 1917) and Tropical Ophthalmology (H Frowde, Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1920).

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Robert Henry Elliot, [1864-1936], reflect his specialisation in the field of ophthalmology and comprise original drawings, slides and catalogues. The collection notably includes hand drawn and coloured illustrations of diseases of the cornea and each is labelled with a diagnosis; slides, comprising 300 black and white photographs of patients with eye disorders and catalogues, including Catalogue of stereoscopic pictures, Government Ophthalmic Hospital, Madras, Elliot School of Ophthalmology (Government Press, Madras, 1932). Papers also include photographs of the original layout of display cases within the Elliot collection museum.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Arranged in original order.

Conditions governing access:

This collection is open for consultation. Please contact the Archivist to arrange an appointment. All researchers must complete and sign a user registration form which signifies their agreement to abide by the archive rules. All researchers are required to provide proof of identity bearing your signature (for example, a passport or debit card) when registering. Please see website for further information at www.lshtm.ac.uk/library/archives.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Photocopies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Archivist.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

No additional finding aids exist.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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ALLIED MATERIALS

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Related material:

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine holds correspondence between Sir Ronald Ross and Elliot (GB 0809 Ross).

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Sources: Who Was Who 1929-1940 (A and C Black, London, 1941).
Compiled by Samantha Velumyl, AIM25 cataloguer.

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: February 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Catalogues | Secondary documents
Eye diseases | Diseases | Pathology
Hospitals | Health services
Medical education | Higher science education
Museum collections | Museum facilities
Ophthalmology | Medical sciences
Pathological museums | Specialized museums | Museums
Patients | Health services
Collections
Medical institutions
Visual materials

Personal names
Elliot | Robert | Henry | 1864-1936 | Lecturer in Ophthalmology

Corporate names
Elliot School of Opthalmology
Government Ophthalmic Hospital | Madras

Places
Madras | India | South Asia