Physiological Society of Guy's Hospital

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0100 G/S6
Held at	: King's College London College Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/library/archivespec/ ›
Full title	: Physiological Society of Guy's Hospital
Date(s)	: 1901-1963
Level of description	: Collection (fonds) View parent record
Extent	: 19 volumes and 3 folders
Name of creator(s)	: Physiological Society of Guy's Hospital

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Physiological Society of Guy's Hospital was founded by Professor Pembrey, who was head of the Physiology Department of Guy's Hospital Medical School from 1900 to 1933. The Society was founded to encourage students to learn how to collect and present scientific information and manage the affairs of a society.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the Physiological Society of Guy's Hospital, 1901-1963, comprising minutes, 1955-1963; papers read at Physiological Society meetings, 1901-1926, 1949, 1958-1962 (approximately 10 papers per year), on human and animal physiology. Papers cover a vast range of topics, including metabolism, digestion, vision, speech, heredity, nervous system, sex determinism, sleep, blood etc.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

As outlined in the scope and content.

Conditions governing access:

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive and Corporate Record Services.

Finding aids:

Detailed catalogues are available in the reading room of the College Archives.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Transferred from Guy's Hospital Medical School Library in 2002.

Allied Materials

Related material:

National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Compiled by Julie Tancell 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:
Arpil 2002; revised November 2002