Bryce-Smith, Dr Roger

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 2127 BRYCE-SMITH, R
Held at	: Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.aagbi.org/education/educational-resources/heritage-centre/archives ›
Full 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typescript dissertation on Extradural Anaesthesia for the degree of Doctor of Medicine, University of Oxford [1955]; unpublished typescript lecture on the history of anaesthesia by Bryce-Smith, undated; copies, offprints and cuttings of articles from the British Medical Journal,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 & 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.

Finding aids:

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Donated by the author.

Allied Materials

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

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