Hill, Thomas Rowland (1903-1967)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0120 GC/2
Held at	: Wellcome Library   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://wellcomelibrary.org/ ›
Full title	: Hill, Thomas Rowland (1903-1967)
Date(s)	: 1941-1943
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 1 box
Name of creator(s)	: Hill | Thomas Rowland | 1903-1967 | neurologist
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Rowland Hill was consulting neurologist and physician to the West End Hospital for Nervous Diseases, London. During the 1939-1945 war he was a medical specialist in the Royal Army Medical Corps serving in Africa. He attained the rank of Major, relinquishing his commission in 1942 and subsequently was deputy regional adviser in medicine in the Emergency Medical Service (EMS). He played an active role in the medico-political discussions concerning the National Health Service and was elected Vice-President of the BMA in 1966 in recognition of his services.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Two notebooks compiled while a Major in the RAMC; admission of patients to unnamed military hospital, 1941-1942; clinical notes, draft letters and essay on 'Malignant Malaria in the Army'.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

1 box.

Conditions governing access:

Item GC/2/1 contains personal patient medical data and is closed for 84 years, until 1 Jan 2027. Item GC/2/2 is restricted access until 1 Jan 2028 and readers must complete a restricted access application form to apply for access to this item.

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.

Finding aids:

Online catalogue.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Purchased by the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine in May 1987.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Purchased by the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine in May 1987.

Allied Materials

Related material:

National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Copied from Wellcome online catalogue by Barbara Ball.

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:
August 2008