Department of Pathology and Bacteriology
Details
Type of record: Archive
Title: Department of Pathology and Bacteriology
Classmark: LUA MED/30
Original reference: LUA/DEP/094
Date(s): 1892-1979
Size and medium: 5 boxes, 1 folder
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/3862
Collection group(s): University Archive | Medical Collections
Description
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BOX 1
1. Leeds University Department of Pathology and Bacteriology Annual Report 1919-20 - 1937-1938 (2 copies of each).
2. Photocopy. M. J. Stewart. Department of Pathology and Bacteriology, University of Leeds. From: Rockefeller Foundation: Methods and Problems of Medical Education, 10th series, 1928, pp65-80.
3. (i) Medical Research Council Streptomycin Clinical Trials (Non-Tuberculous Conditions) Committee. Correspondence, case notes, etc. 1948-49.
(ii) Streptomycin Treatment of Meningeal and Miliary Tuberculosis. Ministry of Health reports, correspondence etc. 1950-51.
4. Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1859-1911), Professor of Pathology 1894-1904, Professor of Pharmacology and Therapeutics 1905-1908. Album containing photographs, application and testimonials (1892), letters of appointment, newspaper obituaries, letters and messages of condolence, etc.
5. Envelope containing misc. financial records 1917-1948 incl. receipts for sale of anatomy parts 1917-1925 and Medical School Refectory Yorkshire penny Bank Ltd paying-in book 1924-1948.
6. M. J. Stewart Retirement Fund receipts and National Provincial Bank paying-in book, 1950-51.
BOX 2
7. Album of signatures. Inscribed: “This book contains the signatures of many who hold Matthew Stewart in affection and have been inspired by him during his thirty-three years tenure of the Chair of Pathology in the University of Leeds from 1917-1950.”
8. Offprint. Matthew John Stewart (1885-1956) (obituary). Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology, Vol. LXXVI number 1 (1958), 295-313 (2 copies).
9. Offprint. Robert Carmichael (1901-1956) (obituary). Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology, Vol. LXXV number 1 (1958), 226-229.
10. James Walter McLeod Testimonial Fund balance sheet 30 June 1954.
11. Photocopy. Obituary Notice. James Walter McLeod (1887-1978). J. Med. Microbiol 12 (1979) 245-259.
12. Notes on fourteen 18th and 19th century microscopes in the Pathology Museum.
13. Notebook containing 195 numbered, labelled and indexed medical illustrations: microscopic photographs of bacteria, parasite-borne and viral diseases, medical statistics, etc. (date: December 1922 at earliest).
14. Professor Stewart's papers. Includes correspondence; A G Lupton's invitation, menu and seating plan for the opening of the new Medical Department, College Hall and Library of the Yorkshire College, 1894; Souvenir booklet of the British Medical Association and the Canadian Medical Association meeting in Winnipeg, 1930; Annual report and statement of accounts of The Pathological Society of Manchester, 1936/7; The Pathological Society handbook, 1937/8; photographs of the Pathology building at Leeds University, unidentified specimens, unidentified group shot possibly of staff in the Department; Notes on Dr John Alexander Sutherland; etc 1894-1941
BOX 3
Leeds Pathological Club [Medical Sciences Club]
The Leeds Pathological Club became the Medical Sciences Club in 1960.
1. Minute Books:
1/1 Minute book, 1922-1931
1/2 Minute book, 1931-1948
1/3 Minute book, 1948-1963
2. Correspondence:
2/1 File of miscellaneous correspondence, including notices of meetings etc, 1951-1955
3. Printed Material:
3/1 “Department of Pathology and Bacteriology, University of Leeds”, By Matthew J Stewart, 1928. Reprinted from Methods and Problems of Medical Education, 10th Series. [VERY FRAGILE]
BOX 4 & 5 [Accession: SPCOLL/2012/123]
Correspondence and reports - Prof Lumsden, Head of Medicine [total 11]
• 2 letters between Lumsden and Prof. Hartfall, Feb 1959 re. Osteoporosis
• 3 notes and 1 report between R.W.L Calderwood and Lusdem concerning Roy Bramham’s leg injury
• 1 report “The autopsy incidence of chronic perptic ulceration in Leeds, England, between 1930 and 1949, and in England and Scotland in 1956” by Geoffrey Watkinson. Nb. References Matthew Stewart
• 1 report “The autopsy incidence of chronic pepticulceration, a national and regional survey of 20,000 examinations performed in Leeds, England, between 1930 and 1949 and in 9 towns in England and Scotland in 1956” by Geoffrey Watkinson nb. References Matthew Stewart
• 1 Letter,1 note and 1 list concerning Martin Rubenberg a student from Washington University’s visit to Lumsden’s department
• 1 letter from Geoffrey Watkinson to Lumsden concerning reports on National and Regional autopsy incidence of ulcers and 1 page concerning total ulcers of Men in Leeds
Correspondence to Dr. Haddow [total 3]
• 3 letters concerning TB 1929-1930
Loose - 1949 letter, second page of 1940 letter, fifth page of budget letter
1940 - reports concerning autopsy(?) samples [total 51/44] [CLOSED]
• 1 sketch
• 50 pages of reports - some reports multiple pages ut pins have been removed. Have been left in order to should be able to reunite some pages - provisionally a total of 43 reports
1941-42 - Reports concerning samples from (living?) patients in the LGI(?) [total 102] [CLOSED]
• 47 1941 reports presumably from the LGI because of ward numbers, Nb. Often reference Mr. Chamberlain and Mr. Armitage who may have been doctors
• 5 1942 reports from the University Leeds Pathology Dept and the LGI (On orange paper)
• 46 1942 reports presumably from the LGI
• 4 1942 reports with notes concerning re-occurring problems
1946-49 - LGI Pathology reports "Partial Gastrectomy" (sorted by date received) [total 362] [CLOSED]
• 1946 4 University of Leeds reports
• 1947 66 University of Leeds reports
• 1947 3 LGI reports
• 1948 38 University of Leeds reports
• 1949 28 University of Leeds reports
• 1949 95 LGI reports
• 1949 128 LGI reports specifically for “Histology”
1947-49 - LGI Pathology reports for "Histology" but no specified sample at the top of the form (sorted by date received) [total 21] [CLOSED]
• 1947 4 LGI reports
• 1948 2
• 1949 15 LGI reports
1946-49 - Pathology reports "Other" inc, lungs, legs, stomach, throat etc [total 163] [CLOSED]
• note some from other hospitals to the LGI and see Edgar Gale for slide references)
• 2 (matching) reports from Royal Bath Hospital, Harrogate to LGI 1949
• 2 (matching) reports from Staincliffe General Hospital
• 1946 - 3 reports from University of Leeds Department of Pathology and Bacteriology
• 1947- 14 reports from University of Leeds Department of Pathology and Bacteriology
- 1 LGI report
• 1948 - 8 reports from University of Leeds Department of Pathology and Bacteriology
- 17 reports from the LGI
• 1949 - 4 reports from the University of Leeds Department of Pathology and Bacteriology
- 116 reports from the LGI
1948 University of Leeds Partial Gastrectomy Reports (kept separate as this is how they were found) [total 173] [CLOSED]
• 156 University of Leeds Department of Pathology and Bacteriology reports
• 12 LGI reports (mixed in - although note university reports include ward numbers etc)
• 1 reports for Saul Sorence with 1 additional report
• 1 non standard report
• 1 Uni report and 1 LGI report together for Harold Armitage
1950 - LGI pathology reports in brown paper [total 80] [CLOSED]
• 80 reports, 1 with attached note
1951 - Leeds pathology reports in envelope [total 87] [CLOSED]
• Collected by Lumsden and put in an envelope from University of Chicago, labelled “1951 Checked”
• 87 reports, including 2 requested by Leeds City Mortuary
2 booklets of slide references [CLOSED]
1 photo of "schistosomum reflexum" calf
4 chest x-rays [folder separate from box] [CLOSED]
Biography or history
The Department of Pathology & Bacteriology was separated in 1953, to form the Department of Pathology and the Department of Bacteriology respectively.
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