Thalidomide patients at Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton. Photographs, 196- -197-.
- Date:
- [between 1900 and 1999]
- Reference:
- 804472i
- Pictures
About this work
Publication/Creation
[between 1900 and 1999]
Physical description
>500 photographs : photoprints and slides ; sheets of various sizes.
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Reference
Wellcome Collection 804472i
Contents
A. Five green folders containing black and white photoprints on inscribed mounts: 300 photographs
B. One black folder from Mrs Leon Gillis containing black and white photoprints (possibly duplicating some photographs in the green albums, A above)
C. One blue album containing black and white photoprints: mostly amputees, probably some thalidomide, from BRADU (Bioengineering R And D Unit, a department of Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton)
D. One green album of 35mm slides, possibly from a prosthetist or physiotherapist at Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton. Some connected with thalidomide. Not from one of the companies which were on the Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton site.
E. One blue "Slide and see" album containing rigid plastic sheets holding 35mm slides, with patients' names and details. Seven sheets each containing 12 slides, about 84 slides in all, not necessarily thalidomide
F. One brown "Colourview" album of slides put together by Dr Ian Fletcher and Miss Alicia Mendez (d. ca. 2004). Classified into sections devoted to play, gymnasium, schoolroom, feeding. About 320 slides, probably all or most thalidomide. Created as a historical record by two of the central figures in the events
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Where to find it
Green folder no. 1 of 5 containing black and white photoprints on inscribed mounts
Location Status Access Closed storesGreen folder no. 2 of 5 containing black and white photoprints on inscribed mounts
Location Status Access Closed storesGreen folder no. 3 of 5 containing black and white photoprints on inscribed mounts
Location Status Access Closed storesGreen folder no. 4 of 5 containing black and white photoprints on inscribed mounts
Location Status Access Closed storesGreen folder no. 5 of 5 containing black and white photoprints on inscribed mounts
Location Status Access Closed stores