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Sources Guide: Clinical Photographs
The term 'clinical photograph' is here used to mean a photograph recording the practical observation or treatment of a sick person. Photographs of subjects after death have not been included. For information on moving images see sources leaflet Films.
Further information about the materials mentioned below can be found on the Archives and Manuscripts Online Catalogue
In some cases the full detailed catalogues of archive collections are not yet in this online database: hard copy versions are available in the Rare Materials Room of the Library and on request to archs+mss@wellcome.ac.uk
Papers of individuals
Joseph Thomas Clover, anaesthetist: Photographs of Clover administering anaesthetic, n.d. [c.1868] MS 6951/14-15
Charles McIvhor Goyder, surgeon: Casebook including photographs of cases admitted to Sheffield General Infirmary and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Infirmary, 1879-81 MS 7393
Sir Morell Mackenzie, physician and laryngologist: Photograph album of patients (mainly children) following throat operations by Dr E S Cassanello of Montevideo, 1883-9; photographs of normal and pathological states of the throat, including the larynx of a contralto and tenor while singing, [1890] MSS 5720-1
Dr James Mann Williamson, general practitioner, Ventnor, Isle of Wight: Medical case registers including photographs, 1883-1900 MSS 7502-14
Frederick Parkes Weber, specialist in rare diseases: Photographs scattered throughout the medical notes and case material files, 1880s-1950s; series of clinical photographs, c.1880-1910; Hemiatrophy case file of X-ray plates and photos, 1922 PP/FPW/A.1-2, 6; B.144/3
Thomas Herbert Bickerton: Photograph of an ophthalmic operation by Herman Snellen of Utrecht, in the presence of Bickerton and others, [1897]; photographs of ophthalmic patients, 1893-1904, n.d. MSS 5997, 6001-3
Sir Thomas Barlow: Photographs of erythromelalgia cases, 1890s PP/BAR/D/7
Lillias Anna Hamilton: [Dr Hamilton] examining patients in a courtyard in Kabul, Afghanistan, [1890s] PP/HAM/A.31/3
Sir Albert (Ruskin) and Lady Katharine Cook, medical missionaries: Photographs of patients at Mengo hospital, Uganda, n.d. [early C20th]; photographs of patients taken for the First Royal Society Sleeping Sickness Commission to Uganda, 1902 [N.B. available on microfilm only, originals not held] PP/COO/K.14-15; M. microfilm 13
Donald Hunter: Case notes with photographs on over 80 occupational diseases 1905-68; reference files on various conditions, 1926-52, 51 of which include photographs PP/HUN/C.1-2
Professor George Grey Turner, surgeon: Photographs of operation on cleft palate, 1905-27; various clinical photographs, 1920s-30s, and chest X-rays of patients, 1939; photographs of Grey Turner operating with staff at Royal Postgraduate Medical School Hammersmith, 1930s-40s PP/GGT/C.3, 7; E.1/6
Sir Henry Head, neurologist: Photographs of Head's right arm during tests for return of nerve function, [1905] PP/HEA/B.9
Charles Donovan: Photograph of a case of beri-beri at Royapettah Hospital, Madras, 1907 MS 5697
Splenectomy: Photograph of splenectomy patient, 1908 MS 1728
Air Marshal Sir Harold Whittingham, pathologist, Director of RAF Medical Services: Photographs of carcinoma patients' tumours, c.1911; photographs of casualty evacuation, treatment and rehabilitation research at San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center, Texas [N.B. these appear to be photographs of simulation exercises], 1943, [1940s-50s] PP/HEW/A.1/2; C.6/4,
8/1-6; G.14/7
Sir (William) Allen Daley: Photographs of hospital ward in Liverpool showing staff and patients, 1914 PP/AWD/P.1/12
Professor Thomas Renton Elliott: Photographic prints of x-rays of First World War wounds, n.d. [1914-18] GC/42
Sir Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer: Photographs illustrating the structure of the teeth, 1915-9 PP/ESS/Q.2
Major-General Sir Ernest Marshall Cowell: Photograph of a Thomas's splint in use, 1917 GC/116
Sir Edward and Lady (May) Mellanby: Research files including photographs on inter alia teeth and cancer research, 1921-60; photographs of x-ray examination of human teeth, c.1934 PP/MEL/G.5; F.34
James Alexander Acheson: Photographs showing yaws patients' progress, Kasempa District of Northern Rhodesia, 1925-6 WTI/JAA
Mary Louisa Drabble, general practitioner: Photograph of Drabble with child patients, n.d. [1920s-30s?] GC/227
Milosh Sekulich: X-rays [of patients at Belgrade University Hospital for Pulmonary Diseases], n.d. [1920s-30s] GC/94
Stanley George Browne, leprologist and medical missionary: Extensive collection of photographs documenting leprosy-associated symptoms and their treatment, mainly in Yakusu, Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo) and Uzuakoli, Eastern Nigeria, 1938-77, n.d.; also slides taken during visits around the world, notably clinics in Taiwan and India. Please
note that due to Data Protection Act much of this material is closed or subject to restrictions on access as it comprises sensitive personal data relating to adults, children and infants WTI/SGB
Alexander Cosby Lovett-Campbell, Medical Officer, West African Medical Staff: Photograph albums on surgery in Nigeria, including cosmetic surgery and native Nigerian surgical practices, [1930s] WTI/ALC
Dr Cicely Delphine Williams: Photographs, slides and negatives taken during Williams' time in the Colonial Medical Service in West Africa and Singapore, and as World Health Organisation adviser in maternal and child health, including patients with kwashiorkor, pellagra, oedemia, beri beri and yaws, 1930s-70s, n.d. PP/CDW
Bernard Lewis Williams: photograph of No 6 Field Surgical Unit, RAMC, Middle East Force performing an operation, [1942-3] GC/172
Thomas Cecil Hunt, gastroenterologist: X-rays of cases including amoebic dysentery, relapsing fever and kala azar, mainly from 96 General Hospital, West and North Africa, 1944-5 GC/46/A.11 [Access restricted]
Sir Ludwig Guttmann: clinical photographs relating to his work with paraplegics at Stoke Mandeville, 1944-9, n.d. PP/GUT
Dr L P Ashton, medical missionary: Photographs of variola major patients, Nyanza Province, Kenya, 1945 GC/195
Leonard Colebrook, bacteriologist: Photograph album from Medical Research Council Burns Unit, Birmingham Accident Hospital showing treatment for typical cases, c.1946 PP/COL/C.3
Richard Henry Hardy: Clinical photographs from University College Hospital, London, 1947; clinical photographs from Hereford General Hospital Accident and Emergency Department, [1970s] GP/12/A.2; C.6
Philip Rainsford Evans, paediatrician: Photographs showing patients at Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda, 1953 PP/PRE/A.4
Shirley Ratcliffe and the Edinburgh MRC Clinical and Population Cytogenetics Unit Study of Long Term Outcomes for Children Born with Sex Chromosome Abnormalities 1967-1995: Photographs of infants, young children and teenagers with SCA showing general growth and development. NB some of these may be restricted or closed for Data Protection Act
reasons PP/SRA
Sir James Cantlie: Photographs demonstrating the effects of tropical diseases, including penile bilharziasis, in man and animals, n.d. MS 6938
William Ford Robertson, pathologist to the Scottish Asylums: Patient photographs showing a Mr. Archibald with a member of nursing staff before an unidentified institution, n.d. MS 6926/3-5
Noel Gordon Harris, psychiatrist: Photographs of skin reaction during abreaction treatment, n.d. PP/NGH/59
Papers of societies, associations and institutions
Royal Army Medical Corps Muniment Collection: Includes many photographs, 1850s-1980s, documenting casualty evacuation, treatment of patients etc. e.g. photographs and x-rays of surgical experiments by Sir Alexander Ogston, Professor of Surgery at Aberdeen University, 1898-9 (RAMC 525); photograph albums of plastic surgery, King George Military
Hospital, 1916-18 (RAMC 760); photographs of contaminated individuals in reports on exposure to radiation at Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Bikini Atoll, 1945-59 (RAMC 1529); photograph albums of the Army Medical Rehabilitation Unit, Chester, 1956-68 (RAMC 778). For photographs compiled by individuals, hospitals, casualty clearing
stations etc., check the place name and personal name indexes, and the subject index under particular wars, hospitals etc., e.g. for the photograph album of Nurse Constance Agg, No 2 General Hospital, Boer War see under 'Boer War (1899-1902)' RAMC
Holloway Sanatorium Hospital for the Insane, Virginia Water, Surrey: Case books including photographs, 1889-1926 MSS 5157-63
Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (f.1895 as Society of Trained Masseuses): Photographs of physiotherapist with East Surrey Mobile Physiotherapy Unit Ltd giving electrical and heat treatment, and treating patients at home, c.1942-78; massage and manipulation treatments in gymnasium, [c.1895]; large series of photographs showing wide variety of treatments, c.1900-82;
photograph albums showing masseuse training and physiotherapy treatment for convalescent First World War servicemen, 1913-20 SA/CSP/M.10; P.4; Q.1, 2/1-5
Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (f. 1907) (Sir David Bruce papers): Photographs of patients in the early stages of sleeping sickness, 1905; photographs of skin eruptions caused by African insects, n.d. [?1908-13] WTI/RST/G.27/18; G.32
Pioneer Health Centre Peckham (f.1926): Photographs of family and infant consultations and Centre activities e.g. gym play, swimming, keep-fit, 1920s-52 SA/PHC/H.1
Research Defence Society (f.1908): Glass lantern slides on inter alia ulcers, cholera and yaws, 1920s-30s, n.d., plus photographs of a blood transfusion patient, 1953 and an operation in the 'Animal Operating Theatre', 1953 SA/RDS/P
Napsbury Mental Hospital, St Albans: Pathological Department reports illustrated with photographs, 1933-5 GC/135
Health Visitors' Association (f.1896 as Women Sanitary Inspectors' Association): Photographs of health visitors at work with patients, 1930s-60s; photographs and slides of mothers and babies at clinics in West Indies, Hong Kong and Nigeria, 1943-47; photographs of clinic patients, 1940s SA/HVA/E.3; G.2/4; G.3
Medical Women's Federation (f.1916): Photographs of medical women treating Second World War servicemen,
1940s SA/MWF/C.188
MRC Blood Group Unit (1935-95): Photographs of Dr R R Race taking blood samples from nursing students, [1940] SA/BGU/L.3/1
East African Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Research and Reclamation Organisation: Photographs showing various stages in treating patients, n.d. [1957-63] WTI/EAT
British Microcirculation Society (f.1963): Album of photographs by P A G Monro of the insertion and use of a rabbit ear chamber, n.d. SA/BMS
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