Correspondence. Surnames, 'Batchelor' to 'Hurt'

File consists of correspondence with people who have surnames from Batchelor to Hurt, related to the seminar on, "Early Heart Transplant Surgery in the UK", which was held at the Wellcome Institute on 10 June 1997. The seminar was part of the Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine meetings also known as the Witness Seminars. The transcript of this seminar was published as Volume 3 of the Witness Seminar series, E.M. Tansey, and L.A. Reynolds (editors), Early Heart Transplant Surgery in the UK, (London: Wellcome Trust, 1999).

Details of the seminar correspondence, primarily between the chair (Professor Tom Treasure), editors of the published transcript (E.M. Tansey and L.A. Reynolds) and others include:

Detailed information for the seminar, commentary on the transcripts and feedback on the meeting from participants and additional papers including; John Bunker's chapter titled, "Transplanting the Heart at Stanford" from his book The Anesthesiologist, (Little Brown, 1972); and extracts from Transactions of The Medical Society of London, vol.92, 1976 provided by Dr Alan Gilston.

Correspondence with those not listed as participants including; Dr E.F.P.C. De Bono (concerning biographical details); Mr Tony Dyde (concerning apologies and biographical details); Dr Peter Fleming (attendee); Mr John Gibbons (attendee); Sir George Godber (apologies); Bettina Hosseinally (regarding Royal National Heart Hospital 30th anniversary); and Raymond Hurt (attendee and author of History of Cardiothoracic Surgery).

1996-2000

1 file

The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by correspondent.