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Ref NoDF/PAL/141/175
Alt Ref NoDF141/175
Acc No2026/3
TitleRadiography (AL 1955/52)
DescriptionPrevious departmental reference: AL 1955/52. Correspondence between Kenneth Oakley and various correspondents. Includes J. W. D. Bull (The London Clinic and The National Hospital for Nervous Diseases) relating to the radiography of fossil skulls and the skeleton of 'Gambles Cave No. 4'; H. Davies (Lysholm Radiological Department, The National Hospital for Nervous Diseases) relating to the presentation of a collection of cranial radiographs for storage in the Anthropology Section; a note to the Keeper of Zoology from K. P. Oakley dated 27 Nov 1957 recommending donations to be reported to the Trustees consisting of radiographs of skulls of patients from the Lysholm Radiological Department, The National Hospital for Nervous Diseases and records of a survey of the teeth of Birmingham school children from the Medical Research Council; R. Stringer (University of Cape Town) relating to the radiography of fossil skulls, including the Saldanha skull; A. T. W. Simeons (Salvator Mundi International Hospital) relating to the radiograph of a calcified aorta; Calvin Wells relating to radiography (including mention of that on the Piltdown jaw).
Date1955-1961
AccessStatusOpen
Held ByNHM Archives
Extent1 file
LevelFile
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