Jefferson, Geoffrey, Sir, 1886-1961 (English Neurosurgeon)

Scope and Contents Preliminary material relating to the Brain Injuries Committee (B.I.C.). The material consists of a paper by Geoffrey Jefferson 'on the care of patients with injuries to the head and spine', and on regional neurosurgical centres, dated 2 September 1939, and a letter to Dott regarding the location and frequency of meetings of the Committee. The letter, which is on exercisebook paper, was written 'in air-raid shelter (super-cellar) since 8.0 p.m', undated c November 1940-December 1940, and...

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Speech by Norman Dott at Presentation of Sir Geoffrey Jefferson for Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, dated July 1957. The material consists of 3 versions of the speech, all with varying corrections and revisions; and correspondence with Jefferson's secretary for background information. See reference Harris 60 in Coll-32/A.3.

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File relating to the presentation to Dott of his portrait by Sir William Hutchinson, June 1960. The material includes; manuscript texts of speeches by Sir Geoffrey Jefferson and Professor Adams McConnell and Dott's letters of thanks to both, also his speech of thanks at the presentation (these documents include biographical information and reminiscences) and a photograph taken at the presentation.

Scope and Contents Material relating to the S.B.N.S. [ Society of British Neurological Surgeons] Planning Committee, 1945-1948. The President was Sir Hugh Cairns and the Secretary, Geoffrey Jefferson. The Committee was set up in June 1945 to consider organisation, training, teaching and research in 'Neuro-surgery as a recognised specialism', and its relations with related disciplines (neurology, psychiatry). The material consists of preliminary correspondence to the setting-up of the Committee (February...

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Speech by Norman Dott at presentation of his portrait to Sir Geoffrey Jefferson by the Society of British Neurological Surgeons, dated November 1955. The material consists of a corrected manuscript of the speech as delivered; a copy of a printed version of the speech; a photograph of the portrait; and letter of thanks from Jefferson.

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Summer meeting of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons (S.B.N.S.) (29th Meeting), London, August 1942, . The material consists of programme of meeting; autograph and corrected typescript versions of Norman Dott's paper 'The importance of psychiatric and psychological assessment in the management and disposal of organic brain damage'; and related correspondence between Dott and Geoffrey Jefferson. This was the 29th meeting, and a system of numbering was used from now on.

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Lecture by Norman Dott, 'Surgical Neurology (and control of cerebral circulation)'. This paper was given as an address to the Manchester Medical Society, dated February 1961. The material consists of a manuscript draft of the lecture and it includes some reminiscences of Sir Geoffrey Jefferson.

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Lecture by Norman Dott, 'Surgical Neurology (and control of cerebral circulation)'. This paper was given as an address to the Manchester Medical Society, dated February 1961. The material consists of a typescript of the lecture with manuscript revisions and it includes some reminiscences of Sir Geoffrey Jefferson.