Fraser, Sir John 1885-1947 (surgeon, 1st Baronet, Principal of Edinburgh University)

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'An Investigation into the Functions of the Pituitary and Thyroid Glands with special reference to the technique of their Experimental Surgery'. The material consists of Norman Dott's thesis for the Syme Surgical Fellowship, based on part of Coll-32/G.1 above and published with slight change of title, dated 1922, see reference Harris 3 in Coll-32/A.3; and a heavily revised and corrected manuscript.

Scope and Contents Extended 'Report to the Medical Research Council of work done during 1922 (Jan. [January] to August )' by Norman Dott and John Fraser, from the Department of Physiology, University of Edinburgh under Sir Edward Sharpey-Schafer. The material consists of 7 envelopes, all bearing Dott's list of contents, manuscripts and typescript drafts. Note, 'Part II Section I, An Investigation of the lnfluence of the Pituitary Body on the Developing Skeleton', had been removed from its envelope for separate...

Scope and Contents The collection is composed of three bound volumes being Sir John Fraser's journal of a tour made around the world in 1935. Each volume contains many pages of black and white photographs along with pages of typescript text describing the journey. The first entry in the journal is dated Tuesday 22 January 1935 and describes the Langholm Hotel and the start of the journey to Southampton to catch the ship (RMS 'Aquitania') bound for New York. A journey across the USA by train...

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Letters (7) to Dr William James Stuart, thanking him for the gift of a reprint of his Harveian Oration, July 1836. From E. Bramwell, Sir J. Fraser, D. Guthrie, W. F. T. Haultain, Sir R. W. Philip, A. H. H. Sinclair, A. F. Stewart.

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A series of photographs of administrative and academic staff and others.

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Typed case summary and autopsy report relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 37 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; fractured skull; cerebral laceration; and haemorrhage in hypothalamus. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

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Typed case summary, correspondence and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 34 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: lumbosacral radiculitis; prolapsed intervertebral disc; and lumbosacral pain. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Principals of the University: Sir John Fraser