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Thalidomide - letters, leaflets, photographs, 1963 - 1968

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Identifier: Coll-1618/2/1/4/2/12

Scope and Contents

A collection of documents, publications, leaflets, photographs and letters regarding the Thalidomide report, 1963-1968

1. House of Commons Official Report, Parlamentary Debates, Friday 8th March 1968
2. The Lady Hoare Thalidomide Appeal Report, Report and Accounts to 1964
3. An Answer to the Resaerch Defence Society's Statement on the Thalidomide Tragedy, a leaflet from the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Vivisection, 1963
4. The Thalidomide Tragedy, What is the Answer?, a leaflet from the National Anti-Vivisection Society, Illinois (2 copies one in blue)
5. Thalidomide! Another New Drug get its Final Testing, published by the International Conference Against Vivisection, New York
6. Warning to Women, by Rennie Simmons, published by the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection
7. Letter from Lady Hoare of the Thalidonide Appeal to Harvey Metcalfe, 18th May 1967
8. Nine photographs by Brian Seed of children affected by Thalidomide
9. The Lady Hoare Thalidomide Appeal Report to 1967
10. A German article "Eine Antwort auf die Darlegung der (Research Defence Society) Forschungs Verteidigungs Gesellschaft in Verbindung mit den Unheilvollen Folgen Welche sich aus der Anwendung von Thalidomide (Contergan) Ergaben", the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Vivisection.

Dates

  • Creation: 1963 - 1968

Conditions Governing Access

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Full Extent

1 folder

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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