Royal Infirmary Of Edinburgh Department Of Dietetics
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous diet sheets and recipes c1958; 'The Foods We Need'1935; Department of Dietetics badge
Dates
- Creation: 1935-c1958
Language of Materials
English.
Conditions Governing Access
None
Biographical / Historical
In 1920 a report was commissioned by the Board of Managers of the RIE to investigate dietetic arrangements. Until that time there had been no formal dietetic treatment in the hospital. The report recommended that a dietician be appointed to be 'operative in directly providing or supervising the provision of special diets for individual patients'. Professor Jonathan Meakins, who at that time held the Chair of Therapeutics, began to practice dietetics in Wards 25 and 26, aided by Sister Ruth Pybus, who went on to become a leading dietician in Great Britain.
Extent
6 items: papers, object
Arrangement
Chronological within record class
Other Finding Aids
Manual item-level descriptive list available
Custodial History
Unknown
Immediate Source of Acquisition
R. Angove, July 2000; M. Clark, October 2000; A.M. Reid, June 2001
Accruals
No further accessions are expected
- Title
- Royal Infirmary Of Edinburgh Department Of Dietetics
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Lothian Health Services Archive Repository
Centre for Research Collections
Edinburgh University Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44 (0)131 650 3392
lhsa@ed.ac.uk