Laws, Amelia Nyasa
Scope and Contents
Published material 1903-1971; papers relating to iridology, osteopathy and other medical specialties c1931-1967; osteopathy patient records 1931-1979; lecture notes 1920s-1930s; photographic material and drawings n.d.; personal and other papers 1899-1939, n.d.
Dates
- Creation: 1899-1979
Language of Materials
English, French, German.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal 30 and 75 year Scottish closure rules apply
Biographical / Historical
A.N. Laws was the daughter of Dr Robert Laws, founder of Livingstonia Mission Station on Lake Nyasa in Malawi. She was born in 1886 and educated in Edinburgh. She graduated MB ChB in 1930, and later studied and practised osteopathy in London. She retired to Edinburgh but continued to practise osteopathy there into her nineties. She died in 1978.
Extent
7 shelf metres: bound volumes, papers, photographic material
Arrangement
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Custodial History
Unknown
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accessioned pre-1980, no details available
Accruals
No further accessions are expected
Subject
- Title
- Laws, Amelia Nyasa
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Repository Details
Part of the Lothian Health Services Archive Repository
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Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
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