Author: Natalie Walters

The archives of Genetic Alliance UK (formerly known as the Genetic Interest Group) have been catalogued and are now available to researchers at the Wellcome Library. The catalogue of the collection can be searched online through the Archives and Manuscripts… Continue reading

We are pleased to announce that the Wellcome Library has been chosen by the Genetic Interest Group as the repository for their archives. Work will begin shortly on cataloguing the archive, so that these important records can be made available… Continue reading

We are living in a digital age, where almost all business and communication is conducted electronically. However, very few people give any thought to how they will access this digital data in the long term. Electronic information is surprisingly fragile!… Continue reading

The catalogue of the papers of Sir Thomas Lewis held by the Wellcome Library is now available to view online. The collection includes much on his wartime work at military heart hospitals in Colchester and Hampstead, and with the Ministry… Continue reading

You may think that hospital infections like MRSA and C. difficile are 21st century phenomena, but this is not the case. The Hospital Infection Society was set up in 1979 to provide information to those interested in hospital acquired infections.… Continue reading

The place of Sigmund Freud in history is assured. However, this was not always the case. In 1930 Freud regularly found himself facing accusations that he had stolen all his valuable ideas about psychoanalysis from Pierre Janet, a fellow pupil… Continue reading

The personal papers of Sir John McMichael are now available to researchers at the Wellcome Library. To find out more about this eminent cardiologist, Wellcome Trustee and director of the British Postgraduate Medical Federation, please see the entry in the… Continue reading