A loose leaf diary detailing WD Walker's daily life including study, medical duties, travel and personal routine.
This part of the loose leaf diary indexes WD Walker's medical and surgical case notes.
Individuals, subject matter and locations noted include:
- index tab "Relapsing"
- news clippings World Medical Topics pages 5 - 6 dated October 1929 Headline "Experimental studies of relapsing fever". Reverse Headline "As relapsing fever is a spirochetal disease, it is treated with arsenicals, usually salvarsan or neo-salvarsan"
- index tab "Scarlet"
- news clippings World Medical Topics pages 9 - 16 Headline "The control of scarlet fever. Use of Dick test, value of preventive immunization favourable results obtained with scarlet fever antitoxin in treatment". Headline "Korschun and Sprina conclude that large doses of vaccine are about as effective as inoculation with combined vaccines and subsequent toxin injections". Headline "Lawrynowicz concludes that the anatoxin plus the killed streptococci is more satisfactory for vaccination". Headline "In the diphtheria wards of many hospitals the Dick test is made on all patients to determine their susceptibility to scarlet fever". Headline "The treatment of scarlet fever by intravenous injection of antitoxin during an epidemic of the disease in Leichester, England is described by Banks and Mackenzie". Headline "The use of concentrated scarlet fever antitoxin in the treatment of scarlet fever is reported by Welford". Advertisement for 'Deschiens' Syrup
Creator: Dr William Delano Walker
Control: AA 357/4/40/13
Quantity:
0.1cm,
Formats: General Publications, Diaries, Indexes
Series:
AA357/04