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- 1959 (Creation)
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Spiral bound manuscript notebook of [H C] Cameron, physician, Dean of Guy's Hospital Medical School 1912-[1915], and author of Mr Guy's Hospital 1726-1948, containing manuscript notes on topics including the history of Guy's Hospital, and Also letter to 'TBL[ayton]' from E Clayton Jones, concerning the sources of notebook, 4 Feb 1959; and letter from T B Layton, to 'Mr Chairman', 5 Feb 1959, found in front of volume.
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Born in Glasgow, 17 July 1878, son of Sir Hector Clare Cameron; Educated at Clifton College; University of Glasgow; St John's College, Cambridge (Foundation Scholar in Science); Guy's Hospital (University Scholar); Berlin. MA, Hon. LLD (Glasgow), MA, MD (Cambridge). FRCP (Lond.). Worked as Demonstrator of Physiology at Guy's Hospital Medical School, and Dean of the Medical and Dental School, 1912-1914, Guy's Hospital, London; Consulting Physician to Department for Diseases of Children, Guy's Hospital; Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine. Former Lumleian Lecturer RCP (Lond.), 1925; Past President British Paediatric Association and the Sections for Diseases of Children. Royal Society of Medicine and BMA. Died 1 April 1958. Publications: The Nervous Child, (5th Edn, 1948); Joseph Lister, The Friend of Man, 1949; Sir Joseph Banks, KB, PRS, 1953; The History of Mr Guy's Hospital 1726-1948 , 1954; books and papers upon medical subjects.