Item IOP/PP3/3/8 - Account, [1937], by Aubrey Lewis of his visit to Norway and Sweden as part of the Rockefeller-funded tour of Europe

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IOP/PP3/3/8

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Account, [1937], by Aubrey Lewis of his visit to Norway and Sweden as part of the Rockefeller-funded tour of Europe

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  • [1937 Sep] (Creation)

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Manuscript account by Aubrey Lewis of his visit to Norway and Sweden, [Sep 1937], (begun as a letter to Hilda Lewis, but continued in Hilda's handwriting presumably as dictation after Aubrey Lewis broke his arm, Sep 1937), describing in detail his visit to Norway and Sweden, and his discussions with scientists including: (Konrad Elias) Birkhaug, bacteriologist, Michelsens Institute, Bergen; Ragnar Vogt, Professor of Psychiatry, Oslo University; (Kristine) Bonnevie, Professor of Zoology, Oslo University; Rolv Ragnvaldsson Gjessing, Director, Dikemark Asylum, Oslo; Bernhard Jacobowsky, Professor of Psychiatry, Uppsala University; (Viktor Hjalmar Hugo) Wiggert (Wigert), Professor of Psychiatry, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm; Nils Ragnar Eugene Antoni, Professor of Neurology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm; (Joan Axel) Hojer, Director, General State Medical Board, Sweden; (Karl Torsten) Ramer, Chief Doctor, Children's Psychiatric and Neurological Clinic, Stockholm. Subjects discussed include the scientists' research interests, the quality of psychiatric and other medical training and treatment, and administrative matters and the financing of research.

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