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Colour photographs taken [during clinical research at Oldham District and General Hospital], 1968 - 1978

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/EDWS 18/1/4

Scope and Contents

Photographs show Patrick Steptoe and nurses [at Oldham] performing laparoscopy [extracting eggs]; medical equipment; [Edwards and Jean Purdy] looking at [eggs in culture fluid] under a microscope [and possibly fertilising the eggs with sperm]; and a nurse with a bird of prey.
Also includes a large print of a colour photograph of Steptoe performing a laparoscopy with a camera, and a [later] black and white print of the same photograph.

Dates

  • Creation: 1968 - 1978

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

The collection is mostly open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Some files are closed for data protection reasons, and these closures are marked in the catalogue.

Extent

1 folder(s)

Language of Materials

English

External Documents

Finding aid date

2019-02-27 16:39:56.233000+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

Contact:
Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 336087