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Catalogue description WILLCOX, WILLIAM HENRY
This record is held by Royal College of Physicians of London
| Reference: | MS-WILLC |
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| Title: | WILLCOX, WILLIAM HENRY |
| Description: |
Papers relating to murder trials, criminal abortion, the use of insulin and the production of table salt. |
| Date: | 1911 - 1915, 1923 - 1924 and 1932 - 1941 |
| Held by: | Royal College of Physicians of London, not available at The National Archives |
| Legal status: | Not Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Willcox, William Henry (Sir) (1870-1941) |
| Physical description: | 70 items |
| Access conditions: |
Open access |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
Sir William Henry Willcox, 1870 - 1941 [Munk's Roll Vol.IV p.514] was Physician to St Mary's Hospital, London, where he lectured on chemical pathology, forensic medicine and related subjects. As scientific analyst and honorary medical adviser to the Home Office, he was associated with many famous criminal trials, and became widely known to the British public in the early years of the twentieth century. An account of his life is given in Philip H.A. Willcox, 'The Detective-Physician', London 1970. |
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