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STROGANOFF, W: letters to Prof James Haig Ferguson

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1538 S71

Held at: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Title: STROGANOFF, W: letters to Prof James Haig Ferguson

Date(s): 1928-1929

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 file

Name of creator(s): Stroganoff | W | fl 1928-1930 | Russian professor [of obstetrics]

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

W Stroganoff was a Russian professor based in Leningrad, he published The Improved Prophylactic Method in the Treatment of Eclampsia (1930: New York. William Wood & Co.).

James Haig Ferguson was born 1862; educated in Edinburgh, graduating 1884; general practitioner; specialised in obstetrics and gynaecology at the Royal Infirmary and Royal Maternity Hospital, Edinburgh; opened a hostel for antenatal care in Edinburgh Royal Maternity Hospital, 1899; died, 1934.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Letters from W Stroganoff, Russia to Prof James Haig Ferguson, 1928-1929, chiefly on the translation into English and publication of Stoganoff's book The Improved Prophylactic Method in the Treatment of Eclampsia.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

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Chronological

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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Immediate source of acquisition:

Passed from the College Library's 'Autographed Letters Collection' to the Archives in August 2007.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

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Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Drewery.