Add MS 56186

FLEMING PAPERS. Vol. LXXXI. 25 Sept.-11 Dec.1945.

ff. ii + 30. 163 x 97mm. Limp cover of blue paper.

‘1945 Copenhagen, Belgium, Sweden, Glasgow, Edinburgh’ has been written on the front.

Journal also includes miscellaneous notes, i.e. addresses and reminders.

See 56114 and 56115 for papers and correspondence relating to visit to Copenhagen.

See 56114 for papers and correspondence relating to visit to Belgium.

See 56114 and 56115 for links with papers and correspondence related to trip to Sweden.

Journal includes:

Section one: 25 Sept.-4 Oct. 1945.

ff. 1-8. Copenhagen

25Sept. No flights.

26 Sept. Flight on a ‘fortress’ to Copenhagen. Met by Dr Wancher and a reporter.

27 Sept. Taken to King’s Palace by Madsen and a pathology department by K.A. Jensen (Chairman, International Conference on Coordination of Chemistry).

28 Sept. Visit to the Embassy. Lecture in the evening at the University of Copenhagen, including press conference.

29 Sept. Leaves for Kalunborg and take boat to Aarhus. Dinner at Ritz with Cai Holten (President, Jutland Medical Society) and Dean of Medicine at University.

30Sept. Lecture at the University.

1 Oct. Boat from Kalunborg to Copenhagen.

2 Oct. Visit to a penicillin factory and State Serum Institute.

3 Oct. Flight to Oslo and gives a lecture.

4 Oct. Flight to Copenhagen and then to Croydon.

Section two: 28 Nov.-3 Dec.1945.

ff. 10-12v. Belgium

28 Nov. Flight to Brussels rather than Paris. Met by Andre Gratia (Professor, Institute of Bacteriology, University of Liege), Marteux (Belgian Minister for Public Health) and [Mernier?].

29 Nov. Met the Prince Regent at the Palace. Visited the University of Brussels and met the Rector and Administrator. Ceremony in the evening where Queen Elizabeth was present.

30 Nov. Louvain. Received Doctor Honoris Causa of Medicine from the University of Louvain. Also in Liege to receive Doctor Honoris Causa of Medicine from the University and the Medal of the City of Liege

3 Dec. Gave a lecture, went to a penicillin meeting and received the Liege plaque.

Section three: 6-10 Dec.1945.

ff.16-19. Sweden

Visit related to the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine, jointly awarded with Sir Howard Florey and Sir Ernst Chain.

6 Dec. Flight to Gottenberg and then Stockholm. Press conference on arrival.

7 Dec. Day with Florey and Chain. Dinner with Finnish Ministers.

8 Dec. Embassy for a Diplomatic dinner.

9 Dec. Dined with Hilberg Bergstrand (Rector, Caroline Institute, Stockholm).

10 Dec. Ceremony and banquet for the Prize.

Section four: 17-19Dec. [1945].

ff. 20-21. Glasgow, Edinburgh

Section five: n.d.

ff. 28v-30.

Names and addresses

Notes on lyso, penicillin and cultures

includes:

• ff. 1-8 City of Copenhagen: A. Fleming's journal entries for a visit, 25 September-4 October: 1945.
• ff. 10-12v Liége, Belgium: Louvain, Belgium: Brussels, Belgium: A. Fleming's journal entries for a visit, 28 November-3 December: 1945.
• ff. 16-19 Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine: A. Fleming's journal entries for his trip to receive the Prize, 6-10 December: 1945.
• ff. 20-21 Glasgow, St Mungo's Cathedral: Edinburgh, Scotland: A. Fleming's journal entries for a visit, 17-19 December: [1945].