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040-001950977

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FLEMING PAPERS. Vol. XCVII. 6-19 April 1951.

ff. i + 29. 162 x 98mm. Atholl Series notebook with limp cover of blue paper.

Journal has ‘Pakistan Apl 6-19 1951’ written on the front.

Fleming went as a delegate of UNESCO Congress to the All Pakistan Medical Conference. Original invitation was declined over confusion over dates and expenses.

See 56120 for papers and correspondence relating to All Pakistan Medical Conference.

Journal includes:

Section one:

f. 1. List of names and dates

Section two: 6-19 April 1951.

ff. 2v-27. Pakistan: All Pakistan Medical Conference

6 April. Flight to Rome.

7 April. Flight to Karachi. Met by Henson (Glaxo Laboratories) and met President of Pakistan Medical Association.

8 April. Admitted as honorary member of Pakistan Medical Association, gave ‘Modern Trends in Antibiotics’ lecture.

9 April. Spoke to students at Dow Medical College, gave a lecture on ‘Story of Penicillin’ and talked at YMCA (borrowed from ‘Success’ speech).

10 April. Visited Health Laboratory and Malana Research Institute (Dr Suddiq Husain). Chaired a symposium on ‘Organisation of Medical Research in Pakistan’, gave talk taken from his Oklahoma speech. Dinner at British Council and gave ‘Success’ speech.

11 April. Press conference and dinner with British High Commissioner. Sir Lawrence Barton Grafftey-Smith.

12 April. Visited many hospitals. Dinner with Inspector of Hospitals.

13 April. Talked to about two hundred cadets on ‘Story of Penicillin’. Then to Lahors.

14 April. Met local President of Pakistan Medical Association to Medical College. Talk at YMCA on ‘Search for Antibiotics’.

15 April. Flight to Karachi (left with an accompaniment from Pipe and Drummer band of the Pakistan Army Medical Corps).

18-19 April. Journey back to London.

Section three:

ff. 28v-29. Names and addresses

includes:

ff. 1-29 All Pakistan Medical Conference: A. Fleming's journal entries and notes, 6-19 April: 1951.

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Add MS 56106-56225 : Sir Alexander Fleming Papers
Add MS 56184-56208 : D. JOURNALS FLEMING PAPERS. Vols. LXXIX-CIII. Journals, mostly of Fleming’s travels abroad; 1935-1954. Twenty-five volumes.

Add MS 56202 : FLEMING PAPERS. Vol. XCVII. 6-19 April 1951. ff. i + 29. 162 x 98mm. Atholl Series notebook with limp cover of blue paper. Journal…

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032-001950872[0004]/036-001950958[0019]/040-001950977

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English

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Start Date:

1951

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1951

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Apr 1951

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All Pakistan Medical Conference