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Title: Greenfield, Joseph Godwin: correspondence

Reference: NHNN/S/2/209

Date: 1936

Description: A handwritten letter by Professor McMenemy to Dr Greenfield dated 1936, discovered in the archives of the Neuropathology Department, Maida Vale. Perhaps the first written document, which discusses a disease known today as 'familial British dementia'. Both Drs McMenemy and Greenfield were part of the papers (two of them in Brain), which first described this disease. The description/discovery of this disease is closely linked to the National Hospitals (both Queen Square and Maida Vale)

Creator:

Parent: Medical staff: correspondence

Storage Reference: 1 letter [Box 8]

Acquisition: Donated by Tamas Revesz October 2013

Notes:

Date: 1936 Level: File

Keywords: Repository: GB 0103 Cat status: Catalogued Language: English

Keywords: Calm Archives

Compilations: NHNN archives

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