Level of Description: Fonds

Extent and Medium of the unit of description: 9 items

Name of creator(s): Boyd, Dr James Ferguson, pathologist

Administrative/Biographical History
James Ferguson Boyd studied medicine at Glasgow University, gaining his MB ChB in 1948, MD (with Commendation) in 1960, FRCP Edinburgh, 1966, FRCP Glas 1975 and FRCPath, 1973. He was formerly Senior Lecturer in the Pathology of Infectious Diseases at Glasgow University and Honorary Consultant in Pathology at Ruchill Hospital, the Western Infirmary, Gartnaval general Hospital and Stobhill General Hospital. His published papers include the "Pathology of the alimentary tract in salmonella typhimurium food poisoning". Gut, 1985, 26 and the "Histopathology of enterovirus infections of newborn mice," Journal of Infection 1987, 15.

Scope and content
Students note books, 1946-1948; description of involvement in televsion programme 1960.

Conditions governing access
Access to some items may be restricted. Please contact the Archivist at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.

Conditions governing reproduction
Identification of copyright holders of unpublished material is often difficult. Permission to make any published use of any material from the collection must be sought in advance from the Archivist. We will try to assist in identifying copyright owners but the responsibility for copyright clearance before publication ultimately rests with the reader.

Language/scripts of material
English

Finding aids
Descriptive list available at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.

Archivist's Note
Compiled by Carol Parry, Archivist, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.

Rules or Conventions
ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description, International Council on Archives (2nd edition, 2000).

Date(s) of Descriptions
26 March 2001