The Evolution of the British Journal of Psychiatry

1991 ◽  
Vol 159 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry R. Rollin
Keyword(s):  
British Journal ◽  
Royal College ◽  
History Of ◽  
College Library

Whereas the history of the Royal College of Psychiatrists has been reasonably well documented, that of its journal, under its various titles, has received little attention. What follows is an attempt to redress the balance, but this could not have come about if my attention had not been drawn to the existence in the College library of the original, handwritten minutes dating from 1841 of the Association of Medical Officers of Asylums and Hospitals for the Insane and the succeeding body, the Medico-Psychological Association. This historic treasure, to steal a line from one of its pages, written in immaculate handwriting and expressed in elegant Victorian Gothic prose, “contained an unworked mine of golden wealth”.

In the Beginning

1988 ◽  
Vol 153 (4) ◽  
pp. 431-433 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry R. Rollin
Keyword(s):  
British Journal ◽  
Royal College ◽  
Medical Society ◽  
25Th Anniversary ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
In The Beginning

In commemorating the 25th anniversary of the British Journal of Psychiatry it is fitting to trace its history to its beginnings, The Asylum Journal, which made its bow on 15 November 1853. The publication of the Journal was a landmark, the prime importance of which can only be appreciated in the context of the history of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. The College itself is descended in direct line from The Association of Medical Officers of Asylums and Hospitals for the Insane, which under different titles has a continuous existence for more than 140 years, and can legitimately claim to be the oldest medical society in its field in the world.

Medico-Psychologists, Maudsley and the Maudsley

1976 ◽  
Vol 128 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Walk
Keyword(s):  
British Journal ◽  
Royal College ◽  
50Th Anniversary ◽  
Psychiatric History ◽  
Personal Tribute ◽  
Senior Editor ◽  
History Of ◽  
The One ◽  
The University

Four circumstances—in addition to my own limitations as a historian—have determined my choice of subject for this evening. Last November this Institute celebrated its Jubilee—that is, the 50th anniversary of the recognition of the Maudsley Hospital as a School of the University of London. In the following month the one-time Medico-Psychological Association, which owed its very name to a suggestion by Henry Maudsley, and has now developed into the Royal College of Psychiatrists, moved into its new headquarters in Belgrave Square. Since then we have had to mourn the death of Sir Aubrey Lewis, one of whose outstanding contributions to the Association, and to psychiatric history, was his Maudsley Lecture of 1951, devoted to the work and influence of Henry Maudsley.† Moreover, the early ‘70s are the centenary years of Maudsley's period of office as the senior editor of the Journal of Mental Science, now the British Journal of Psychiatry, with which I myself have long been associated. So it seemed that it might be appropriate for me to tell you something about the history of the Association, about Maudsley's relations with it, and about the various ideas, proposals and actions which eventually led to the foundation of this Hospital and Institute. In doing this I hope to furnish a few footnotes, as it were, to Sir Aubrey's Maudsley and Mapother Lectures, and these will be my personal tribute to one whom so many of us have held in affectionate admiration.

An Easy Approach to Edgewise—The Progressive Light Wire Edgewise Technique of Ricketts

1975 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-14
Author(s):  
Winston B. Senior
Keyword(s):  
British Journal ◽  
History Of ◽  
First Time

In this, the first of a three part article for the British Journal of Orthodontics, the author gives an illustrated history of the edgewise mechanism. He describes it, as it was used by the inventor 40 years ago, and explains why and how the edgewise appliance has been modified. He explains why, to the European seeing for the first time American edgewise orthodontic practices in the 1970s, there seem to be so many variations of the appliance in use. He brings the story of the edgewise mechanism up to date with a description of the Progressive Light Wire Edgewise (Bioprogressive) technique of Ricketts. This is the form of edgewise which the author has adopted in his own practice. He attempts, in Part I, to show why he believes that with a British training and experience in Watkin, twin wire arch, and some knowledge of Begg, it is easy, enjoyable and beneficial to convert to the Progressive Light Edgewise technique.

Documenting fashion practice at the Royal College of Art: the RCA archive and image resources

2017 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 130-139
Author(s):  
Cathy Johns
Keyword(s):  
Royal College ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
Academic Discipline ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
Fashion Design ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
History Of ◽  
Contemporary Practice

What can an institutional archive tell us about the history of fashion education? The Royal College of Art's archive, in documenting the legacy of study and practice at the college, a key focal point of fashion education since 1948, illuminates in diverse ways the establishment and development of fashion design as an academic discipline. The print and digital collections in the RCA archive thus provide a rich resource that informs both contemporary practice and historical research, highlighting in addition issues raised by the increasingly digital access to this documentation for the archivist and the research community.

scholarly journals Material Texts and Medical Libraries in the Digital Age

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-145
Author(s):  
Mary Fissell
Keyword(s):  
History Of Medicine ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
History Of ◽  
Medical Libraries ◽  
Material Texts ◽  
College Library

The College of Physicians of Philadelphia was founded in 1787; the College Library was founded a year later. At the time of its founding, as for hundreds of years prior, a library was an essential medical workplace, the site of knowledge production, more significant than an anatomy theater, and much more so than the workrooms that were evolving into the spaces called laboratories. Over its 225 years, the College Library has been at the heart of Philadelphia medicine; and, as the discipline of the history of medicine has developed, the Library has become a crucial resource for historians of medicine, . . .

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