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Swan, Harold Thomas, 1922 - 2011

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1922 - 2011

Biography

Harold Thomas Swan (1922-2011), MD, FRCP, FRCPath, was a distinguished haematologist who became Honorary Lecturer in Medical History, University of Sheffield, and was formerly Consultant in Haematology at United Sheffield Hospitals. He began his medical training at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. Dr. Swan was one of the founders of the British Society of Haematology.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Swan Papers

 Fonds
Reference code: 185
Scope and Contents Papers on the history of the clinical use of penicillin, 1945-1996, with particular reference to its early use in Sheffield, and to the reputation of Sir Alexander Fleming.The papers relate principally to the history of two medical scientists: Sir Alexander Fleming, who published his discovery of penicillin in 1929 but who has been subsequently criticised for an apparent failure to pursue its clinical potential, criticism repeated in a BBC Horizon programme in 1989; and Dr Cecil...
Dates: 1945 - 1996