Pigbel and intestinal motility research, 1960-91

Component identifier:: Series 1
Content Summary:: The series consists of two primary sequences. The first contains original research material pertaining to Murrell's time as Medical Officer with the Papua New Guinea Department of Health, 1960-64. The reader should note that a copy of Murrell's M. D. thesis is contained in series 15. A small amount of material pertaining to Murrell's subsequent work on intestinal motility at Guy's Hospital is also included here. The remainder of the series, dating in the main from the late 1970s, focuses on Gregor Lawrence's work in developing a vaccine, and Murrell's World Health Organisation Fellowships. Additional material concerning pigbel and enteritis necroticans, including papers taken from Murrell's original pigbel research, is included in the series for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (series 11).
Immediate source of acquisition:: Timothy Murrell donated the papers to the Library in five instalments between 1996 and 2000.

Access and use

Parent Restrictions:: Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn3036530).
Parent Terms of Access:: Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Location of this collection:: National Library of Australia

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