Public health research: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, 1968-94

Component identifier:

Series 11

Content Summary:

This series is quite discrete compared with others in the collection. It is limited in the main to Murrell's relationship with the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Association of Australia and the Adelaide Children's Hospital. The files have generally been retained in their original order.

Murrell's research into anaerobic toxins contributed to a model for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome related to his observations of a cot death case early in his general practice experience at Tea Tree Gully. The series contains draft papers, hypotheses, notes, readings, research funding applications and reprints that represent Murrell's ecological view of the disease, investigations into the reducible risks of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, and hypotheses regarding bacterial toxins and the possibility of vaccine potential.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Timothy Murrell donated the papers to the Library in five instalments between 1996 and 2000.

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