Cytodiagnostics Department

  • Reference
    • GB 133 JPS/1
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1962-1964
  • Physical Description
    • 4 Folders

Scope and Content

These papers relate to the development and founding, and then certain projects of the cytodiagnostics department of the Christie Hospital and Holt Radium Institute. The material includes correspondence, lectures, syllabuses, recruitment plans, and statistical research related to cervical cancer, and the cervical cancer screening project established by Smith in Manchester.

Arrangement

The material is divided into 3 subfonds which represent the establishment of the department (JPS/1/2), the running of the department (JPS/1/3), and a film developed by Smith through the department to teach medical practitioners about cervical screening (JPS/1/1).