Royal Infirmary Of Edinburgh Department Of Dietetics

This material is held atLothian Health Services Archive

Scope and Content

Miscellaneous diet sheets and recipes c1958; 'The Foods We Need' 1935; Department of Dietetics badge

Administrative / Biographical History

In 1920 a report was commissioned by the Board of Managers of the RIE to investigate dietetic arrangements. Until that time there had been no formal dietetic treatment in the hospital. The report recommended that a dietician be appointed to be 'operative in directly providing or supervising the provision of special diets for individual patients'. Professor Jonathan Meakins, who at that time held the Chair of Therapeutics, began to practice dietetics in Wards 25 and 26, aided by Sister Ruth Pybus, who went on to become a leading dietician in Great Britain.

Arrangement

Chronological within record class

Access Information

None

Acquisition Information

R. Angove, July 2000; M. Clark, October 2000; A.M. Reid, June 2001

Note

Compiled by Mike Barfoot and Jenny McDermott using existing handlists

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Custodial History

Unknown

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Related Material

Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (LHB1)

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