Published material 1903-1971; papers relating to iridology, osteopathy and other medical specialties c1931-1967; osteopathy patient records 1931-1979; lecture notes 1920s-1930s; photographic material and drawings n.d.; personal and other papers 1899-1939, n.d.
Laws, Amelia Nyasa
This material is held atLothian Health Services Archive
- Reference
- GB 239 GD18
- Dates of Creation
- 1899-1979
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English, French, and German.
- Physical Description
- 7 shelf metres: bound volumes, papers, photographic material
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
A.N. Laws was the daughter of Dr Robert Laws, founder of Livingstonia Mission Station on Lake Nyasa in Malawi. She was born in 1886 and educated in Edinburgh. She graduated MB ChB in 1930, and later studied and practised osteopathy in London. She retired to Edinburgh but continued to practise osteopathy there into her nineties. She died in 1978.
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Normal 30 and 75 year Scottish closure rules apply
Acquisition Information
Accessioned pre-1980, no details available
Note
Compiled by Mike Barfoot and Jenny McDermott from uncatalogued material
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