THE ALEXANDER FLEMING PAPERS - British Library

THE ALEXANDER FLEMING 

PAPERS 

Additional manuscripts 

56106-56225 

THE BRITISH LIBRARY 

2006

FOREWORD 

The catalogue contains narrative descriptions and detailed indexing of the papers of 

Sir Alexander Fleming, an eminent bacteriologist and discoverer of penicillin. The 

papers consist of correspondence, journals, scientific notebooks, publications, 

lectures, speeches and miscellaneous papers for the period 1907-1957. The papers 

also include memoranda and biographical material compiled by André Maurois, who 

wrote the biography The Life of Sir Alexander Fleming published in 1959. The papers 

were donated to the Library by Lady Amalia Fleming on 12 June 1965. 

For other papers relating to penicillin see Add. 71717. See also R.C. Shipton, A 

bibliography of Sir Alexander Fleming (circa 1993). 

The British Library is very grateful to the Wellcome Trust for the grant that has 

allowed for the papers to be catalogued and enabled the conservation of the scientific 

notebooks. I would also like to thank Kevin Brown, St Mary’s Trust Archivist and 

Curator of the Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum for allowing me to tap into his 

vast knowledge of Fleming and allowing me to use the St. Mary’s archives. I would 

also like to thank Jeremy John and Rachel Stockdale for their expertise and support 

throughout during this project. 

March 2006 

L. Fielder 

Entries in this catalogue are searchable online via the British Library Manuscripts 

Catalogue.

INTRODUCTION 

When Sir Alexander Fleming died in 1955, responsibility for his papers fell to his 

wife Lady Amalia Fleming. She chose to donate his papers to various institutions all 

over the world, including Greece and America. On 12 June 1965 she donated a 

portion of his papers to the British Library. 

The Papers comprise one hundred and twenty volumes, of correspondence, journals, 

publications, lectures, speeches, miscellaneous material, biographical material, his 

scientific notebooks and those of three of his colleagues. The content of the papers 

focus on both his work and his travels. 

Much has been written about Fleming and penicillin, from biographies to children’s 

books. Fleming contributed to many publications during his lifetime and in 1946 he 

edited Penicillin: Its Practical Implications, which ran for many editions. Other 

publications include The birth of Penicillin by Ronald Hare, a colleague of Fleming’s. 

Many biographies have also been written about Fleming. During his lifetime 

Lawrence J. Ludovici in 1959 published the unauthorised Fleming: Discoverer of 

Penicillin. In 1985 Gwyn Macfarlane wrote Alexander Fleming: The Man and the 

Myth and more recently Kevin Brown’s Penicillin Man: Alexander Fleming the Man 

and the Myth. It is also important not to forget André Maurois the French biographer 

who was employed by Amalia Fleming to write The Life of Sir Alexander Fleming in 

1959. Some of his papers from this are included the collection 

Fleming was born in Lochfield, near Darvel in Ayrshire, Scotland on 6 August 1881. 

After receiving schooling in Scotland, Fleming moved to London in 1897 and started 

his working life as a clerk for ‘The American Line’, a shipping company. After 

inheriting £250 in 1901 Fleming was able to undertake medical training at St. Mary’s 

Hospital, Paddington, qualifying with a distinction in 1906. Throughout his medical 

career he never left St. Mary’s. Fleming married Sarah Marion McElroy (who later 

changed her name to Sareen), a nurse from Ireland in 1915 and they had one son 

Robert. Sareen died in 1949 and he married Dr Amalia Koustouri-Voureka a Greek 

bacteriologist and colleague from St. Mary’s in 1953. Fleming died of a coronary 

thrombosis on 11 March 1955. 

Fleming’s scientific career spanned a fifty year period. After initial plans to become a 

surgeon, Fleming’s first post was as a research assistant in the then Inoculation 

Department under the leadership of Sir Almroth Wright. In 1919 he became Assistant 

Director and in 1947 after the death of Wright, Fleming became Director of the newly 

named Wright Fleming Institute, eventually retiring from this post in 1955. During 

his professional career Fleming most notably carried out work on antiseptics and 

wounds, proteus vulgaris, discovered lysozyme and of course discovered penicillin. 

Due to the discovery of penicillin Fleming also became a celebrity and in 1945 started 

his official public career. He travelled all over the world collecting awards, honorary 

degrees, making speeches and giving lectures. He received more than seventy awards 

and honours during his life time, including the Nobel Prize for Physiology and 

Medicine, Freedom of the Burgh of Darvel and the Gold Medal of the Royal Society 

of Medicine.

In the present catalogue all volumes have been described as a fully as possible, apart 

from the notebooks. Due to their number and volume of work contained, a decision 

was made to divide the contents where possible into sections of identifiable work. 

This is indicated by the word ‘includes’ in the catalogue.

FLEMING PAPERS 

56106-56225. Correspondence, notebooks and papers of Sir Alexander 

Fleming, the discoverer of penicillin (d. 1955); 1901-1957. Presented by 

Amalia, Lady Fleming, 12 June 1965. 

For other papers relating to penicillin see Add. 71717. See also R. C. Shipton, A 

bibliography of Sir Alexander Fleming (circa 1993). 

Paper. One hundred and twenty volumes. British Library arrangement. 

Classified as follows. 

A. Correspondence and papers: 56106-56121 

B. Publications, lectures etc.: 56122-56137 

B. Notebooks: 56138-56183 

C. Journals: 56184-56208 

D. Miscellaneous papers: 56209-56213 

E. Biographical material: 56214-56222 

F. Notebook of colleagues: 56223-56225

A. CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS 

56106. FLEMING PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. 265). Correspondence and papers 

relating to Edinburgh University; 1945-1954. 

1. ff. 1-26. Correspondence with Sir Edward Appleton, Principal and 

Vice-Chancellor; 1951-1954. 

2. ff. 27-116. Correspondence and papers relating to the University, 

including: 

University Court Minutes 

Committee Reports 

Senate 

Scottish University Entrance Board 

Halls of residence 

Department of Archaeology 

3. ff. 117-124. C. H. Stewart, Secretary. 

4. ff. 125-158. Thomas A. Joynt, Deputy Secretary. 

5. ff. 159-265. Correspondence with officials and students; 1945-1954. 

Including: 

Campbell, Helen - Honorary Secretary Students Union 

Campbell, James C. - Honorary Secretary Election Committee 

Cook, John - Factor 

Coutts, W. A. - Deputy Secretary 

Donaldson, Gordon - HM Historiographer of Scotland 

Fleming, W. A. - Secretary 

Gunn, Iain A. - Honorary Secretary, Students Representative 

Council 

Johnstone, Robert William - Emeritus Professor of Midwifery and 

Diseases of Women 

Learmonth, Sir James Rognvald - Regius Professor of Clinical 

Surgery 

Mackie, Sir T. J. - Professor of Bacteriology 

MacGregor, Ian S. - Senior President, Students Representative 

Council 

Manson, T. W. 

Munro, William Jim 

Scott, Kenneth B. A. - Senior President, Students Representative 

Council 

Smith, Sir Sydney - Emeritus Professor of Forensic Medicine 

Stevens, William V. - Director, Edinburgh Chamber Commerce and 

Manufacturers 

Weatherhead, James - Senior President, Students Representative 

Council 

Wedderburn, Sir Ernest - Rector’s Assessor

56107. FLEMING PAPERS. Vol. II (ff. 149). Correspondence and papers 

relating to the Pasteur Jubilee and to an influenza vaccine; 1946-1954. 

1. ff.1-59. Fiftieth Anniversary of Louis Pasteur’s death 

Including: 

André, Gerard - French Embassy, London 

Maucherat, Pierre M. - General Secretary Committee Jubilee of 

Pasteur’s Death 

Pollet-Mugnier, F. - Mayor of Dole, France 

Roussy, Gustave - Neurologist and pathologist 

Trefouel, Jacques - Director Pasteur Institute, Paris 

Ungar, Dr. George G. - Physiologist and pharmacologist 

Ventard, A. - President, Friends Society of Louis Pasteur’s 

Birthplace 

2. ff. 60- 149. Influenza Vaccine 

Including: 

Andrewes, Sir Christopher Howard - Virologist 

Charles, J. A. - Ministry of Health 

Committee Clinical Trails of Influenza Vaccine 

Green, Sir Francis Henry Knethell - Principal Medical Officer, 

Medical Research Council 

Howard, Sir Christopher - Virologist 

King, Earl Judson - Clinical biochemist 


Pasteur, Louis - Chemist and microbiologist 

Richmond, Brigadier A. E. - Ministry of Health 

56108. FLEMING PAPERS. Vol. III (ff. 100). Correspondence and papers 

relating to the Fifth International Congress of Microbiologists held in Rio de 

Janeiro in 1950; 1948-1950. 

ff. 1-41. Correspondence with Olympio O. R. de Fonseca, President of the 

Congress; 1948-1950. 

ff. 42-100. General Correspondence relating to the Congress; 1948-1950. 

Including: 

Beauepaire, Henrique Aaragao de - Parasitologist 

Cowan, S. T. - National Collection of Type Cultures 

Davis, J. G. - Physician 

Gomes, Luis Salles - Adolph Lutz Institute, Brazil 

Heyningen, W. E. van - Microbiologist 

Mudd, Stuart - Microbiologist 

Pereira, Helio Gelli - Epidemiologist and virologist 

Phillip, John Hood - Secretary, Senate University of London 

St. John-Brooks, Ralph Terence - Bacteriologist, Curator National 

Collection of Type Cultures 

Souza Aarujo, H. C. - International Centre for Leprology 

Travassos, Joaquim de Rosa - Bacteriologist and virologist

Vayssiere - General Secretary International Union of Biological 

Sciences 

56109. FLEMING PAPERS. Vol. IV (102). Correspondence with American 

doctors, as follows: 

ff. 1-28. Elbyrne Grady Gill, of the Gill Memorial Hospital, Roanoke, 

Virginia; 1949-1950. 

ff. 29-61. Hugh G. Payne, of the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation; 

1949-1954. 

ff. 62-102. U. R. Bryner, President, American Academy of General 

Practice; 1953-1954. 

56110, 56111. FLEMING PAPERS. Vols. V, VI. Correspondence with 

Americans and Canadians; 1943-1955, n.d. Arranged chronologically. 

56110. Vol. V. Dec. 1943-March 1950. 

ff. 1-229. Papers and correspondents include: 

American Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Association 

American tour, May 1945 

Canadian Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Association Medal of 

Honour 

Citation of Purple Heart 

Fellowship American College of Chest Physicians 

Fellowship New York Academy of Medicine 

Fleming Fund 

Harvard University honorary degree 

Honorary membership of the Kiowa tribe 

International Mark Twain Society 

Lecture tour of America, March–April 1950 

Time Magazine 

Tour of America, June-July 1949 

United States Army Medal of Merit 

56111. Vol. VI. April 1950-March 1955, n.d. 

ff. 1-202. Papers and correspondents include: 

American Academy of General Practice 

American Research and Education Foundation for Chest Disease 

Common Cold Foundation 

Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation 

Lecture tour of America, March–April 1950 

Sixth General Assembly of World Medical Association 

Tour of America, Canada, Brazil and Mexico, March-April 1954 

56112. FLEMING PAPERS. Vol. VII. Correspondence and papers relating to 

industrial penicillin; 1942-[1953]. 

ff. 1-41. General Penicillin Committee minutes. 

ff. 42-168. Papers relating to the manufacture of penicillin.

Including: 

Food and Drug Administration, Washington 

General Penicillin Committee 

Ministry of Supply 

Society of Chemical Industry, Basle 

War Production Board 

56113-56121. FLEMING PAPERS. Vols. VIII-XVI. General correspondence; 

1924-1955, n.d. Arranged chronologically. 

56113. Vol. VIII. 1924-1944. 

ff. 1-257. Papers and correspondence include: 

Emergency Public Health Laboratory Service 

International Society for Microbiology 

John Scott Medal 

Knighthood 


Ministry of Health 

Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene 

56114. Vol. IX. Jan.-Oct.1945. 


Belgium, Nov-Dec. 1945 

Charles Mickle Fellowship 

Copenhagen, Oct. 1945 

France, Sept. 1945 

Freedom of Borough of Paddington 

Honorary D. Sc, University Durham 

International Senate 

Italy, Sept. 1945 

Lister Memorial Lecture 

Order of Public Health 

56115. Vol. X. Nov. 1945-July 1946. 


Copenhagen, Oct. 1945 

Freedom of the Burgh of Darvel 

Glasgow, Dec. 1945 

Honorary degree, University of Louvain 

Jutland Medical Society 

Membership Pontifical Academy of Sciences 

Membership Danish Academy of Sciences 

Rome: Congress of Chest Medicine and meeting with Pope, Sept. 

1950 

Rome and Naples: Pontifical Academy of Sciences, June 1949 

Sweden, Dec. 1945 

56116. Vol. XI. Aug. 1946-April 1947. 


Albert medal 

Austria, April 1947

Brazilian Academy of Sciences 

Brussels, Oct. 1946 

First Inter-American Medical Congress, Rio de Janeiro 

Foreign honorary member, Royal Academy of Medicine, Belgium 

Milan, Turin Oct. 1946 

National Health Service 

Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine 

56117. Vol. XII. May 1947-May 1948. 


Athenaeum Club 

Austria, April 1947 

British Association for Advancement of Science 

Fourth International Congress of Microbiology, July-Aug. 1947 

Honorary degree, Charles University, Prague 

Honorary degree, University of Graz 

Honorary member, Royal Society, Edinburgh 

International Association of Microbiologists 

Strathpepper Summer School, Aug-Sept. 1947 

West Dean, May 1947 

56118. Vol. XIII. June 1948-Sept. 1949. 


America, June-July 1949 

Canadian Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Association Gold Medal 

Honorary Freedom Borough of Chelsea 

Ireland, May 1949 

Membership Royal Society, Germany 

Rome: Congress of Chest Medicine and meeting with a Pope, Sept. 

1950 

Rome and Naples: Pontifical Academy of Sciences, June 1949 

Spain, May-June 1948 

Verona, July 1949 

56119. Vol. XIV. Oct. 1949-Dec. 1950. 


Addingham Medal 

Dublin, Jan. and July 1950 

Fiftieth Anniversary of the Nobel Prize 

Honorary degree, University of Ireland 

Jules Bordet Jubilee Committee 

Milan, June 1950 

56120. Vol. XV. 1951-1952. 


All Pakistan Medical Conference, April 1951 

Council for the Coordination of International Congresses of 

Medical Sciences (CCICMS) 

Greece, Nov. 1952 

Rectorship, University of Edinburgh

Switzerland, April 1953 

56121. Vol. XVI. 1953-1955, n.d. 


Athens, Sept.-Oct. 1953 

Bordeaux, Nov. 1954 

Fifth Middle East Medial Assembly 

Rome: International Congress and fifth meeting with Pope, Sept. 

1953 

Sixth International Congress for Microbiology 

Unitarian Service Committee Inc 

World Health Organisation (India)

B. PUBLICATIONS, LECTURES, SPEECHES, ETC. 

56122-56132. FLEMING PAPERS. Vols. XVII-XXVII. Lectures and speeches. 

Including some of those subsequently published in scientific periodicals; 1940- 

1955, n.d. Arranged chronologically. 

Eleven volumes. 

56122. Vol. XVII. 1940-June 1945. 

ff. 1-251. Volume includes: 

Linnaean Society 

American Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Association Award of 

Merit 

Hospital Sunday Appeal 

Dyers Company 

Cutter Lecture, Harvard 

56123. Vol. XVIII. July 1945-1946. 


Nobel Prize 

Turin Academy of Medicine 

Freedom of the Burgh of Darvel 

56124. Vol. XIX. 1947. 


Pasteur Exhibition at the Science Museum 

Fourth International Congress of Microbiologists 

International Conference of Physicians 

56125. Vol. XX. 1948. 


Académie Septrentrionale 

Academy of Medicine, Barcelona 

Royal Academy of Medicine, Seville 

Grand Cross of Alphonso X el Sabio 

56126. Vol. XXI. 1949. 


Freedom of Borough of Chelsea 

Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation 

Fourth International Congress of Otorhinolaryngology 

Society of Merchant Adventurers 

Harveian Society 

56127. Vol. XXII. 1950-Feb.1952. 


William Hoffman Trust 

Second International Congress on Antibiotics 

American College Chest Physicians Gold Medal

All Pakistan Medical Conference 

Rectorship, University of Edinburgh 

56128. Vol. XXIII. March-Oct. 1952. 


Scots Law Society 

Sixth Annual Conference of Scottish Ophthalmic Opticians 

Eleventh International Dental Congress 

First International Congress of Internal Medicine 

World Medical Association, Sixth General Assembly 

56129. Vol. XXIV. Nov.-Dec. 1952. 


Tour of Greece 

56130. Vol. XXV. 1953 pt.1. 


World Health Organisation: Tour of India 

56131. Vol. XXVI. 1953 pt.2. 


Order of Carlos Finlay 

Shattuck Lecture, Boston 

Royal Institution 

56132. Vol. XXVII. 1954-1955, n.d. 


University of Utah 

Hospital Saturday Fund 

Tour of Bordeaux 

Worshipful Company of Barbers 

56133-56137. FLEMING PAPERS. Vols. XXVIII-XXXII. Drafts and notes for 

works published or apparently intended for publication; [1920]-1955, n.d. 

Further copies and off-prints of Fleming’s work can be found at St. Mary’s 

Trust Archive, based at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington. 

56133. Vol. XXVIII. [1920]-1945. 

ff. 1-241. Volume includes articles prepared for publications as indicated: 

‘Bacteriological Examination of War Wounds’, in H. Bailey, 

Surgery of Modern Warfare, 1941 

‘The Use of Paper and Cellophane Discs for the Preparation of 

Museum Specimens of Mould Cultures’, Proceedings of the 

Linnaean Society of London, 155 (1943) 

‘The Prevention of Pyogenic of the Nose and Throat’, Journal of 

Laryngology and Otology, 58 (1943) 

56134. Vol. XXIX. 1946-1949. 

ff. 1-257. Volume includes articles prepared for publications as indicated:

‘The Assay of Penicillin in the days before it was Concentrated’, 

Bulletin of the Health Organisation, League of Nations, 12 (1946) 

International Congress of Surgery 1947 

‘Some Problems Titration of Streptomycin’, (with J. R. May and A. 

E. Voureka) British Medical Journal, 2(1947) 

56135. Vol. XXX. 1950-1953. 


‘The Morphology and Motility of Proteus Vulgaris and Other 

Organisms Cultured in the Presence of Penicillin’, (A. Voureka, J. 

R. H. Kramer and W. H. Hughes) Journal of General Microbiology, 

4(1950) 

Foreword and preface to Penicillin: Its Practical Applications, 2 nd 

edition, 1950 

‘A Test to Show the Relative Toxicity of a Chemical to Bacteria and 

to Human Leucocytes’, International Archives of Allergy, 5(1954) 

56136. Vol. XXXI. 1954-1955, n.d. 


Sulphonamides 

Streptothrix 

Wright Fleming Institute 

Chemotherapy 

56137. Vol. XXXVII. Notebook, n.d. 

ff. iii + 58. Ring binder with hard grey cover. It was advertised as the 

‘Eclipse’ ring book. 

Label inside the front of the notebook is for ‘Isacke, Printer, Stationer, 

Account Book Maker. 133, Praed Street, W.2.’ 

The notebook contains loose sheets of work, some of which may have 

been published or intended for publication before his death. 

Notebook includes: 

Antiseptics 

Methods of observing the antiphagoctyic power of chemicals 

Methods of showing the antibacterial power of chemicals in blood 

Intravenous injections into animals

C. NOTEBOOKS 

56138-56183. FLEMING PAPERS. Vols. XXXIII-LXXVIII. Notebooks, of varying 

type, size and material, for the years 1901-1953. 

Forty six volumes 

Many of the notebooks contain loose folios, therefore the decision has been 

made to leave all loose folios where they were found as it is unknown whether 

they have been put there on purpose or moved at a later date. 

As the notebooks have undergone conservation, many of the loose sheets are 

now housed separately from their notebooks; this is for their protection and to 

enable better access to the notebooks as a whole. The foliation of the notebooks 

included the loose sheets, so in the event of separation the reader will be aware 

of their original locations. 

Any blank pages and stubs have also been foliated to give the reader a sense of 

how and when Fleming worked. 

The majority of the notebooks have been purchased from W. Isacke, 

Manufacturing Stationer and Printer. One of the locations of his shops was 133 

Praed Street, London, W.2. This location was opposite St Mary’s Hospital, 

Paddington. 

56138. Vol. XXXIII. 22 March-27 May 1901. 

ff. ii + 90. 309 x 199mm. Army notebook ‘129’ with a hard, green cover. 

It has a label on the front from the Pathological Department, Army 

Medical School, Netley. Notebook has been entitled ‘Bactl. Experiments 

Typhoid Vol. V’ 

Log in an unidentified hand, annotated by Wright. 


ff. 3-90. Range of bacteriological experiments related to typhoid and 

vaccines numbered 32, 33, and 34 carried out at the Army Medical 

School. 

56139. Vol. XXXIV. 3 Dec. 1907-17 Jan. 1908. 

ff. ii + 25. 238 x 186mm. Limp cover of marbled paper. Label on the 

front cover has the initials LN and AF and illegible words on it. 


Section one: 23 Dec. 1907-25 Jan. 1908. 

ff. 1v-22. Patient notes including graphs: 

i) Reeves: conjunctivitis 

ii) Gibson: typhoid 

iii) Anderson: hernia 

iv) Widdington: conjunctivitis 

v) Morris: typhoid

vi) Wraight: eye infection 

vii) Bailey: conjunctivitis 

viii) Wilkinson: oedema of conjunctiva 

ix) Sammon: congestion of conjunctiva and circum cornea zone 

x) Black: abscess of the right thigh 

xi) Bennett: knees and ankle swollen, dialtyitis of a finger 

xii) Millest: infection of caruncula and lower palpebral 

conjunctiva 

xiii) Robert: tuberculosis of the knee 

xiv) Noon: infection of caruncula 

xv) Ram: caruncula and lower palpebral conjunctiva congested 

xvi) Brown: bad lower molar and abscess in the neck 

xvii) Sweeney: hernia 

xviii) Powell: tuberculosis of the ankle and streptococcus infection 

of sinuses 

xix) Kettle: congestion region of plica 

Section two: 18 Dec. 1907-18 Jan. 1908. 

ff. 22v-24. Experiments with two guinea pigs that have been inoculated 

with tuberculosis. 

56140. Vol. XXXV. 22 Jan. 1908-6 July 1909. 

ff. ii + 27. 239 x 186mm. Limp cover of marbled paper. Label on the front 

has initials AF and LN and illegible words on it. 


1. ff. 2v-5. Two experiments, written in an unidentified hand, comparing 

formalised and living typhoid emubious (Gages), illustrated with 

graphs; 21 Jan. 1908. 

2. ff. 6v-7. Experiment of twelve bloods put to living and to ordinary 

dead tubercle; 24 Aug. 1908. 

3. ff. 12v-13. Effect of a lumber puncture on the opsonic index. Patient 

was Whitman, who had tubercle meningitis; Feb. 1908. 

4. f. 15v. Blood versus serum; n.d. 

5. ff. 16v-17. Summary of tubercle opsonic indices of patients before 

inoculation; n.d. 

6. ff. 23v-24. Experiment to examine the affect of dilution; 3 Oct. 

7. ff. 25v-26. Experiment on the deviation of opsonin, illustrated with a 

graph; 6 July 1909. 

Links with other notebooks: 

56141: Continuation of work 

56141. Vol. XXXVI. July 1909-23 Sept. 1915.

ff. ii + 67. 245 x 204mm. Hard, green cover with ‘Physics Book’ 

imprinted on the front. 


Section one: 

1. f. 6. Experiment with blood and different types of staphylococcus; 9 

Aug. 1910. 

2. f. 8. Experiments with haemophagolytic index; 12-14 Nov. 1910. 

3. f. 9. Staphylococcus planted in sugars; 19 Nov. 1909. 

4. ff. 10-12. Work on the exhaustion of media; 18 Nov.-1 Dec. 1909. 

5. f. 14. Work on hydalid deviations; 13-17 May 1910. 

6. ff. 15, 38. Work on acne; 13-14 Sept. 1910, 17-22 Jan. 1912. 

7. ff. 16-17, 24, 27. Experiments with red egg; n.d. 

7. f. 20. Influence of the strength of salt on haemolysis; 11-19 Jan. 1911. 

8. ff. 21-22. Work on deviation; 26-29 Jan. 1911. 

Section two: 19 Feb. 1911-12 Dec. 1913. 

Complementation 

i) ff. 28, 32. Versus opsonic index 

ii) ff. 33, 37. Anti-complementation 

iii) ff. 30-31, 34. Versus absorption 

iv) ff. 47-48. Amount of complementation in human serum 

v) ff. 50-53. Keeping complementation and opsonin 

Section three: 9 Jan. 1914. 

1. ff. 40, 55, 66. Haemolytic power of serum; 29 Aug. 1912-17 March 

1914, n.d. 

2. f. 44. The effect of heat on vaccine. 

Links with other notebooks 

56140: Seems to be a continuation of work 

56224: Acne 

56142. Vol. XXXVII. 30 Oct. 1915-30 March 1916. 

ff. ii + 78. 182 x 119mm. Hard, black cover. Originally belonged to Sir 

Almroth Wright to house notes on ‘Private Indices’. This has been 

crossed out with blue pencil and replaced with the initials AF. 

The notebook has been cut to create sections; only two of the sections 

have been used. A large section at the front of the notebook has been cut 

out. 

Notebook includes:

Section one: 30 Oct.-3 Nov. 1915. 

1. ff. 53v-58. Experiments with stain [meotia], including Brilliant Green 

Nigrosin, Pyronin with various bacteria. 

Section two: 30 March 1916. 

1. ff. 76v-77. Experiments of Morgan fixations with rabbits and AF 

serum. 

2. f. 78. Loose sheet of 30, Devonshire Place headed notepaper with 

coloured drawings of Campbell streptos on pyronin 1/10000 on. 

Located inside the back cover of the notebook; n.d. 

56143. Vol. XXXVIII. 3 Jan.-21 Dec. 1916. 


imprinted on the front. A number of pages of the notebook have been cut 

out. 


Section one: 17 May 1915-31 July 1916. 

ff. 3-17. Symbiosis of bacteria 

All have graphs or diagrams to illustrate the results 

i) Perfringens, staphylococcus and streptococcus 

ii) Perfringens coli and Proteus 

iii) Perfringens and B – Dec. 

iv) Perfringens, streptococcus and Coil 

v) Perfringens with other anaerobes 

vi) Pseudo and streptococcus 

vii) Forrest I, II and III with aerobes 

Section two: 5-21 Dec. 1916. 

ff. 23-34v. Parker Sinus 

Tests involved irrigating the nose and then testing the contents for its 

antiseptic action; includes graphs or diagrams to illustrate the results. 

i) NaCl 

ii) Normal salt 

iii) Chloramines 

iv) Eusol 

v) Exudates 

vi) Normal rate of pus 


56146: Symbiosis and antiseptics (although dates differ) 

56147: Parker 

56144. Vol. XXXIX. 12 April-11 May 1916. 

ff. i + 51. 238 x 186mm. Limp cover of marbled paper. 

Notebook covers a range of work including notes on patients’ illnesses 

and treatments, for example acne, abscesses, tuberculosis arthritis and 

pyosalpinx. The book also contains graphs, for example illustrating a mild

uncomplicated scarlet fever of a male aged ten and Sir Almroth Wright’s 

bactericidal method and agglutinins mean curves. 


ff. 17v-19. 12 April-11 May 1916. 

Experiments with an acetone vaccine, results include bactericidal, 

opsonics and agglutinins. 

i) Acetone typhoid experiment I - Results and graphs from tests 

on rabbits. 

As this section is focused particularly on a typhoid vaccine, the work may 

have formed part of Fleming’s and S. R. Douglas’s article ‘On the 

Antigenic Properties of Acetone-Extracted Bacteria’, British Journal of 

Experimental Pathology, 1921, volume 2. 


56145: Acetone vaccine 

56224: Acne 

56145. Vol. XL. 13 April 1916-16 June 1921. 

ff. i + 108. 259 x 198mm. Hard, green cover with ‘Physics Book’ 



Section one: n.d. 

ff. 1-21. Loose sheets of typewritten and handwritten notes relating to 

experiments with ordinary staphylococcus and acetone-extracted 

vaccines, includes graphs to illustrate results. 

Section two: 

1. ff. 32–38. ‘Experiment I’ to compare typhoid and acetone extracted 

typhoid vaccine on rabbits, includes graphs to illustrate the results; 17 

April–19 June 1916. 

2. ff. 40-42. ‘Experiment II’ focusing on work with typhoid using 

Wright’s bactericidal method and Wassermann tubes; 1-31 May 1916. 

3. ff. 47-48, 50-56. Range of experiments on complement fixation with 

formalised and acetone extracted typhoid; 26 May-6 June 1916. 

4. f. 49. Comparison of living agar culture typhoid and acetone extracted 

emulsion; 27 May 1916. 

5. f. 49. Experiments comparing ordinary vaccines versus acetone 

extracted vaccine as an antigen; 29 May. 

6. f. 57. Two experiments to find the weight of bacilli for typhoid and 

staphylococcus; 13 April 1916-20 May 1917.

7. ff. 58. Experiments to test the effect of trypsin on acetone extracted 

typhoid; 15 April-26 May 1916. 

8. ff. 63-71, 79-99. Range of experiments to test the effect of 

staphylococci ‘washes’, dilution accuracy, and the error and accuracy 

of various types of pipette; 20 May-23 June 1921, n.d. 


56144: Acetone vaccine 

56146. Vol. XLI. 28 Aug. 1916-18 April 1917. 


imprinted on the front. A number of pages have been cut out of the 

notebook. 


1. f. 2. Extracts from J. M. Beatties ‘Simple and Inexpensive Methods for 

Fermentation Tests and for Obtaining Cultures of Anaerobes’, British 

Medical Journal, 27 May 1916; n.d. 

2. ff. 2v-9v. Range of experiments concentrating on the effect of iodine 

and eusol on a range of bacteria, including perfringens, Forrest I and 

Shully pseudo tetanus; 28 Aug. 1916. 

3. ff. 10-14. Range of experiments to test the effect of carbolic acid, 

eusol, chloramine, iodine and malachite green on different bacteria in 

serum; 9 Oct. 1916. 

4. ff. 14v-21. Range of experiments examining antiseptics affect on the 

growth in serum of various bacteria; 25 Aug.-4 Sept. 1916. 

5. ff. 22-23, 26. Experiments testing the effect of malachite green and 

carbolic acid on the growth of anaerobes; 4 Sept., 2 Aug. 1916. 

6. ff. 25. Experiment to see the effect of acid on growth of perfringens in 

serum; 24 Dec. 1916. 

7. ff. 27-28, 31-36. Experiments with the Race method – its accuracy and 

with antiseptics carbolic acid, chloramine and iodine. Results include 

diagrams of test tubes; 3 Aug.-8 Nov. 1916. 

8. ff. 39-41. Experiments with HgCl2, Crystal Violet and Brilliant Green 

on growth in serum; 2-4 April 1917. 

9. ff. 38, 42-44, 47. Experiments with Dakins solution – the action of the 

solution on pus, its effect on growth in serum, its inhibitory power in 

serum and its antiseptic action; 2-12 April 1917. 

10. ff. 45, 48-49. Experiments relating to the inhibitory power of 

antiseptics; 31 Jan. 1917.

11. ff. 50-54. Experiments relating to an artificial wound, work includes 

diagrams; March 1916-5 Jan. 1917. 


56143: Symbiosis and antiseptics (although dates differ) 

56147. Vol. XLII. 13 Oct.-25 Nov. 1916. 

ff. 1-106. 362 x 235mm. Hard black cover with brown binding. 

Notebook is focused solely on experiments using substances taken from 

wounds. All samples are described using a name (some names have more 

than one sample) and tested with a variety of sugars, milk, red egg and 

other substances. The majority of cases include a description of the 

bacteria, whether it is gram positive or negative, whether it spores, its 

ability to agglutinate and a diagram. 



ff. 1-15. Loose sheets with notes and figures relating to experiments with 

samples taken from patients. Notes include colony, morphology, ability to 

spore, motility, gram result, and affect on egg, milk, gelatin, and a range 

of sugars and ability to agglutinate. 

Section two: 

1. ff. 19-21v. Forrest (1-6): Isolated from a glue heated agar plate; 10 

Oct. 1916. 

2. ff. 22-23v. McCardle (1-4): Originated from pus on a heated agar 

plate; n.d. 

3. ff. 24v-26. Boon (1-4): From a milk culture of heated pus; n.d. 

4. ff. 26v-28v. Shully (2-4); 16 Oct.-25 Nov. 1916. 

5. ff. 29-29v. Johnson (1-2): From agar plate of heated pus; 20-25 Oct. 

1916. 

6. ff. 30v. Kilby (1): From elbow pus; 16-25 Oct. 1916. 

7. ff. 31-32. Ingram (1-3): Samples from G.A plate of heated pus on 

admission and heated blood broth; 22-24 Oct. 1916. 

8. ff. 33. Discoll (1): Isolated from L.C; n.d. 

9. ff. 34-38. McFarzean (1-8); 20-31 Oct. 1916. 

10. ff. 38v-45. Cullingford (1-10); 18 -22 Oct. 1916. 

11. ff. 45v-46. Scougall (1-2): Isolated from plate of pus that had been 

heated; 16 Oct.-14 Nov. 1916.

12. ff. 46v-47. Pretty (1-2); 14 Nov. 1916. 

13. ff. 47v. Dawson (1); n.d. 

14. ff. 48v-49. Liddlewaite (1-2); n.d. 

15. ff. 49v-52. Parker (A-F); 28 Oct. 

16. ff. 52v-56v. Harris (1-9): Isolated from an agar plate; 13 Oct. 1916. 

17. ff. 57v-62. Suidry (1-5); 10 Nov. 1916. 

18. ff. 62v-63v, 65v. Hancock (1-5); 31 Oct.-14 Nov. 1916. 

19. ff. 64-64v. Bloor (1-2): From a culture of heated pus in serum broth; 

27 Oct. 1916. 

20. f. 65. Rauschtrand from J. McIntosh; 23-24 Oct. 1916. 

21. ff. 66v-67. Meadew (1-2): Isolated from plate of blood broth by L. C. 

[Leonard Colebrook?] on admission [arm?]; 31 Oct. 1916. 

21. ff. 67v-68v. Rothwell (1-3): Isolated from blood broth of heated pus 

(elbow and shoulder) on admission; 8 Nov. 1916. 

22. f. 69. Stubbs (1): Original from blood broth heated culture; n.d. 

23. ff. 70-70v. Pikaitry (1-3): Isolated from original blood broth; n.d. 

Section three: 

1. f. 102v. Experiment with solid sugar [meita?]; 17 Oct. 1917. 

2. ff. 102v-104. Experiment with ordinary broth with pieces of potato 

with single colonies from a.g plates, grown anaerobically; 3-7 Nov. 1916. 

i) Tested for perfringens 

ii) Tested for longevity in culture 

iii) Tested for reaction to sugars 


56143: Parker 

56148. Vol. XLIII. 27 June 1917-27 Jan.1918. 

ff. ii +155. 323 x 196mm. Army notebook ‘129’ with a hard, green cover. 

This notebook contains many loose sheets. 


Section one:

1. ff. 1, 4v-8. Series of experiments examining the effect of Dakins 

solution on leucocytes, dressings, its strength after exposure to air and 

its affect on trypsin; 5 April-23 Aug. 1917. 

2. f. 9. Experiments with Dichlormine T, in particular an experiment with 

a small hole in [Robert] Cruickshank’s ankle; 14 Jan. 1918. 

3. f. 13. Experiment to examine the affect of glucose on growth of 

perfringens in serum; n.d. 

4. ff. 14-18. Experiments with Brilliant Green on its inhibitory action on 

the growth of staphylococcus and coli in serum, its affect on 

leucocytes, its inhibitory power in serum and its absorption by gauze. 

Includes a piece of round filter paper showing absorption of various 

dilutions of Brilliant Green; 4 July-14 Sept. 1917. 

5. f. 19. Work on artificial wounds and treatment with Brilliant Green 

and flavine; n.d. 

6. ff. 20-22. Experiments testing the absorption of different antiseptics in 

cotton wool and gauze; 14-22 Sept. 1917. 

7. ff. 25-28. Experiments with picric acid on its affect on leucocytes and 

its absorption by gauze, includes a round piece of filter paper; 6 July- 

23 Aug. 1917. 

8. ff. 31, 36. Experiments examine the affect of HgCl2 and carbolic acid 

on leucocytes; 24-25 July 1917. 

Section two: 28 June-7 Aug. 1917. 

ff. 41v-88, 140-145. Cressy’s Hole 

Work includes a description and diagram of the wound and a series of 

tests with normal salt, 5% salt, eusol, albumen, Dakins solution, Carrell’s 

treatment, 5% hypertonic salt, flavine and Lock’s solution to examine 

their antiseptic action. 


1. ff. 89-92. Work on the inhibitory power of HgCL2, eusol, carbolic, 

malachite green and iodine on coli, proteus and staphylococcus; n.d. 

2. ff. 93-94. Experiments on the absorption of gauze using iodine and the 

percolation of cotton fabrics and dyes; n.d. 

3. ff. 98-109, 147-149. A range of experiments with sodium silico 

fluoride on its inhibitory action, antiseptic action and antiseptic action 

in Lock’s solution, including graphs and a pamphlet with articles on a 

range of subjects from sodium fluosilicate to a new mounting medium 

for microscopes; 29 Aug. 1917.

4. ff. 112-115. Experiments examining the inhibitory action of chemisol; 

4 Oct. -16 Nov. 1917. 

5. ff.119-121, 150. Series of experiments examining the gas formation of 

various bacteria, results illustrated using graphs and diagrams of test 

tubes; 6 Oct. 1917. 

6. ff. 122-123. Experiments examining the inhibitory power of pyronin on 

B. coli in serum and on leucocytes; 10 Oct. 1917. 

7. ff. 125-129. Experiments with asbestos wool examining its influence 

on growth of aerobes, on antiseptic action and on the growth of B. coli 

in broth, results illustrated using graphs; 26 Oct. 1917. 

8. f. 153. Letter to Fleming from an employee of Parke, Davis and 

Company, dated 27 March 1923. He asks Fleming to take a swab from 

his assistant, Mr Fardon, to identify the cause of a ‘bad throat’. 

Fleming has used the letter to make notes on different strengths of 

certain chemicals. 

9. f. ii. Notes by Fleming on eyepieces for a micrometer; n.d. 


56149: No direct links, the work on the treatment of wounds with 

antiseptics could be viewed as a starting point for further work 

56223: Work on the effect of Dakins, Dichloramine T. and eusol on 

wounds, diagrams of test tubes relating to experiments with B. 

welchii and B. sporogenes and work on Cressy’s hole 

56224: HgCl2 

56149. Vol. XLIV. 17 Nov. 1917-3 July 1918. 


Label on the front cover has ‘A Fleming, Wounds, 1917’ on it. There is 

also ‘II’ written on the notebook in red pencil crayon. 

Throughout the notebook are various graphs of which the majority show 

the reaction of B. coli with various broths. 

This notebook was used in France while at a casino in Boulogne during 

World War One. 


Section one: Patients with wounds 

Notes include previous treatments, subsequent treatments and 

bacteriology of samples taken from the wounds. 

1. f. 3. Gray: Flesh wound right thigh; 17-22 Nov. 1917. 

2. f. 3v. Daniells: Through and through right thigh; 17-25 Nov. 1917. 

3. f. 5. Agneu: Flesh wound right thigh; 17 Nov.-2 Dec. 1917.

4. f. 4. Rossiter: Three wounds in the leg midway between knee and 

ankle; 19 Nov.-2 Dec. 1917. 

. 

5. f. 7. Jones: Wound to the buttock; 19-21 Nov. 

6. f. 7v. Unknown: Wound to the shoulder; 19-22 Nov. 

. 

7. f. 9. Searle: Amputation stump; 23-26 April 1918. 

8. f. 9v. Lane: Amputation of left leg at CCS; 13 Nov.-1 Dec. 1917. 

9. f. 11. Haddrell; 2 Dec. 

10. f. 11v. Mitchell; 2 Dec. 1917. 

11. f. 13. Evans; n.d. 

12. f. 13v. Vahey: Through and through wound of the fibular region of the 

left leg, no bone injury; 1-5 Dec. 1917. 

13. f. 15v. Tulloch: GSW right thigh, through and through; 3-5 Dec. 

1917. 

14. f. 17v. Sharp: GSW left arm; 1-5 Dec. 1917. 

Section two: 27 March-[6 April 1918]. 

ff. 24-29. Iso-octyl hydro cuprien 

Range of experiments relating to its antiseptic and inhibitory action on 

bacteria that have been crossed through and marked out as ‘wash out’. 

Final 

experiment in this section has not been crossed out, which involved 

testing a sample from the Medical Research Committee of iso octyl dihydro 

cuprien hydrochloride. 


ff. 108-108v. Notes on articles by Kenneth Taylor 

i) The ‘Treatment of Pyocyaneus Infection’, Journal of the 

American Medical Association, 25 Nov. 1916, Volume LVVII 

ii) ‘Tissue Fragments and Wound Infections’, Annals of Surgery, 

Dec. 1916 

iii) ‘Incidence of Organisms in Wounds’, Lancet, 24 Dec. 1917 

Section four: n.d. 

f. 114v. Notes of the Committee Report on trench fever, including a list of 

symptoms. 

Section five: 

ff. 115-127. Clinical charts for patients 

i) Figgis 

ii) Cornish

iii) Chidlow 

iv) Haynes. Written on the back of the chart are notes relating to 

vaccination experiments, in particular ‘the effect of vaccine 

very satisfactory, supply taken by patient to England’ possibly 

written and signed A. Wright, dated 4 June 1918. 

v) Pitcher 


56148: Although no direct links, the work on the treatment of wounds 

with antiseptics could have been developed from the work in 

this notebook 

56150: War wounds and bacteriology 

56183: Patient Cornish. 

56150. Vol. XLV. 29 March-10 Oct. 1918. 


There is ‘Wound Bacteriology I’ written on the front of the notebook in 

red pencil crayon. It is possible that some of the notes in blue ink are not 

in Fleming’s hand. 

This notebook was used in France while at a Casino in Boulogne. 


Section one: 29 March-25 June 1918. 

ff. 2-30v: List of patients providing their name, ward, wound type and 

bacteriology of the wound. Some of the entries also have dates. 

Section two: 20 Sept.-6 Oct. 1918. 

ff. 32v-36. ‘First Dressings’ 

List of patients with their name, ward, when wounded, treatment and 

bacteriology (see folder for full list). Some of the entries do not include 

names, dates or wound type; some entries have red crosses next to them. 

Section three: n.d. 

ff. 87v-90. Table containing details from patients in the notebook 

Information includes name, ward, number of days since the injury source 

of streptococcus, whether haemolytic or otherwise, reaction to milk, 

gelatin and a range of sugars and its bacterial morphology. 


f. ii. List of sugar wools and their colours. 


56149: War wounds and bacteriology 

56151 and 56152: Work with patients with war wounds 

56151. Vol. XLVI. 13 April-30 Nov. 1918. 

ff. i + 209. 374 x 245mm. Army notebook ‘124’ with a hard cream cover. 

There is ‘Specimen I’ written on the front in pencil. 

Notebook is dedicated to patients with war wounds. Information about the 

patients includes their surname, ward, date of admittance, treatment and

its outcome. In some cases there are diagrams of the wounds. From f. 

129v onwards pieces of either handwritten or typewritten information 

about the patients have been stuck into the notebook. Certain patient’s 

clinical charts and reports from x-rays are loose in the notebook. 

Many of the patients have numbers, this may be related to the war or they 

have been given them by Fleming. This may link to experiments carried 

out at a later date. 

[Some notes are not in Fleming’s hand]. 



56152. Vol. XLVII. 25 July 1918-18 Jan. 1921, with later additions [1932]. 

ff. ii + 107. 374 x 244mm. Notebook ‘124’ with hard cream cover and red 

binding. This is most likely an army notebook but this has been covered 

up using black ink, it also seems as though there was a label on the 

notebook but this has also been covered up using black ink. 

Fleming has gone back in 1920 and 1932 and updated the details about 

certain experiments and samples. He has noted any changes red pencil. 


Section one: 

ff. 2-17. The greater part of this section has been crossed through with 

orange coloured pencil. The work is varied although there does seem to 

be a continuation of Fleming’s work on war wounds, for example similar 

numbers and names appear in this notebook that could relate to work in 

56151. There are no clear sections of work devoted to particular topics 

and dates are lacking. 

Work consists of: 

i) Creation and testing of vaccinations 

ii) Experiments with rabbits 

iii) First dressings 

iv) Blood transfusions 

v) Experiments using meat and blood cultures 

vi) Examining the bacteriology of samples from new patients 

vii) Experiments with variety of plugs for wounds 

Section two: 17 Nov.-3 Dec. 1918. 

ff. 17v-21, 23-26. Flu 

(Some of this work has been crossed through with orange pencil) 

i) Affect of agglutination 

ii) Affect of temperature 

iii) Tests with rabbits 

Section three: 6 March-11 Aug. 1918. 

ff. 34-38. Entitled ‘Clems notes’, could be notes of F. J. Clemenger. Notes 

relate to a variety of experiments using rabbits.


ff. 52v, 55-63. Isolation of streptococcus 

This has been achieved by using a number of patients with a variety of 

complaints. A sample of faeces is usually planted on a McConkey plate 

and the streptococcus colonies picked out and replanted in boiled blood 

agar and broth. This information was then put into a table which includes 

a description of the bacteria, its reaction in broth, reaction to sugars and 

sometimes its morphology. 

i) Hesser: anaemia, lassitude, pains in abdomen, appendix 

removed but no better, pyorrhoea 

ii) Gordon: stone in kidney, gallstones, rheumatism 

iii) Bennet: lienteric diarrhoea, rapid pulse, no fever, very ill 

iv) Lambert: goitre (enlargement thyroid gland), repeated again 

later 

v) Bulloms: OP, neuritis, bilateral plexus 

vi) Pegram: asthma and acne. On 11 Nov. more work was carried 

out relating to Pegram, including retesting her faces 

vii) Howes: pensions, rheumatism and pyorrhoea 

viii) Somerville: vague intestinal disturbances 

ix) Gorringe: rheumatoid arthritis (subacute), joints swollen, fever 

x) Richardson: rheumatism and pyorrhoea 

Section five: n.d. 

ff. 83v-97v. Patient Samples 

Once Fleming had isolated which particular bacteria he wanted he used 

them in a variety of experiments: 

i) Hirsch: no description of complaint 

ii) Morris: no description of complaint 

iii) Price: slight pyorrhoea 

iv) Ney: rheumatoid arthritis 

v) Belmont: colitis 

vi) Gallagher: pyorrhoea 

vii) A. Fleming: culture from between gum and tooth, slight 

pyorrhoea 

viii) Rowell: arthritis 

ix) Alston: rheumatoid arthritis, wrists and fingers swollen; 6 Dec. 

1919. 

x) Laing: urticania 

xi) Lambert: goitre 

xii) James: intestinal toxanaemia 

ff. 92v-93. Table with a long list of samples taken from previous patients 

for example, Morris, Price, Hirsch, Hey, Belmont, Fry, Pegram and 

Whitcombe. 

Section six: n.d. 

ff. 102v-103. Notes from an article by Kilger from Journal of [Scientific 

Discovery?], 16 1915, p.333. It seems to be a list of sources of bacteria. 

Links with other notebooks:


56153. Vol. XLVIII. March 1921, n.d. 

ff. 1-116. 237 x 185mm. Hard black cover. 

The notebook is not well used and seems to have been used for gathering 

information about materials, experiments and sources of information 

rather than for recording the results of experiments. 

At the front of the notebook a large section of pages that have been 

removed, some of the pages had writing on them. 


1. f. 37. Recipe for Allisons opsonic gelatine, n.d. 

2. f. 38. Recipe for Protrypsin, n.d. 

3. f. 39. Notes on parainfluenza, including various experiments for 

example sugars, morphology and haemolysis, n.d. 

4. f. 41v. Note of an article on Papains media in the Transactions of Far 

East Association of Tropical Medicine; n.d. 

5. f. 115v. Notes on an experiment and a list of different coloured 

substances; 4, 9 March 1921. 

56154. Vol. XLIX. 16 March 1921-2 Feb. 1922. 

ff. i + 193. 327 x 201mm. Hard cover with marbled design with black 

binding. Inside the front cover is a label for ‘W. Isacke, Manufacturing 

Stationer and Printer, 211 Edgware Road, London’. Notebook is number 

114. 

This notebook contains the discovery of lysozyme. 


Section one: 16 March-13 June 1921. 

ff. 3-10, 35v. Agglutination 

i) To faecal bugs 

ii) In streptococcus in rabbits 

iii) In digesting streptococcus 

iv) Fox’s agglutinins 

v) Absorption of agglutinin with Alston 7 serum 

vi) Agglutination faecal streptococci with Alston’s serum 

Section two: 

ff. 19-35. Isolation of streptococcus 

This has been achieved by using a number of patients with a variety of 

complaints. A sample of faeces was usually planted in McConkey’s or 

glucose plate and the streptococcus colonies picked out and replanted in 

boiled blood agar and broth. The changes to the bacteria over time have 

been noted.

i) Adamson: pyorrhoea, gastritis and gastric ulcer (17 March 

1921) 

ii) Courtney: rheumatoid arthritis 

iii) Hollis: rheumatoid arthritis 

iv) Wiseman: rheumatoid arthritis 

v) Oswold: ‘Out of sorts’; 11 April 1921. 

vi) Power: pyorrhoea and rheumatism; 10 Nov. 1921. 

vii) Barker: old appendix (Removed) and diarrhoea; 11 Nov. 

1921. 

viii) Nieltsen: O. P, rheumatoid arthritis; 10 Nov. 1921. 

ix) Bokenam: no description of complaint 

x) Baby Weasley: asthma, bowel disturbances; 10 Nov. 1921. 

xi) Howe: rheumatoid 

xii) Unknown sample, possible second sample from Howe; 11 

Nov. 1921. 

xiii) Garrett: rheumatoid 

xiv) Bennett: rheumatoid 

xv) Singey: unknown complaint 

xvi) Cook: pyorrhoea, senility 

xvii) Holloway: rheumatoid arthritis; 11 Nov. 1921. 

xviii) Thomas – rheumatoid arthritis 

xix) Jynam – sciatica 

xx) Patrick – colitis and rheumatoid pains 

xxi) Gordon – rheumatism; 3 May 1921. 

xxii) R. S. F: ‘Feels seedy’; 4 May 1921. 

xxiii) Wise: O. P, rheumatoid; 6 May 1921. 

xxiv) Kitchener: O. P, rheumatoid 

xxv) Nielsen: O. P, rheumatoid 

xxvi) Hollis: O. P, rheumatoid 


1. f. 47. List of haemolytic coli; n.d. 

Section four: 31 March-8 June 1921. 

ff. 78-95. Tuberculosis and Tubercle Fixation 

i) Complement fixation of TB 

ii) Tubercle fixation 

iii) Tubercles fixations – heated versus fresh serum 

iv) Fixation with different types of antigen 

v) TB fixation – comparison of Douglas antigen and living TB 

vi) TB fixation incubator versus ice chest 

vii) Fixation in an incubator 

viii) Duggies antigen - fresh tube of old broth 

ix) Duggies versus live TB 

x) Comparison of antigens 

Section five: 12-19 April 1921. 

ff. 113-115. Experiments examining the phagocytic bactericidal power to 

streptococcus and staphylococcus.

Section six: 

1. f. 127. Table showing the serological reaction of types of faecal 

streptococci in the presence of antiserum of the [ ] type (altson 7) 

Section seven: 21 Nov. 1921-5 Jan. 1922. 

ff. 135-146, 152. Discovery of lysozyme 

Initial discovery made on 21 Nov. 1921 and is noted as ‘bacteriophage’ 

with a diagram of the agar plate. The reaction was caused by nasal mucus 

but Fleming extended his experiments to include tears and saliva and 

other substances. As a result of this finding Fleming carried out a range of 

experiments. 

i) Experiments with B. coli, pneumo, AF coccus, staphylococcus 

and streptococcus on blood agar plates 

ii) Broth tubes planted thickly with AF coccus 

iii) Resistance to heat of lytic substance 

iv) Effect of dilution on the lytic substance 

v) Effect of proteid precipitants on lytic agent 

vi) Acids and alkalines on lytic substance 

vii) Various experiments with samples taken from the body – hair, 

skin, nails, pus, ear wax, sweat and urine 

viii) Experiments with guinea pig organs 

ix) Experiments to test for the substance in vegetables – turnip, 

parsnip, artichoke, cabbage, potato and carrot 

x) Experiments to test for the substance in rabbit organs 

xi) Experiments to test for the substance in human tissues 

xii) Experiments with Allison’s tears 

xiii) Experiments with dilution of tears, saliva and blood 

xiv) Pieces of interior of a tonsil and mucus membrane added to ice 

suspension of nasal mucus 

Section eight: 

ff. 163-178, 180, 188v. Microzyme 

On the discovery of the same reaction with tears Fleming named the tear 

related substance ‘microzyme’. The term ‘lysozyme’ was not used until 

later, see notebook 56155. 

i) Quantity in cartilage 

ii) Rate of lysis at temperature 

iii) Effect of heat on microzyme in saliva 

iv) Effect of heat on microzyme in sputum 

v) Rate of lysis at temp. of tears 

vi) Effect of boiling on microzyme in tears 

vii) Blood content of microzyme 

viii) On strepto faecalis 

ix) Action in tears on various strains of human streptococci.

Section nine: 

1. f. 185. Temperature on the velocity of lysis 

2. ff. 186-187. Experiments to test for the substance in dogs’ tissues; 28 

Jan. 1921. 

3. f. 188. Bactericidal experiment with tears and B. abortus (Bang’s 

bacillus) includes a diagram. 

56155. Vol. L. 16 Feb. 1922-10 June 1923. 

ff. ii + 237. 324 x 204mm. Hard red cover. Inside the front cover is a label 

for ‘W. Isacke, Account Book Maker, 211 Edgeware Road, London’. 

Fleming used sections of the book at different times and/or 

simultaneously, and he also has gone back and re-used sections of the 

notebook at later dates. 


f. 5. Unfinished contents list. 

Section one: 16 Feb.-April 1922. 

ff. 6-35, 39-40, 51, 55. Absorption and action of ‘microzyme’ on cocci 

i) Microzymes on cocci 

ii) Calculation of absorption 

iii) Absorption of tear microzyme with AF cocci 

iv) Tears and egg on streptococci 

v) Absorption of microzyme 

vi) The lytic power of emotional tears 

vii) Streptococci on eggs and tears 

viii) Serum lysozyme after inoculation (first use of the word 

lysozyme in these notebooks f. 34) 

ix) Pus lysozyme and different treatments 

x) Absorption of ‘lysozyme’ in tears (f. 38) 

Section two: n.d. 

ff. 36-38, 56. Resistance 

i) Resistant strains of AF coccus 

ii) Resistance of nasal mucus resistant strain AF coccus to other 

extracts and secretions 

iii) Resistant forms of AF coccus second generation (f. 39) 

Section three; n.d. 

ff. 41-50, 52-53. Bactericidal 

i) Experiments examining the effect of lysozyme in tears and 

albumen on various substances and bacteria– sanjarian, B. coli, 

Pullonin, Chick. B, Canary Cholera, Avisetieus, 

staphylococcus, Abortus Bang, B. pestis, P. T. B, Rodets 

ii) Experiment involving an extract of brain and Fleming’s extract 

versus coli, typhoid etc. 

iii) Experiment comparing mouth and throat streptococcus with 

tears, nasal mucus and extract from the tonsils

Section four: 

1. f. 72. Intracellular digestion of staphylococci; 11 March 1925. 

2. f. 73. Lysozyme content of red blood corpuscles 

Section five: 24 June-17 Oct. 1922. 

ff. 58-60, 65-70, 73. Eggs and Tears 

i) Lysozyme in different eggs 

ii) Hen and duck egg white on pathogenic bacteria (on plates) 

iii) Experiment testing the inhibitory action of eggs 

iv) Experiment where egg albumen was injected into a rabbit 

intravenously 

v) Experiment where egg albumen was injected into a rabbit 

vi) Titre of rabbit tears to m. lyso 

vii) Affect of egg inhibitory in broth on various bugs 

viii) Intravenous inject of egg white into rabbit 

ix) Antiseptics on lysozyme in tears 

Section six: 10 June 1923, n.d. 

ff. 169-171. Blood culture 

i) Experiments with artificial blood culture 

ii) Blood culture media on staphylococcus blood in slide cells 

iii) Mixtures of equal parts of (blood and staphylococcus) and 

various chemical in slide cells 

Section seven: 

ff. 183v-192. Entitled ‘continuation from the end of the book’ and 

involves an experiment examining the effect of alkaloids on bactericidal 

power of blood to staphylococcus in slide cells 

Section eight: n.d. 

ff. 116, 206-211v, 214, 225. Lined tubes 

i) Experiments examining the bactericidal action of leucocytes in 

heated and unheated serum 

ii) Carbolic acid action on bactericidal power of leucocytes in 

lined tubes 

iii) Antiseptics in lined tubes 

iv) Heated and unheated serum in lined tubes 

v) Bactericidal AF leucocytes with serum and heated serum on 

lined tubes 

Section nine: 13-27 March 1923. 

ff. 203-205, 215-224, 230. Slide Cells 

i) Range of experiments involving slide cells and antiseptics 

ii) Experiment to find the salt content in slide cells 

iii) Effect of salt in bactericidal in lined tubes 

iv) Equal parts if AF fresh blood and 1/40 volume staphylococcus 

w/10 and dilution of alkaloid and slide cells

Section ten: 27 March-12 April 1923. 

ff. 226-228. Blood 

i) Dilution of blood and slide cells 

ii) Experiment to examine the affect of chemicals on bactericidal 

power of blood in slide cells 

f. iii. Tests with various eyepieces with various microscopes and 

micrometers. 

56156. Vol. LI. 9 Feb. 1924-25 Feb. 1931. 

ff. i + 143. 277 x 219mm. Ring binder with hard, black cover. It was 

advertised as a ‘scholastic notebook’. 

The overall theme of the notebook focuses on antiseptics. The notebook is 

a ring binder to which paper has been added. As a result of this the dates 

of the experiments vary greatly and it is difficult to know if Fleming went 

back to experiments or it is just where pieces of paper were placed later 

on, as a result there are few defined sections of work. 


Section one: 

1. f. 1. Notes on an experiment using a range of antiseptics. They are 

written on the back of a letter from A.T.R [Mattieu?] from National 

Institute for Research in Dairying. 

2. f. 3. Effect of carbolic acid on leucocytes in human blood, includes 

diagrams of slide cells; n.d. 

3. f. 8 Experiments with human blood and various concentrations of 

different chemicals; n.d. 

4. f. 26. Summary of experiments to determine inhibition of bactericidal 

value of different antiseptics on staph in the presence of broth medium 

and muscle extract; n.d. 

5. f. 28. Iodine in bactericidal power of blood to Allen streptococcus; 9 

Feb. 1924. 

6. f. 28. Tests with blood of a menstrual woman (supposed to have higher 

bactericidal power); 2 June 1924. 

Section two: 10 Feb., 27 Oct. 1924. 

ff 29. Cocaine 

i) On bactericidal power of blood 

ii) On HCl and emigration of leucs 


ff. 30-36. Leucocytes 

i) Sodium salts on leucocytes with Allen streptococcus as 

indicator

ii) Chlorides on bactericidal power of leucocytes – Allen 

streptococcus as indicator 

Section four: 17-22 May 1924, n.d. 

ff. 37, 41-47. Antiseptics 

i) On blood in slide cells 

ii) In slide cells 

iii) Diagrams of the affect of carbolic, picric acid and glycerine on 

Burns streptococcus, a note on the page reads ‘implant too 

heavy to show any increase when leucocytes destroyed’. 

iv) Royal Society Show – Experiment examining antiseptics in 

blood including diagrams (of which two, Carbolic and Picric, 

have been removed) 

v) f. 43. Experiment examining the affect of eusol on blood using 

Burns streptococcus (with Fry’s woman’s menstrual blood), 

includes diagrams 

Section five: 

1. ff. 48-49. Picric acid on emigration and killing in slide cells and picric 

acid on emigration, lysozyme and bactericidal power; 28 May 1924. 

2. f. 50. Neo Khasuran on emigration, lysozyme and bactericidal power; 

29 May 1924. 

3. f. 51. Yadil on Allen streptococcus in slide cells; 2 June 1924. 

4. f. 52. Experiment on antiseptics in slide cells for the Royal Society; 17 

June 1924. 

5. f. 53. Salvarsan products on Allen streptococcus in slide cells; n.d. 

Section six: 25 Nov. 1924-2 May 1925. 

ff. 54-59. Leucocytes 

i) Experiment testing a range of chemicals on leucocytes in slide 

cells 

ii) Experiment examining the affect of Salvarsan products on 

leucocytes 

iii) Experiment examining the affect of carbolic and picric acid on 

leucocytes and phagocytosis 

iv) Experiment examining the affect of Flavine and NAB on 

leucocytes in 24 hours 


1. f. 60. Experiment examining the affect of Rivanol on Allen 

streptococcus in slide cells; 5-8 Oct. 1924. 

2. f. 61. Experiment examining the affect of T.C.P (antiseptic) on blood 

in slide cells; 1 Nov. 1924.

3. f. 72. Experiment examining the affect of antiseptics in blood, 

immediately and at interval, found that ‘some of the apparent 

bactericidal power of blood acts on cocci before antiseptic kills 

leucocytes in weaker dilutions’; 28 Feb. 1925. 

4. f. 74. Experiment examining the affect of picric acid on bactericidal 

phagocytosis and emigration of equal parts, picric dilution and infected 

blood; 2 Dec. 1924. 

5. f. 75. Slide cells – AF blood and chemicals; 29 Feb. 1924. 

6. f. 77. Diagram of affect of HgCl2 on Hensons and Allen streptococcus; 

n.d. 

7. f. 78. Flavine on haemolytic coli and staphylococcus on slides cells; 

n.d. 

8. f. 79. Experiment examining the affect of antiseptics in slide cells with 

chloramine T; 4 June 1925. 

9. f. 80. Experiment examining the affect of antiseptics in blood in slide 

cells (for Yanks); 3 June 1925. 

10. f. 85. Gentian violet on various microbes in slide cells; 12 May 1926. 

Section eight: 7-14 May 1926. 

ff. 86-87. Dyes 

i) On streptococcus, coli in slide cells 

ii) Oplochin and rivanol on B. coli in slide cells 

Section nine: 

1. f. 89. Citrate on bactericidal power in slide cells; 22 June 1926. 

Section ten: n.d. 

ff. 90-94. HgCl2 

i) Bactericidal power of blood on staph and strep 

ii) Different microbes in slide cells 

iii) Diagrams of slide cells 

iv) In blood on staph and strep 

Section eleven: 

1. ff. 96-97. Antiseptics in blood in slides cells (for AEW show) – 

infected blood with Allen streptococcus or Henson virulent 

streptococcus; 9 Dec. 1926. 

2. f. 98. KCN on leucocytes in slide cells and on leucocytes and 

emigration in cells; 18 Dec. 1926.

Section twelve: 3 March 1927-28 Nov. 1928. 

ff. 100-104. Monsol 

i) In slide cells with AF blood 

ii) On Jennis in blood 

iii) In leucocytes 

Section thirteen: 

1. f. 105. HgCl2 on Henson streptococcus (virulent in blood); 2 Nov. 

1927. 

2. f. 106. Bacteriostatic power of HgCl2 in broth; 26 June 1928. 

3. f. 108. Acid and alkaline on leucocytes in slide cells; 3 Dec. 1926. 

4. ff. 109-110. Effect of carbolic on slide cell emigration and 

phagocyism; 15 Feb. 1927. 

5. f. 111. Flavine on leucocytes and bugs at intervals (with Craddock); 

8 Oct. 1928. 

6. f. 112. Invenine and emeline HCl on streptococcus, pyog and blood 

in slide cells; 17 Nov. 1928. 

7. ff. 113-114, 116. Work on mercurochrome; 2 Feb. 1931. 

8. f. 115. Rate of killing of staphylococci by 1 in 20,000 flavine in AF 

de-leucocyted blood; 28 Feb. 1931. 

9. f. 117. Intravenous flavine; 14 Jan. 1931. 

10. f. 121. Experiment with gentian violet and de-leucocyted blood and 

slide cells; 25 Sept. 1931. 

Section twelve: 23 June 1923, n.d. 

ff. 126-138. Tuberculosis 

Diagrams of the affect of salt, flavine, picric acid, chloramine T. on the 

growth of TB in AF blood. Includes a summary of the results. 


56159: Mercurochrome and antiseptics 

56223: Work on chloramine T. on the growth of B. sporogenes 

56224: HgCl2 

56157. Vol. LII. 10 Feb. 1924-15 Oct.1926. 

ff. ii + 70. 276 x 226mm. Ring binder with hard, black cover. It was 


Label on the spine has ‘Centrifuged Phagocytosis’ on it and other words 

which have been crossed out.

This notebook has been divided into named sections. However, as it is a 

ring binder it is difficult to know if the papers are in the correct order or if 

sheets have been added later on. 


Section one: 8 Feb.-2 May 1924. 

ff. 1-6. Children – Bactericidal and Phagocytosis 

i) Experiment examining phagocytosis and children 

ii) Experiment examining phagocytosis and killing in infant blood 

iii) Child’s blood bactericidal in slide cells 

iv) Diagram of normal blood and blood infected with mastron 

septicaemia 

Section two: 20 Jan. 1925-19 June 1926. 

ff. 7-12. Granules Leucocytes 

i) Notes on a septic uterus 

ii) Notes on a subphrenic abscess 

iii) Experiment with a rabbit which has been given Le Cinnate 

intravenously and comparison made of samples of blood taken 

before and after the injection 

iv) Experiment to examine AF blood two days after the onset of a 

cold 

v) Notes on leucocytic dendrils. Took AF defibrinated blood, left 

for half an hour and observations made on movement, 

phagocytosis and staining, includes diagrams 

Section three: 10 Sept. 1925-10 Jan. 1927. 

ff. 13-35. Centrifuged Phagocytosis 

i) Experiment examining ordinary opsonic versus centrifuged 

pseudo phagocytosis 

ii) Diagram of distribution of leucocytes corpuscles and bugs on 

opsonic slide 

iii) Experiment of Pseudo phagocytose – the affect of time of 

centrifuging on phagocytosis, including diagrams 

iv) Centrifuged opsonics 

I – Rate of opsonisation 

II – Time of centrifuging on phagocytosis 

v) Centrifuged opsonics 

I – Effect of different times of centrifuging on 

opsonised and non opsonised bugs 

II – Rate of opsonisation at 37˚C and 18˚C 

vi) Experiment examining the affect of time of centrifuging with 

fully opsonised staphylococcus 

vii) Experiment testing staphylococcus opsonised half an hour 

before phagocytosis 

viii) Experiment examining the influence of temperature on 

phagocytosis 

ix) Time of incubating or centrifuging with fully opsonised bugs 

(coli) 

x) Temperature on phagocytosis

xi) Opsonics centrifuged and incubated 

xii) Diluted serum opsonics, incubated and centrifuged 

xiii) Rate of opsonisation at 16/17˚C (serum and serum/10) 

xiv) Opsonics centrifuged and incubated and dilution of serum 

xv) Amount of phagocytosis that occurs with different opsonic 

methods and dilution of serum with heated serum 

xvi) Experiment to examine whether centrifuging does increase 

rate of opsonisation 

Section four: 2 Dec. 1925. 

ff. 36-37. Removal of leucocytes 

Diagram and instructions on how to de-leucocyte blood using cotton wool 

Section five: 2 Feb.-15 Oct. 1926. 

ff. 38-67. Opsonics 

i) Experiments to examine opsonics different ways 

ii) Experiment examining the rate of opsonisation at 18˚C on 

staphylococcus 

iii) Experiment examining the rate of opsonics on tuberculosis at 

18˚C and tuberculosis and AF mixed, results include graph 

iv) Testing AF septicaemia (endocarditic) corpuscles in different 

ways 

v) Experiment to see whether partial or complete opsonisation 

varies after a vaccine 

vi) Different bloods opsonised over short and long periods and at 

18˚C and 37˚C, results include a graph 

vii) Emphysema blood at 37˚C and 18˚C 

viii) Experiment examining the rate of destruction of opsonisation at 

60˚C 

ix) Opsonisation at 18˚C - complete one hour at 3 (done by RMF 

(Fry?) 

x) Rate of opsonisation coli at 37˚C (done by RMF) 

xi) Rate of opsonisation on tuberculosis at 37˚C 

xii) Experiment testing opsonisation at 19˚C and 37˚C 

xiii) AF serum and staphylococcus after 1 hour 17˚C and 38˚C 

xiv) Experiment examining centrifuged and incubated opsonics with 

heated serum 


56158: Phagocytosis, centrifuging and the removal of leucocytes from 

blood 

56160: Phagocytosis and bactericidal power of blood 

56161: Killing and phagocytosis 

56163: Centrifuged phagocytosis 

56158. Vol. LIII. 12 March 1924-10 Jan. 1928. 



Label inside the cover for ‘W. Isacke, Manufacturing Stationer, Printer… 

and Account Book maker, 133 Praed St., London.’

This notebook has been divided into named sections. However, as it is a 

ring binder it is difficult to know if the papers are in the correct order or if 

sheets have been added later on. 


Section one: 

1. f. 2. The effect of salt on bactericidal power of blood on lysozyme and 

on emigration with NaCl; 23 June 1924. 

2. ff. 4-5. The effect of hypotonic solution on bactericidal emigration and 

phagocytosis, including graphs; 20 May 1925. 

3. ff. 6-12. Experiments to examine the affect of salt on lysozyme, in 

lined tubes, blood on bactericidal to staphylococcus, emigration and 

phagocytosis; 18 May 1925. 

4. f. 13. The effect of neutral red and Brilliant Cresyl Blue on emigration; 

19 May 1925. 

5. ff. 15-19. Experiments with intravenous injections of NaCl, one was 

tested on a man; 13-31 March 1924. 

6. f. 20. Intravenous injections of Chloramine T; n.d. 

7. f. 21. Experiment involving intravenous injection of alcohol on 

bactericidal; 24 March 1924. 

Section two: 12 March 1924-26 May 1925. 

ff. 21-25. Salt. 

i) Experiment examining the affect of salt on bactericidal power 

of blood 

ii) Intravenous injection of salt into a rabbit 

iii) Experiment using intravenous injection of KCl03 into rabbits to 

see if bactericidal increased 

iv) Intravenous of basic fuschin into a rabbit 

Section three: 2 Oct.-17 Dec. 1925. 

ff. 26-35. Centrifuged agglutinations 

i) Experiment to see if time after mixing and before centrifuging 

makes a difference to agglutination 

ii) Centrifuged agglutination 

iii) Experiment to examine the rate of union of agglutination and 

microbes 

iv) Experiment to test the specificity of in vitro immunity 

Section four: 5-16 Dec. 1925. 

ff. 41-46, 49, 51. Ridley’s Movie Agglutinations 

f. 47. Notes taken from an article on agglutination by J. L. Gates in 

Journal of Experimental Medicine, 35, 1922, p. 63.

f. 50. Notes from Medical Research Council Special Report No 51, 

including: 

i) Report of committee upon pathological methods 

ii) Physical condition influence agglutination 

iii) Technique 

iv) Dimensions of tubes 

v) Absorption 

Section five: 15 Jan. 1926, n.d. 

ff. 52-55. Removal of Leucocytes 

i) Notes on the removal of leucocytes from blood by filtration 

through cotton wool under pressure, includes notes on the 

technique and diagram of the apparatus 

ii) Experiment testing de-leucocyted AF defibrinated blood. 


56157: Phagocytosis, centrifuging and the removal of leucocytes from 

the blood 

56162: Loose link with work on immunity in vitro 

56159. Vol. LIV. 1 April 1924-16 March 1932. 

ff. iii + 87. 276 x 221mm. Ring binder with hard, black cover. It was 


On the spine of the notebook, the label has been removed but the word 

‘blood’ is still visible. 


and Account Book maker, 133 Praed St., London.’ 

This notebook has been divided into sections, one of which is named. 

However, as it is a ring binder it is difficult to know if the papers are in 

the correct order or if sheets have been added later on. 


Section one: 1 April 1924-29 April 1926. 

ff. 6-16. Blood Culture 

i) Artificial blood culture 

ii) AF blood unclotted and planted in bulk with staphylococcus (in 

slide cells) 

iii) Blood culture media – to see what substances prevent clotting 

(including diagrams of slide cells) 

iv) Artificial blood culture – experiment with Am2S04, MgSO4 on 

streptococcus pyog in slide cells, includes coloured diagrams of 

the slide cells 

v) Blood culture – Edwardson 

vi) Blood culture media – slide cells and various streptococcus, 

experiment has a note written over it ‘no good – pract. no 

growth’ 

Section two: 11 June-9 Sept. 1926. 

ff. 17-20. Heparin

i) Experiment with heparin and its effect on clotting including test 

with a rabbit and blood from Fleming’s finger 

ii) Heparin and phagocytosis 

iii) Heparin on clotting of AF blood – new lot of heparin 

Section three: 22 Jan.-3 Feb. 1927. 

ff. 21-28. Antiseptics 

i) Gentian violet on bacteriosis in blood 

ii) Bacteriosis in different mediums – de-leucocyted blood, serum 

and broth. Tests with flavine, Gentian violet, HgCl2 and picric 

acid 

iii) Bacteriosis by Gentian violet in broth 

iv) Flavine bacteriosis and diagrams of slide cells – Gentian noted 

absorption by paper, includes coloured diagrams of slide cells 

Section four: 

1. f. 29. Comparative affinity of flavine and carbolic for microbes and 

filter paper; 10-11 April 1927. 

2. f. 30 De-leucocytes (AF) blood and 1/10 volume bugs, 25cmm and 

chemical 25cm in slide cells; 31 Jan. 1927. 

3. f. 31. Experiment using mercurochrome on allen I slide cells; n.d. 

Section five: 31 Dec. 1926-20 Oct. 1927 

ff. 33-44, 49-75, 80. HgCl2 

i) Table with results of experiments with HgCl2 – dilutions of 

HgCl2 and AF blood infected with bugs 

ii) HgCl2 on coli including colour diagrams of slide cells 

iii) HgCl2 in slide cells in various bacteria 

iv) HgCl2 explanting 

v) HgCl2 on Hensons streptococcus 

vi) Hgcl2 on leucocytes 

vii) HgCl2 on Todd’s movies 

viii) HgCl2 on heparinised blood to see if effect is the same as on 

defibrinated blood 

ix) Intravenous injections HgCl2 into guinea pigs 

x) HgCl2 on hemo streptococcus in slide cells 

xi) Bacteriostasis HgCl2 in different media (for Lister Centenary) 

xii) HgCl2 on bactericidal to streptococcus (Needhams) in their 

slide cells 

xiii) HgCl2 blood and de-leucocyted blood in movies 

xiv) HgCl2 on leucocytes – morphology 

xv) HgCl2 on blood – does it only affect bactericidal power to 

virulent streptococcus? 

xvi) HgCl2 on Hares virulent streptococcus (Edwardson) 

xvii) Blood on pneumo, HgCl2 on pneumo 

Section six: 21 Oct. 1927, n.d. 

ff. 1, 31, 76-78. Mercurochrome

i) On Allen I slide cells 

ii) On streptococcus (puerperal from Hare) in slide cells 

iii) On the killing power of blood 

iv) On bactericidal power 

Section six: 8-16 March 1932. 

ff. 82-86. Novaseptic (The Perfect Germicide) 

Experiments with staphylococcus and other bacteria. A booklet with 

directions for use of the antiseptic has been attached to a page. 


56156: Mercurochrome and antiseptics, possibly developmental work. 

56164: Loose link on work on blood culture 

56169: Novaseptic 

56224: HgCl2 

56160. Vol. LV. 8 May 1924-28 June 1932. 



Label on the spine of a notebook has ‘Selective Media’ written on it. 



This notebook has been divided into four sections, the first of which is 

unnamed. However, as it is a ring binder it is difficult to know if the 

papers are in the correct order. The notebook seems to have originally 

housed plain paper and this has been supplemented with other pieces of 

plain and lined paper. 


Section one: 

1. f. 1. Experiment with various concentrations of chemicals; 16 July 

1930. 

2. f. 4. Experiment examining phagocytosis and bactericidal power – 

found washed corpuscles and heated serum, no bactericidal power; 8 

May 1924. 

3. f. 6. Experiment lined tubes and washed dilutions (copied from other 

book), note written in red pen ‘cannot explain these results’; n.d. 

4. f. 7. Experiment testing the bactericidal power of sensitive people; n. d. 

5. f. 11. Slide cells made with bugs as under 2.5cm; 19 May 1924. 

6. f. 12. Experiment involving 2% salt and picric acid in blood; 16 July 

1924. 

7. f. 13. Experiment examining the killing potential of reconstituted blood 

and washed cells; 12 March 1925.

corpuscles 

Section two: 13-20 May 1927. 

ff. 19-23. Walsh’s Citrate and Clotting Bactericidal 

i) Experiment to see if citrate acid is added to blood at intervals 

before clotting occurs, what affect it has on bactericidal power 

ii) Citrate added to blood at intervals before clotting – influence 

on bactericidal power 

iii) Citrate at intervals after clotting – influence on bactericidal 

power 

iv) Chiastic acid and defibrinated blood, found:- 

a. Reconstituted blood much better than original 

citrated blood 

b. Citrated plasma not so good as defibrinated blood 

c. Citrated corpuscles better then defibrinated 

d. Best killing with defibrinated blood 

Section three: 15 Feb. 1929-29 May 1931. 

ff. 24-50. Selective Media – Ethylamine, CuS04, Dyes, 

Phenylhydrazine etc 

i) Selective dyes – experiment using dilutions made in broth and 

then 

staphylococcus and coli planted 

ii) Selective cultures mouth – 1/10 of saturated solution in fildes 

broth 

and infected with bacteria from AF mouth and planted in boiled 

blood agar 

iii) Selective media CuS04 – dilutions made in broth, equal 

quantities 

of infected broth put in small test tubes and incubated for 24 

hours 

iv) Experiments with Hancock faeces and glucose broth, alcohol, 

Ethylamine, CuS04 and tartar emetic 

iv) CuSO4 Jean faeces planted in various strengths of CuS04 in 

glucose broth grown anaerobically 

vi) Seacones faeces in glucose broth and 35cm ethylamine 

Boil’ faeces and drop suspension in broth to 1cc of mixtures of 

dialysed iron, ethylamine, CuS04, tartar emetic, Ethyl acetate 

and alcohol 

vii) Ethylamine on chromogenesis of staphylococcus 

viii) Ethylamine – experiments with dilutions of it in glucose broth 

and 

put in small tubes and planted with various microbes 

ix) Experiment examining the effect of ethylamine on the pigment 

formation of pyocyaneus and ethylamine on prodigiosin 

x) Walsh’s fatty acid – inhibitory power of microbic growth in 

agar 

xi) Inhibition of coli by ethylamine – tests ethylamine, CuSO4, 

NaOH

and acid fuschin 

xii) Development of staphylococcus aureus in faeces around CuS04 

xiii)‘Scott’ faeces spread thickly on agar plate and tests carried out 

with 

various strengths of ethylamine, includes diagrams of the results 

xiv) Ethylamine on coliforms – diagram with lines representing 

actual 

distance of growth 

xv) Phenylhydrazine HCl on faecal cultures – drops of dilutions on 

agar and blood agar plates 

xvi) Diagram of the affect of amines on staphylococcus 

xvi) Chemical inhibition of muscid coli, streptococcus (virulent) and 

(mouth) staphylococcus 

xvi) Walsh’s emulsion – 10% olive oil and 1.2 % iodine, tests with 

AF defibrinated and staphylococcus 

xix) SuCl2 on various microbes – diagram of agar plates results 

xx) Phenylhydrazine inhibition of coli on blood plate 

Section four: 2 Feb.-20 June 1932. 

ff. 51-60. Tellurite 

i) Experiments with mixture of Dunlop’s coli and Dunlop’s step, 

plus two drops pf K. Tellurite, same experiment using M. Ruth 

faeces, Waldron faeces and Lyle faeces 

ii) Experiment examining the affect of tellurite on haemolytic 

streptococcus 

iii) Tellurite inhibitions – experiments with agar mixed tellurite 

with in various strengths in plates onto which various microbes 

were planted 

Section five: 

1. f. 61. Notes from Topley and Wilson The Principles of Bacteriology 

and Immunology, p. 109, volume 1; n.d. 

Links with work in other notebooks: 

56157: Phagocytosis and bactericidal power of blood 

56161: Killing power of blood 

56164: Walsh 

56166: Sample taken from ‘Scott’ 

56169 and 56171: Work on tellurite (although dates differ) 

56161. Vol. LVI. 18 Sept. 1924-15 Dec. 1927. 

ff. iv + 47. 276 x 223mm. Ring binder with hard, black cover. It was 


Spine of the notebook has a label on it; the only legible words are 

‘pneumo coccus, killing by blood’. 



This notebook has been divided into three sections, the first of which is 

unnamed. However, as it is a ring binder it is difficult to know if the

papers are in the correct order. The notebook seems to have originally 

housed plain paper and this has been supplemented with other pieces of 

plain and lined paper. 


Section one: 18 Sept. 1924-18 June 1928. 

ff. 1-12. Lysozyme 

i) On coli’s septicaemic streptococcus 

ii) Experiment examining aqueous and vitreous humour 

iii) Different animals on streptococcus jennies 

iv) Experiment to see whether Jennis streptococcus is resistant to 

lysozyme 

v) Virulent and avirulent streptococcus – in agar cultures and the 

effect of tears 

vi) Versus antiseptics on lyso in agar plate 

vii) On killing in slide cells, includes a note in red ink ‘therefore 

lysozyme no effect on killing’ 

viii) Intracellular killing 

ix) Rate of diffusion in agar 

x) Experiments with plates imbedded with streaks of egg and 

nasal mucus, includes coloured diagrams of results 

Section two: 24 March 1925-14 Oct. 1926. 

ff. 13-23. Intracellular Digestion 

i) Autolysis and lysis with egg 

ii) Different strains of staphylococci – experiment to see if they 

are killed by blood equally 

iii) Immediate killing – AF defibrinated blood and staphylococcus 

iv) Inhibition of growth of staphylococcus in leucocytes (on bench 

overnight). Includes diagrams with typical example of 

leucocytes and typical bacteria outside leucocytes 

v) Do washed leucocytes kill without serum and kill 

staphylococcus in slide cells? 

vi) Rate of killing of staphylococcus by leucocytes 

Section three: 1 Nov.-13 Dec. 1927. 

ff. 24-47. Bactericidal power of blood in virulent (non – phagocylable) 

pneumococci 

i) Does blood kill virulent pneumococci which are not 

phagocyted? 

ii) Typed notes – killing of pneumococci by normal blood and 

blood to which immune serum has been added, includes 

handwritten notes about slide cells and results after sample were 

put in an incubator for 24 hours 

iii) Experiment examining the affect of carbolic on staphylococcus 

and pneumo in blood 

iv) Pneumo killing by blood:

pneumo 

a. Comparison between killing staphylococcus and 

b. Pneumo killing by blood – is it killed by cells alone or is 

serum necessary? 

c. Pneumo killing by blood – properties of sensitivity of 

substance in serum 

d. Killing of pneumo by blood and salted blood 

v) Absorption of serum with pneumococcus, found: 

a. More killing when immune serum used therefore less 

absorption or in presence of immune serum small 

amount of proadin will act and kill pneumo? 

b. Opsonic to staphylococcus rather less than when 

immune serum used therefore possibility more 

absorption of opsonic 

‘complement’ 

c. Little difference in pneumo opsonic so no specific 

absorption of pneumo opsonic in presence of immune 

serum 

vi) Does serum sensitise bugs? Found no sensation or sensitivity 

can be removed by washing in a salt solution 

vii) Absorption of serum with pneumococci – found no evidence 

that in presence of immune serum there is more absorption of 

sensitive of substance from serum 

viii) Phagocytosis virulent pneumococci 

ix) Comparison phagocytosis different ways with phagocytate 

pneumo 

x) Experiment with non-phagocytable friedlander (John) 

Link with other notebooks: 

56157: Loose links between work on killing and phagocytosis 

56160: Killing power of blood 

56162. LVII. 10 Oct. 1924-20 Jan.1932. 

ff. ii + 93. 277 x 218mm. Front and back hard, black covers of a ring 

binder, spine is missing. It was advertised as a ‘scholastic notebook’. 

A section of the spine with the label survives, it has ‘Immunisation in 

Vitro’ written on it. 

Notebooks contains the discovery of penicillin. 

This notebook has been divided into four sections. The notebook seems to 

have originally housed plain paper and this has been supplemented with 

other pieces of plain and lined paper. As there is no spine it is unclear 

whether notes are in the right order or whether they have been altered at a 

later date. 


Section one: 

ff. 1-2. Two photographs of Fleming’s report card for his medical training

Section two: 13-23 Oct. 1924. 

ff. 3-5. Immunisation in vitro 

i) Experiments with fresh and incubated leucocytes 

ii) Experiment with de-leucocyted blood and leucocytes 

iii) Experiment with faeces filtrate 

Section Two: 12 May-15 Nov. 1926. 

ff. 6-9. [Bacteria/ bactericidal] slide 

i) Experiment with haemolytic B. coli in slide cells 

ii) Experiment with haemolytic coli in slide cells in salted blood 

iii) Experiment with different streptococcus in slide cells 

iv) Experiment to see if killing of staphylococcus various with 

thickness of the slide cell 

Section Three: n.d 

ff. 10-14. Worms (penicillin) 

i) Experiment with different bugs in slide cells 

ii) Diagram of the growth of staphylococcus in cells 

iii) Experiment examining the rate of emigration of leucocytes 

from worms 

Section four: 30 Oct. 1928. 

ff. 15-16. Discovery of Penicillin 

Description of a staphylococcus inhibiting mould, including diagrams 

Section five: 22 Nov. 1928-17 Jan. 1929. 

ff. 17-39. Experiments with the new ‘mould’ 

i) Experiments with different bacteria including diagram of 

results 

ii) Inhibitory action of ‘mould’ broth of staphylococcus in blood 

iii) Inhibition by moulds, including diagram of plate 

iv) Mould inhibition and imbedded agar and mould filtrate 

streaked across bugs 

v) Mould planted in broth; 30 Nov. 

vi) Mould inhibitions – different penicillin from milk 

vii) Craddock – inhibitions streptococci by mould filtrate 

viii) Mould filtrate on Pfeiffer including diagram 

ix) Mould filtrate antiseptic power of Craddock’s autrium 

x) Conditions of optimum growth of inhibiting mould 

xi) Experiments autoclaving the mould filtrate 

Section six: 29 Jan.-9 March 1929. 

ff. 40-41, 43-48, 51, 55, 59. Inhibitory action 

i) Mould inhibitions – penicillin 12 

ii) Isolation Pfeiffer by mould inhibition 

iii) Formation of inhibitory substance in mould juice

iv) Disappearance of inhibitory substance in penicillin on the 

bench 

Section seven: 29 Jan.-16 Feb. 1929. 

ff. 42, 49-50, 57, 67. Nasal mucus and sputum 

i) Sputum and nasal mucus in mould juice 

ii) Mould juice and Craddock nasal mucus 

iii) AF sputum – diagram of results with explanations 

iv) Diagram of experiment using Craddock’s nasal mucus and six 

drops of mould filtrate on an agar plate 


1. f. 64. Methylene blue on mould; 28 May 1929. 

2. f. 66. Notes from article by Dr Bocchia – Cent F [Balit] 909 l. 220 ‘Die 

Pyocyanase’, including notes on inhibition in broth and reaction with 

various bacteria. 

3. ff. 68-70. Experiment testing inhibition of methyl violet, blue and 

penicillin; 10 Oct. 1929. 

4. ff. 71-73. Experiments with new inhibiting moulds, pink and green; 24 

Sept.-1 Oct. 1929. 

5. f. 74. Wellesly sputum spread over a plate and tested with drops of 

methyl violet, blue and penicillin; 15 Oct. 1929. 

6. ff. 78-80. Experiments with old penicillin; 27 May-22 June 1931. 

7. f. 82. Penicillin on haemolytic power of streptococcus; 15 July 1931. 

8. f. 83. Penicillin on anaerobes; 14 July 1931. 

9. f. 86. Reaction of penicillin on keeping properties; 18 Sept. 1931. 

10. ff. 87-88. New moulds; 6 Dec. 1931-20 Jan. 1932. 

11. f. 91. Diagram of the reaction of various bacteria with crystal violet, 

aniline blue and penicillin on boiled blood agar; 18 Oct. 1929. 


56158: Loose link on work on immunity in vitro 

56166: Loose connection between patient ‘Wellesley’ and experiment 

with methyl violet and penicillin 

56167: Penicillin, in particular Pfeiffer’s 

56169: Penicillin and moulds 

56163. Vol. LVIII. 24 June 1925-21 May 1927. 

ff. 1-46. 229 x 180mm. Hard cover of marbled design with green binding.

This notebook only contains diagrams. A large number of pages have 

been removed. 


1. f. 4. Diagram of a cell/sample of blood. Includes the note ‘Stewart, coli 

normal, puerperal woman, [frenisa], many granules’; 24 June 1925. 

2. f. 5. Diagram of a cell showing ‘centrifuged phagocytosis’. Includes 

the note ‘vacuolation round some cocci. This is not very uncommon’; 

17 Sept. 1925. 

3. f. 6. Two diagrams – no title. (Similar to ones showing the affect of 

salt, flavine, Chloramine T. and picric acid on growth of TB); n.d. 

4. f. 7. Two drawings entitled ‘Townsend’ and one is cited as smooth and 

the other rough; 21 May 1925. 

5. f. 8-11. Four diagrams of blood in a slide cell from an experiment with 

incubation; n.d. 

i) Includes the note ‘strong before incubation’ 

ii) Includes note ‘Staph 1/1 1hr incubation’ 

iii) Includes note ‘Staph 1/1 2hrs incubation. Growing out away 

from leucs on higher [?] actually’ 

v) Includes note ‘Staph 1/1 2 hrs incubation in slide cell. Growth 

and phagocytosis’ 


56157: Centrifuged phagocytosis 

56164. Vol. LIX. 28 Oct. 1928-6 April 1932. 

ff. i + 90. 276 x 220mm. Front and back hard, black covers of a ring 

binder, spine is missing. It was advertised as a ‘simplex notebook’. 

This notebook has not been split into sections and as the spine has been 

removed it is difficult to know if the papers are in the correct order. The 

notebook seems to have originally housed plain paper and this has been 

supplemented with other pieces of plain and lined paper. 


1. f. 3. Blood culture ‘Kenna’ and ‘Thompson’; 6 Nov. 1918. 

2. f. 5. Untitled drawing of a cell/sample of blood; n.d. 

3. ff. 6-10. 

i) List of chemicals and figures 

ii) Notes on antiseptics in lined tubes – washes of serum and 

volume of serum and staphylococcus 

iii) Emigration and salt on lined tubes, carbolic on lined tubes 

iv) Flavine intravenously into a rabbit with slide cells

4. f. 20. Notes on ‘Milly’ bacillus isolated from abscess by L.C [Leonard 

Colebrook?], includes a description of bacteria grown from it; 4 Sept. 

1928. 

5. ff. 21-22. Experiments examining the effect of temperature and time of 

centrifuging on phagocytosis; n.d. 

6. f. 29. Notes on Walsh’s sterilisation of milk; 28 Oct. 1926. 

7. f. 30. Experiment examining the absorption from air by stock cultures; 

19 Jan. 1927. 

8. f. 31. Experiment examining bacteriophage for coli, using a sample 

from a Rothchild wine, includes a description of the bacteria; 28 Jan. 

1928. 

9. f. 32. Experiment with coli bacteriophage in broth cultures, includes a 

description of bacteria; 2 Feb. 1927. 

10. f. 33. Experiment to see if serum becomes bactericidal to 

staphylococcus on keeping; n.d. 

11. f. 34. Experiment to examine the influence of mixing bugs with blood 

on bactericidal in staphylococcus. Includes note in green pen; 24 May 

1927. 

12. f. 35. Comparison of living and dead staphylococcus vaccine 

immunisation in vitro. Includes note in green pen ‘No difference 

except possibly dead vaccine’; 1 June 1925. 

13. ff. 36-37. Experiments examining affect of atropine on rabbit 

leucocytes; 15-22 Dec. 1927. 

14. f. 38. Experiment with different methods of agglutination; 23 Dec. 

1927. 

15. f. 39. Experiment examining the affect of temperature on 

phagocytosis; 30 Dec. 1927. 

16. f. 40. Experiment examining the affect of atropine human and rabbit 

leucocytes; 28 Jan. 1928. 

17. f. 41. Influence of sarcina on growth of staphylococcus, includes a 

diagram; 29 Jan. 1929. 

18. f. 42. Notes on staphylococcus toxin from an article by C. H. 

Killaway, J. M. Burnet and F. E. Williams in Journal of Pathology and 

Bacteriology 1930, XXXIII p 889.

19. f. 44. Phage. Notes on experimental plague from article by G. 

Compton in [American Journal Pathology?] 1930 XLV 754, noted a 

number of conclusions. 

20. f. 46. Experiment with bacteriophage to test drug from an Anglo- 

French Drug Co (Bact intesti-phage); 24 Sept. 1930. 

21. f. 47. Experiment with streptococcus subculture into glucose broth 

from meat cultures that were five years old; 6 Jan. 1930. 

22. f. 48. Experiment with mannite fermentations by staphylococcus; 6 

Jan. 1930. 

23. f. 51. Experiment with lysol in water serum and blood (horse); 1 Jan. 

1930. 

24. f. 52. Experiment using staphylococcus on CO2; 13 June 1930. 

25. f. 54. Notes on a method of staining flagella; n.d. 

26. f. 64. Notes on an experiment using Florey’s mucus; 23 Jan 1929. 

27. f. 57. Notes on staining blood [films]. From an article by Moschowski. 

Cent f. Bact 1923 Vol. 90 No 4/2 256. Includes Borax methyl blue, 

tannin and Red’s red violet. 

28. f. 65. Notes on a patient ‘Wix’, with chronic nasal catarrh and chronic 

rheumatism; 17 April 1919. 

29. ff. 68-70. Notes on patients and their illnesses; 14-21 April 1929. 

30. f. 71. Experiment with Eidenhows antiseptic, including slide cells and 

emigration; 10 May 1929. 

31. f. 72. Experiment with staphylococcus from hands of lab workers 

planted into mannite broth (L.C. refused). Samples from West, 

McLean, AF, Jennings and Albert; 21 Sept. 1929. 

32. f. 74. Experiment with Walsh’s iodine emulsion (60% iodine 10% 

olive oil); 25 July 1931. 

33. f. 75. Experiment with staphylococcus on parainfluenza, includes a 

diagram; 9 Sept. 1931. 

34. f. 76. Experiment with haemophilic bacilli in normal tonsils and swabs 

from various individuals; 10 Sept. 1931. 

35. ff. 80-81. Experiments with two day old fildes broth cultures of 

parainfluenza, planted in streaks on agar and boiled blood agar with 

cross streaks of staphylococcus; 17-18 Sept. 1931.

36. f. 83. Experiments with three malignant cases of endocarditis; 5 Oct. 

i) Leucocyte efficiency 

ii) Opsonic index staphylococcus 

iii) Time of opsonisation of staphylococcus on bench 

37. f. 84. Experiment with Squires Pfeiffer’s; 3 Nov. 

38. f. 85. Experiment with penicillin on KLB; n.d. 

39. f. 87. Experiments with vaginal swabs; 1936. 

40. f. 89. Experiment with lysozyme in eggs; n.d. 


56159: Loose link between work on blood culture 

56160: Walsh 

56166: Wix and McLean 

56168: Phage 

56165. Vol. LX. [March 1929?]. 


advertised as the ‘Eclipse’ ring book. 



Notebook is almost empty with a handful of different pieces of paper. 

Possibly incomplete. There are no dates anywhere in the notebook. 


1. f. 1. List of bacteria including a note of its size and a diagram of it after 

it has been grown on an agar plate for three days. 

2. f. 2. Piece of paper from a calendar for 19 and 20 Jan. 1929, with 

instructions on how to create a solution, possibly a meat culture as it 

involves using a bullocks heart. 

3. f. 3. Notes on the influence of a serum. 

4. f. 4. Typewritten notes on the therapeutic value of antiseptics. 

5. f. 6. Notes on pharmaco-therapy. Methods of testing chemical agents 

employed for the purpose of killing microbes in the infected organism. 

Includes a list of preliminary investigations in vitro: 

i) Water 

ii) Serum 

iii) Blood 

iv) Comparison of action on leucocytes and on bacteria 

6. f. 7. Typewritten ‘contents’ list related to antiseptics, annotated using 

black pen.

i) Antiseptics in serum 

ii) Anti-leucocyte effect 

iii) Antibacterial effect 

iv) Consideration in choice of antiseptic 

v) Summary 

9. f. 8. Notes to the ‘lime factor’, after 24 hours exposure to flavine. 

56166. Vol. LXI. 11 Sept. 1929-7 May 1931. 


advertised as a ‘simplex’ notebook. 

As the notebook is a ring binder it is difficult to know if the papers are in 

the correct order. The notebook seems to have originally housed plain 

paper and this has been supplemented with other pieces of plain and lined 

paper. The spine of the notebook has a label on it with ‘Clinical’ written 

on it and it seems as if the notebook was used for recording information 

about patients. 


1. f. 1. Piece from a medical calendar for Thursday 3 July 1929 with 

notes on about toxic granules. Also has a note in top right hand corner 

‘July 31 29 airport’. 

2. f. 2. Notes on colonies picked of plates and put onto boiled blood agar 

(R. F, R. E. and Bishop). Information includes where the sample is 

from, if it is a mould or not, colony type and description of microbe; 11 

Sept. 1929. 

3. f. 3. Boiled blood agar plates, includes description of bacteria; 25 Oct 

1929. 

i) Dunn: chronic catarrh, cough 

ii) Dundlin: chronic catarrh 

iii) Thomson: chronic nasal catarrh 

iv) George: cold, toxic 

v) Hunn: rheumatoid arthritis 

4. f. 4. 31 October. 

i) Scoll: chronic catarrh 

ii) Hutton: atrium 

iii) White: rheumatism 

iv) Berwitz: recovering from an acute cold 

5. f. 5. 4 Nov. 

i) Douglas: ‘cold’ 

ii) Lockwood: chronic bronchitis 

iii) Fleming: commencing sore throat (only started 12hrs) 

iv) Blanch: apex of tooth 

6. f. 6. 6 Nov. 

i) Allen: O.P, emphysema and bronchitis

ii) Church: postnasal arthritis 

iii) Slotan: postnasal arthritis 

7. f. 7. 7 Dec. 

i) Marcus: unknown complaint but Fleming took a nasal swab 

ii) Green: chronic bronchitis (tests with varying quantities of 

penicillin) 

8. f. 8. 24 May, n.d. 

i) Allison: faeces 

ii) Dobson: WHW 

9. f. 9. 17-24 May. 

i) Student: chronic nasal catarrh and much mucopus 

ii) Wilson: WHW 

iii) Newcomb: WHW 

10. f. 10. 5 March 1929. 

i) Taylor: WHW 

ii) Dr Williams: unknown complaint 

11. f. 11. 22-25 April 1929. 

i) Goldney: obstinate case fibrositis 

ii) Scott: old arthritis and no recent flu 

iii) AF: nose cold 

12. ff. 12-13. 26 April 1929. 

i) Sparkes: asthma (bronchitis) chronic 

ii) Walmsley: arthritis 

iii) Drury: chronic bronchitis 

13. f. 13. 30 April-1 May. 

i) Craddock: nasal mucus, chronic atrium 

ii) Carpenter: O.P, chronic bronchitis 

14. f. 14. 6-8 Jan. 1930. 

i) Cowles: keratitis 

ii) Edwards: rheumatoid arthritis 

15. f. 15. 1 Feb. 1930. 

i) Haslick: chronic catarrh 

ii) McLean: tooth swab 

16. f. 17. 25 Sept. 1930. 

i) Bolton: asthma, bronchitis 

17. f. 18. 1 Oct. 1930. 

i) Eborn: bronchitis, O.P, pussy sputum 

ii) Brown: recurrent colds, O.P 

iii) Purser: catarrh upper air passages

iv) Webb: intestinal toxaemia? 

v) Wix: lateral sclerosis 

18. f. 19. 3 Oct. 

i) [McElquain?]: WHW, arthritis 

ii) John: faeces, WHW 

19. f. 20. 9 Oct. 

i) Duncan: vague upset 

ii) AF: faeces 

iii) Spink: asthma 

iv) Johnston: nasal mucus 

20. f. 21. 25-30 Oct. 1930. 

i) AF: faeces 

ii) Wilson (McKinnon): pimples 

iii) Mackintosh: WHW 

21. f. 22. 13 Nov. 1930. 

i) Mayhew: O.P, rheumatoid, appendix removed 

ii) Warrew: WHW, mucus colitis 

iii) Wellesby: cold 

22. f. 23. 7 Jan. 1930. 

i) Purse: O. P, cold 

ii) [Hardmere?]: cold 

iii) Brock: boil 

iv) Chandler: boil 

v) Goldbourne: boil 

vi) SRW: sputum, cold 

23. f. 24. 22 Jan. 1931. 

i) Burke: WHW, arthritis 

ii) Russell (McK): conjunctivitis slight acute 

iii) Smith: arthritis 

24. ff. 25-26. 28-29 Jan. 

i) Buckworth: arthritis WHW 

ii) Rose: WHW 

iii) Jones: flu (hospitalised) 

iv) Purse: O. P, cold 

v) Lucus: boil 

vi) Richardo: pyclitis 

vii) Ellen: toxaemia 

viii) Buckworth: arthritis, WHW 

ix) Miller: acute sore throat WHW 

x) Stopes: flu (on ward) 

xi) [Bolderstick?]: arthritis, WHW 

25. ff. 27-28. 6-7 May 1931.

i) Leesmith: old chronic arthritis 

ii) Glenny: boils 

iii) Clark: O. P 

iv) Whiskeaw: rheumatoid arthritis 

v) Rowe: O. P, rheumatoid arthritis 

vi) No name: O. P 

vii) Smith: WHW, colitis 

viii) Lease: anaemia toxaemia, WHW 

ix) Bell: bronchitis, WHW 

26. f. 29. n.d. 

i) [Marle?]: carbuncle, notes on his treatment and results 


56160: Sample taken from ‘Scott’ (although no direct link with dates) 

56164: Wix and McLean 

56166: Patient ‘Wellesley’ and experiment with methyl violet and 

penicillin 

56167. Vol. LXII. 31 Oct. 1929-8 March 1931. 

ff. ii + 84. 277 x 223mm. Ring binder with hard, black cover. It is 

advertised as a ‘simplex’ notebook. 




paper. 

The label on the spine has ‘FLU 1930’ and ‘Inhibition’ written on it. 



ff. 2-11, 13, 17-32. Lists of samples taken from people and various 

experiments carried out on them. Results are in the form of: 

i) Person, where the sample/s came from and description of 

bacteria. 

ii) Morphology, reaction with agar and staphylococcus, reaction 

with blood agar and staphylococcus and colony 

iii) Person and where the sample was taken from (tonsil, teeth and 

P. N. [post nasal?] 

List of people that samples were taken from: 

Downer 

Maybury 

Wills 

Bully 

Collings 

Clayton 

Ivans 

Cummings 

Clifton 

Fisk

O’Grady 

Parker 

Smith 

Parker 

Willis 

Bulley 

Hathorne 

Steer 

Dugleish 

Clyton 

D. Smith 

Brown 

Llewellyn 

Section two: 

1. f. 35. Experiment examining the resistance of different Pfeiffer’s to 

penicillin – dilution of penicillin and various samples; n. d. 

2. ff. 36-38. Notes on samples taken from experiments using ‘Evans No2’; 

n.d. 


ff. 40-44, 46-47. Lists of samples taken from people and various 

experiments carried out on them. Results are in the form of: 

i) Person 

ii) Description of the bacteria 

ii) Growth and morphology 

List of people sample taken from: 

Dan 

Peter 

Clayden 

Deacon 

Ben 

Section four: 

1. f. 45. Renumbering of tooth plates of sample replanted in boiled blood; 

6 Feb. 1930. 

2. f. 53. Growth of Dan’s ‘flu’ on Ridley’s movie; n.d. 

3. f. 56. Resistance of various strains of [haemoglobinophilic] bacteria to 

penicillin; n.d. 

Section five: 31 Oct. 1929-8 March 1931. 

ff. 57-70. Various – inhibition, Pfeiffer, penicillin and cats 

i) Experiment with penicillin – Plate with half plain agar and half 

agar/penicillin solution (five dilutions). Incubated and then 

staphylococcus, streptococcus and diphtheroids planted across 

whole surface. Results include diagrams.

ii) Diagram of an agar plate with half penicillin agar and half 

boiled blood agar with staphylococcus streaked across 

iii) Experiment involving Fitz ‘Pfeiffer’, includes diagram of 

results 

iv) Experiment examining the inhibition of Pfeiffer by pneumo 

with ‘student’ nasal mucus – results include diagram of the 

plate 

v) B. prodigiosus action on other bacteria: Staphylococcus aureus, 

cat, staphylococcus albus, AF saliva and Craddock 

vi) ‘Fitz’ pfeiffers 

vii) Experiment with AF postnasal (no cold) sample 

viii) Fildes medium 

ix) List entitled ‘gram negative cocci’ n.d. 

a. Weichslebraun, Meningo, 1887, Fort. de Med. V. 573 

620. 

Meningo, 1902, Centralblatt für 

Bakteriologie, XZXXIII. 

570 

Meningo, 1903, Wiener Klinische 

Wochenschrift, XVIII. 992 

b. R. Pfeiffer, Cat, 1896 

c. Glon & N. Pfeiffer, Cat, 1902, Zeitschrift für klinische 

Medizin, XLIV. 262 

d. Dunn & Gordon, Cat, 1905 British Medical Journal, II 

421 

e. Von Lingelshein, Classification, 1906, Klinisches 

Jahrbuch , XV 373. 

f. Kutschen, Classification, 1906, Kohler Wassermann 

Band IV. 600 

g. Elser & Humtoon, Classification, 1909, Journal of 

Medical Research, XX 371 

h. J E Gordon, Classification, 1921, Journal Infectious 

Disease XXIV, 462 

i. S P Wilson, Classification, 1928, Journal of Pathology 

and Bacteriology, XXXI 477 

j. G S Wilson & M.M. Smith, Classification, 1928, 

Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology, XXXI 597 

k. Martin, Classification, 1911, Journal of Bacteriology 

and Pathology, XV 76 

l. Gaskell, Classification, 1916 Medical Research Council 

Special Report Series, No 2 

m. Dunham, Classification, 1906, Journal of Infectious 

Diseases, Supplement, 2 p10

n. Atkin Colour, Meningo, 1923, British Journal of 

Experimental Pathology, IV 325 

x) Experiment examining inhibition by pneumo, notes include a 

diagram 

Section six: 24 Jan. 1931. 

f. 71. Flu 

i) Work on influenza bacteriology, tested with an epidemic of 

influenza. Symptoms includes two day fever with pain, with 

little on sore throat or chest trouble 

ii) Patients: Bell, Slade, Giles, Dunbar, Williams, Morgan 

iii) Notes include number of days they have had it, results of film 

and description of the culture 


f. 73. B. Influenza – Rough and Smooth 

No notes just blank pages 

Section seven: n.d. 

f. 84. 

i) Notes on an unidentified article by I. Winchell and E. G. 

Stillman, in Journal of Experimental Medicine 1919 XXX, 497 

and 257. The notes and figures seem to be related to tonsils and 

the pharynx 

ii) Percentages taken from: 

Scott (Bible) 

1920 70% 

1925 50% 

Topley and Wilson 

1925 Oct. 77% 

1926 May 43% 

1927 March 80% 

1927 May 60% 


56162: Penicillin (in particular Pfeiffer’s) 

56168: Inhibition 

56168. Vol. LXIII. 16 Nov. 1930-8 June 1932. 

ff. iii + 98. 276 x 223mm. Ring binder with hard, black cover. It was 

advertised as a ‘students ring book’. 

It is actually being used back to front and label inside the back is for 

‘Isacke, Printer, Stationer, Account Book Maker. 133, Praed Street, W.2.’ 




paper. Label on the spine of the notebook has ‘Mycolysis’ written on it.


Section one: 

1. ff. 2-5. Experiments with monsol, includes diagrams; 15 July 1931. 

2. f. 7. Notes on vaccines; n.d. 

3. f. 10. Diagram of filtration medium, n.d. 

Section two: 16 Nov.-4 Dec. 1930. 

ff. 15, 17-68. Andre Gratia 

i) Notes possibly for an article related to the work of Andre Gratia 

on lysis, n.d. 

ii) Notes from an articles by Gratia and Sara Dash in CR Society 

Biology 1924 XCI 1442 and 1925 XCII 461, on Streptothrix 

lysing bacteria 

iii) Diagram anticoli versus typhoid 

iv) Various experiments with anticoli and antistaph 

v) Experiment examining phage using anticoli 7, includes a 

diagram 

vi) Experiment examining the lysis of B. coli by broth cultures of 

anticoli and antistaph 

vii) Rate of lysis by ‘anticoli 8’ with and without glucose, includes 

diagrams of plates 

viii) Notes from A. Gratia and Sara Dash’s articles in CR Society 

Biology 1924 XCI 1442 and 1925 XCII 461, 451 

ix) Notes from an article by A. Gratia and J. Alexander on 

‘Mycolysis’ in CR Society Biology 1931 CVI 1288 

x) Gratia’s lysis – tests staphylococcus and coli 

xi) Diagram of a plate with ‘streptothrix’ colony. It has been left 

for ten days, staphylococcus and coli added and left for another 

24 hours later. Noted that results indicate ‘apparent inhibition 

of growth’ 

xii) Gratia lysis – test the potency of ‘streptothrix’ on coli. Antistaph 

and coli ‘streptothrix’ grown in broth flask at 22°C for 

three months, dilutions made and various bacteria added 

xiii) Experiments with mycolysis, including whether it inhibits 

living coli. Results include diagrams of plates 

xiv) Patient notes 

a. Wallace – rheumatoid arthritis 

b. Tinker – oral ulcers 

c. Whin – chronic erysipeloid condition of the face

xv) Inoculation of rabbits intravenously with three types of typhoid 

vaccine 

xvi) Staphylococcus mycolysis as an antigen in rabbits 

xvii) Experiment with mycolysin investigating the effect of heat and 

medium 

xviii) Experiments with old mycolysis on coli 

xix) Effect of acetone extraction on solution by mycolysin and 

trypsin 

xx) Intravenous injections into rabbits with acetone extracted 

vaccine, acetone extracted vaccine mycolysate, and acetone 

extracted vaccine trypsin digest and living typhoid H 

xxi) Absorption anti-typhoid serum with typhoid bacilli and trpysin 

digest 

xxii) Absorption agglutination O with trypsin digest (typhoid) 

xxiii) Notes from an article on mycolsyates A. Gratia and J. 

Alexander (Society Belgian Biologist) CR Soc Biology 1288 

1931 

Section three: 26 June-4 Oct. 1931. 

ff. 72-94. Bacterial Antagonism 

i) Notes on article on ‘Antagonism’ by Hiss, Zanssen and Russell 

ii) Experiment testing for antagonism 

iii) Experiment testing staphylococcus inhibitions using cholera, 

pyocyaneus and prodigiosin, includes a diagram of the plate 

and how he used the word ‘STAPH’ to illustrate the experiment 

iv) Experiment examining whether pneumo inhibits 


v) Experiments examining the reaction of staphylococcus and 

parainfluenza on agar, includes diagram of results after 48 

hours July 

vi) Experiment examining the lysis of B. coli by old cultures 

vii) Work relating to streptococcus, staphylococcus inhibitor, with 

detailed notes and diagram 

viii) Experiments with double inhibition using (AF) mould – using 

staphylococcus and prodigiosin]. Results includes coloured 

diagrams of the results 

ix) Inhibitions on plates from patients, includes diagrams of plates 

a. Page – tooth socket 

b. Meynick – post nasal swab 


56144 and 56145: Acetone extracted vaccine 

56162: New moulds 

56164: Phage 

56167: Inhibition 

56169: Sample from Myenick

56169. Vol. LXIV. 1 Jan.-28 Nov. 1932. 

ff. ii + 214. 326 x 204mm. Charles Lett’s ‘self-opening’ diary for 1932, 

with a hard, cream cover with red binding. 

Many pages in this notebook have been cut out. 


Section one: 

ff. 1, 3. Headed paper from the British Medical Association Centenary 

Meeting, London. One with notes and figures on the back relating to 

experiments with tears and eggs. The other with figures relating to an 

experiment with range of bacteria and different organs and a turnip; n.d. 

Section two: 1 Jan. 1932. 

ff. 24-25. Antiseptics 

i) Definition of antiseptics 

ii) Two problems with the use of antiseptics – inside and outside 

the body 

Outside 

a. Sterilisation of instruments after washing 

b. Sterilisation of infection ‘excreta’ 

c. Use as mouthwashes, toothpastes etc 

Inside 

a. Unified strength 

b. Specifity 

c. Time of action 

d. Affinity for tissues 

e. Bacteriostatic action 

f. Indirect action 

g. Interference by fluids and tissues 

iii) Standard tests – slide cells, worms and modification 

iv) List of new antiseptics 


1. f. 31v. Experiments with new mould 1 and 2 and a list of bacteria 

grown on boiled blood agar plates; 14 Jan. 

2. f. 32. Details of samples taken from Montgomery and Dunlop; 15 Jan. 

3. f. 33v. Results of samples from Nellie, Sanders and Milbourne; 18 Jan. 

4. f. 34. Experiments with new moulds and P. notatum streaked across 

plates; 19 Jan. 

5. f. 35. Tests on new ‘green’ mould titration of growth in test tubes 

including diagram of agar plate; 21 Jan. 

6. ff. 37v-38. Notes on new moulds and penicillin; 26-27 Jan.

7. f. 40v. Experiments with tellurite; 1 Feb. 

8. f. 45v. Experiment using AF blood taken from a finger using a 

paraffined tube and then centrifuged. 

9. f. 47v. Tellurite on haemolytic streptococcus – Byrne, Marcus Johnson 

and Cross; 15 Feb. 

10. f. 48. Tellurite on coli – Hall, Bratt, Prior and Rossdale; 16 Feb. 

11. f. 48v. Experiments with mould no 19; 17 Feb. 

12. ff. 51-52v. Work on Charlottes Pfeiffer’s with samples taken from 

Clack, Webster, Marchand, Barsdall and Rawson; 22-25 Feb. 

Section four: 27 Feb.-3 March. 

f. 53v-56. Experiments with Precipitation 

i) Typhoid rabbit I serum 

ii) Centrifuged versus inoculation 

iii) Mycolysates 

Section five: 

1. f. 62v. Experiments with ‘Novaseptic’ (received that day from Mr 

Scholl of Pharmaceutical [Corporation] Ltd); 16 March. 

2. f. 64v. Experiment using rabbit precipitations and serum from 15 

March. 

3. f. 71. Experiment with old penicillin; 31 March. 

4. f. 91. Experiment using lysozyme in eggs crossed through. 

5. f. 95. Inhibition shown by penicillin (Meynick) includes diagrams; 10 

May. 

Section six: 30 May-18 July. 

ff 105-107, 114v-115v, 117v-119, 121, 124, 126-128, 129v-130v. 

Tellurite 

i) Inhibitions in broth 

ii) Experiment with an agar plate half covered with tellurite, 

includes diagram of results 

iii) Dilutions made in bulk 

iv) Inhibitions tested against various bacteria 

v) Tellurite mould 

vi) Mucoid colonies 

vii) Resistance coli 


1. f. 157v. Experiments with old lysozyme; 12 Sept.

2. f. 160. Experiment using a penicillin and tellurite combination; 17 

Sept. 

3. f. 164v. Experiment with trypsin lysozyme and phage permanently in 

agar; 26 Sept. 

4. f. 182v. Dyes as inhibitors, tested using diffusions in agar with a range 

of bacteria; 10 Oct. 

5. ff. 188v-189. Tartar emetic as a selective agent; 24-25 Oct. 

6. f. 194v. Experiments with ‘neutropsin’ including a note taken from 

advertising literature that this inhibits B. coli much more than typhoid 

paratyphoid dysentery; 5 Nov. 

7. ff. 209v-210. 27-28 Dec. 

List of names, bacteria (including where from) and figures relating to 

experiments with rabbit haemoglobin 

i) Hoad 

ii) Read 

iii) Smart 

iv) Dean 

v) Sandford 

vi) Lawrence 

vii) Brewer 

viii) Corrick 

ix) Pegler 

x) Wootten 

xi) Bewley 

xii) Couzen 

xiii) Taylor 

xiv) Carter 

xv) Shelier 

xvi) Mille 

xvii) Harsell 

8. ff. 211v-213. 29 Dec. 1932-1 Jan.1933. 

List of names and notes on location of sample and a description of the 

bacteria it produced 

i) Bewley 

ii) Betty Couzen 

iii) Miller 

iv) Carter 

v) Hiller 

vi) Hill 

vii) Tayler 

viii) Barry 

ix) Pegler 

x) Brewer

xi) Corrick 

xii) Lawrence 

xiii) Read 

xiv) Dean 

xv) Sandford 

xvi) Hoad 

xvii) Smart 

xviii) Wootten 

xix) Taylor 


56160 and 56171: Tellurite (although dates differ) 

56162: Penicillin and moulds 

56168: Sample from Myenick 

56169: Novaseptic 

56170. Vol. 22 March 1933-8 Feb. 1936. 

ff. ii + 87. 276 x 223mm. Ring binder with hard brown cover. It was 

advertised as a ‘students’ ring book. 






paper. 

A possible paper on ‘streptothrix’ has been removed and housed under 

publications; please see 56136 ff. 143-151. 


Section one: 

f. 2. Notes on the effect of heat on vaccines; n.d. 

Section two: 

ff. 8-11. Journal articles 

i) Hektoen and Inoms - no title, Journal of American Medical 

Association, March 16, 864 

ii) McIntosh, Modern Trend of Prophylactic Therapeutic 

Immunisation, Lancet, 1936, October 30, 889 

iii) L. S. P. Dawson, no title, Lancet 1924, Dec. 20, 1288 

iv) G. Schwartzman, Phage as an Antigen, Journal of 

Experimental Medicine, 1928, 47, 151 

v) S. O. Freedlander and J. A. Jooney, Local intravenous 

Immunity to staphylococcus, Journal Experimental Medicine, 

1928, 27, 663 


f. 11. References - Clasmolcytes in immunity 

i) Say and Clark, Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1925, 36, 233 

ii) Rous and Jones, Journal of Experimental Medicine, 1916, 23, 

601

Gratia, CR Soc Biol, 1923, 89, 826 

iii) Mallory and Marble, Journal of Experimental Medicine, 1925, 

42, 465 

iv) Z. Miller Hyg and [Intel?] 1927, 107, 253 

v) Citron and Picard, Med. Klin., 1925, 43, 1606 

Section four: 10 May 1933. 

1. f. 15. Notes on a number of patients, their illnesses and results of 

experiments. 

i) Gardner: O. P, rheumatoid arthritis 

ii) Campbell Jones: WHW boils 

iii) Pole: O. P, rheumatoid arthritis 

iv) Walts: O. P, Catarrh 

v) Powerland: O. P, P. N 

Section five: 18-23 May 1933. 

ff. 16-19. Formalin 

i) On B. coli in broth 

ii) Inhibitory power of formalin on B. coli 

iii) Broth culture ‘King’ coli with varying strengths of formalin 

Section six: 

1. f. 20. Typhoid bactericidals; 23 May 1933. 

2. f. 21. Paratyphoids from Salop Mental Hospital. Faeces planted in 

Brilliant Green and sent by post to him; 27 June 1933. 

3. f. 22. Agglutination with paraB serum; 29 June. 

4. f. 23. Notes on flagella and capsular stain from an article by Bartley in 

Journal of the Royal Medical Society 1931, p37. 

5. ff. 25-26. 12-13 Sept. 1933. 

i) Vos: acute sickness three days no pain or tenderness, did 

agglutination test and tests of urine, faces and post nasal swab 

ii) Mayes: WHW recurrent catarrh 

iii) Hall: sinuses, TB, emphysema and rheumatism 

6. f. 27. Mycolysin -Tests with number of colonies picked off 

staphylococcus water plate which showed lytic area around it; 13 Sept. 

7. f. 30. Development of inhibition substance ‘mould’; 29 Sept.-10 Oct. 

8. f. 31. Various patients; 25 Oct. 1933. 

i) Kyle: acne 

ii) Simmonds: rheumatoid arthritis 

iii) Shun: unknown complaint 

iv) Bishop: O. P, rheumatoid arthritis 

v) Plague cultures from Anglo Persians

9. f. 32. Experiment testing the agglutination of faecal streptococci with 

patients sera; 25 Oct. 1933. 

10. f. 33. Notes on phenyl mercuric nitrate by K. E. [Bisklang], Journal 

Infectious Diseases, 1933, 53, 250. 

11. f. 39. NaOH on staphylococcus; 6 Nov. 

12. f. 43. Lysozyme on leucocytes, including diagrams, with ‘good’ 

written in pencil; 29 Dec. 1933. 

Section seven: 30 Dec. 1933-16 Oct. 1934. 

ff. 45-55. Merthiolate 

i) Inhibitory action in broth and in agar (gutter method) 

ii) Experiment with phenyl mercurcriate, methiolate, metaphor, 

mercurochrome and HgCl2 

iii) Phenyl mercuric nitrate versus merthiolate 

iv) Notes on phenyl mercuric nitrate by L. A. Weed and E. E. 

Ecker 1931, Journal of Infectious Diseases 49, 440 

v) Merthiolate and Hg Phenyl Nitrals on haemolytic streptococcus 

in slide cells 

Section eight: 3 March-5 Dec. 1934. 

ff. 56-58, 60. Gentian Violet 

i) Work on inhibition 

ii) Experiments testing for a swab for isolating streptococci from 


iii) Experiment testing staphylococcus and gentian violet 

iv) Experiment with and without swab and slick on staphylococcus, 

streptococcus mixture 

Section nine: 

1. ff. 61-62. Experiments with Brilliant Green and coli paratyphoid using 

the swab immersion method; 10 May 1934. 

2. f. 63. Lysozyme, egg on coloured bacteria; 14 March 1934. 

3. f. 66. McLean’s non lactose fermenter; 5 Sept. 1934. 

4. ff. 69, 71, 73. New mould, including comparison with penicillin; 10-21 

Dec. 1934. 

Section ten: 23 Dec. 1934-18 Feb. 1935. 

ff. 72, 75-76. Leucociden 

i) Keeping power of penicillin 

ii) Leucociden and antileucociden 

iii) Leucociden on emigration 

Section eleven:

1. f. 79. Eusol, iodine and phenol on penetration of bread and meat; 20 

March 1935. 

2. f. 82. Diagram of an agar plate showing the reaction of a sample taken 

from R. F’s nose 23 Jan.1936 with Pfeiffer, Pfeiffer separate coli, 

staphylococcus and staphylococcus separate coli; n.d. 

2. f. 84. Diagram of an agar plate showing reaction of bacteria in 

Gough’s faeces with and without tellurite; 8 Feb. 1936. 


56172: Phenyl mercuric nitrate (although dates differ) 

56171. Vol. LXVI. 1 April-14 Dec.1935. 

ff. ii + 225. 326 x 207mm. Charles Lett’s ‘self-opening’ diary for 1935, 

with a hard, cream cover with red binding. 

A large number of pages have been cut out of the notebook. 



ff. 18-22. 

i) Photograph of a church spire or the tower of a building 

(possibly St 

Mary’s) 

ii) Image of Fleming in his laboratory 

iii) Could be a rough contents list 

iv) Notes on tellurite – broth, anaerobes and colours in broth 

iii) Photograph of an unidentified man in St Mary’s laboratory 

Section two: 1–9 April. 

ff. 72-76. Leucociden 

i) Emigration in cells 

ii) Mixtures made in capillary pipettes 


1. ff. 79v-80. Experiments with penicillin and staphylococcus using 

Dettolin, strips of filter paper and killing in saliva; 16-17 April. 

2. f. 87. Cough and sneeze plates from patients – Saltmarsh, Baker (acne), 

Birch, O’Brien, Poll, Turner, Mace, Taylor, Allen, Smith, Cohen and 

Bond; 1 May. 

3. f. 90v. Dellotin experiments with various tubes; 8 May. 

Section four: 13 May-5 June. 

ff. 93v-94, 98v-99. Staphylococcus 

i) Toxin production from boil patients on 1 May 

ii) Experiment with agar and penicillin and streaks of 

staphylococcus added, includes diagram and same technique 

with streptococcus

iii) Samples isolated from students and nurses, throats and fingers 

Section five: 17-26 June. 

ff. 112v, 117v-118. Tellurite 

i) Typhoid in broth 

ii) Coli plates 

iv) Anaerobes in glucose agar 

Section six: 9 July. 

f. 124v. Sedimentation 

i) Different calibres of tube – length of columns about equal 

ii) Different lengths of tube – same calibre 

iii) Regularity of tube 

Section seven: 11-18 July. 

ff. 125v-127v, 129. Dettolin 

i) Antiseptic power 

ii) In blood on slide cells 

iii) As a cleaner 

iv) Destruction in mouth wash compared with eusol 


1. f. 128. Formaldehyde on staphylococcus; 16 July. 

i) Killing strong suspension 

ii) Inhibition 

2. f. 131v. Rowe – agglutination after protein stock; 23 July. 

Section nine: 24 July-7 Oct. 

ff. 132, 161v-166v, 169v-170. Tellurite 

i) Coloured contaminants 

ii) On coli – including two diagrams pf agar plates 

iii) Diagram of agar plate showing 1/million tellurite agar 

iv) Development of tellurite resistance 

v) Coli required resistance to tellurite 

vi) Induced tellurite resistance to coli 

Section ten: 

1. ff. 183v-185. Staphylococci from students: Pollard, Spencer, Spicer, 

Cohen, Hallow, Perry, Berry, AF, Jenner, Smith, Hodlisone, Fell, 

Kahlengh, Scott, Jones, Glazier, Lawson, Hyson and Peter (lab); 4-6 

Nov. 

2. f. 185v. National collection coliforms. Tellurite on agar, planted from 

solid cultures; 8 Nov. 

3. ff. 198v-200. Patient Burton (unknown condition); 5 Dec. 

i) Inoculated with staphylococcus 

ii) Various tests – agglutination, precipitation and bactericidal 

power of serum

3. f. 205v. Shiga agglutination using fresh serum; 16 Dec. 


56160 and 56169: Tellurite (although dates differ) 

56172. Vol. LXVII. 7 Jan.-21 Dec.1936. 

ff. i + 222. 324 x 201mm. Collin’s Scribbling Diary for 1936, with a hard, 

green cover and red binding. 


Section one: 7–9 Jan. 

ff. 14v-15v. Experiments with shiga serum 

i) Agglutination 

ii) Dilution of serum 

iii) Acetone extracted suspension 

iv) Serum on slide with old cultures of bacteria 

v) Serum on stock emulsions 

Section two: 

1. f. 23. Peroxide on staphylococcus and pneumococcus; 28 Jan. 

2. f. 26. Agglutination: Rowe and Wallis; 3 Feb. 

3. ff. 32-40v. Toxicity of staphylococcus; 15 Feb.-3 March. 

4. ff. 42-43. Paper on gonococcus soluble toxin (Corbus –Ferry), written 

‘To the Medical Profession’. It contains background information and 

notes on dosage for adults and children, local treatment and packages. 

It may have been a trial for Parke, Davis & Company; 6 March. 

5. ff. 72-72v. List of patients and samples taken from them, notes include 

identification of bacteria; 29 March. 

i) Dowling: pus 

ii) Predner: O. P, sputum 

iii) Morgan: O. P, boil 

iv) McEdward: O. P, faeces 

v) Scrap: O. P, P. N. 

vi) Brockliss: P. N, faeces 

vii) Young: serum 

6. f. 74v. Experiments heating serum, for long and short periods (45 sec, 

30sec etc); 4 May. 

7. f. 79. Diagram of a streak test on agar plate with tellurite and penicillin 

on fm-cocci; 7 May. 

8. f. 80v. Experiment with stick anaerobes, planted from meat to glucose 

broth and grown in three days; 10 May.

9. ff. 83, 84v-86. Action of pot chromate and biochromate on coli; 15-19 

May. 

10. ff. 90v-91. Experiments with tellurite resistance and the affect of 

tellurite and penicillin on paper, includes a diagram; 28-29 May. 

11. ff. 102v-103. Induced resistance coli to tellurite; 21 June. 

12. f. 103v. ‘Prawn’ variants of resistant to penicillin, includes diagrams 

(straight away and after three days), 23 June. 

13. f. 107v. Notes for a Congress on selective bacteriostasis (all with 

diagrams of plates); 29 June. 

i) Lysozyme 

ii) Penicillin 

iii) Tellurite 

This work may have a link to a paper on selective culture that he gave to 

Second Congress of Microbiology, London 1936. 

Section three: 9-11 Sept. 

ff. 141v-143. Experiments with phenyl mercury nitrate 

i) Dilutions in water 

ii) Inhibitory action in small test tubes 

iii) Whether inhibitory results are same for slide cells, capillary 

tubes and test tubes 

iv) Saliva and capillary tubes 

v) On haemolytic streptococcus in slide cells 

Section four: 1-12 Oct. 

ff. 152v, 154v-155, 158-160. Leucocytes 

i) Anti-leucociden 

ii) Filtered and unfiltered 

Section five: 23 Oct.-21 Dec. 

ff. 165v-168, 170v-174, 175v-176v, 181v-183v, 186v, 187v, 188v-191, 

192v-199, 202v-207, 208v-209-209. Sulphonamide 

i) Slide cells 

ii) Capillary tubes 

iii) Planted in broth and diluted 1/10 with de-leucocyted blood 

iv) Slide cells – a. a, blood and chemicals 

v) Three diagrams showing affect on blood (different dilutions) 

vi) Staphylococcus in blood 

vii) Hughes rabbit experiment 

viii) In staphylococcus cells 

ix) Influence of different complaints with Richards streptococcus 

x) Different implants of Richards 

xi) Fixation 

xii) Injections into a rabbit 

xiii) In slide cells with three different streptococci (includes photo 

and diagrams)

xiv) Absorption by streptococcus 

Section six: 

1. f. 216. Hand drawn maps 


56170: Phenyl mercuric nitrate (although dates differ) 

56173: Sulphonamides (although dates differ, probably more a 

continuation of work) 

56173. Vol. LXVIII. 1 Jan. 1937-3 May 1940. 

ff. iii + 372. 321 x 198mm. Hard red cover with red, leather binding. 

Inside the front cover is a label for ‘W. Isacke, Manufacturing Stationer 

and Printer, 133 Praed St., London.’ 

Notebook contains many experiments related to sulphonamides, in 

particular 693; this work could have formed the basis of two articles 

Fleming published in 1939 and 1940. 

Notebook also contains many loose sheets and photographs of slide cells. 


Section one: 

1. ff.1-19. Requests for examination of specimens and other work for 

Harefield Hospital (all signed by A. R. Sandford) 

i) Casselden 

ii) Skinner 

iii) Burge 

Section two: 

1. ff. 24-35. Contents list 

Section three: 1-5 Jan. 1937. 

ff. 38-41. Sulphonamide 

i) Absorption 

ii) On pneumococcus 

iii) Inhibition on plates, including diagrams 

iv) ‘Absorption’ by staphylococcus 

Section four: 13-17 Feb. 1937. 

ff. 42-43. Tellurite 

i) On slide cells 

ii) On entercoccus ‘Young’ 

Section five: 3 April 1937. 

ff. 44-46. Acelaldehyde 

i) On staphylococcus and Hay 

ii) On Hay Bacillus spores 

iii) On thick Hay bacteria in suspension (2 drops) 

Section six:

1. f. 47. Is penicillin dialysed through cellophane? Results include a 

coloured diagram of a plate; 28 April 1937. 

2. f. 48. Staph anti toxin in agar; 8 April 1937. 

3. f. 49. Cholera on cellophane; 11 May 1937. 

4. f. 50. Recovery of chronogenic properties on paper using prodigiosin 

and B. violaceus; 14 May 1937. 

5. f. 52. Notes from ‘germicidal evaluation of disinfectants’ by Hunt in 

Journal of Infectious Diseases 1937, 60, 232; n.d. 

Section seven: n.d. 

ff. 53-54, 57-63, 66. Staphylococcus 

i) On antitoxin agar 

ii) On normal serum agar 

iii) On boiled blood agar 

iv) On agar containing boiled serum 


1. ff. 70-75. Staphylococcus on agar plates containing BW & Co 

staphylococcus antitoxin; 17-20 July 1937. 

2. ff. 80, 82-87. BW& Co antitoxin; 23 July. 

3. f. 81. Toxin and antitoxin in agar; 26 July 1937. 

4. f. 94. Longevity of cholera cultures; 1 Oct.1937. 

5. ff. 92v-95. Haemolysis human blood agar; 3 Oct. 1937. 

6. f. 96. McElligott’s sulphonamide plates; 25 Nov. 1937. 

7. f. 98. Notes from an article on ‘Potassium Tellurite as an Indictor of 

Microbial Life’ by W. E. King and L. Davis in American Journal of 

Public Health, 1914, 4, 917. 

8. f. 99. Notes from an articles on ‘Tellurite Reaction with Coli Typhoid 

and other Organisms’ 1914 by L. Davis in Centralblatt für 

Bakteriologie, p.180; n.d. 

Section nine: 1 Dec. 1937-21 Jan. 1938. 

ff. 100-104, 115. Coagulation 

i) Effect of implants on coagulation of plasma – implants into 

plasma from 24 hour broth culture and two day old capillary 

tube serum culture 

ii) Coagulase staphylococcus 

iii) Staphylococcus haemolysis on blood agar 

iv) Staphylococcus coagulase

v) Comparison of living and boiled staphylococcus broth in 

coagulase 

vi) Staphs coagulase 

Section ten: 

1. f. 116. Dialysability of haemolysin – Richards streptococcus, 

staphylococcus and AEW sarcina (includes diagrams); 21 Jan. 1938. 

2. ff. 119-124. Staphylococcus and hemidisc on cellophane on human 

blood agar, includes photographs of two plates showing that 

staphylococcus haemolysis is incapable of passing through cellophane 

and four photographs showing the reaction of selected staphylococcus 

on human blood agar after 24 hours, one day, three days and fours 

days; 24 Jan. 1938. 

3. f. 125. Sulphonamide on AEW sarcina; 25 Jan. 1938. 

4. ff. 127-129. Exeter bloods, agglutination to typhoid (Oxford 

emulsion); 6 Feb. 1938. Includes a letter from Medical Supervisor 

Exeter City Mental Hospital to Fleming, dated 31 Jan. 1939. 

5. f. 131. Penicillin – acquired resistance of staphylococcus; 11 Feb. 

1938. 

6. f. 140. Old P. notatum cultures planted in broth to see if any good; 21 

Feb. 1938. 

7. f. 143. Experiment to see if staphylococcus lysine will pass though 

gradocoal membranes. Includes photographs showing haemolysis does 

not pass through, even after two days growth; 28 Feb. 1938. 

8. ff. 156, 161. Acne staphylococcus on human serum agar; 8 March 

1938. 

9. ff. 157-159. Staphylococcus (acne) on B/W and Co serum agar and 

acne staphylococcus on human blood agar; 10 March 1938. 

10. ff. 175, 179. Kiton fast green (said to influence streptococcus 

infection). Tests with broth, agar, glucose broth and Richard 

streptococcus and slide cells and Richard streptococcus; 1 April-9 May 

1938. 

11. ff. 176-177. Sulphonamides on streptococcus (Richards) in slide cell; 

4 May 1938. 

12. f. 183. Is very young staphylococcus more resistant to bactericidal 

power of blood than older cultures? n.d. 

Section eleven: 14 May-27 June 1938. 

ff. 184-233. T693 – Part One

i) On pneumo 

ii) On staphylococcus 

iii) On pneumococcus in slide cells 

iv) On staphylococcus in slide cells 

v) On Richards streptococcus in slide cells 

vi) On streptococcus pneumo in slide cells 

vii) Richard streptococcus and defibrinated blood 

viii) On Richards streptococcus in slide cells 

ix) Pneumo type I in slide cells with immune system 

x) Comparison with sulphonamide on pneumo and streptococcus 

in blood 

xi) Patients serum and blood on streptococcus 

xii) Patient and AF blood on Richards streptococcus, includes five 

photographs of slide cells containing various solutions of blood 

and serum 

xiii) Breaking up slide cells and type 3 pneumo 

xiv) Decapsulation of pneumo by drug 

xv) Testing three patients taking T639 

Section twelve: 27 June-30 July 1938. 

ff. 235, 329. Titration. 

i) Endocarditis II serum, includes photograph of slide cells 

containing AF blood, endo and saliva 

ii) Endo I serum with Richards streptococcus, includes photograph 

of slide cells containing deleucocyted blood, serum, endo and 

T693 

Section thirteen: 2 July-14 Sept. 1938. 

ff. 240-278, 292-294. T693 – Part Two 

i) Serum of T693 patient (endo I) on various organisms and 

killing of endo I serum 

ii) On various organisms in slide cells 

iii) Antibacterial action of various T693 serums, includes 

photograph of slide cells containing AF, endo and field which 

have been incubated at 37˚C for 6 hours and left on a bench for 

36 hours 

iv) Titration patients serums with Richards, includes photograph of 

slide cells containing endo and field in varying dilutions. 

v) Titration of V. D. patients taking T693, includes four 

photographs of slide cells containing AF defibrinated blood 

vi) Titration of serum of T693 patients (Richards streptococcus), 

includes three photographs of slide cells containing heated and 

AF deleucocyted blood 

vii) On various types of pneumococci 

viii) On different types of cocci 

ix) Sensitivity of Dyson pneumo to T693 

x) On staphylococcus in serum 

xi) On different pneumos 

Section fourteen:

1. ff. 279-291. Hodges and Mills serum on Richards and pneumo; 21 

Sept. 1938. 

2. f. 295. Cokhinnis new compound on staphylococcus and streptococcus; 

14 Oct. 1938. 

Section fifteen: 17 Oct.–11 Nov. 1938. 

ff. 296-300. Typhoid and 693 

i) On Hunt bactericidals 

ii) 693 on Hunt typhoid 

iii) Agglutinations - centrifuged versus inoculated 

iv) Hunt typhoid bactericidals with and without 693 

Section sixteen: 16 Nov. 1938-26 Jan. 1939. 

ff. 301-316. T693 –Part three 

i) Staphylococcus bactericidals with and without 693 

ii) 693 on haemolytic enterococcus 

iii) Tolerance of staphylococcus to 693 

iv) Hypertonic salt and 693 

v) 693 serum and staphylococcus 

vi) 693 patients serum on staphylococcus and streptococcus 

vii) 693 patients blood 

viii) 693 on coli, meningo and septothrix 

Section seventeen: 

1. f. 317. Slide cells of Macleans tolerant pneumo; 27 Jan. 1939. 

2. f. 318. Antiseptics on pneumo in AF blood; 10 Feb. 1939. 

3. f. 319. ‘Absorption’ of 693 and sulphonamides with Richard, 

staphylococcus and entercoccus; 16 Feb. 1939. 

4. f. 320. 693 and sulphonamides on staphylococcus in broth; 21 Feb. 

1939. 

5. f. 321. 693 and carbolic or NaCl hypertonic; 3 March 1939. 

6. f. 322. Morley’s spirochetes from pleural effusion; 10 March 1939. 

7. f. 323. New guinea pneumo sensitivity to 693; 18 March 1939. 

8. f. 324. Chlorazol fast pink (Huggett) on pneumo in slide cells; 31 

March 1939. 

9. f. 325. Carbuncle treated with 693 versus AF in slide cells tested with 

‘Ellis’ staphylococcus; 19 March 1939. 

10. f. 328. AEW supernatant; 31 May 1939. 

11. ff. 329-330. Fildes caseui medium; 7-10 June 1939.

12. ff. 332, 334, 336. Peptone and sulphonamides; 21-24 June 1939. 

13. ff. 337-341. Sulphonamides treated with Richards streptococcus; 13- 

20 July 1939. 

14. f. 343. Penicillin production on different medias; 15 Dec. 1939. 

15. f. 344. Testing Buttle and AS 21 against sulphonamides and 693 on 

Richards streptococcus in slide cells; 29 Jan. 1940. 

16. f. 346. Testing AS21 and Buttles stuff on Richards; 1 Feb. 1940. 

17. f. 349. AS21 Buttle on staphylococcus; 15 Feb. 1940. 

18. f. 351. Flavine on leucocytes; 21 Feb. 1940. 

19. f. 352. Staphylococcus coagulase; 26 April 1940. 

20. f. 353. Impregnated agar strip method for testing sensitivity of bacteria 

to chemicals; 3 May 1940. 

21. f. iii. Notes on AS15, 16 and 17; n.d. 

Links with other notebooks 

56172: Sulphonamides (although dates differ, probably more a 

continuation of work) 

56224: Acne 

56174. Vol. LXIX. 6 May 1940-22 July 1942. 

ff. iii + 264. 323 x 195mm. Hard red cover with red, leather binding. 

Inside the front cover is a label for ‘W. Isacke, Manufacturing Stationer 

and Printer, 133 Praed St., London.’ 

Notebook contains many experiments related to sulphonamides; this work 

could have formed the basis of articles Fleming published in 1940. 

Notebook also contains many loose sheets and photographs of plates. 


Section one: 

1. f. 1. Envelope addressed to Fleming at E. M. S. Pathological 

Laboratory, Harefield Sanatorium. Notes on the back relating to 

experiment with penicillin versus sulphonamides, n.d. 

2. f. 3. Patient and treatment history for James Butler, typewritten on St 

Mary’s Hospital headed notepaper; n.d. 

3. ff. 29-40. Contents list. 


ff. 41-42. Ciba

i) On staphylococcus 

ii) Staphylococcus vaccine (tested on patient ‘Bearly’) 

Section three: 6 May-1 June 1940 

ff. 43-57. Sulphonamides, 693 and 760 

i) Comparisons inhibition of sulphonamides in agar, using 

impregnated strip method 

ii) Sulphonamides in agar – impregnated strip method (includes 

diagrams) 

iii) 693 versus 760 on streptococcus pyocyaneus in slide cells 

iv) 693 versus 760 on AEW bugs 

v) 760 in carbuncle patient (face) 

vi) 760 on staphylococcus in broth 

vii) 760 carbuncle serum and Payne 

viii) 760 patient’s serum 

ix) 760 versus 693 on staphylococcus in serum and in agar 


1. ff. 58-59. Staphylococcus precipitations in serum; 2 June 1940. 

2. f. 60. Pyocyaneus on plates; 10 June 1940. 

3. ff. 62-64. 760 patients serum and 760 pyocyaneus in plates; 12 June 

1940. 

4. ff. 67v-68. Staphylococcus in serum agar (planted in spots) includes 

photos of colonies produced; 15 June 1940. 

5. f. 70. 760 versus 693 on pneumo – impregnated strips in blood agar; 5 

Sept. 1940. 

6. ff. 71-72, 74. Instructions and diagrams to facilitate penicillin 

extraction; n.d. 

7. f. 75. Piece of plain paper with notes relating to penicillin – includes 

reference to an article by Clutterbuck and Raistrick in Biology Journal 

26, 1932. 

8. f. 76. Experiment with coagulase, strep and transfusions plasma; n.d. 

9. f. 77. Experiment using Welchii in milk (litmus milk); 13 July 1940. 

10. f. 78. List of bacteria received from National Collections; 18 July 

1940. 

11. f. 79. Chemicals on anaerobes on plates; 15 July 1940. 

Section four: 15 Aug. 1940. 

ff. 82v-83. Harefield Hospital 

i) Experiments with streptococcus and 693

ii) Experiment with resistant streptococcus (marked as 

‘IMPORTANT’) 

Section five: 

1. f. 84. Pus fluid on 693; 30 Aug. 1940. 

2. ff. 85-86. Penicillin versus sulphonamide in slide cells; 4 Sept. 1940. 

3. f. 87. Sulphathiazole patients serum; 4 Oct. 1940. 

Section six: 6-30 Sept. 1940. 

ff. 88-93, 94v-128. Penicillin 

i) In broth 

ii) On staphylococcus in broth 

iii) On staphylococcus in agar 

iv) Acclimatisation of staphylococcus to penicillin 

v) Development of penicillin in old cultures 

vi) Titration of Oxford Penicillin 

vii) Intravenous injection penicillin in rabbit 

viii) Titration penicillin and establishment of fastness 

ix) Comparison penicillin with 693 and 760 in holes in agar 

x) Comparison sulphonamide 693 and 760 in holes in agar 


1. ff. 129-130. Experiments examining the rate of killing of organisms in 

boiling water; 31 Oct.-2 Nov. 1940. 

2. f. 131. Sterilisation of Spencer Wells (blade) in boiling water after 

being very heavily infected with pus; 5 Nov. 1940. 

3. f. 136. Titration penicillin on synthetic medium; 20 Dec. 1940. 

4. f. 138. Penicillin on anaerobes; 4 Jan. 1941. 

5. ff. 141-142. Notes from articles, n.d. 

i) Colin M. McLeod, ‘Sulphonamide Inhibitors’, Journal 

Experimental Medicine, 1940, 72, 217 

ii) E. P. Abraham and E. Chain, ‘Penicillinase’, Nature, 1940, 

146, 837. 

iii) MacLeod, ‘Pus inhibits Sulphonamide’, Journal of 

Experimental Medicine, 72, 217 

iv) N. Gardner, ‘Morphological affects of Penicillin’ 

6. f. 150. Oxford penicillin versus PD & Co; 7 March 1941. 

7. f. 151. Penicillin, 760, 693 and sulphonamide on staphylococcus in 

serum; 11 March 1941. 

8. f. 151v. Production of colours by different cultures of penicillin mould; 

n.d.

9. f. 152v. Sterilisation of rough gloves; 15 March 1941. 

10. f. 154. Bulb pipette testing for contamination; 27 July 1941. 

11. f. 155. Capsule staining; 11 Aug. 1941. 

12. ff. 156-157. Staphylococcus rings in serum agar; 16-20 Aug. 1941. 

13. ff. 158-159. Aquasan on Richards streptococcus in saliva and on 

staphylococcus in slide cells; 9 Sept. 1941. 

14. f. 160. Testing sensitivity of streptococcus to sulphonamides, 

impregnated strips (similar test with de-leucocyted blood); 29 Oct. 

1941. 

15. f. 161. 693 and chewing gum – tested on patients with sore throats; 13 

Nov. 1941. 

16. f. 162. Sulphonamide resistant streptococcus; 15 Nov. 1941. 

17. f. 166. Pamino benzioac acid on sulphonamide and penicillin 

(incorporated into agar); 25 Nov. 1941. 

18. f. 171. Penicillin – tight titration; 10 Jan. 1942. 

19. f. 172. Bulk penicillin; 15 Jan. 1942. 

20. f. 175. Notes on relating to defibrinated blood, inhibitory clotting, 

anthrax, proteus and liquoid and an article by T. von Haibler and A. A. 

Miles in Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology 1938, 46, 245. 

21. f. 180. Liquoid on bactericidal power of serum to typhoid and on 

leucocytes; 24 Feb.-3 March 1942. 

22. f. 181. Gentian violet on staphylococcus, streptococcus mixture; 28 

Feb.-24 March 1942. 

23. f. 183. Penicillin in broth and peptone in water; 3 March 1942. 

24. ff. 184-188. Penicillin grown on apex dox plates – testing by streaks; 7 

March 1942. 

24. f. 189.Gentian violet isolating streptococcus; 11 March 1942. 

25. f. 191. Gentian violet on staphylococcus, streptococcus mixtures on 

plates; 11 March 1942. 

26. ff. 195-203. Rate of development of penicillin on agar; 11 March 

1942.

27. ff. 205-207. Testing sulphonamides resistant to streptococcus; 17 

March 1942. 

28. f. 211. MgS04 and AuS04 on leucocytes; 7 April 1942. 

29. ff. 218v-219v. Aspergillus clavatus versus P. notatum; 19 May 1942. 

30. f. 211. Penicillin 19 versus 13; 31 March 1942. 

31. ff. 212v-213. Experiments with ‘Slatey’ mould, includes a diagram of 

a plate; 30 April-5 May 1942. 

32. f. 235. Typewritten notes on relating to the problems in chemotherapy 

of wounds; n.d. 

33. f. 236. Photograph of a laboratory with an unidentified man; n.d. 

34. ff. 242-244. Three pages of typewritten notes on the arrangements for 

the teaching of pathology, bacteriology, chemical pathology and 

clinical pathology (possibly at St. Mary’s); n.d. 

35. ff. 246-249. Four pages of typewritten notes on the technique of the Vi 

agglutination test; n.d. 

36. ff. 253-254, 261-263. Two copies of typewritten notes on the 

infections of war wounds (including air raid casualties) entitled ‘Some 

questions the answers to which we want to know’. One copy has been 

annotated; n.d. 


56175: Penicillin and continuation of work on inhibition of 


56175. Vol. LXX. 20 July 1942-5 Dec.1947. 

ff. iii + 425. 324 x 194mm. Hard green cover with red binding. Inside the 

front cover is a label for ‘Geo. Pulman & Sons, Ltd., 24 Thayer Street, 

London, W.1’. 

Some of the notes in the notebook may not be in Fleming’s hand. 

Notebook contains experiments on sulphonamides; this work could be 

related to an article published in 1940. 

Notebook contains many loose sheets and photographs. 


Section one: 22 Feb.-4 Nov. 1944. 

ff. 3-8, 12-19, 21-23. Treatment cards. 

i) Hewett: resistant gonorrhoea 

ii) Mitchell: acute gonorrhoea, untreated 

iii) Herskovic: resistant gonorrhoea, 3/1 duration 

iv) Trebarth: gente gonorrhoea untreated

v) Paccito: resistant gonorrhoea 

vi) Staunton: resistant gonorrhoea 

vii) Ltamatis Margaritis: resistant gonorrhoea 

viii) Cullman: acute gonorrhoea 

ix) Allenger: resistant gonorrhoea and periurethral abscess 

x) Don (15 years old): resistant gonorrhoea 

xi) Downies: gonococcal arthritis 

xii) Atkinson: resistant gonorrhoea 

xiii) Marsh: resistant gonorrhoea 

xiv) Cornish: acute gonorrhoea 

xv) Greenwood: resistant gonorrhoea 

xvi) Gerahty: resistant gonorrhoea 

xvii) Semples: resistant gonorrhoea 

Section two: 

1. ff. 24-48, 49-77. Two copies of typewritten notes on penicillin cases. 

Information includes name, age, condition and treatment and total 

amount of penicillin used. One of the copies also includes three graphs; 

n.d. 

2. ff. 90-91. Typewritten notes on ‘Practical Bacteriology for Nurses’; 

n.d. 

3. ff. 108-112. Pieces of paper stuck into the notebook, with notes on a 

range of experiments; 20 July-4 Aug.1942. 

i) Inhibition by staph 

ii) Phagocytosis of KLB 

iii) Phagocytosis of KLB with heated serum 

iv) Inhibition of ‘inhibitee’ 

v) Inhibition of ‘inhibitee’ on agar plates 

vi) New moulds – staphylococcus streak on original plate 

vii) Bacterial inhibition 

viii) Sulphathiazole versus 760 

Section three: 7-19 Aug. 1942. 

ff. 114-125v, 126v-127v. Lambert 

Experiments related to Fleming’s patient Harry Lambert. He was suffering 

from meningitis. Fleming went against Florey’s advice and gave Lambert 

an intrathecal injection of penicillin before it had been tested on animals, 

saving Lambert’s life. This section of work follows through Fleming’s 

treatment of Lambert, experiments he carried out with his blood, serum 

etc and a record of his condition over time. 

Section four: 

1. f. 126. Testing staphylococcus inhibitors; 22 Aug. 1942. 

2. f. 127. Old penicillin notatum cultures; 24 Aug. 

3. f. 128. Penicillin on different staphylococcus (on agar plate); 26 Aug.

4. f. 130. Method of testing sulphonamide sensitively of streptococcus; 

22 Sept. 1942. 

5. ff. 129, 132. ‘Nurse Kitten’ patient notes 

6. f. 132. Testing notatum (Pen A) - received one gram from Coultard; 19 

Nov. 1942. 

7. f. 135. Letter from F. D Aspein of the Ministry of Agriculture and 

Fisheries, dated 17 Nov. 1942, with figures on the back. 

8. ff. 136-144. Notes relating to penicillin, not all in A. Fleming’s hand. 

9. ff. 156, 153. Patient A9737 with gonococcus arthritis treated by IV 

TAB protein; 22 Dec. 1942. Not all in A. Fleming’s hand. 

10. f. 154. Experiment examining inhibition by staphylococcus; 28 Dec. 

1942. Not all in A. Fleming’s hand. 

Section five: 29 Dec. 1942-9 Jan. 1943. 

ff. 155-165. Eggs 

i) Lysozyme in dried eggs 

ii) Different dried eggs 

iii) Dried eggs in holes ad lysodiekticus 

iv) Titration of lysozyme of dried egg, yolk and ‘fluid’ albumen 

v) Titration of lysozyme content of dried eggs, also minced fresh 

egg and dried egg albumen 

vi) Compare lysozyme content of various dried egg, minced fresh 

egg and dried albumen 

vii) To estimate the relative lysozyme content of the dried eggs etc 

by timing the appearance of the lysis 

Section six: 15-26 Jan. 1943. 

ff. 167-182. Penicillin 

i) The effect on a septicaemia staphylococcus in slide cells 

ii) Experiment with impregnated strips in glucose agar 

v) P. notatum versus penicillin on staphylococcus includes 

diagram and description of technique 


1. ff. 182v-183. Testing organisms of boys at Downside (Worth) 

Preparatory School, Poole; n.d. (Correspondence with Farlan and 

Bradley, see 56113 ff. 119-124). 

2. ff. 183-186, 194. Staphylococcus versus diphtheria; 16–25 Aug. 1943. 

3. ff. 186v-191. Experiments with penicillin, including photographs. 

4. f. 196. Lysozyme on nasal mucus versus antiseptics (for 

Larymyological lecture); 5 March 1943.

5. ff. 197-201v. Staphylococcus versus diphtheria; 15 March 1943. 

6. ff. 202-203v. Extra staphylococcus from noses, includes photographs 

of plates taped to notebook; 23 March 1943. 

7. ff. 210-220. Penicillin on staphylococcus; 8 April 1943. 

8. f. 210v. Growth of acne bacillus in glucose broth with and without iron 

strip; 5 April 1943. 

9. f. 220v. Patient Miss Tregenna – dog bite and hand cauterised, record 

of tests and treatment; 28 April 1943. 

Section eight: 8-29 June 1943. 

ff. 221v-226v, 232v, 237. Penicillin 

i) Versus sulphistazole 

ii) Patient’s blood 

iii) Patient’s penicillin in serum, including images slide cells taped 

to the notebook 

iv) In blood 

v) Does the amount of implant seriously affect the result with 

penicillin estimated in blood using Milne streptococcus 

Section nine: Various patients 

1. f. 237v. Champion: impetigo; 28 June. 

2. f. 238. Baby June: small ulcers above ankle (no pus); n.d. 

3. f. 239. Ashstead: boils. Never had boils before ‘accident’. Spilt culture 

on her hand which had a small cut on it and was treated with Lysol. 

Boils appeared nowhere near the cut; 6 July. 

4. f. 239v. Peacock: pus squeezed out of dorsum of the foot; 12 July. 

5. f. 240. Lucy: auxiliary abscess; 16 July. 

6. f. 241. Coates: postgraduate patient: emphysema; 16 July. 

7. f. 246. Harry Downes: arthritis; 20 July. 

8. f. 248. Connell: acute arthritis (sulphar resistant); 27 July. 

9. ff. 248v-249. Wheelan; 29 July-5 Aug. 1943. 

Section ten: 3-5 Aug. 1943. 

ff. 260-285. Marfanil 

i) With PAB and pus, includes photographs of slide cells taped 

into the notebook 

ii) With prontablin bacteriostasis with and without the pus fluid

iii) Pamino benzoic acid – pus, includes photographs of slide cells 

taped into the notebook 

Section eleven: 

1. f. 287v. Titration of penicillin; n.d. 

2. f. 301. Penicillin bacteriostasis with and without leucocytes; 7 Aug. 

1943. 

3. ff. 301v-302v. List of patients, samples taken and resultant bacteria, 

not in Fleming’s handwriting, n.d. 

4. ff. 304-306, 336. Bigglestone: experiments with blood and urine, also 

nurse’s notes; 17-21 Sept. 

5. f. 309. Sensitivity different haemolytic streptococcus in blood to 

penicillin; 28 Sept. 1943. 

6. f. 319v. Resistant to penicillin – filtered; 31 Oct. 1943. 

7. ff. 320-320v. Atkinson, resistant gon and Marsh resistant gon; 30 Oct. 

1943. 

Section twelve: 11 Nov. 1943-8 Feb. 1944. 

ff. 331-334v, 339-340. Penicillinase 

i) Experiment for the Medical Research Club 

ii) Stray organisms 

iii) Twelve stray contaminants from plates planted into broth and 

grown at room temp for three weeks 

Section thirteen: 

1. f. 353. Penicillin content of serum after intramuscular injections of 

penicillin; n.d. 

2. f. 354. Test two patients Mitchell and Hewett – 7 doses of 15000 units 

penicillin at 15 intervals; 23 Feb. 1944. 

3. f. 355. Test of the best strength of blood in serum blood streptococcus 

mixtures in capillary tubes; 7 March 1943. 

4. ff. 356-359. Penicillin bloods; 15 March 1944. 

5. ff. 361v-362v. Gonorrhoea resistance, not in Fleming’s hand; 6-24 

April 1944. 

i) Dorl 

ii) Pacitto 

ii) Semples 

6. ff. 364-365, 368-369. Subcutaneous and intramuscular drips given to 

various patients, not in Fleming’s handwriting; 25 May-13 June 1944.

7. f. 367. Proteus sensitivity to penicillin, tested four strains from Park 

Prewett; 5 July 1944. 

8. f. 370. Duration of penicillin in wounds (plugs soaked in 7000 units of 

penicillin; 11 May 1944. 

Section fourteen: 25 Aug.-14 Sept. 1944. 

ff. 372-375. Titration 

i) Penicillin in pus 

ii) Oxford penicillinase 

iii) Penicillin using a standard penicillinase 

iv) Retitration of Oxford ase in the presence of penicillin 

iv) The effect of varying the inoculation of Milne in the capillary 

tube titration 

Section fifteen: 

1. ff. 377-378. Matticks antibiotics – streps planted in blood agar; 27 

Feb.-26 March 1945. 

2. f. 379. Lysozyme pus dissolving thick growth of lysodeikticus; 14 Jan. 

1946. 

3. ff. 380-381. Experiments with a staph antibiotic; n.d. 

4. ff. 382-385. Experiments with a staph inhibitor; 1 Feb. 

5. f. 387. Planted streaks Gratia active coli on agar; 21 March 1946. 

6. ff. 388-390. Experiments rel. to microbial antagonism; March 1946. 

7. ff. 394v-395. Estimation of penicillin in fluids – serum water, glucose, 

phenol red and strep and included comparison of methods; 28 Aug. 

1946. 

8. f. 395v. Testing penicillin in blood serum various methods; 10 Nov. 

1946. 

Section sixteen: 13 Nov. 1946-30 Jan. 1947. 

ff. 392, 396-414, 416. Streptomycin 

i) Testing anaerobically and aerobically 

ii) In test tubes and capillaries 

iii) On Milne strep 

iv) On Klelsulla 4 in diluted media 

v) Different methods of inoculation 

vi) Effect of serum 

vii) Effect serum of titration of streptomycin 

viii) On Klesulla 41 in glucose broth and glucose serum water 

ix) In slide cells 

x) On Friedlander 3

xi) On blood in slide cells 

xii) Testing size of inoculum 

xiii) Testing affect in serum using a liquid medium 

Section seventeen: 

1. ff. 407-408. Two copies of typewritten notes on the 

‘Recommendations on the Treatment of Civilian Patients with 

Penicillin’, both with figures on the back; n.d. 

2. f. 415. Bactericidal power of serum to typhoid; 26 Feb. 1947. 

3. f. 418. Effect of penicillin on blood clotting; 21 June 1947. 

4. f. 419v. Tests on Butterworths books destroyed by mould; 26 Oct. 

1947. 

5. f. 420. Action of penicillin on clotting time of haemophilic blood; 2 

Dec. 1947. 

6. f. 421v. Inhibitory bacillus – contamination on plate; 5 Dec. 1947. 

7. f. 425. Treatment card for Mrs Beryl Goldsmith – resistant gonorrhoea; 

22 June 1944. 

8. f. 422. Typewritten notes on the ‘Nitrate Reduction Test’; n.d. 


56174: Penicillin and continuation of work on inhibition of 


56176: Loose link between work on titration of penicillin 

56181: Patient Paccito (resistant gonorrhoea) 

56183: Patients Bigglestone, Margaritis, Allender, Cornish and 

Trebath. Also more details on the treatment of Harry Lambert. 

56225: Penicillin titration 

56176. Vol. LXXI. 26 Jan.-20 Nov.1944. 

ff. ii + 207. 322 x 200mm. Hard green cover with red binding. Label on 

the front for the Inoculation Department St. Mary’s Hospital has 

‘Penicillin’ written on it. 

Inside the back cover is a label for ‘Geo. Pulman & Sons, Ltd., 24 Thayer 

Street, London, W.1’. 

It seems as though Fleming has used it to make notes on a range of 

experiments, patients, ideas, and theories etc. This is illustrated by lack of 

page numbers after page 64. There are some defined sections of work. 

A section of pages at the front of the notebook have been removed. 


1. f. 20. Note of an address for Lt. Commander Taylor (E.N.T Specialist), 

to the President of the Admiralty Medical Board related to a vaccine; 

n.d.

2. ff. 29v-30v, 31v-34. Titration of penicillin. Outline of experiments and 

results, including diagrams; 26 Jan.-14 Feb. 1944. 

3. ff. 34v-43. Experiments relating to penicillin; 13-18 Nov. 1944. 

4. f. 44. Notes on making a vaccine; n.d. 

5. ff. 45v-46. Work related to ammonium sulphate; n.d. 

6. f. 48. Cadman; 1 March 1944. 

i) Experiments with various dilutions 

ii) Slide cells 

iii) Cultures for demonstration 

7. ff. 53-54. Cornish; 22 March 1944. 

i) Affect of staphylococci 

ii) Subcutaneous application 

iii) Slide cells 

8. f. 58v. Names of staphylococci; n.d. 

9. ff. 66-69. Treatment cards. 28 Feb.-25 April 1944. 

i) Semples: unknown condition 

ii) Kemp: resistant gonorrhoea 

iii) Barrat: sulphonamide resistant 

iv) Cadman: gonococcal arthritis 

10. ff. 70-78. Typewritten notes entitled ‘Re: Manual Martin-Bolanos’ 

with a list of published works and notes on Manual Martin-Bolanos 

(forestry expert) about him and his work history; n.d. 

11. f. 199. St Mary’s pathological requisition form filled out for Terrance 

Manning to test aspirated material from a fluctuant swelling of the 

head he has had for two months. Diagnosis is either a cold abscess or 

tubercle. 

12. f. 206v. List of things to do; n.d. 


56175: Loose link between work on titration of penicillin 

56183: Patients Cornish and Cadman 


56177. Vol. LXXII. 9 Oct. 1945-10 Oct. 1947. 

ff. ii + 107. 320 x 200mm. Hard red cover with red binding. 

Label on the front has ‘PENICILLIN 9 th October, 1945’ written on it. 

Label inside the back cover for ‘W. Isacke, Printer, Stationer, Account 

Book Maker. 133, Praed Street, W.2.’

Most of the work in this notebook is focused on penicillin, with 

experiments based on samples taken from individuals. Fleming has noted 

the name of the person, where the samples were taken from on the body 

and a description of the bacteria’s growth. The notebook also houses 

notes on other experiments that are linked with penicillin. 


Section one: ff. 1-6. 

i) Two copies (photograph/ photocopy) of a list of staphylococci 

from normal skin, etc 

ii) Two copies (photograph/ photocopy) of a list of staphylococci 

from definite lesions 

iii) Two copies (photograph/ photocopy) of the summaries of the 

above tables 

Section two: Penicillin lozenges 

1. f. 17. Parke Davis and Company and Boots and Co, notes include a 

description of tests of their potency; 28 Nov. 1945. 

2. f. 33. From supply of 21 Dec. 1945, kept in ice chest and at room 

temperature, each tablet 500 units then diluted by 1/10 to 50 units, testing 

for potency and found that they are full strength; 20 March 1946. 

3. f. 33v. From supply of November, two tablets from ten different 

bottles, crushed and dissolved in 100cc of saline, found that they lost 50% 

of their potency; 22 March 1946. 

Section three: 23 March 1946. 

f. 34. Inhalation 

i) Sputum – diluted 1/10 in saline and placed in bath 60˚C for 20 

minutes and titrated 

ii) Gore – 10 units per cc 

iii) Bishop – 3-3½ units per cc 

Section four: 

1. ff. 42v-43v. Dr Andrews (100,000) tested blood levels and urine; 15-17 

May 1946. 

2. ff. 43v-44. Hickie and Smith – 100,000 in 3cc; 30 May 1946. 

3. f. 44v. Peart - 100,000; 5 June 1946. 

4. f. 45. Graph showing the inhalation of 240,000 by Holmes; 6 June. 

5. f. 47. McHenry - 100,000; 20 June 1946. 

6. f. 51v. Lewis - 60,000 by 3 hourly by injection; 6 Aug. 1946. 

7. ff. 52-53v. Blood penicillin – Yeale, Jackson and Adams.

8. f. 57v. Drexler - blood penicillin 100,000 subcutaneously; 20 Sept. 

1946. 

9. f. 58. Guinea pigs injected with benzyl penicillin; 22 Sept. 1946. 

10. ff. 63v-64. Tests with ‘phantoveiza’ apparatus for inhalation of 

penicillin. Concluded apparatus produced rapid destruction of 

penicillin within a few minutes; 30 Oct. 1946. 

11. f. 65v. Effect of nickel and ebonite on penicillin; 7 Nov. 1946. 

12. f. 66v. 11 Nov. 1946. 

i) Test effect of ‘Rybourin’ inhalant solution on the stability of 

penicillin 

ii) Test effect of a local antiseptic for dental use on penicillin 

56178. Vol. LXXIII. 5 Dec. 1947-13 July 1953. 

ff. i + 116. 321 x 200mm. Hard green cover with green binding. 

Label inside the front cover for ‘Geo. Pulman & Sons, Ltd., 24 Thayer 

Street, London, W.1’. 

A large section of the work contained in this notebook has been devoted 

to the movement of proteus and flagella; this may have formed the basis 

of articles published by Fleming and Dr Voureka in 1950. 



ff. 2-4. Photographs of colonies. 

i) Plate with two green, one red and one yellow colony 

ii) Close up of a ‘large irregular colony, magnified x6, showing 

phagocytosis with complete lysis’ 

iii) Plate with two colonies on it, one is inactive penicillin, the 

other P. notatum 

iv) Two streaks of staphylococcus between mould colonies 

Section two: 

1. ff. 6-12. Handwritten article or book review about penicillin, written in 

French by J [Rhatcliff?]. 

2. f. 14. Photograph of Amelia and an unidentified man; n.d. 

3. f. 15. Photograph of two unidentified women and one unidentified 

man; n.d. 

4. f. 22. Notes relating to bacillary contamination of plate showed 

inhibitory action on staph; 5 Oct. 1947. 

5. f. 22v. Testing efficiency of capping machine; 1 Dec. 1947. 

6. f. 23. Staphylococcus in serum agar; 5 Dec. 1947.

7. f. 25. Experiment using samples of staphylococci taken from noses of 

students, 25 Jan. 1948. 

8. f. 26. Antibiotic contaminations, includes coloured diagrams of results; 

26 Jan.-2 Feb. 1948. 

9. ff. 27, 29. Hays antibiotics; 18–20 Feb. 1948. 

10. f. 29v. Mycolysin – streptothrix from air on water and boiled typhoid; 

1 Oct. 1948. 

11. ff. 31-32. Proteus growth in penicillin. Left for 24 hours room temp, 

includes simple drawings of proteus; 8 Jan. 1949. 

12. f. 34. Carbolic and polymyxin on proteus, includes simples diagrams 

and notes ‘nothing like penicillin’; 6 April 1949. 

Section three: 20 Sept.-12 Nov. 1949. 

ff. 35-73. Movement of proteus 

i) Timing revolutions of proteus 

ii) Timing revolutions of ‘Walchspring’ proteus 

iii) Timing revolutions of proteus with different periods of rest 

(with Dr Voureka) 

iv) Timing flagella after different periods of rest – proteus 

v) Timing flagella – no movement of organisms 

vi) Timing movement of proteus with different periods of rest 

vii) Timing proteus – Wherelers recorder (left for 24 hours) 

viii) Timing revolutions of proteus – using wire recorder 

ix) Timing proteus – wire recorder, hest filter in while slide 

examined for suitable ‘Walchspring’ 

x) Timing flagella – microbes not moving 

xi) Timing proteus – wire recorder –spreading for thick streak and 

spread from streak of solid culture 

Section four: 28 Nov.-28 Dec. 1949. 

ff. 75-88. Fatigue on proteus 

i) ‘Walchspring’ form 

ii) Overnight in slide culture 

iii) Triple coil ‘Walchspring’ 

iv) In penicillin culture, 24 hours room temperature and 24 hours 

in an ice chest 

v) 24 hours room temperature 

Section five: 

1. ff. 89-90. Electrical stimulation of proteus (culture overnight, on agar); 

4 Jan. 1940. 

Section six: 7 Jan.-6 Feb. 1950. 

ff. 93-96. Proteus motility 

i) Effect of a heat filter and a ground glass filter

ii) The rhythmic alteration of [sale?] of an organism while ground 

glass filter 

iii) 24 hours in room temperature culture in penicillin agar, noticed 

ends were working against each other something that he had 

not seen before 

Section seven: 27 April-27 June 1950. 

ff. 98-102. Rhythmic movements 

i) Circular movements of proteus – clockwise or counter 

clockwise 

ii) Direction of rotation 


1. ff. 104-108. Syringe sterilisation; 26-31 July 1950. 

2. f. 109. Movement of proteus; 1 Aug. 1951. 

3. f. 110. Piece of blotting card advertising ‘Nicorbin’ (tablet containing 

four vitamins). 

4. ff. 112-116. Action of chemical on proteus (Douglas) in broth; 30 

June-13 July 1953. 


56183: Proteus 

56179. Vol. LXXIV. 1 Feb.-12 July, n.y. 

ff. i + 23. 237 x 186mm. Limp cover of marbled paper. 

Label on the front has ‘antitryptics’ written on it. 


1. f. 1. Graph showing the agglutination produced from nine injections 

intraperitoneally; n.d. 

2. ff. 3v-5. Experiments with trypsin, including graphs; 1-24 Feb. 

3. ff. 5v-6. Experiment with AEW emulsion, trypsin, serum and salt, 

includes diagrams. Experiment was carried out at midnight; 26 Feb. 

4. ff. 7v-10. Experiments with NaCl, emulsion, trypsin, and serum; 3-9 

March. 

4. f. 22. Piece of lined paper with Fleming’s Christmas card list on, 

separate lists for the hospital, students, family and friends, n.d. 



56180. Vol. LXXV. n.d.



Notebook contains untitled experiments and graphs. 

A large number of pages have been cut out. 


1. f. 33. Diagram, possibly of a room. 

2. ff. 46v-50v, 60. Experiments with range of antiseptics. 

56181. Vol. LXXVI. Miscellaneous notes, including extracts from publications; 

1902-1909. 

ff. 1-27. 178 x 112mm. Black flexible leather cover. 

Notebook contains notes on experiments, techniques, publications and 

graphs. 


f. 3. Notes on washing corpuscles and making vaccines, includes 

diagrams. 

f. 4. Notes on dilutions of salt for opsonising and the bactericidal action 

blood, includes diagrams. 

f. 7. Notes on automatic pipettes and how to calibrate capsule and 

change with citrate, includes diagrams. 

f. 8. Notes on estimating corpuscles and albumen in serum or other 

fluids. 

ff. 9-10. Notes on Romanowsky staining (Listman). 

f. 11. Notes on experiment by Bulloch and Atkin on serum and 

opsonisation and Wright and Paranose, includes a diagram. 

ff. 11v-12. Graph of experiment with calcium (Ca). 

f. 13. Notes on an experiment by Hekloen and Rendiger on ‘Quantative 

Effect of Serum on Phagocytosis’. 

f. 15. Notes on phagocytosis. 

f. 16. Notes from an article by McConkey on Gas reactions of glucose in 

Journal of Hygiene, July 1905. 

f. 17. Table copied from an article by Arkwright in Journal of Hygiene, 

April 1907. 

f. 19. Notes on Ophltalmo reaction from an article by Leon Petit entitled 

‘Le diagnostic de la tuberculose par L’Op. React.’ Paris, 1907. 

Fleming has noted the characters of reaction.

ff. 20-21. Notes on agglutination from an article by Shallock entitled 

‘Chromocyte clumping in acute pneumonia and certain other diseases 

and the significance of the [buffy coal] in shed blood’, Journal 

Pathology and Bacteriology, Vol. VI, p303, 1900. 

f. 22. Notes on an article by Herman S Wolf entitled ‘Opsonic Index and 

Antipneunomcoccal Power of Blood in Pneumoccoca’, Journal of 

Infectious Diseases, Vol. 3, Oct. 30, 1906. 

f. 23. Note of an article by Simon Flexner in University of Pennsylvania 

Bulletin. 

f. 24. Notes from an article by Hecht on the significance of Wassermann 

method, Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift, 1908, p174. 

f. 25. Notes on an article on Wassermann in Journal of Experimental 

Medicine, March 1909. 

f. 26. Notes from an article by Sachs and Rondin on ‘Mixtures as 

Antigen’ in Zeitschrift für Immunitätsforschung und Experimentelle 

Therapi, Dec. 21, 1908. 

ff. 26v-27. Notes from an article by Butler on ‘Fragility of Red 

Corpuscles’, Quarterly Journal of Medicine, Jan 13. 


56175: Patient Paccito (resistant gonorrhoea) 

56182. Vol. LXXVII. Extracts from publications, n.d. 

ff. ii + 47. 276 x 225mm. Ring binder with hard, black cover. 



1. ff. 2-4. Notes on an article by Johan Seedorf on ‘Staphylococci: 

Serological and [Sementative?] Classification of types’ and a list of his 

references. 

2. f. 5. Notes on an article by Julianelle on haemolysin in Journal of 

Infectious Diseases, 31, 256. 

3. f. 6. Notes on the reduction of nitrates by Winston Roth and Parsons. 

4. f. 9. Notes from a discussion by Ogoton on pathogenicity cocci in 

Transactions of Pathology Society XXX. 

5. f. 11. Heading at the top of the page is Jordan Bacteriology, includes 

references to: 

i) Pasteur - Bule [?] de Med 1880, 9, 447 

ii) Welch – American Journal Medical Society 1891, CII, 439

iii) Winston – Statistical Study of Generic Characters of Cocci, 

Journal of Infectious Diseases 1906, 3, 485 and 546 

6. ff. 13-15. Notes on the classification of the white and orange 

staphylococci by C. E. A. Winslow, W. Rosebury and E. I. Parsons, 

Journal of Bacteriology, 1920, V, 145. 

7. f. 17. Notes on an article by L. Arnold, E. R. Balthazar and R. C. 

Drago in Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1935, 36, 413. Covers range 

of topics for example, gall bladders to conjunctivitis. 

8. f. 20. Notes on an article by L. E. Waldron on temperature and pH on 

growth of staphylococcus aureus in Biochemische Zeitschrift, CXXIX, 

1922, 367. 

9. f. 21. Notes on an article by T. G. M. Huie on pyogenus in Lancet, 

1922, II, 1380. 

10. f. 23. Notes from a report by H. M. Gordon on a bacterial test whereby 

particles shed from the skin may be detected in the air, in the 

Supplement to 34 th report of LGB, Report of the Medical Officer 1904- 

5, Appendix B. no 5, p387. 

11. f. 25. Notes on an article by S. C. Dyke on the passage of staph aureus 

through the kidney of the rabbit, in Journal of Pathology and 

Bacteriology, 1923, 26, 124. 

12. f. 27. Notes on Kendall Bacteriology and an article by R. R. Mellon 

and D. W. Caldwell, Studies in Microbiotic Heredity, Journal 

Bacteriology. 1926, XII. 409. 

13. f. 28. Notes on an article by S. L. Cummins and C. C. Cumming, ‘A 

Preliminary Note on the Differentiation of Staphylococci’ in Journal 

RAMC, 1913, XX, 499. 

14. f. 33. Notes from an article by P. Jeissier, ‘Contribution a l’elude de 

Tetragene’, Arch. de Med. Exp., 1896, VIII, 14. 

15. f. 34. Notes from an article by Gaffky, Mitteil a.d. kais. Metteilungen 

an den Kaierlichen Gesundheitsamt, I, 1881. 

16. f. 36. Notes from an article on tuberculosis by R. Koch in Deutsche 

Medizinische Wochenschrift 1890, XVI 1029. 

17. f. 40. References to: 

i) Rossi, L. Antivirus, 1926, CR Society Biology, 95, 943. 

ii) P. Lestre, 1926, CR Society Biology, 94, 1222 

iii) A. Urbain, 1924, CR Society Biology, 91, 341. 

18. f. 41. Staph toxin references

i) Lancet leader 1930, 2, 974 

ii) Kraus & Prutraun, 1906 

iii) Greenbraun & Harkins, Journal of the American Medical 

Association, 1930 XCV, 815 

iv) Weise G. C. American Medical Association, 1930 XCV, 324. 

v) Burnet, Journal Pathology of Bacteriology, 1929, XXXII, 717 

vi) Burnet, Journal Pathology of Bacteriology, 1929, XXXIII, 1 

vii) Burnet & Killang, Medical Journal ?, Aug 30 1930 295 

viii) Nicolle & Cesari, 1914 

ix) Walburn 

x) Julia Parker 

19. f. 47. Notes from an article by Maynard Smith, (British Medical 

Society), 1909, II, 1046. 

56183. Vol. LXXVIII. Miscellaneous loose notes, 1925-1948, n.d. 

Section one: 

1 f. 1. Image of a plate with the autolysis of unleaded pike eggs. 

2. f. 2. Note to Fleming from W. Bulloch pointing out an article by O. 

Bail entitled ‘Ueber das Lysozyme A. Flemings’ in Wiener Klinische 

Wochenschrift, 1923. XXXVI. 107. 

3. ff. 3-4. Fleming’s conclusions about part II of an article by D. W. 

Weisner entitled ‘Ûber die Bakterizidie von Leukozytenstoffen, mit 

besonderer Berûckschtigung der [Vashaltisse?] am Auge’, Zeitschrift 

für Hygîene unde Infektionskrankheiten, 1912, Band 72. 

4. ff. 5-6. Notes on the action of leucocytes in different temperatures. 

5. ff. 7-8v. Fleming’s views on an article by Dr. F. L. Fowrowti in 

Beirtäge für Chemische Physiologie und Pathologie, Band I, 1901. 

6. ff. 9-12. Fleming’s summary of conclusions on an article by Dr. H. 

Gouradi entitled ‘The Formation of Bactericidal Materials by 

Autolysis’ in Beiträge für Chemische Physiologie und Pathologie, 

Band I, 1902. 

7. ff. 13-16. Fleming’s notes on an article by Dr. H. Gouradi entitled ‘On 

the nature of the bactericidal substances originating in autolysis.’ 

8. ff. 17-20. Notes from various articles 

i) Leo F. Rettger & Joel A. Sperry ‘The antiseptic and 

bactericidal properties of egg white’ Journal of Medical 

Research, Vol. 26, p55, 1912 

ii) Bourdet & Luica, ‘Sur la regeneration du principe actif dans 

l’autolyse microbienne’, CR Society Biology, 85, 1921, p1095 

iii) Pozeroki ‘Action de la temperature sur la bacteriophage’ CR 

Society Biology, 85, p1011

9. ff. 21-22. Fleming’s note on article P. Laschtonchenko ‘The 

Bactericidal and Bacterio-inhibitory action of hen egg white’. 

10. f. 23. Printed article by L. S. Penrose on the ‘The lysozyme content of 

saliva in psychotics’ Lancet 1930. Article includes a reference to 

Fleming’s work. 

11. ff. 24-27. Printed article by Marguerite Bordet ‘Contribution to the 

Study of Lysozyme’ 1928, in Comptes rendves des Seances de la 

Societe de Biologie, October 1928, XCIC, p1254. 

12. f. 28. Review of an article by G. M. Findlay on the ‘Lysozyme content 

of tears’ in British Journal of Experimental Pathology, VI, 1925, p16. 

Unknown author. 

13. f. 29. Fleming’s notes from an article by S. L. Baker and S. H. 

[Lanasutty?] on ‘Ultraviolet on Lysozyme’ in British Journal of 

Experimental Pathology, 1929, X, 45. 

14. f. 31. List of references for articles on lysozyme. 

15. ff. 32-33. Fleming’s notes on article by Rettger and Sperry on ‘The 

antiseptic bactericidal properties of egg white’ in Journal of Medical 

Research, Vol., XXVI, Apr 1912-July 1912, no130, p55. 

16. ff. 34-35. Fleming’s notes on article by [Laupe] on the ‘Penetration of 

bacteria into hen eggs through the shell’, in Archiv Für Hygiene, B.62, 

S.201, 1907. 

17. f. 36. Fleming’s notes on an article by Sachs-Hücke ‘Can dysentery 

bacilli grow though the wall of the fresh hen’s eggs?’ in Archiv Für 

Hygiene, B.62, S.229, 1907. 


ff. 38-43. Penicillin 

i) Graph showing blood levels after 15,000 units were given 

intravenously, intramuscularly and subcutaneously. Notes on 

the back relating to haemolytic power of human serum and 

complementation 

ii) Graph showing the affect of 15,000 units of calcium penicillin 

given intravenously on serum 

iii) Graph showing the affect of intravenous injections every two 

hours on penicillin blood levels 

iv) Graph entitled ‘Rapidly repeated doses’, it shows the affect of 

intramuscular injections of 20000 units every fifteen minutes

v) Graph to show the affect of injections of 100,000 units 

intramuscularly with 1% procaine on penicillin blood levels 

vi) Graph to show the affect of 100,000 units intramuscularly of 

calcium and sodium penicillin on blood levels 

Section three: n.d 

ff. 46-56. Staphylococcus toxin: Antitoxic response 

i) Graph showing the precipitation production from a single 

injection of horse serum into a) normal rabbit b) rabbit 

previously sensitised 

ii) Graph showing antitoxin production in Horse, showing 

difference between primary and secondary response 

iii) Six pieces of card with notes on: 

a. Antitoxic power of blood type before and after toxoid 

treatment 

b. Resistance of antitoxin after treatment 

c. Some recurrences with high antitoxic power 

d. Results of treatment 

e. The number of patients who stopped attending after two 

or three doses of toxoid (being treated for boils) 

f. Illustrative cases 

iv) List of patients, a number and notes of the number of doses 

they received and the amount 

vii) Handwritten notes relating to the trial, possibly a draft for a 

article with I. H. Maclean published in 1937 ‘On the use of 

staphylococcus antitoxin, toxin, toxoid and vaccine’ for Second 

International Congress for Microbiology, 25 July -1 August 

1936, Report on Proceedings, London, p519 

Section four: 

1. f. 58. Graph of a patient ‘Downes’ who was given intramuscular and 

intravenous injections of penicillin. Graph is figure 7 on f. 58. 

2. f. 59. Graph showing summation of intravenous doses (15,000 units 

every 10 minutes). Does not state who the patient was. On the back 

note had been attached ‘Figure 3. Bacteriostatic power of patient’s 

serum after repeated intravenous injections of penicillin at short 

intervals’. Graph is figure 3 on f. 58. 

3. f. 60. Page three of the Lancet, with a number of graphs relating to 

experiments with penicillin, it is revised copy. Possibly part of a article 

by Fleming, M. Y. Young, J. Suchet and A. J. E. Rowe on ‘Penicillin 

content of blood serum after various doses of penicillin by various 

routes’, Lancet, 2 (1944).

4. f. 61. Two graphs: 

i) Keith Don, aged 15, given 105,000 calcium penicillin 

intramuscularly 

ii) Paccito, two doses of 50,000 intramuscularly 

5. f. 62. Graph showing the delay of excretion in patient with amyloid 

kidney. Graph is figure 8 on f. 58. 

6. ff. 63-64. Quotes from Lister on the antiseptics taken from various 

journals, addresses and speeches. 

7. ff. 65-66. Notes on antiseptics and a chart showing the effect of the 

application of Dakins fluid to a wound, noting the rate of exudation of 

fluid and number of bacteria in fluid. 

8. ff. 67-72. Ministry of Health Emergency Medical Service, Sector 6 

headed notepaper, with notes on penicillin and antiseptics taken from: 

i) British Journal of Experimental Pathology, 1929 

ii) Proceedings of Royal Society, 1931 – Intravenous use of 

germicides 

iii) British Dental Journal, 1931 

iv) Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1924 

v) Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1924 

9. f. 73. Handwritten draft of an abstract for Excerpta Medica, n.d. 

10. ff. 74-76. Biography of the Louis Pasteur and possibly notes relating 

to a speech Fleming was to make about Pasteur, including page 

numbers of a book or article he was using for research. 

Section five: 

ff. 78-84. Staf v. Diphtheria: Some aspects of vaccine therapy. 

This work could have formed the basis for articles on vaccine therapy 

published in 1939. 

i) Handwritten and typewritten results of experiment where broth 

tubes were infected with one loop full of diphtheria bacillus 

ii) Typewritten and handwritten notes on the inhibitory action of 

various organisms on a sensitive diphtheroid organism 

iii) Typewritten description of the experiment 

iv) Handwritten and typewritten results of an experiment testing 

inhibition of different bacteria by the two strains of ‘Inhibitor’ 

staphylococci 

v) Handwritten and typewritten results of experiment with 

Leoffler’s slopes infected with mixtures of equal volumes of 

undiluted broth cultures of diphtheria bacillus and dilutions of 

staphylococci 

vi) Handwritten note from Florey to Fleming with notes on relating 

to the inhibition of staphylococcus 

Section six:

1. f. 87. Drawings of normal B. typhosus and it grown in penicillin. 

2. ff. 89-93. Article by H. Florey on ‘The use of micro-organisms for 

therapeutic purposes’ in British Medical Journal, London, Saturday 

November 10 1945. A loose sheet has been inserted with notes on 

relating to actinomycin and aureumycin. 

3. ff. 99-102, 105. Proteus drawings: 

i) Typhoid broth 3 days at room temp; 22 Nov. [1947]. 

ii) Typhoid after 24 hours in agar at 37˚C and 5cc of penicillin 

iii) Typhoid, cholera and proteus in various solutions, 25 Nov. 

[1947]. 

iv) Proteus 1/8 agar and 5cc at 48 hours room temperature 

v) Cholera 24 hours room temp, 10/ serum and 2.5cc penicillin 

vi) Proteus 2.5cc penicillin, 24 hours room temperature 

vii) Typhoid 24 hours on radiator with 5cc penicillin; 31 Jan. 1949. 

4. ff. 108-111. Notes on various concentrations of plate solutions and 

descriptions of the affect on proteus, includes diagrams; 30 Nov.-15 

Dec. [1949]. 

5. ff. 113-127. Proteus drawings: 

i) 25cc penicillin and 24 hours room temperature, noted ‘motion 

is intermittent and when motion ceased the movement of 

flagella could be seen’ 

ii) 1/8 agar, 5cc, 48 hours room temperature in a pool 

iii) 25cc, 24 hours room temperature (broth), drawings at 11.45, 

12.30, 1.10 and 2.30 

iv) 2.5cc in agar, noted much distortion but CuChlorophyll had not 

affect on morphology 

v) 25cc, 24 hours room temperature, Fleming has noted the 

direction of the movement, 21 March 1949. 

vi) Two drawings and Fleming has noted that the ‘rope not strong 

enough the rotate the organism’ and the affect of a heat filter on 

its movement 

6. f. 129. Testing the affect of light on the movement of flagella; 5 April 

1948. 

7. ff. 130-134. Proteus drawings: 

i) 20cc, room temperature for 24 hours. Noted movement stops 

and starts with light; 5 May 1949. 

ii) 20cc at room temperature, noted surrounded but not moved; 17 

May 1949. 

8. ff. 135-138. Notes on affect on proteus over time, includes diagrams. 

9. f. 142. Handwritten notes describing the movement of proteus and the 

affect of light on its movement, includes diagrams.

10. f. 148. Notes on proteus versus penicillin. 

Section seven: Folder labelled ‘toxic penicillin’; 10 Feb.-17 May 1944. 

1. ff.150-160. Clinical charts 

i) Phillips and Barrett 

ii) Phillips 

iii) Woolly 

iv) Tarleton and Cadman - link with letter from J. W. Trevan, 

Director of the Wellcome Laboratories, 7 March 1944. See 

56113 f. 148. 

v) Paine 

vi) Unknown 

vii) Paine 

viii) Martin 

ix) Conway 

x) Barratt 

2. ff. 161-165. Notes relating to a letter from W. J. Hurran of Glaxo 

Laboratories to Fleming dated 10 May 1944, relating to testing samples 

of penicillin; 24 April-4 May 1944. See 56113, ff. 170-171. 


ff. 166-174. Handwritten notes about lysozyme in an unknown hand. 

Section nine: Folder labelled ‘Charts showing Penicillin Blood Levels’, 

[1943]. 

1. ff. 176-178, 180-184, 186-194. Graphs 

i) Connell – intramuscular 

ii) Connell – Phags and Pen – Pneumo, trypsin and nucleic acid, 

given intravenously 

iii) Bigglestone – 17 Nov. 1943. 

iv) Margaritis – 100,000 Na salt IM 

v) Downes 

vi) Graph showing changes to Trebath and Hersevik 

vii) Barnet – 20T intramuscularly 

viii) Cory – intramuscularly 

ix) Bigglestone – 17 Nov. 1943, with note attached ‘Downes, chart 

showing blood levels of penicillin during therapy’ 

x) Williams – intramuscular 

xi) Bigglestone 

2. f. 185. Penicillin class timetable for the Inoculation Department lecture 

theatre. 

3. f. 192. Graph with typewritten note on the back ‘Figure 1. 

Bacteriostatic power of patient’s serum after i) intravenous and ii) 

intramuscular injection of 15,000 units of penicillin’. This could link 

with article for the Lancet. See 56183 f. 58.

4. f. 198. Notes of treatment for Allenger, Trebath, Cornish and Cadman. 

5. f. 205. List of things associated with penicillin 

i) Preparation 

ii) Properties 

iii) Titration 

iv) Pharmacy 

v) General 

vi) Local 

6. f. 207. Graph of Downes, typewritten note on the back reads ‘Figure 2. 

Bacteriostatic power of patient’s serum after intravenous and 

intramuscular injections and a continuous intravenous drip at different 

rates’. This could link with article for the Lancet. See 56183 f. 58. 

7. ff. 212-215. Typewritten notes about patient Henry Downes, 

diagnosed with chronic gonococcal arthritis: 

i) Medical history 

ii) Notes from his admittance to St. Mary’s 

iii) Treatment and subsequent progress 

iv) Treatment with penicillin 

v) Observations on clinical condition of the patient during 

penicillin treatment 

8. ff. 216-218. Typewritten notes about patient Daniel Yates with primary 

syphilis: 

i) Previous history 

ii) History of present infection 

iii) Examination 

iv) Investigations 

v) Treatment with penicillin 

vi) Progress after cessation of penicillin therapy 

vii) Summary 

Section ten: 

1. ff. 220-221, 223-224. List of patients, their condition and the 

effectiveness of their treatments. 

2. f. 222. Letter from Almroth Wright to Fleming relating to patient 

‘Champion’ and his treatment with penicillin cream. 

3. f. 228. Notes on the effectiveness of penicillin on treating impetigo and 

auxiliary abscesses. 

4. ff. 230-232. Patient record for Sir Montagu Norman (Governor of the 

Bank of England), who was diagnosed with pneumococcal meningitis 

and treated with penicillin; 24-26 Jan. 1944.

5. ff. 233-235. Patient record for Daphne D. with osteomyalitis of the 

skull. 

6. ff. 236-247. Penicillin cases, including clinical charts: 

i) D. W: breast abscess 

ii) J. G: Orbital cellulites 

iii) A. C: Subacute bacterial endocarditia 

7. ff. 256-258. Handwritten notes on the preparation of mould colonies 

for museum purposes. Possibly work towards a lecture for the 

Linnaean Society of London, later published as ‘The use of paper and 

cellophane discs for the preparation of museum specimens of mould 

cultures’ in the Proceedings of the Society, 36 (1943), 5-6. 

8. f. 260. Handwritten notes relating to leucocytes and coagulation of the 

blood. 

Section eleven: [7 July-20 Aug. 1942.] 

ff. 276-324. Harry Lambert 

1. f. 278. Notes on when treatment with penicillin commenced. 

2. ff. 279-283. Clinical charts. 

3. ff. 284-287, 310. Records of his treatment and diet; 8-20 Aug. 1942. 

4. f. 288. Dr. Gregg’s notes on Lambert’s condition, 7 July 1942. 

6. ff. 291-293. Charts showing Lambert’s fluid intake and urine output 

from 9 July–19 Aug. 1942. 

7. ff. 289-290, 295-298, 301-308, 312-313. Pathological request forms 

i) Blood 

ii) Urine 

iii) Routine examination 

iv) Hl and RBC’s [red blood cells] 

v) White count 

vi) Complete blood count 

vii) Full blood count 

viii) DUBC’s, Hl and RBC’s 

ix) Agglutination reaction 

x) WR 

xi) Cells 

xii) Organisms 

xiii) Blood culture 

xiv) Gold curve, protein and WR 

xv) Blood urea 

xvi) Routine analysis 

xvii) BSR

8. f. 299. Letter from G. Roche Lynns to Dr. Gregg, relating to Lambert 

and crystalline deposit in urine, he thinks it might be leucin but 

requests a larger sample, dated 5 Aug. 1942. 

9. f. 309. Letter to Dr Gregg from Dr F. Crosby of West Ealing, referring 

to first attack of haemorrhoids and Lambert’s subsequent problems, 

dated 7 July 1942. 

10. f. 311. Radiology request for an x-ray of the chest. Radiologist noted 

heart was a normal size and lungs were clear, 7 July 1942. 

11. f. 314. List of jobs related to his treatment. 

12. ff. 315-318. Typewritten notes relating to his treatment, including 

admittance to hospital, x-rays, tests and fluid and food intake. 

13. f. 319. Nurses’ notes. 

14. ff. 321-324. Notes on bacteriostatic tests with centrospinal fluid. 

Links with notebooks: 

56149: Patient Cornish. 

56175: Patients Bigglestone, Margaritis, Allenger, Cornish and 

Trebath. Also more details on the treatment of Harry Lambert. 

56176: Patients Cornish and Cadman 

56178: Proteus

D. JOURNALS 

56184-56208. FLEMING PAPERS. Vols. LXXIX-CIII. Journals, mostly of 

Fleming’s travels abroad; 1935-1954. 

Twenty-five volumes. 

56184. Vol. LXXIX. 6 Jan.-4 Feb.1935. 

ff. 1-203. 141 x 96mm. Red leather book with ‘Diary’ written on the front 

with gold detailing 

Journal of Fleming’s visit to the Middle East. This trip was as a result of 

Fleming’s friendship with Dr M. Y. Young, who worked as Medical 

Adviser to King Feisal of Iraq. Fleming consequently received an official 

invitation (including expenses) to attend the opening of a new oil pipeline, 

as a guest of the Iraqi Government. 

Due to the size of the diary, Fleming has continued the entries for 6-30 

Jan onto the pages dated 30 April-25 May. 

No link with correspondence 

Journal includes: 

6 Jan. Flight to Marseilles. 

7 Jan. Details of flight to Naples. 

8 Jan. Flight to Corsica via Tobruk, Africa. Includes description two 

other passengers Shaw and Mrs Braham. 

9 Jan. Flight to Heliopolis, near Cairo. 

10 Jan. Cairo visited a hospital and the University. 

11 Jan. Flight to Ramallah (near Jerusalem) and car journey to Jerusalem 

and a trip to the Dead Sea. 

12 Jan. Flight to Baghdad, passing over the Jordan Valley, Jericho and the 

oil pipeline from the air. 

13 Jan. Baghdad: Visited a medical school. 

14 Jan. Journey to Kirkik. 

15 Jan. Baghdad. 

16 Jan. On route to Damascus. 

17 Jan. Damascus: Picked up by the Douglas’s and taken to a mosque.

Afternoon Guard of Honour of Black troops with band. Reception 

and lunch where he sat next to the Persian Consul. 

18 Jan. Damascus to Beirut 

19 Jan. Tripoli. Reception with High Commissioner at 10.30, gathered at 

signal station to hear speeches and see the pipe line opened. 

20 Jan. Visited Baallck with Shaw, Sellars and Medlicott. 

28 Jan. Haifa, in the afternoon went to Nazareth with HD. 

29 Jan. Haifa. Went to Acre in the afternoon with the Douglas’s. HD had 

arranged a visit to a prison ‘with many lifers’, Prison Commandant 

showed them round. 

31 Jan. Haifa. Beyrouth with HW in afternoon. 

1 Feb. Beyrouth and spent afternoon at [Autreica?] Hospital. Also went 

round the Medical School with Dr Miller. 

2 Feb. Boat to Alexandria. 

5 Feb. Back to London. 

56185. Vol. LXXX. 21 May-22 Sept.1945. 

ff. iii + 32. 159 x 99mm. Limp cover of patterned design. Piece of paper 

stuck on the front, written on it is: 

‘1945. Beginning of trip to USA 21/5/45-29/5/45 

1945. Trip to France Sept 3. to Sept 8 

1945. Trip to Italy Sept 14-Sept 22’ 

This journal marks the beginning of Fleming’s ‘public life’. 

See 56110 for papers and correspondence relating to the American tour. 

See 56114 for correspondence and papers relating to the visit to Italy and 

France. 



ff. 1-4. 

First few pages used for notes, including: 

Addresses 

Telephone numbers 

Articles and recipe for a pencil that will write on glass wet or dry 


ff. 4v-11v. Boat trip to America (start of a tour)

Journal of his time upon the boat ‘Aquitania’ to New York, marking the 

start of his tour of America. James Cameron of the British Mission acted 

as his guide during this trip. 

21 May. Description of the boat and some of its passengers including 

Captain and Mrs Stevens RN, Lord Bennett and Sir Harry 

[Trott?]. 

24 May. Talk on penicillin to the other passengers. 

28 May. Arrived in New York at noon and met W. Hughes of the Supply 

Mission and Reid. 

Section three: 3-8 Sept. [1945]. 

ff. 15-20. France 

For this trip Fleming was a guest of the French Government. 

3 Sept. Left Croydon and arrived in Paris to an enormous reception and 

broadcast. Received by Minister of Health at 4.30. 

4 Sept. Reception at Académie de Medicine, where he was made an 

honorary member. 

5 Sept. 

Lunch at Foreign Office, sat on the right of the Foreign Minister 

(Georges Bidault), also present were the Minister for Health 

(Francois Billoux) and Minister for Education. 

Then to the Palais de la Decouverte and an address by the Director. 

Met Charles de Gaulle and received Commander of Legion of 

Honour. 

Visited a penicillin plant and presented with Medal of Honour of the 

Service de Santé Militaire. 

6 Sept. 

Reception at Pasteur Institute, with a short speech by Jacques 

Trefouel, Director of Pasteur Institute. 

Lunch Louis Vallery-Radot and Francois Billoux. Presented with 

Pasteur Medal and received Commander of the Order of Public 

Health 

Visited Pasteur Hospital, where Dr Martin (son of René Martin) 

showed him round. 

7 Sept. 

Visited Hospital for Sick Children and met patients and Professor 

Debré. 

Visited Venes Laboratory. 

Reception at Hotel de Ville with President of the Council and 

President Academy of Science. 

8 Sept. Flight to London

Section four: 14-22 Sept. [1945]. 

ff. 21-26. Italy 

Visit to Italy included a second audience with a Pope and visits to many 

military hospitals. 

14 Sept. Stayed overnight somewhere before flight the next day. 

15 Sept. Flight met by Air Vice Marshall Kelly and others including a 

Mary’s [Hospital] man [no name]. 

16 Sept. Left for Naples. 

17 Sept. Visited numerous hospitals including RAF Hospital 1, where he 

had lunch with Matron in Chief. Also gave a talk. 

18 Sept. Called on Professor Gino Bergami [physiologist and biochemist]. 

19 Sept. 

Visit to the Infective Distribution Penicillin Unit. 

Visit to the Legation (Vatican), talked to Pope for about ten 

minutes and was given a medal. Fleming gave the Pope a 

penicillin culture. 

Lecture at 6pm and met Prince Regent. 

Dinner with Hopkinson (British Embassy, Rome). 

20 Sept. Flight in Lawrence P. Garrod’s (bacteriologist) private plane then 

car to Venice accompanied by Sanderson (old Thomas man). 

21 Sept. Boat to Venice, car to Treviso and then Naples on a plane. 

22 Sept. Aerodrome and flight to London. 


ff. 26v, 30-32. 

List of things to do 

Notes, addresses etc 

56186. Vol. LXXXI. 25 Sept.-11 Dec.1945. 

ff. ii + 30. 163 x 97mm. Limp cover of blue paper. 

‘1945 Copenhagen, Belgium, Sweden, Glasgow, Edinburgh’ has been 

written on the front. 

Journal also includes miscellaneous notes, i.e. addresses and reminders. 

See 56114 and 56115 for papers and correspondence relating to visit to 

Copenhagen. 

See 56114 for papers and correspondence relating to visit to Belgium. 

See 56114 and 56115 for links with papers and correspondence related to 

trip to Sweden.


Section one: 25 Sept.-4 Oct. 1945. 

ff. 1-8. Copenhagen 

25 Sept. No flights. 

26 Sept. Flight on a ‘fortress’ to Copenhagen. Met by Dr Wancher and a 

reporter. 

27 Sept. Taken to King’s Palace by Madsen and a pathology department 

by K.A. Jensen (Chairman, International Conference on 

Coordination of Chemistry). 

28 Sept. Visit to the Embassy. Lecture in the evening at the University of 

Copenhagen, including press conference. 

29 Sept. Leaves for Kalunborg and take boat to Aarhus. Dinner at Ritz 

with Cai Holten (President, Jutland Medical Society) and Dean of 

Medicine at University. 

30 Sept. Lecture at the University. 

1 Oct. Boat from Kalunborg to Copenhagen. 

2 Oct. Visit to a penicillin factory and State Serum Institute. 

3 Oct. Flight to Oslo and gives a lecture. 

4 Oct. Flight to Copenhagen and then to Croydon. 

Section two: 28 Nov.-3 Dec.1945. 

ff. 10-12v. Belgium 

28 Nov. Flight to Brussels rather than Paris. Met by Andre Gratia 

(Professor, Institute of Bacteriology, University of Liege), 

Marteux (Belgian Minister for Public Health) and [Mernier?]. 

29 Nov. Met the Prince Regent at the Palace. Visited the University of 

Brussels and met the Rector and Administrator. Ceremony in the 

evening where Queen Elizabeth was present. 

30 Nov. Louvain. Received Doctor Honoris Causa of Medicine from the 

University of Louvain. Also in Liege to receive Doctor Honoris 

Causa of Medicine from the University and the Medal of the City 

of Liege 

3 Dec. Gave a lecture, went to a penicillin meeting and received the Liege 

plaque.

Section three: 6-10 Dec.1945. 

ff.16-19. Sweden 

Visit related to the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine, jointly 

awarded with Sir Howard Florey and Sir Ernst Chain. 

6 Dec. Flight to Gottenberg and then Stockholm. Press conference on 

arrival. 

7 Dec. Day with Florey and Chain. Dinner with Finnish Ministers. 

8 Dec. Embassy for a Diplomatic dinner. 

9 Dec. Dined with Hilberg Bergstrand (Rector, Caroline Institute, 

Stockholm). 

10 Dec. Ceremony and banquet for the Prize. 

Section four: 17-19 Dec. [1945]. 

ff. 20-21. Glasgow, Edinburgh 


ff. 28v-30. 

Names and addresses 

Notes on lyso, penicillin and cultures 

56187. Vol. LXXXII. 7-30 Oct.1946. 

ff. i + 60. 162 x 119mm. Limp cover of pink paper. 

Written on the front is ‘Milan, Turin Oct 7 1946, Belgian Radio 

Universitaire Oct 18 th 1946 and Freedom of Darvel Oct 25 1946’. 

See 56116 for papers and correspondence relating to Freedom of Burgh of 

Darvel and visit to Milan and Turin. 


Section one: 7-14 Oct. 1946. 

ff. 2-29. Milan, Turin 

7-8 Oct. 

Boat to Paris and then train to Milan. Met by Professor Perrier and 

Erminio Carlinfanti (microbiologist) and Professor [Ganna?], 

President of Academy and Clive Robinson, Head British Council. 

Drove to Turin. 

9 Oct. Turin 

Radio station for rehearsals. 

Met Mayor, gave a lecture, made the broadcast and was presented 

with a medal and diploma. 

10 Oct. Milan

Reception in Town Hall. 

Visited University and met by Rector and Medical Dean. 

12 Oct. Visited Carlinfanti’s laboratory. 

13 Oct. Train to Calais. 

14 Oct. Paris to London Victoria. 

Section two: 18-20 Oct. 1946. 

ff. 35-39. Brussels 

18 Oct. Flight to Brussels and met by Mlle Moran, radio representative. 

19 Oct. Radio house in the evening, sat next to Minister for Education, Ms 

Vos and Minister for Health, M. Marteaux. Reception after by 

Minister of Education. 

20 Oct. Flight to London. 

Section three: 24-31 Oct. 1946. 

ff. 44-49. Freedom of Darvel 

24 Oct. Train Euston to Glasgow. 

29 Oct. Ceremony and presentation of the Freedom of Darvel. 

30- 31 Oct. Kilmarnock, gave a lecture and back to London. 


f. 60. Notes relating to the correct dosage of penicillin 

56188. Vol. LXXXIII. 17 Feb.-Dec. 1947. 

ff. i + 40. 158 x 98mm. Limp cover of blue patterned design. On the front 

is written ‘Affairs’. Journal is not a record for a trip but of internal affairs 

within the Inoculation Department. 


17 Feb. Discussion with Himmel regarding position within the 

Department. 

18 Feb. Discussion with Vos in regards to Himmel. 

21 Feb. Meeting with Col. Parkes (House Governor, St. Mary’s Hospital), 

relating to a solution regarding the combination of the Inoculation 

Department coming under the umbrella of the Hospital. 

25-26 Feb. Talks with Vos, Craxton and Young regarding joining the 

Hospital.

29 March. Council Members meeting. 

2 April. Meeting with Holt regarding staff in the department and Himmel. 

1 July. Meeting with Jacob and Himmel. Also meeting with Vos and [Sir 

Andrew?] Duncan who agreed that if [the department] can 

maintain independence then good to join Hospital. 

13 Aug. Discussion of Himmel and Jacobs. 

Sept. Jacob taken a job at Teddington and Himmel trying to find another 

job. 

Dec. Continuing discussions regarding Himmel and a possible Rectorship. 

56189. Vol. LXXXIV. 19 April1947-6 Dec.1948. 

ff. i + 42. 157 x 98mm. Notebook with limp cover of blue patterned 

design. 

Journal has ‘Austria 1947’ written on the front. 

See 56116 and 56117 for papers and correspondence relating to trip to 

Austria. 


Section one: 19-28 April 1947. 

ff 1-12v. Austria 

19 April. Flight to Vienna, via Frankfurt. Met by Hiscocks. Afternoon 

included a tea party for the Archbishop of York. 

21 April. Visit to Professor [Raisels?] laboratory with someone from the 

British Council. Press conference and lecture in the evening. 

22 April. Reception with Minister for Education and a lecture to some 

doctors. 

23 April. Press conference with Buckingham of British Council. 

Received honorary doctorate from the University of Vienna. 

25 April. Introduction to Rectorship and gave a lecture. 

26 April. Lunch with Governor [Vozard?]. 

30 April. Death of Sir Almroth Wright. 

Section two: 

ff. 21-24. 

Notes relating to dosage of penicillin

Notes relating to lectures and speeches he made during visit to 

Vienna 

Notes from phone call with Robert Cruickshank; 6 Dec. 1948. 


ff. 41-42v. Names and addresses 

56190. Vol. LXXXV. 31 May-3 Sept. 1947. 

ff. ii + 44. 157 x 96mm. Notebook with limp cover of blue patterned 

design. 

Journal has ‘West Dean, Copenhagen and Strathpepper 1947’ written on 

the front. 

See 56117 for papers and correspondence relating to Fourth International 

Congress of Microbiologists and visit to Scotland. 


Section one: 31 May 1947. 

ff. 1-2. West Dean 

31 May. Awarded prizes at sheep dog trial 

Section two: 20 July-1 Aug. 1947 

ff. 3-10v. Copenhagen: Fourth International Congress of 

Microbiologists 

21 July. Met up with other participants and registered for the Congress. 

22 July. Attended a section of Congress on lamps and bells. Also gave a 

lecture on penicillin and blood clotting. 

23 July. Morning at Congress, interview over lunch. 

27 July-1 Aug. Journey back to London. 

Section three: 14 Aug.-3 Sept. [1947]. 

ff. 17-32. Strathpepper: Summer School and British Medical 

Association 

14-20 Aug. In Scotland, visiting friends and relatives. 

21 Aug. To Strathpepper for Summer School. (Link with Henry Ellis, 

Secretary and Treasurer of Scottish Council for Health and 

Education). Interviewed by MacKenzie of BBC. Gave a lecture 

and an informal talk to local doctors. 

22 Aug. Inverness where he saw Aneurin Bevan. 

27 Aug. Dundee.

28 Aug. St Andrews and back to Dundee in the evening to give a lecture 

to the British Medical Association. 

29 Aug. Gave a talk followed by Chain. 

3 Sept. Journey back to London. 

56191. Vol. LXXXVI. 25 May-14 June 1948. 

ff. i + 40. 164 x 101mm. Veribest Memo Book with limp cover of blue 

paper. 

Journal has ‘Spain May June 1948 1.’ written on the front 

Last official public engagement on which Sareen accompanied Fleming. 

See 56118 for papers and correspondence relating to visit to Spain. 



ff. 1-1v. Names and addresses 

Section two: 25 May-14 June 1948. 

ff. 2v-36. Spain 

25 May. Flight to Geneva via Paris. 

26 May. Flight to Barcelona. Met Josephine Baker. 

27-28 May. Series of official engagements. 

29 May. Newspaper interviews and visit to Montserrat. 

30 May. Sat for a sculptor and went to a party with the Deputy Mayor. 

31 May. First lecture at hospital entitled ‘Success’. Went to a book show 

and a pharmaceutical factory. 

1 June. Visited Library and Academy of Medicine. Second lecture on 

lysozyme. 

2 June. Lecture at hospital on the ‘Use of Penicillin’. 

3 June. Presentation at Academy of Medicine and talked about story of 

penicillin. 

4-14 June. Entries have been crossed through, see 56192 for these entries. 

56192. Vol. LXXXVII. 4-14 June 1948. 

ff. i + 28. 165 x 101mm. Veribest Memo Book with limp cover of blue 

paper. Journal has ‘Spain May June 1948 2.’written on the front.

Last official public engagement that Sareen accompanied Fleming 

Journal follows on from 56191. 

See 56118 for papers and correspondence relating to visit to Spain. 


4 June. Barcelona. Visited medical school and maternity hospital. 

5 June. Discussion with bacteriologist, speech at a Research Institute. 

7 June. Barcelona to Seville. Visited Academy of Medicine, Seville and 

admitted as honorary member of the Academy. Dinner with the 

Mayor. 

8 June. Speech ‘Story of Penicillin’ at University of Madrid dinner. 

9 June. Seville to Cordova. 

11 June. Seville to Madrid. Speech ‘Success’ at British Institute. Sareen 

taken ill. 

12 June. Madrid. Visited new laboratories of research department with 

Minister of Education and gave a lecture at University on the 

‘Story of Penicillin’. 

13 June. Admitted as an honorary member of Royal Academy of 

Medicine, Madrid. 

14 June. Flight to London. 

56193. Vol. LXXXVIII. 25-29 May 1949. 

ff. i + 32. 159 x 99mm. Memo Book with limp cover of blue paper. 

Journal has ‘Ireland Association of [Surgeons?] 1948’ and ‘Notes and 

quotes’ written on the front. 

See journals 56195, 56196, 56109, 56110 and 56118 for journals and 

papers and correspondence relating to visit to America. 

. 


Section one: 25-29 May. [1949]. 

ff. 1-5. Ireland: Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland 

25 May. Flight to Dublin. 

26 May. Meeting relating to surgical ritual, with reception at Trinity 

College and banquet in the evening. 

27 May. Meeting at University about streptomycin.

29 May. Flight home. 

Section two. n.d. 

f. 5v. Names and addresses 


ff. 12v-18. Various quotes from: 

W. [Shenstone?] Essays Volume II, 4 Feb. 1773 

American Journal of Pharmacy, May 1949 

Notes ‘In praise of Idleman’ from an article by Ogilvie, British 

Medical Journal, 16 April 1949 


ff. 19-26v. Notes on talk for Oklahoma 

56194. Vol. LXXXIX. 5-13 July 1949, 16-23 Sept. 1950. 

ff. ii + 32. 159 x 98mm. Memo Book with limp cover of blue paper. 

Journal has ‘June 5-13. 1949, Rome, Pontifical Academy of Science, 

Naples and Capri. Also Rome Sept 16-2.1950 Congress of Chest 

Medicine and June 5-12 1949 Rome Naples’ written on the front. 

See 56115 and 56118 for papers and correspondence relating to both 

visits to Rome. 


Section one: 5-13 June 1949. 

ff. 1-12v. Rome and Naples: Pontifical Academy of Science 

5 June. Flight to Rome via Nice, met by Carlinfanti. 

6 June. Meeting relating to audience with the Pope. Morning and 

afternoon sessions of the Academy, for example [Isaac?] 

Berenblum gave a talk on cancer. 

7 June. Reception and meeting of the Academy by the Pope, Fleming 

received a Papal Medal. 

8 June. Boat trip to Capri. 

9 June. Interview with Professor of Dermatology about penicillin in 

United States. Lunch with Carlinfanti and Barker of British 

Council. Lecture in the evening. 

10 June. Naples to Rome. 

11 June. Joined Cancer Conference for final meeting. Evening meal 

provided by Cancer Society of Rome.

12 June. Flight home via Nice, where he saw Chain on his way to Rome. 

Section two: 16-23 Sept. 1950. 

ff. 15-30. Rome: Congress of Chest Medicine and meeting with the 

Pope 

16 Sept. Flight to Rome. 

17 Sept. Received Gold Medal from the American College of Chest 

Physicians, presented by President, Ralph Matson. 

18 Sept. Congress and Mayor’s evening reception. 

20 Sept. Saw Sistine Chapel. 

21 Sept. Visited a penicillin factory and banquet in the evening. 

22 Sept. Visit to Pope’s Summer Palace and met the Pope who gave a 

speech about the Congress and made special reference to 

Fleming’s work 

23 Sept. Flight to London. 


ff. 31v-32. Names and addresses 

56195. Vol. XC. 22 June-14 July 1949. 

ff. iii + 32. 159 x 99mm. Memo book with double cover of limp blue 

paper. 

Journal has ‘June 22 1949 USA’ written on the front. 

Trip to America primarily for the inauguration of the Oklahoma 

Foundation for Medical Research. 

See 56193 and 56109, 56110 and 56118 for journals, papers and 

correspondence relating to visit to America. 


22 June. Queen Elizabeth II (boat) to New York 

26 June. Met Dr Wyeth and talked about his work on cancer. 

27 June. Meeting with the hospital staff and cocktails with Frank Brobst. 

27 (should be 28, due to time difference). 

Met by Allan [Fruff?] of the Rockefeller Foundation, Hugh 

Payne, Stan Pate (Pate Organisation) and Bill Jenkins of 

Oklahoma Foundation, Eduardo Castaño (Manager Parke Davis 

and Co, New York). Press conference.

29 June. Interviews for television and radio, including Daily Mirror. 

30 June. Visit to Whitehouse and meeting with President Truman. Flight 

to Oklahoma. 

3 Sept. Visit to Kiowa and met Chief Doy-Gei-Taun (Maker of Great 

Medicine) where Fleming became an honorary member of Kiowa 

Tribe. Dedication ceremony for Oklahoma Foundation for Medical 

Research. Dinner where Fleming made a speech. 

5 Sept. Visited Mayo Clinic. 

7 Sept. Conference and visit to Parke Davis and Co. 

8 Sept. Lecture. 

10 Sept. Flight to New York. Gave a speech at dinner of baseball club 

owners. 

11 Sept. Lunch and speeches, visited new infectious disease building at 

Merck. 

13 Sept. Visit to Pfizers (Chairman, John L. Smith). 

14 Sept. Flight to Heathrow via Boston and Shannon. 

56196. Vol. XCI. Notes on visit to Oklahoma; June-July 1949. 

ff. i + 32. 158 x 97mm. Memo Book with limp cover of blue paper. 

Journal has ‘Notes, Oklahoma visit 1949’ written on the front. 

See journals 56193, 56195, 56109, 56110 and 56118 for journals and 

notes papers and correspondence relating to visit to America. 


1. f. 1. Notes comparing aneurmycin and chloromycin. 

2. f. 3. Notes on shaking machine for tuberculosis specimens. 

3. f. 4. Dr [Sloam?] and Compound E. 

4. f. 7. Perfusions. 

56197. Vol. XCII. 21 July 1949-18 Feb.1950. 


Journal has ‘Verona July 26, 30 1949’ and ‘1950’ written on the front 

See 56118 for papers and correspondence relating to visit to Verona. 

See 56119 for papers and correspondence relating to visit to Dublin.

See 56118 and 56119 for papers and correspondence relating to 

Addingham Medal. 


Section one: 26-30 July 1949. 

ff. 1-10. Verona 

26 July. Flight to Milan, car to Verona. 

27 July. Reception with Governor and Mayor of Verona. 

28 July. Received by President of Congress, made an honorary Freeman 

of the City of Verona. 

30 July. Drove to Milan, flight to Northolt. 

8 Aug. Notes about a letter from Carlinfanti relating to success of the visit 

and expenses. 

Section two: 29-31 Jan. [1950]. 

ff. 17-24. Dublin 

Asked to give a lecture to the Medical Society of the University College 

Dublin by J. MacCarthy (Secretary). Also awarded him with an honorary 

D.Sc of National Merit. Fleming wrote his ‘Search for Antibiotics’ speech 

for this occasion. 

29 Jan. Flight to Dublin, met by Henry Moore, Professor Medicine, 

University College Dublin. 

30 Jan. Statement for a radio. At the University gave his speech ‘Search 

for Antibiotics’ (includes programme stuck into journal). 

31 Jan. Flight to London. 

Section three: 17 Feb. 1950. 

ff. 26-27v. Allingham [Addingham] Medal 

Fleming is unsure about the name of the Medal; in the notebook he refers 

to it as ‘Allingham’ but it is in fact ‘Addingham’. 

17 Feb. Interview with a reporter from the Times. Received by Lord 

Mayor and Duke of Devonshire. Presented his medal by a sculptor 

and W. F. Hughesden, inventor of machine that plants seeds. 

Also attended the wedding reception of Maureen Compton 

(Daughter of Dr. Compton who worked in the Inoculation 

Department, St Mary’s). Later went to Chelsea Arts Club with 

‘George’.



56198. Vol. XCIII. 14 March-7 April 1950. 


Journal has ‘USA March April 1950’ written on the front. 

Tour of America lasted until 20 April 1950; see 56199 for entries relating 

to the remainder of the tour. 

See 56110 and 56111 for papers and correspondence relating to lecture 

tour of America. 



ff. 1-4. Names and addresses, not all in Fleming’s handwriting 

Section two: 14 March-7 April 1950. 

ff. 5-31. Lecture tour of America 

14-22 March. Boat to New York. 

Accosted by H. Bucknell of Lloyds, who had been on a plane from 

Madrid to London with Fleming in 1948. 

Meeting with Dr Grant of the Rockefeller Foundation. 

Phone call from Hugh Payne relating to visit. 

23 March. Visited Dr Grace’s clinic in Brooklyn, Carmaige Institute and 

gave lecture in afternoon ‘Search for Antibiotics’. 

24 March. To Pennsylvania and met by Newton Richards, also gave a 

lecture. 

25 March. Met Perrin Long (physician) and attended his class on 

tuberculosis. 

27 March. Interview with American Weekly and went to John Hopkins 

(University) to talk to a small group about proteus. 

28 March. To Washington, met by Frank Peck (American Home Products 

Association). Visited Antibiotic section of Pfizer’s Food and 

Drink Division with Dr Welch. 

29 March. Interview with Evening Star. Visited Naval Medical HQ and 

met Admiral Swanson, Surgeon General. Gave a talk to staff. 

31 March. Visited Wyeth Agricultural Research and Plant Protection 

Station in Maryland. 

3 April. Present at the opening of ‘Congress’. Meeting of the Academy in 

the evening and gave talk ‘Search for Antibiotics’.

4 April. Gave a talk on lysozyme. 

5 April. Visited Jefferson High School and gave talk on story of Louis 

Pasteur. Banquet in the evening followed by another lecture. 

6 April. Gave ‘Search for Antibiotics’ talk in the afternoon. 

7 April. Visited latest private hospital in Roanoke and gave ‘Search for 

Antibiotics’ talk. 

56199. Vol. XCIV. 8-20 April 1950. 

ff. i + 50. 145 x 90mm. Herald Square notebook with limp cover of blue 

paper. 

Journal has ‘End of USA trip 1950’ written on the front. 

Tour started on 14 March 1950; see 56198 for entries relating to the start 

of the tour. 

See 56110 and 56111 for papers and correspondence relating to the tour. 


Section one: Newspaper articles 

1. f. 1. ‘Fleming Portrait given to Academy of Medicine’, New York 

Herald Tribune, Thursday April 13, 1950. 

2. f. 2. K. Lewis Warren ‘As Sir Alexander Fleming, here sees it: 

Penicillin termed forerunner of better drugs’, Richmond News-Leader, 

April 11, 1950. 

Section two: 8-20 April 1950. 

ff. 3-27. Last section of American lecture tour 

8 April. Description of Roanoke. 

10 April. Visit to Jefferson University. 

11 April. Interview with Karen Lewis Warren of Richmond News Leader 

(see f.1). Visit to hospital and laboratories. Lecture ‘Search for 

Antibiotics’ under the title of ‘Modern Research in Antibiotics’. 

Dinner with Alpha Omega Alpha. 

12 April. To New York, visit to Academy of Sciences and the Academy 

of Medicine for presentation of portrait. 

13 April. Met Gladys Hobby (microbiologist) at Pfizers and gave short 

talk. Boarded boat back to England. 

14-20 April. Journey to England via Le Havre.

Met Sir Gerald Campbell, previous Consul General and High 

Commissioner to Canada. 

Visited the ship’s hospital, casualty and operating ward. 


ff. 46v-50. 

Notes on experiments 

Notes on Serramycin (Hobby) 


56200. Vol. XCV. 1 June-4 July 1950. 

ff. i + 21. 161 x 97mm. Atholl Series notebook with limp cover of blue 

paper. 

Journal has ‘Milan June 1 1950’ and ‘Dublin July 1 1950’ written on the 

front. 

See 56119 for papers and correspondence relating to visit to Dublin and 

Milan. 


Section one: 1-6 June 1950. 

ff. 1-13. Milan 

Fleming was President of an Antibiotic Institute which organised a 

Symposium on Chloromycin, 2-5 June 1950. (Second National Congress 

on Antibiotics). 

1 June. Flight to Milan, met by Carlinfanti. 

3 June. Opened Symposium, including discussion on fundamentals of 

chloromycin. 

4 June. Professor [Morticelli’s?] of Naples talk on antibodies in syphilis 

and discussion relating to the development of resistance-selection 

or mutation. 

5 June. Professor [Daddi?] of Forlamine Institute Rome spoke about 

streptomycin. Congress closed at 12. Visited British Institute and 

met the Chief, Mr Cardiff. 

6 June. Flight to London. 

Section two: 1-4 July 1950. 

ff. 16-21. Dublin 

1 July. Flight to Dublin. 

3 July. Ceremony in the afternoon where he received an honorary D.Sc 

from the University of Ireland.

4 July. Report of ceremony in Irish Times. Flight to London. 

56201. Vol. XCVI. 14-26 Aug. 1950. 

ff. ii + 30. 162 x 97mm. Atholl Series notebook with limp cover of blue 

paper 

Journal has ‘Rio de Janeiro August 1950, Fifth International Congress of 

Microbiology’ written on the front. 

See 56108 for papers and correspondence relating to the Congress. 


Section one: 

f. 1. Notes on how the Congress was organised. 

Section two: 14-26 Aug. 1950 

ff. 2v-19v. Rio de Janeiro: Firth International Congress of 

Microbiology 

15 Aug. Flight to Recife via Dakar. 

16 Aug. Arrived in Rio, met by Olympio Fonseca (microbiologist), Helio 

Pereira (epidemiologist) and his wife and Hardwick of British 

Council. 

Visited Embassy (met Sir Neville Butler). Opening of Congress. 

17 Aug. Registered for Congress at Ministry of Education and met the 

President. 

18 Aug. Section meetings, for example one on flagella. 

19 Aug. Presided over medical section of Congress, heard about death of 

Professor Juan Marcilla (chief delegate from Spain) and attended 

a lecture on metabolism of bacteria when prevented from 

dividing. 

20 Aug. Breakfast with Gladys Hobby. 

21 Aug. Attended a number of section meeting but found them all dull. 

22 Aug. Visited Ozwald Cruz Institute. 

Notes from here on were written up a month after Fleming returned from 

the Congress. 

23 Aug. Scientific meetings in the morning. 

24 Aug. Meeting of International Committee for the Organisation of 

Congresses to decide where next Congress to be held (Italy).

26 Aug, Flight to London. 

Section three: Various notes 

f. 20. As delegate from University of London, sent a report on the 

Congress to the Secretary of the Senate. 

Notes on letter of thanks from President of Congress for 

attending. 

ff. 28v-30. Names and addresses. 

56202. Vol. XCVII. 6-19 April 1951. 

ff. i + 29. 162 x 98mm. Atholl Series notebook with limp cover of blue 

paper. 

Journal has ‘Pakistan Apl 6-19 1951’ written on the front. 

Fleming went as a delegate of UNESCO Congress to the All Pakistan 

Medical Conference. Original invitation was declined over confusion over 

dates and expenses. 

See 56120 for papers and correspondence relating to All Pakistan Medical 

Conference. 


Section one: 

f. 1. List of names and dates 

Section two: 6-19 April 1951. 

ff. 2v-27. Pakistan: All Pakistan Medical Conference 

6 April. Flight to Rome. 

7 April. Flight to Karachi. Met by Henson (Glaxo Laboratories) and met 

President of Pakistan Medical Association. 

8 April. Admitted as honorary member of Pakistan Medical Association, 

gave ‘Modern Trends in Antibiotics’ lecture. 

9 April. Spoke to students at Dow Medical College, gave a lecture on 

‘Story of Penicillin’ and talked at YMCA (borrowed from 

‘Success’ speech). 

10 April. Visited Health Laboratory and Malana Research Institute (Dr 

Suddiq Husain). Chaired a symposium on ‘Organisation of 

Medical Research in Pakistan’, gave talk taken from his 

Oklahoma speech. Dinner at British Council and gave ‘Success’ 

speech. 

11 April. Press conference and dinner with British High Commissioner. 

Sir Lawrence Barton Grafftey-Smith.

12 April. Visited many hospitals. Dinner with Inspector of Hospitals. 

13 April. Talked to about two hundred cadets on ‘Story of Penicillin’. 

Then to Lahors. 

14 April. Met local President of Pakistan Medical Association to Medical 

College. Talk at YMCA on ‘Search for Antibiotics’. 

15 April. Flight to Karachi (left with an accompaniment from Pipe and 

Drummer band of the Pakistan Army Medical Corps). 

18-19 April. Journey back to London. 



56203. Vol. XCVIII. 27 Sept. 1951-15 April 1952. 


paper. 

Journal has ‘I Paris CCICMS Sept 27. 1951.’ written on the front. 

See 56106 and 56120 for papers and correspondence relating to Fleming’s 

Rectorship of Edinburgh University. 

See 56120 for papers and correspondence relating to visit to Switzerland. 


Section one: 27-29 Sept. 1951. 

ff. 1-4v. Paris: Meeting of CCICMS (Council for the Coordination of 

International Congresses of Medical Sciences) 

27 Sept. Flight to Paris. 

28 Sept. Meeting at UNESCO (Chairman Debré). Visited ‘Centre 

International de France’, training facility for paediatricians. 

29 Sept. Meeting in the morning and flight back to London. Includes 

description of people at the meeting. 

Section two: 

1. f. 5. Notes on telegram for nomination of Rectorship of Edinburgh 

University; 30 Oct. 1951. 

2. f. 5v. Visit from Dr Rowlands of State of New York, wanting him to 

accept a medal of Merit, to be presented on 4 May 1952; 8 

Nov.1951.

3. f. 6v. Interview with Daily Mail regarding Rectorship of Edinburgh 

University; 9 Nov. 1951. 

Section three: 1-15 April 1952. 

ff. 7v-22v. Switzerland: Lausanne and Geneva, meeting of World 

Health Organisation 

Many of the entries for this trip are in list form. 

1 April. Flight to Geneva, met by Dr Chomé-Bercioux (eye specialist) and 

gave a broadcast regarding penicillin. 

7 April. Dinner with Vossier (physiologist from Minneapolis). 

8 April. Meeting of WHO where Vissler elected Chairman. 

9 April. Interview for Geneva Radio, one for adults and one for children. 

Meeting of WHO in the afternoon. 

13 April. Vallorbe. 

14 April. [Avallon?] 

15 April. Paris. 


ff. 28-30. Notes on seating plans, names etc. Not all in Fleming’s hand. 

56204. Vol. XCIX. 7 Oct.-10 Nov. 1952, 1-5 July [1953?]. 


paper. 

Journal has ‘Athens 1952’ written on the front. 

Volunteered to represent World Medical Association in Athens, this 

developed into a month long tour of Greece. 

See 56120 for papers and correspondents relating to tour of Greece. 


Section one: 

ff. 1-2. List of names and addresses 

Section two: 7 Oct.-10 Nov. 1952. 

ff. 3-24v. Greece: World Medical Association meeting and tour 

Many of the entries are in list form. 

7 Oct. Flight to Athens via Paris. 

8 Oct. Met Rector Athens University and visited some laboratories. 

9 Oct. Lecture in the evening.

10 Oct. Lecture to paediatricians, and made honorary member of Greek 

Paediatricians Society. 

12 Oct. World Medical Association (WMA) opening. 

13 Oct. World Medical Association presented to the King, attended an 

education congress and made a broadcast using Oklahoma speech. 

16 Oct. Reception at hospital and town hall. 

17 Oct. World Medical Association editors, and attended a reception 

provided by Pfizer’s. 

18 Oct. Salonika, reception with Rector, Dean and Council. Gave a lecture 

in the evening. 

19 Oct. Visited Verra, Corinth, Kozani and Kastoria. 

20 Oct. Kastoria. Made an honorary citizen of the city. Inspection of a 

military hospital and gave a lecture in the evening. 

21 Oct. Visited Prespa, Florina and Edessa. 

22 Oct. Salonika: Presentation with Freedom of the City, gave a lecture 

and had dinner with a Medical Society that made him honorary 

President. 

26 Oct. Olympia and then Delphi. 

28 Oct. To Athens. 

29 Oct. Tea with ambassadors of Turkey, Austria and Egypt and dinner 

with a pharmaceutical society. 

30 Oct. Lunch with the King. 

31 Oct. To Rhodes. 

2 Oct. Visited Karmeus. 

3 Oct. Visit to a public health laboratory. 

5 Oct. Rhodes to Athens. 

6 Oct. President of the Council of Athens presented Fleming with Gold 

medal of Athens and Freedom of the City. Later given chain of 

the Academy [of Athens] to represent his foreign membership.

7 Oct. Visit to Milanides Institute, lecture at an Agricultural College, 

where he was made honorary president. 

8 Oct. Visit to a Red Cross laboratory. 

10 Oct. Journey to London. 

Section three: 1-6 July [1953?]. 

ff. 27v-28v. Possible visit to Glasgow, for an unknown reason 

56205. Vol. C. 1 Feb.-9 Oct.1953. 

ff. i + 36. 162 x 99mm. Silvine Memo Book with limp cover of red 

patterned paper. 

Journal has ‘India WHO Feb 1953 till May 7 th 1953’ written on the front 

Fleming visited India as a member of the World Health Organisation 

Delegation, to study Indian medical services. 

See 56121 for paper and correspondence relating to the visit to India. 

Journal includes 

Section one: 1 Feb-7 March 1953. 

ff. 1-35. India: World Health Organisation 

1 Feb. Flight to Paris. 

2 Feb. Briefing for the visit. 

3 Feb. Flight to Cairo. 

4 Feb. Flight to Bombay. Met Chief Justice. 

5 Feb. Flight to Madras and met Dean of the Medical College. 

7 Feb. Official opening of visit, met minister of Finance and Minister for 

Public Health. 

9 Feb. Visit to Kings Institute, to see smallpox, cholera and typhoid 

vaccine. 

10 Feb. Visit to Pathology Department of Madras Medical College 

(MMC). Minister for Defence died, national holiday declared. 

11 Feb. To Trivandrum, three lectures given by delegates and welcome by 

Chairman of Medical Society. 

13 Feb. Visit to University College, Public Health Laboratory and 

department of Public Health. Gave lecture on ‘Search for 

Antibiotics’ and lecture at a medical school on ‘Success’.

14 Feb. Lectured students on ‘Search for Antibiotics’ at a college. Lunch 

Chief Minister and his cabinet. Flight to Madras. 

17 Feb. Visit to MMC and gave short talk to first year students and then 

talk on ‘Septic Wounds’ to clinical students. 

18 Feb. Visit to Kings Institute, demonstrated automatic pipette and 

calibration of capillaries. 

19 Feb. Discussion on immunisation. 

20 Feb. MMC lectures by Hobby and Leo Rigler (radiologist). 

23 Feb. To Vellore. Spoke to public in the afternoon, at High School gave 

‘Search for Antibiotics’ lecture to over 500 students. 

24 Feb. Visit to College and saw Leper Rehabilitation Centre. Also 

visited a hospital and saw pathology department and x-ray. Gave 

talk on ‘Septic Wounds’. Dinner with Principal and gave 

‘Antibiotic Therapy’ lecture. 

25 Feb. Vellore to Madras. 

26 Feb. Discussion arthropod infections, pulmonary tuberculosis, 

meningitis and streptokinase. Attended a talk by Aneurin Bevan. 

27 Feb. Discussion of tropical diseases at MMC. Gave talk on ‘Story of 

Penicillin’ at university. 

28 Feb. Interview by a reporter for the Hail, delegate meeting in the 

afternoon. 

2 March. Discussion on Medical Education with Dean and Vice 

Chancellor for All Medical Colleges in India. 

4 March. Lecture on ‘Search for Antibiotics’ and closing speeches for 

work in Madras. 

7 March. Flight to Bombay, via Aurangabad. 

Section two: 

ff. 35v-36. List of other delegates and their medical speciality 

56206. Vol. CI. 5 Sept.-9 Oct. 1953. 

ff. i + 26. 132 x 78mm. Century Note Book with limp cover of red paper. 

Journal has ‘1953 Rome. Athens’ written on the front. 


Section one: 5-12 Sept. 1953.

ff. 1-4. Rome: International Congress and fifth papal meeting 

5 Sept. Flight to Rome. Meeting of Presidents of Sections and then 

registered. 

7 Sept. Meeting Statutes Committee. 

8 Sept. Clinical Pathology meeting. 

9 Sept. International Committee. 

11 Sept. Met Gladys Hobby and visited the French Embassy. 

12 Sept. Closing session. 

Section two: 13 Sept-9 Oct. 1953. 

ff. 5-26. Athens 

13 Sept. Flight to Athens. 

16 Sept. Visits from reporters wanting to know about report from British 

Medical Association meeting (Cardiff) and whether antibiotics 

lack microbes, also interested in Waksman’s cure for cancer with 

actinomycin. 

17 Sept. Boat to Sepia (on island of Euboia). 

18 Sept. Welcomed by Mayor. 

Section three 

f. 26v. Names and addresses 

56207. Vol. CII. 5 Oct. [1953].-9 Nov. 1954. 


Journal has ‘2’ written on the front. 


Section one: 

ff. 1-2. Unknown destination; 5-7 Oct. [1953]. 

Section two: 13-19 Nov. 1954. 

ff. 3-17. Tour of Bordeaux vineyards 

This was the last foreign visit that Fleming made. Includes notes, possibly 

related to travel arrangements. 

13 Nov. Flight to Paris and then Bordeaux, met by Mr and Mrs Portman. 

14 Nov. Visited Pauillac and received Order of Compagnons du 

Bortempts Medoc.

15 Nov. Visited a medical school and gave a lecture on bacteriology. 

Received medal and certificate (and Freedom of the City) from 

Mayor of Bordeaux. Went on to receive an honorary degree from 

the University of Bordeaux. Amalia gave his speech ‘Search for 

Antibiotics’ in French because he was ill. 

16 Nov. Left for Arcachon, visited a private clinic and a school for 

delicate children. Back to Bordeaux. 

17 Nov. Train to Paris. 

19 Nov. Flight to Heathrow. 

56208. Vol. CIII. 19 March-21 May [1954]. 


The journal has been divided into sections and dated (not in Fleming’s 

hand). Fleming has then added notes in the sections. 

Journal covers Fleming’s extended tour of America, Canada, Mexico and 

Brazil, organised and funded by the American Academy of General 

Practice, including a personal allowance of $5000. The tour started in 

February and lasted for four months. 

See 56109, 56111 and 56121 for papers and correspondence relating to 

the tour. 


Section one: 19 March-21 May [1954]. 

ff. 1v-17. Tour of America, Canada, Mexico and Brazil 

19 March. New York. 

22 March. New York to Cleveland, including press conferences. 

22 March. Radio interviews, opening of an Academy and a broadcast on 

NBC. 

23 March. Cleveland to Washington. Met President Eisenhower and 

lunched with Sir Roger Makins (diplomat and public servant). 

24 March. Washington to Cleveland. Gave ‘Antibiotic Therapy’ lecture 

and attended symposium on ‘Antibiotics in Infectious 

Diseases’. 

25 March. Cleveland to Salt Lake City. 

27 March. Attended University of Utah commencement and banquet.

28 March. Salt Lake City to Las Vegas. 

29 March. Las Vegas to Hoover Dam. 

30 March. Grand Canyon. 

1 April. Las Vegas to Los Angeles. 

3 April. Los Angeles to San Francisco, gave ‘Search for Antibiotics’ 

speech. 

5 April. San Francisco to Salt Lake City. 

6 April. Salt Lake City to Washington. Visited hospital, a conference and 

was asked to speak to pupils. 

7 April. Washington (Georgetown). Gave a lecture. 

9 April. Visited the Whitehouse and a pharmaceutical company. 

12 April. Talked to students at Philadelphia University. 

13 April. Washington to Louisville. Attended President Davidson’s dinner 

and gave a lecture. 

14 April. Broadcast for WHAS radio, gave a lecture and visited Child 

Health Laboratory, onto Louisville. 

16 April. Lexington to Oklahoma City (via Louisville). 

18 April. Reception at Oklahoma Foundation. 

20 April. Oklahoma City to Tulsa. 

22 April. Tulsa to Oklahoma City, met Alpha Omega Society and gave 

lectures on ‘Search for Antibiotics’ and ‘Use of Antibiotics’. 

23 April. Attended Chamber of Commerce Forum. 

24 April. Oklahoma City to New York. 

27 April. New York to Toronto. 

2 May. New York to Philadelphia. 

3 May. Visited Franklin Institute. 

4 May. Visited West Chester Laboratories and Dupont Gardens. 

6 May. Philadelphia to New York.

7 May. Flight to Brazil. 

11 May. Sao Paulo, where received honorary citizenship, honorary 

membership of Medical Society and Order of the Medical 

School. 


ff. 21-23v. 


Notes to himself

E. MISCELLANEOUS 

56206-56213. FLEMING PAPERS. Vols. CIV-CVIII. Miscellaneous papers, etc., of 

Sir Alexander Fleming; 1928-1951. 

Five volumes. 

56209. FLEMING PAPERS. Vol. CIV. 1928, n.d. 

Bacteriological plate containing penicillin. Together with a model. 

56210. FLEMING PAPERS. Vol. CV. Commonplace book; [1946?]. 

ff. ii + 31. 129 x 82mm. Light green cover of limp card with metal 

binding. It is a ‘Pif-Paf Apontamentos’ book, made in Sao Paulo. [It may 

have been used during a visit to Brazil for First Inter-American Medical 

Congress]. 

This book contains notes of things to do, addresses, etc., as well as acting 

as a diary. 

Book includes: 

1. f. 1. Address of Amaden Cury of Oswaldo Cruz Institute relating to 

papers dealing with antibiotics. 

2. ff. 3, 22-24. Notes on a speech relating to Louis Pasteur, possibly for 

the Pasteur Jubilee, Nov. 1946. 

3. f. 30v. Notes on toxins, cyanote and fermentation. 

56211. FLEMING PAPERS. Vol. CVI. Autograph book; 6 Aug. 1951. 

ff. 1-50. 75 x 117mm. Hard, turquoise leather cover with silver decorative 

trim. 

Book contains signatures of the staff at the Wright-Fleming Institute, 

presented to Fleming on his 70 th birthday. 

Autographs include: 

R. Cruickshank 

A.C. Ogilvie 

A. Compton 

W. Howard Hughes 

P. M. Hunter 

A. Voureka 

V. Craxton 

V. Pearl Broadbent 

D. Mason 

A. B. Porteus 

R. T. Mummary 

56212. FLEMING PAPERS. Vol. CVII. Book of photographs of the Penicillin 

Exhibition; June 1945.

ff. 1-14. 250 x 328mm. Hard cover of mottled design, with gold detailing. 

On the front of the book is a large ‘P’. The spine of the book has 

‘EXHIBITION OF PENICILLIN’ and ‘ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL’ 

imprinted on it. 

Book includes: 

1. ff. 3-4. 

i) Signatures of the staff of St Mary’s 

ii) Signature of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother 

2. ff. 5-14. 

Photographs: 

i) Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, examining a plate 

ii) ‘The cultivation of penicillin’ 

iii) Original plate, microscope and images of ‘fruiting bodies’ and 

spores of penicillin notatum 

iv) ‘Purification of penicillin’ 

v) Testing of penicillin’ 

vi) ‘Administration of penicillin’ 

vii) Miscellaneous photographs of bacteriological specimens 

viii) Panoramic view of the exhibition 

56213. FLEMING PAPERS. Vol. CVIII. Certificate of presentation of the 

Nobel Prize for Medicine; 25 Oct. 1945. 

Hard green cover with gold detailing. Written in Swedish. 

Certificate presented jointly to Fleming, Sir Ernst Boris Chain and Sir 

Howard Walter Florey.

F. BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL 

56214. FLEMING PAPERS. Vols. CIX-CXI. Letters and memoranda, mostly 

addressed to Lady Fleming, in preparation for The Life of Sir Alexander 

Fleming, by André Maurois (1959); 1955-1957, n.d. 

Three volumes. 

56214. Vol. CIX. March 1955-June 1956. 


Allison, Victor Douglas 

Cruickshank, Robert 

Jackson, James (boy who Fleming ran into and as a result broke his 

nose) 

Murray, A 

Peck, Francis I 

56215. Vol. CX. July 1956-Aug. 1957. 


Berry, H 

Cleland, Jean 

Coghill, Robert DeWolf 

Doyle, Sheila (cousin of Sareen Fleming) 

56216. Vol. CXI. n.d. 


James, George William Blomfield 

Norman, Keith 

Baron McGowan 

May, Ben 

56217-56221. FLEMING PAPERS. Vols. CXII-CXVI. Texts prepared for The 

Life of Sir Alexander Fleming, by André Maurois; 1955-1957. 

Typewritten copies, some of which have been annotated and altered. 

Texts include accounts from dignitaries, colleagues, friends, neighbours 

and patients. For originals of some of the material see Add. 56214-56216. 

Five volumes 

56217. Vol. CXII. April 1955-June 1956. 


Baron Beaverbrook 

Hayward, Arthur Lawrence 

Hope-Gosse, A 

Mederos, Gustavo Grau 

56218. Vol. CXIII. July 1956-Jan. 1957. 


Bliss, Eleanor 

Clegg, Hugh Anthony

Hobby, Gladys Lounsbury 

56219. Vol. CXIV. n.d. 


Buckley,Helen 

Buttle, Gladman Arthur Hurst, 

Colebrook, Leonard 

Daniels, Bebe 

56220. Vol. CXV. n.d. 


Handfield-Jones, Ranald Montagu 

Heyningen, W. E van, 

LaTouche Charles J 

Marshall, Alice 

56221. Vol. CXVI. n.d. 


Baron Webb Johnson 

Smith, Wilson 

Zaiger, Alec L. 

56222. FLEMING PAPERS. Col. CXVII. Memoranda, etc., relating to Fleming 

collected by André Maurois; 1942, n.d. 

Chiefly typewritten copies. 

André Maurois was employed by Amalia Fleming to write a biography 

about Fleming resulting in The Life of Sir Alexander Fleming: Discoverer 

of Penicillin published in (1959). This volume houses notes that formed 

some of the research for this book. 


Articles about penicillin 

Articles about Fleming’s colleagues and associates 

Extracts from articles 

Fleming’s funeral programme 

Lists of his publications 

Nobel Prize 

Speeches from events and visits

G. NOTEBOOKS OF COLLEAGUES 

56223-56225. FLEMING PAPERS. Vols. CXVIII-CXX. Notebooks of colleagues of 

Sir Alexander Fleming; 1907-1938. 

Three volumes 

56223. FLEMING PAPERS. Vol. CXVIII. 18 March 1907-19 Oct. 1908. 



Notebook of L. Noon, whilst at the Lister Institute, Chelsea, 1907-1908. 


1. ff. 3-4. Two graphs showing the rate of destruction of eusol in a 

wound. 

2. f. 5. Graph showing the affect of iodine on the growth of serum of B. 

welchii. 

3. f. 7. Graphs showing the amount of exudates before, during and after 

an experiment. 

4. f. 11. Graph showing the rate of destruction of Dakins solution in a 

wound. 

5. f. 12. Graph showing the diminution in strength of 5% NaCl in a 

wound. 

6. f. 13. Graph showing the titration of Dichloramine T. 

7. f. 14. Aerial photograph of fields. 

8. f. 15. Table showing the effect of antiseptics in leucocytes. 

9. f. 16. Table showing the effect of antiseptics on micro organisms. 

10. f. 17. Table I showing the effect of antiseptics on micro organisms. 

11. f. 18. Table II showing the stimulation of growth of bacteria by 

antiseptic solutions. 

12. ff. 20-23. Notes (possibly for an article) on the effects of antiseptics 

on (septic) wounds. 

13. f. 24. Diagram of test tubes showing the growth of B. perfringens in 

serum to which graduated additions of sulphuric acid have been made.

14. f. 25. Diagrams of test tubes showing the growth of B. welchii in 

serum neutralised with H2S04 and serum and 1% glucose. Drawings of 

bacteria on the back. 

15. ff. 26-33, 35-37. Notes (possibly for an article) on the effect of 

antiseptics in wounds, probably a continuation of ff. 20-23. 

16. f. 41. Diagrams of test tubes containing Forrest 1, Shully tetanus and 

perfringens at different hours growth. 

17. f. 42. Diagrams of test tubes showing the influence of iodine on gas 

formation by B. sporegenes in serum. 

18. f. 43 Graph showing the effect of Chloramines T. on the growth of B. 

sporogenes in serum. 

19. f. 44. Graph showing the effect of carbolic acid on the growth of 

serum in B. welchii. 

20. ff. 45-59. Typewritten notes on Parker and Cressy’s holes. 

21. f. 70. Estimate from John J. Griffin and Sons, Manufacturers of 

Chemical Apparatus for 80 silica tubes of two sizes, dated 22 Sept. 

1908. 

22. f. 71. Piece of plain paper with diagram of Karl Pearsons contributions 

to the mathematical theory of evolution II, showing variations in 

homogenous materials. Taken from Philosophical Transactions, Vol. 

186, A, Dec. 1894, p343 and Vol. 18, p373. 

23. f. 79. Effect of time on opsonic count; 18-26 March 1907. 

24. f. 81. Dilution of normal rabbit’s serum; 19 March. 

25. f. 82. Varying strengths of emulsion; 22 March. 

26. ff. 83-91v, 92-93. Dilution of rabbit’s serum containing antibodies, 

tests on rabbits 1-18; 9 April-7 May. 

27. ff. 94-94v. Dilution experiment; 9 May 1907. 

28. ff. 97-98. Opsonic indices of mean of three normal rabbits; 6 May. 

29. f. 99. Rabbits 26-31, vaccination subcutaneously, left side of thorax; 

11 June. 

30. f. 100. Rabbits 36-40, vaccination left side of thorax, sub cute; 18 

June.

31. ff. 101-103. Two hundred observations of duplicate film, 50 cells of 

each counted; n.d. 

32. f. 104. Illustrating the decrease of ‘evolution of random sampling’ by 

increasing of the number of cells counted. 

33. ff. 105-106v. Growth of paracolour (Bonn) in urine: 

i) Boiled and unboiled 

ii) Urine and normal serum 

iii) Urine and heated serum 

34. ff. 125v-126. Experiments with Cambridge guinea pigs; n.d. 

35. f. 132. Viscosity of serum – effect of heat (rabbit 4), includes diagram, 

n.d. 

36. f. 133. Viscosity of water. 

37. f. 135. Increase in viscosity on maintaining serum at 56˚C. 

38. ff. 136-137, 140-142. Effect of heat on opsonine, serum, corpuscles 

and [rabinowtoch] in distilled water; n.d. 

39. ff. 143-144. Increase viscosity of serum on heating (rabbit’s serum); 2- 

8 Oct. 1908. 

40. f. 145. Coagulation time, temperature varies; 12 Oct. 1908. 

41. ff. 146-149. Tests with rabbits 6-18; 19-30 Oct. 1908. 


56148: Work on the effect of Dakins, Dichloramine T. and eusol on 

wounds, diagrams of test tubes relating to experiments with B. 

welchii and B. sporogenes and work on Cressy’s hole. 

56156: Work on Chloramine T. on the growth of B. sporogenes. 

56224. FLEMING PAPERS. Vol. CXIX. 5 Sept.1928-10 March 1930. 

ff. iii + 168. 321 x 200mm. Hard green cover with red binding. 

Notebook of Dr. S. Craddock when he was based at St. Mary’s Hospital, 

Paddington. 

Inside the front cover is a label for ‘W. Isacke, Account book maker, 133, 

Praed Street, London, W.2’ 

Craddock collaborated with F. Ridley on some of the experiments in the 

notebook. 

Notebook contains numerous markers; these are in Fleming’s 

handwriting. 


Section one:

1. f. iii. Letter to Craddock from E. Little relating to a culture from a 

patient; n.d. 

2. f. 4. Piece of paper with notes n Champion and other patients; n.d. 

3. ff. 21-22v. Effect of HgCl2 on various microbes; 5 Sept. 1928. 

4. ff. 23-24. Reaction in slide cells; 11 Sept. 1928. 

5. f. 25v. Effect of HgCl2 on leucocytes after intervals, 25 Sept. 1928. 

6. ff. 27-28v. Action of flavine on leucocytesant intervals. 

7. f. 28. Coli in slide cells, includes diagrams. 

8. ff. 30-31. Effect of HgCl2 injected into a rabbit; 9 Oct. 1928. 

9. ff. 31v-33. Effect of HgCl2 on human blood; 12-17 Oct. 1928. 

10. ff. 33v-34. Effect HgCl2 injection into a rabbit. 

11. f. 35. Action of sulphonamide 468 and sulphonamide 36 on Allen II 

and haemolytic II; 16 Dec. 1928. 

12. f. 35v. Effect of mould extract on bactericidal growth. 

13. f. 36v. Effect of mould extract on II pyog. 

14. f. 37. Effect of dilutions of anthrax; 2 Jan. 1929. 

15. f. 38v. Effect of mould juice on time of killing and Pfeiffer’s. 

16. f. 39. Testing formalin ‘drops’ used for ears on O. P. 

17. f. 39v. Effect of keeping blood in: 

i) Incubator 

ii) Ice chest 

18. f. 40. To show the effect of variations in strength of inoculation of 

staph in mould juice; 28 Jan. 1929. 

19. ff. 41v-45. Testing various mould groups; 6-16 Feb. 1929. 

20. ff. 46. Results of slide cells with anthrax, etc; 19 Feb. 1929. 

21. ff. 48-49. Slide cells and mould juice; 26 Feb. 1929. 

22. ff. 50-51. Testing mould juice: 4-8 March 1929. 

i) Different pH values 

ii) After boiling

iii) On blood 

23. ff. 56-57v. Extracting mould active inhibitor; 20-21 March 1929. 

24. f. 55v. Injecting mould juice into a rabbit; 22 March 1929. 

25. f. 59. Penetration of mould juice into tissues; 2 April 1929. 

26. ff. 60-62. Experiments with mould juice; 3-9 April 1929. 

27. ff. 62v-63. Extraction; 10-29 April 1929. 

i) Lead vaccine 

ii) Evaporation 

28. ff. 64-65. Attempt to get resistant strain from mould by heating; 16 

April 1929. 

29. f. 66. Effect of heat; 7 May 1929. 

30. f. 67. Experiment to prove whether or not there is an enzyme which 

causes the mould juice to deteriorate; 21 June 1929. 

31. f. 67v. Method of keeping the mould juice in good preservation; n.d. 

32. ff. 68-68v. Method of growing mould with more protein and salt; n.d. 

Section two: 3 Feb. 1930, n.d. 

1. ff. 71-81. Acne 

i) Isolation of acne (using penicillin) 

ii) From pus 

iii) Tests on patients 

iv) Acne and sugars 

v) Planted in glucose broth and Vaseline 

vi) Mice 

2. ff. 81v-83v. List of patients, samples taken from them and notes on the 

bacteria’s growth. 


1. ff 100v-101. Tests serum of rabbit; n.d. 

2. f. 102. Record of twenty cases of normal people nose squeezed, record 

of the amount of juice produced and type of bacteria it contained; n.d. 

3. f. 105. Classification of B. acne for sugars; n.d. 

4. ff. 111-113. The use of penicillin to obtain pure primary culture of the 

acne bacilli; n.d. 

5. f. 157. Photograph of a plate with colonies on it; n.d.


56141, 56144, 56173: Acne 

56148, 56156 and 56159: HgCl2 

56225. FLEMING PAPERS. Vol. CXX. 10 Feb.-14 Sept. 1938. 

ff. ii + 144. 323 x 199mm. Hard green cover with red binding. 

Notebook in an unidentified hand, with a few loose papers in Fleming’s 

hand. 

Label inside the front cover for ‘W. Isacke, Manufacturing Stationer and 

Printer, 133, Praed Street, W.2.’ 


1. ff. 1-1v. List of staphylococcus. Samples have been given a number, 

date of isolation, name, colour and lesion; n.d. 

2. f. 2. Toxin production in rabbits. 

3. f. 3. Coagulase production in humans and rabbits. 

4. ff 3v-4v. Toxin production (sheep) B. toxin. 

5. f. 5. Experiment with interaction of staph toxin and N. human serum. 

6. ff. 6-7. Effect of autolysed staph extract. 

7. ff. 11-19. Diagram of experiments with different numbered bacteria 

from the list on ff. 1-1v. Plus notes about the success of the 

experiment. 

8. ff. 20-22. Three pieces of A4 card with information about bacteria, 

date of isolation, name of patient taken from, lesion, colour and ability 

to coagulate; n.d. 

9. ff. 32-51. Notes on experiments with a range of bacteria, possibly 

linked to samples in the notebook (ff.1-1v) and on the piece of card (ff. 

18-20). 

10. f. 54v. Staph growth on clear serum agar; 3 March 1938. 

11. f. 55. Selected staph growth on agar in 6cc of immune rabbit serum 

grown in air and CO2; 3 March 1938. 

12. f. 57. Experiment with clear agar and control of ordinary serum agar 

plate; 7 March 1938. 

13. f. 57v. Staph growth in serum agar using N. H. S, kept in a boiling 

water bath for two minutes, grown in air, 37˚C; 8 March 1938.

14. f. 61. Selected staph grown in N. human serum at 37˚C in air and 

CO2; 15 March 1938. 

15. f. 63. Selected staph grown in serum agar and hydrocoche fluid in air 

and CO2 at 33%; 17 March 1938. 

16. ff. 65v-70. Experiments with: 

i) Borough’s Wellcome antitoxin 

ii) Davis Parke Serum 

iii) Carbohydrate serum 

17. f. 71. Notes on halo’s produced by the staphylococci. 

18. f. 72. Notes in variation of halo. 

19. f. 83. Experiment with No. 46 Nuchoprotein; n.d. 

20. ff. 85-87. Notes on the pathogenicity of staph in nose and throat; n.d. 

21. f. 88. Experiment with a plate containing 3ccs of rabbit antityphoid 

serum, titre 1/10,000 typhoid, ParaA, coli and staph and Allens, grown 

for twenty four hours at 37˚C; 5 May 1938. 

22. ff. 90-91. Experiment with ‘683’ and blood; n.d. 

23. f. 92. Rate of growth of streptococci. 

24. f. 96. Notes on how to extract staphylococcus carbohydrate. 

25. ff. 112, 117-118. Photograph of a plate with staphylococci on N. 

human serum agar grown in air for three days; 11 Feb. 1938. 

26. f. 113. Sheet of paper from a calendar dated 3 Jan. 1938 with notes on 

the autolysis; n.d. 

27. ff. 114-116. Three untitled photographs of plates with colonies on; n.d. 

28. ff. 137-140, 142-145v. Penicillin titration. 


56179, 56175, 56176: Penicillin titration

A 

Aarhus, Denmark. Summary of a lecture on penicillin by A. Fleming at Aarhus, [29- 

30] September, 1945. 56123, ff. 35-44. 

Abascal (Horacio), Secretary, Academy of Science, Cuba. Business card, [1953]. 

Printed. 56121, f. 79. 

Abercromby (Barbara), Honorary Secretary, Liverpool Division, British Medical 

Association. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to a speech, 1948. Partly signed. 

56117, ff. 144, 146. 

Abraham (Sir Edward Penley), Kt.; biochemist. Notes by A. Fleming from an article 

entitled 'Peni- 

cillinase' published in 'Nature' by Sir E. B. Chain and Sir E. P. Abraham, n.d. 56174, 

f. 141. 

Académie Septentrionale, Paris. Dinner menu, 1948. Fr. 56117, ff. 186-188. 

— Speech by A. Fleming given on becoming a member, 19 April, 1948. Two 

typewritten copies. Partly Fr. 56125, ff. 4-27. 

— Letter from the Director to A. Fleming rel. to a reunion, 1950. Signed. Fr. 56119, f. 

61. 

— Letter from A. Fleming's secretary to the Director rel. to A. Fleming's absence 

from the United Kingdom, 1950. Typewritten. 56119, f. 61. 

Academy of Medicine, Barcelona. Lecture by A. Fleming, [1948]. Typewritten. 

56125, ff. 46-63. 

Academy of Medicine, Paris. Speech by A. Fleming on becoming a Foreign 

Associate of the Academy, [4 September], [1945]. Partly typewritten copies. 56123, 

ff. 21-30. 

— Letter from the General Secretary of the Academy to A. Fleming, 1946. Signed. 

Fr. 56115, f. 123. 

Academy of Medicine, Turin. Speech by A. Fleming on receiving an Honorary 

Membership, [4 October], [1946]. Imperf. 56123, ff. 154-155. 

— Lecture by A. Fleming on 'Changes in Specific Treatment of Bacterial Infections', 

[9 October], [1946]. Partly typewritten copies. 56123, ff. 156-194. 

Adam (Sir Ronald Forbes), 2nd Baronet; army officer. Corre- 

spondence with A. Fleming rel. to a visit to Austria, 1947. Partly signed. 56117, ff. 

39-40. 

Adams (W. E.), of the Travel Section, British Council. Correspondence with A. 

Fleming rel. to travel arrangements for a visit to Austria, 1947. Partly signed. 56116, 

ff. 206-209, 212, 230, 238. 

Adamson (Sonia), Assistant Sec- 

retary, Anglo-Brazilian Society. Letter, etc., to A. Fleming rel. to a speech, 1951. 

Signed. 56120, ff. 123-127. 

Addingham Medal. A. Fleming's journal entries rel. to receiving the award, 17 

February, 1950. 56197, ff. 26-27v. 

Addison (Christopher), 1st Viscount Addison. Letter from A. Fleming rel. to the 

Medical Research Council, 1948. Typewritten. 56118, f. 85. 

Administration des Monnaies. Correspondence between the Director and A. 

Fleming rel. to a medal, 1948. Partly signed. Partly Fr. 56117, ff. 201, 208; 56118, f. 

93. 

Airey (Geoffrey George), of Ledbury, co. Heref. Correspondence with A. Fleming, 

1946. Partly signed. 56115, ff. 147-148.

Aitken (William Maxwell), 1st Baron Beaverbrook. Statement about A. Fleming for 

Lady A. Fleming, [1956]. Copy. 56217, ff. 326-327. 

Alfaro (Gregorio Araoz), President, National Academy of Medicine, Buenos Aires. 

Letter to A. Fleming rel. to Honorary Membership of the Academy from F. E. Boneo 

and 

G. A. Alfaro, 1946. Signed. Span. 56115, f. 219. 

Ali (Munawar), Vice President, Pakistan Medical Association. Correspondence, etc., 

with A. Fleming, 1951. Partly signed. 56120, ff. 23-26v, 28-29, 31, 38, 64, 93. 

Ali Khan (Liaquat). 

v. Khan. 

Aliotta (Nicola), Director, Nuova Clinic, Rome. Business card, [1945]. Printed. Ital. 

56114, f. 190. 

Allen (E. Marriage-). 

v. Marriage-Allen. 

Allison (Victor Douglas), bac- 

teriologist. Report from Cardiff Laboratory on the examination of nasal and throat 

swabs by the direct smear method as an aid to the rapid diagnosis of diphtheria, 

[1941]. Typewritten. 56113, f. 45v. 

— Letter to A. Fleming, 1944. Signed. 56113, f. 203. 

— Notes on A. Fleming for a biography by A. Maurois, [1956], n.d. Two typewritten 

copies. 56214, ff. 102-103; 56217, ff. 71-73; 56219, ff. 1-25. 

All Pakistan Medical Conference. Telegrams to A. Fleming, 1951. Typewritten. 

56120, ff. 22, 27, 30. 

— Programme for the visit of A. Fleming, 1951. Printed. 56120, ff. 35-36v. 

— Talk by A. Fleming on 'How Pakistani Children Can Grow to be the Research 

Workers of Tomorrow', [9 April], [1951]. Imperf. 56127, ff. 156-158. 

— Final Bulletin, 1951. Printed. 56120, ff. 25-26v. 

— A. Fleming's journal entries and notes, 6-19 April, 1951. 56202, ff. 1-29. 

Amer (Mustafa), Rector, Farouk University, Alexandria. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to 

British occupation of Egypt, 1951. 56106, f. 12. 

America. A. Fleming's journal entries for a boat trip to New York on the 'Aquitania', 

which marked the start of a tour, 21-29 May, 1945. 56185, ff. 4v-11v. 

— A. Fleming's journal entries relating to a lecture tour, includes newspaper cuttings, 

14 March-20 April, 1950. Partly printed. 56198, ff. 5-31; 56199, ff. 1-27. 

— Draft itinerary for a visit by A. Fleming, [1954]. Typewritten. 56111, ff. 143-144. 

American Academy of General Practice. A. Fleming's journal entries for a tour of 

America, Canada, Mexico and Brazil organised by the Academy, 19 March-21 May, 

[1954]. 56208, ff. 1v-17, 21-23. 

— Speech by A. Fleming entitled 'The Background to Antibiotics', 24 March, 1954. 

Three typewritten copies. 56215, ff. 60-71; 56132, ff. 1-25. 

American Association of Penicillin Producers. Speech by A. Fleming at a banquet 

in his honour at the Waldorf Astoria, New York, 25 June, 1945. Typewritten. 56122, 

ff. 232-242. 

American College of Chest Physicians. Speech by A. Fleming on receiving their 

Gold Medal at the First International Congress of Chest Medicine, Rome, [17] 

September, 1950. Partly typewritten. 56127, ff. 47-55. 

— Lecture by A. Fleming on the history of penicillin, New York, 29 May, 1953. 

56131, ff. 106-112.

American Journal of Public Health. Notes by A. Fleming from an article by W. E. 

King and L. Davis entitled 'Potassium Tellurite as an Indicator of Microbial Life', n.d. 

56173, f. 98. 

American Pharmaceutical Man- 

ufacturers' Association. Broadcast by A. Fleming after receiving the Award of 

Distinction, 13 December, 1943. Typewritten. 56122, ff. 143-145. 

American Research and Education Foundation for Chest Disease. Progress report 

and proposed pilot research team for a nationwide campaign against the common 

cold, 1950. Typewritten. 56111, ff. 40-47. 

v. also Common Cold Foundation. 

Amritabazar Patrikas Special Health Supplement, journal. Article by A. Fleming, 

1952. Typewritten. 56120, f. 199. 

Anderson (Arthur M.), Treasurer, New York Botanical Garden. Letter to A. Fleming 

rel. to a visit to their laboratories, 1950. Signed. 56110, f. 196. 

André‚ (Gerard), of French Embassy, London. Correspondence with A. Fleming, 

1946. Partly signed. 56107, ff. 8, 10; 56116, f. 54. 

Andrewes (Sir Christopher Howard), virologist; Deputy Director, National Institute 

for Medical Research. Correspondence with A. Fleming, 1951-1952. Partly signed. 

56107, ff. 84, 132-133; 56120, ff. 180, 197, 206. 

— Notes for A. Fleming rel. to the Common Cold Foundation by C. Andrewes, 

[1952]. Typewritten. 56111, f. 72. 

Anglo-Brazilian Society. Speech by A. Fleming, 1951. Copy. 56120, ff. 124-127. 

Anglo Soviet Medical Committee. Article by A. Fleming entitled 'Penicillin' for the 

'British War Medicine Reviews', February, 1942. Typewritten. 56133, ff. 95-102. 

'Annales de L'Institut Pasteur', journal. Article by A. Fleming entitled 'Molilité et 

cils de Proteus vulgaris' published in vol. 29, [1950]. Fr. 56135, ff. 74-88. 

Annals of Surgery, journal. Notes by A. Fleming on an article by K. Taylor entitled 

'Tissue Fragments and Wound Infections', n.d. 56149, ff. 108-108v. 

[Annual Meeting?] of Laboratory Technicians. Lecture by A. Fleming, Leicester, 4 

October, 1949. Typewritten. 56126, ff. 111-181. 

Appleton (Sir Edward Victor), K.C.B. Correspondence with A. Fleming, 1951-1954. 

Partly typewritten. 56106, ff. 1-26. 

Aragao de Beauepaire (Henrique). 

v. Beauepaire. 

Araujo (H. C. Souza). 

v. Souza Araujo. 

Araujo (Manuelita Souza). 

v. Souza Araujo. 

Argles (J. D.), of the Lectures Department, British Council. Correspondence with A. 

Fleming rel. to a visit to Rio de Janeiro, 1946. Partly signed. 56116, ff. 2-3. 

Armenise (Count Giovanni), President, L.E.O. Industrie Chimiche Farmaceutiche. 

Letter to A. Fleming rel. to the opening of a factory, 1949. Signed. 56119, f. 5. 

Armenter (F.), President, Astronomy Society of Spain and America. Correspondence 

with A. Fleming, 1948. Partly signed. Partly Span.. 56118, ff. 8, 30. 

Arnin (M.), personal assistant to M. Afzal Husain. Letter, etc., to A. Fleming, 1951. 

Signed. 56120, ff. 40-60. 

Art. Photographs. A. Fleming's Medical training report card, [1908]. 56162, ff. 1-2. 

— Photograph of A. Fleming in his laboratory, n.d. 56171, f. 19.

— Photograph of A. Fleming receiving the Nobel Prize, December, 1945. 56115, f. 

81. 

— Photograph of Sir A. Fleming and Lady A. Fleming, n.d. 56121, f. 177. 

— Amalia Fleming, wife of A. Fleming, 1949. 56119, f. 31. 

— Photograph of A. Fleming and Lady A. Fleming with an unidentified gentleman, 

1953. 56121, f. 67. 

— Photograph of Lady A. Fleming on a visit to Gijon, n.d. 56121, f. 188. 

— Photographs of Fleming’s visit to France, n.d. 56121, ff. 189-190. 

— Photograph of an unidentified man in one of the Inoculation Department's 

laboratories, n.d. 56171, f. 27. 

— Photograph of an agar plate showing the reaction of aspergillus clavatus with 

various bacteria, [1942]. 56113, f. 75. 

— Photograph of an agar plate showing the reaction of penicillin notatum with 

various bacteria, [1942]. 56113, f. 76. 

— Photographs of bacilli used during a visit to Italy, [1946]. 56116, ff. 93-105. 

— Photograph of penicillin incubated for three weeks, 1948. 56117, f. 213. 

— Photograph of flagella, 1950. 56111, f. 49. 

— Clinical history and two photographs of the abscesses on L. Freigero's teeth, 1947. 

Typewritten. 56116, ff. 203-205v. 

— Photographic results of experiments to compare the reaction of different strengths 

of I.C.(P) crystalline, Glaxo yellow, D.C.L and saline when given intramuscularly, 

1947. 56117, ff. 119-126. 

— Photograph of a Micromanipulator, 1954. 56121, f. 109. 

Art. Cartoons and Caricatures. Caricature of A. Fleming, n.d. Signed. 56121, f. 

184. 

Aspidorf (Alexander), of Brooklyn Technical High School. Letter to A. Fleming 

asking him for a three minute recording about penicillin and its discovery, 1948. 

Signed. 56110, f. 125. 

Association of Clinical Pathologists. Reply to guests by A. Fleming at the 

Association's twenty first birthday dinner, 31 January, 1948. Typewritten. 56125, ff. 

1-3. 

Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland. Reply by A. Fleming to 

guests at a banquet, Dublin [26 May], 1949. Typewritten. 56126, ff. 17-28. 

— Opening lecture on 'Streptomycin' by A. Fleming, Dublin [27] May, 1949. 

Typewritten. 56126, ff. 29-43. 

— A. Fleming's journal entries for a visit to Dublin, 25-29 May, [1949]. 56193, ff. 1- 

5. 

Association of Wholesale and Manufacturing Opticians. Speech by A. Fleming at 

the opening of an exhibition in London, [16 July], [1951]. Typewritten. 56127, ff. 184. 

— Reply by A. Fleming to guests at a dinner held at the Dorchester Hotel, London, 20 

July, 1951. Typewritten. 56127, ff. 188-203. 

Astbury (William Thomas), physicist and molecular biologist. Article entitled 

'Flagella', 1951. Printed. 56120, ff. 11-13v. 

Athens. Lecture by A. Fleming entitled 'The Use of Antibiotics' given during a tour of 

Greece, [7-10 October], adapted from a lecture given at the First International 

Congress of Internal Medicine, September, [1952]. Typewritten. 56128, ff. 216-268. 

— A. Fleming's journal entries for a visit, 13 September-9 October, 1953. 56206, ff. 

5-26.

Athens, University of. Corre- 

spondence of A. Fleming and the Dean of the Medical Department, 1952. Partly 

signed. 56120, ff. 170, 172. 

— Speech by A. Fleming entitled 'Success', adapted from his Rectorial Address, 

delivered [8 October], [1952]. Typewritten. 56128, ff. 120-132. 

Atkins (Dorothy F.), of the Medical Department, British Council. Correspondence 

with A. Fleming rel. to a copy of 'Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift', 1947. Partly 

signed. 56117, ff. 1, 3. 

Attardi (Guiseppe). Article about penicillin by G. Attardi and L. Marcon, [1945- 

1946?]. Type- 

written. Ital. 56116, ff. 174-180. 

Atwater (Reginald Myers), Executive Secretary, American Public Health 

Association. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to a visit to America, 1950. Partly 

signed. 56110, ff. 181, 192, 200-202v, 205, 210. 

Auffrath (Frida), of Germany. Correspondence, etc., with A. Fleming, 1948. Partly 

printed. Partly Germ. 56118, ff. 70-74. 

— Article about penicillin, 1948. Printed. Germ. 56118, ff. 71-73. 

Austregesilo (Antônio), Jr.; son of Antônio Austregesilo. Corre- 

spondence with A. Fleming, 1946-1947. Partly signed. 56116, ff. 141, 228. 

Austregesilo (Antônio), psychologist. Correspondence with A. Fleming, 1946. Partly 

signed. Partly Fr. 56116, ff. 33-36, 84, 128. 

Austria. A. Fleming's journal entries for a visit, 19-28 April, 1947. 56189, ff. 1-12v. 

Ayres (A.), Secretary to Alexander Fleming. Letter rel. to A. Fleming's absence from 

the United Kingdom to Sir H. E. A. Boldero, 1945. Typewritten. 56114, f. 58. 

— Letter rel. to A. Fleming absence from the United Kingdom to Air Marshal Sir H. 

E. Whittingham, 1945. Typewritten. 56114, f. 73. 

— Correspondence of A. Ayres and T. Cleverento rel. to A. Fleming's attendance of a 

Congregation at King's College, 1945. Partly signed. 56114, ff. 64-65. 

B 

Bachiesi (Prof. Aldo), of the Instituto Bibliografico Italiano. Letter to A. Fleming, 

1945. Signed. Ital. 56114, f. 132. 

Bacteriology. Notes and experiments by A. Fleming rel. to opsonics, 1902-1926. 

56140, ff. 12v-13, 16v-17, 25v-26; 56153, f. 37; 56157, ff. 38-67; 56181, ff. 4, 22. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to pneumococci, 1902-1939. 56161, ff. 24-47; 

56172, f. 23; 56173, ff. 279-291, 317-318, 323-324; 56181, f. 22. 

— Experiments and notes by A. Fleming rel. to staphylococcus, 1910-1947, n.d. 

56141, ff. 6, 8; 56145, ff. 1-21, 57, 63-71, 79-99; 56154, ff. 113-115; 56155, ff. 72, 

183v-192; 56156, ff. 26, 115; 56158, ff. 6-12; 56164, ff. 34-35, 41-42, 52, 72, 80-81; 

56170, ff. 39, 82; 56171, ff. 79-80, 93v-94, 98v-99, 128, 183v-185; 56172, ff. 23, 32- 

40v; 56173, ff. 48, 53-54, 57-63, 66, 70-75, 119-124, 131, 145, 156, 161, 183, 295, 

319-320, 325, 347, 352; 56174, ff. 41-42, 58-59, 67v-68, 151, 156-159, 181, 191; 

56175, ff. 126, 154, 183v-186, 194, 197-203v, 210, 211-220, 380-381; 56176, f. 58; 

56177, ff. 1-6; 56178, ff. 2-4, 22-23, 25; 56182, ff. 2-4, 13-15, 20, 25, 28, 41; 56183, 

ff. 46-56, 78-84. 

— Experiment by A. Fleming using potato broth and colonies from a.g. plates grown 

anaerobically, 3-7 November, 1916. 56147, ff. 102v-104.

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to gas formation by bacteria, includes graphs and 

diagrams, 1917. 56148, ff. 119-121, 150. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to streptococcus, 1921-1944, n.d. 56154, ff. 113- 

115, 127; 56156, ff. 51, 53, 60, 86-87, 96-97, 112; 56162, f. 82; 56164, f. 47; 56169, 

f. 47v; 56170, ff. 32, 82; 56173, ff. 175-177, 179, 295, 337-341, 344; 56174, ff. 76, 

158-160, 162, 181, 189, 191, 205-207; 56175, ff. 130, 309, 355. 

— Experiments, notes and photographs by A. Fleming rel. to bacteria, 1928-1947, 

n.d. 56162, f. 91; 56164, ff. 20, 76, 84; 56165, f. 1; 56166, ff. 2-15, 17-29; 56167, ff. 

56-70; 56168, ff. 72-94; 56169, ff. 31v, 51-52v, 209v-213; 56170, ff. 82, 84; 56173, 

ff. 50, 322, 346, 353; 56174, ff. 60, 77-79, 15-159, 180, 218-219; 56175, ff. 387, 

421v; 56178, ff. 2-4, 22. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to streptothrix, 1930-1948. 56168, ff. 17, 41-42; 

56178, f. 29. 

— Experiments and notes by A. Fleming rel. to the isolation of streptococcus using 

samples taken from patients, n.d. 56152, ff. 52v, 55-63; 56154, ff. 19-35. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to phage, n.d. 56164, f. 44. 

— Photograph of an agar plate showing the reaction of aspergillus clavatus with 

various bacteria, [1942]. 56113, f. 75 

— Letter from A. Fleming to the Physician to the Prince Regent of Belgium rel. to 

staphylococcus, 1945. Typewritten. 56115, f. 80. 

— Lecture by A. Fleming about microbes, possibly not delivered, n.d. 56132, ff. 301- 

307. 

— Notes by A. Fleming entitled 'Practical Bacteriology for Nurses', n.d. Typewritten. 

56175, ff. 90-91. 

— Coloured drawings by A. Fleming of streptos on pyronin, n.d. 56142, f. 78. 

— Experiments by L. Noon rel. to bacteria, 1907-1908. 56223, ff. 18, 24-25, 41-44, 

105-106. 

— Experiments by L. Noon rel. to opsonics, 1907-1908. 56223, ff. 79, 97-98. 

— Experiments by S. Craddock rel. to bacteria, n.d. 56224, ff. 36v, 38v, 40, 48-49, 

102, 157. 

— Experiments by an unknown individual rel. to bacteria, 1938. 56225, ff. 11-22, 32- 

51, 88, 114-116. 

— Experiments and photographs by an unknown individual rel. to staphylococcus, 

1938. 56225, ff. 1-1v, 5-7, 54v,-55, 57v, 71, 85-88, 96, 112, 117-118. 

— Experiment by an unknown individual rel. to streptococcus, 1938. 56225, f. 92. 

.Bacteriology, Proteus Vulgaris. Notes on flagella by A. Fleming, 1931-[1948]. 

Partly typewritten. 56135, ff. 130-140; 56170, f. 23; 56183, f. 129. 

— Proteus Vulgaris. Photograph of flagella, 1950. 56111, f. 49. 

— Proteus Vulgaris. Notes by A. Fleming, 1944-1953, n.d. 56134, ff. 253-257; 

56174, f. 175; 56175, f. 367; 56178, ff. 31-32, 34-73, 75-90, 93-96, 98-102, 104-109, 

112-116; 56183, ff. 99-102, 113-127, 130-138, 142, 148. 

Baehr (George), President, New York Academy of Medicine. Letter to A. Fleming 

informing him of his Fellowship nomination, 1947. Signed. 56110, f. 113. 

Bailey (Kenneth C.), biochemist. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to an honorary 

degree from the University of Dublin, 1946. Partly signed. 56115, ff. 132, 138, 143. 

Baillat (G.), gynaecologist. Letter to Lady A. Fleming rel. to information for a 

biography of A. Fleming, 1956. Fr. 56215, f. 134. 

Baker (Josephine), U.S. music-hall artist. Letter to A. Fleming thanking him for 

saving her life, [1948]. 56110, f. 127.

— Letter to Lady S. Fleming thanking her for attending their show from J. Bouillon 

and J. Baker, [1948]. 56110, f. 129. 

Baldwin (Ira), Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of 

Wisconsin. Letter from A. Fleming requesting a sample of the Q176 strain of 

penicillin, 1946. Typewritten. 56110, f. 106. 

Balfour Park (D. R.), of Dowgate Hill, London. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. 

to Rectorship of Edinburgh University, 1951. Partly signed. 56120, ff. 140-141. 

Ballantyne (H. R.), of London. Letter from A. Fleming, 1946. Typewritten. 56115, f. 

230. 

Ballochmyle Hospital. Address by A. Fleming to nurses at a prize giving, 10 March, 

1952. Partly typewritten. 56128, ff. 18-47. 

Banks (James Dallaway), medical administrator. Correspondence with A. Fleming 

rel. to membership of the Royal Cancer Hospital's Committee of Management, 1955. 

Partly signed. 56121, ff. 141, 145. 

Barcelona, in Catalonia. Inaugural address by A. Fleming at the opening of a 

bacteriological institute, May, 1948. Typewritten. 56125, ff. 28-38. 

— Address by A. Fleming at the opening of a bacteriological institute, [May], [1948]. 

Type- 

written. 56125, ff. 39-45. 

— Lecture by A. Fleming on 'Septic Wounds' given during a tour, [26 May-6 June], 

1948. Typewritten. 56125, ff. 140-164. 

Barcelona, University of. Rector's Speech rel. to A. Fleming, 1948. Typewritten. 

56118, ff. 6-7. 

— Address by A. Fleming, [4 June], [1948]. Two typewritten copies. 56125, ff. 64- 

81. 

Barchi (Luigi), Secretary General, Giornate Mediche Veronesi. Correspondence with 

A. Fleming, 1949. Partly signed. 56118, ff. 125-126, 136-137, 143, 190, 193, 197- 

198, 201, 204-205. 

— Letter from A. Fleming's secretary rel. to A. Fleming's absence from the United 

Kingdom, 1949. Typewritten. 56118, f. 195. 

Barnard (William George), C.B.E.; pathologist. Correspondence, etc., with A. 

Fleming, 1947-1952. Partly signed. 56116, f. 201; 56120, ff. 149-153, 154-155. 

Baron (Roger B.), French medallist and sculptor. Correspondence, etc., with A. 

Fleming, 1948. Partly typewritten. Partly Fr. 56117, ff. 169, 179-180, 183, 204-205, 

207. 

Barzin (M.), Rector, University of Liege. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to 

Rectorship of Edinburgh University, 1951. Partly signed. Partly Fr. 56120, ff. 142, 

144. 

Batchelor (D. E.), Private Secretary to Aneurin Bevan. Correspondence, etc., with A. 

Fleming, 1948. Partly printed. 56117, ff. 214-216v; 56118, f. 27. 

— Letter from A. Fleming's secretary rel. to A. Fleming's absence from the United 

Kingdom, 1948. Typewritten. 56118, f. 5. 

Bauer (Louis Hopewell), Secretary General, World Medical Association. 

Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to the Association's Sixth General Assembly, 

1952. Partly signed. 56111, ff. 74-76, 80-81. 

Beard (Marion F.), of Institute for Medical Research, University of Louisville. 

Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to lysozyme and gastric secretions, 1950. 

Signed. 56111, ff. 55-56.

Beattie (James Martin), pathologist. Notes by A. Fleming taken from Beattie's 

'Simple and Inexpensive Methods of Fermentation Tests and for Obtaining Cultures 

for Anaerobes' published in the British Medical Journal, 1916, n.d. 56146, f. 2. 

Beauepaire (Henrique Aragao de), parasitologist; President, International 

Association of Microbiologists. Correspondence with A. Fleming, 1948. Partly 

signed. 56108, ff. 42-44, 48, 50-51. 

Beaverbrook, Baron. 

v. Aitken (William Maxwell). 

Beckner (Gordon B.), physician; President, Los Angeles Chapter, California 

Academy of General Practice. Letter rel. to A. Fleming's visit to America, March 

1954 to 

G. B. Beckner from U. R. Bryner, 1954. Copy. 56109, f. 96. 

Bedson (Sir Samuel Phillips), Kt.; bacteriologist. Letters from A. Fleming rel. to a 

certificate for William Tulloch, 1947. Typewritten. 56117, ff. 96, 104. 

Beechams Research Laboratories, West Dorking, co. Surr. Speech by A. Fleming of 

at the opening of the laboratories, [June], 1947. Partly typewritten copies. 56124, ff. 

90-113. 

Beek (F. W), of the Ministry of Health. Letter to Kensington and Paddington Borough 

Councils rel. to the emergency public health laboratory at St. Mary's Hospital, 1946. 

Typewritten. 56115, f. 167. 

Belisha (Leslie Hore-), Baron Hore-Belisha. 

v. Hore-Belisha. 

Belou (Pedro), member of the Academy of Medicine, Buenos Aires. Letter to A. 

Fleming rel. to his Honorary Membership of the Academy, 1946. Signed. Fr. 56115, 

f. 216. 

Bennett (—), President, Royal Society of Arts. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to the Albert 

Gold Medal, 1946. Signed. 56115, f. 203. 

Bentley (W. H.), Town Clerk, Metropolitan Borough of Paddington. Correspondence, 

etc., with A. Fleming rel. to Freedom of the Borough, 1945. Partly signed. 56114, ff. 

27-28, 32, 34-36. 

Bercioux (Noélle Chomé-). 

v. Chomé-Bercioux. 

Bergami (Gino), physiologist and biochemist. History and character description by A. 

Fleming, [1945]. Typewritten. 56115, f. 118. 

Berg Lasarettet (Elizabeth), of Kristinehamn, Sweden. Telegram to A. Fleming rel. 

to haemorrhagic damage caused by penicillin, 1947. Typewritten. 56117, f. 74. 

Bergstrand (Prof. Hilberg), Rector, Caroline Institute, Stockholm. Dinner invitation 

to A. Fleming and Lady S. Fleming, 1945. Printed. 56114, f. 212. 

— Correspondence, etc., with A. Fleming rel. to the Nobel Prize for Physiology and 

Medicine, 1945-1946. Partly signed. 56114, ff. 211-212; 56115, ff. 15, 48, 121. 

[Berini?] (Maria Creseuzi Lola), of Rome. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to penicillin, 

1945. Ital. 56114, f. 127. 

Berman (A. H.), Secretary, Joubert Park Private Hospital, Johan- 

nesburg. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to naming a building 'Fleming Hall', 

1949. Partly signed. 56118, ff. 184, 191. 

Bernard Shaw (Arthur Frederick), Professor of Pathology, Medical School, 

University of Durham. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to an honorary degree, 

1945. Partly signed. 56114, ff. 42-43.

Berry (Geoffrey Lionel), 2nd Viscount Kemsley; politician. Letter to A. Fleming rel. 

to an article on penicillin, 1946. Partly signed. 56115, ff. 211-212. 

Berry (H.), Dean, School of Pharmacy, University of London. Letters to Lady A. 

Fleming rel. to information for a biography of A. Fleming, 1956. Partly copies. 

56215, ff. 1-2, 11; 56218, ff. 10-12, 20. 

Beumer (Jacques), Honorary Director, Pasteur Institute, Brussels. Correspondence 

with A. Fleming rel. to Jubilee of Jules Bordet, 1950. Partly signed. 56119, ff. 147, 

150, 155. 

Bevin (Ernest), M.P.; P.C.; statesman. Letter from A. Fleming rel. to an honorary 

degree from Charles University, 1948. Typewritten. 56117, f. 153. 

Bhatnagar (Shanti Swarup), Kt.; chemist. Letters to A. Fleming, 1951-1954. Signed. 

56120, f. 18; 56121, f. 119. 

Bickel (Georges), President, Medical Society of Geneva. Correspondence, etc., with 

A. Fleming rel. to a lecture for the Society, 1952. Partly signed. Partly Fr. 56120, ff. 

158-159, 163. 

Bidault (Georges), Prime Minister of France. Decree announcing A. Fleming as a 

Commander of the Order of Public Health signed by Général C. A. J. M. de Gaulle 

and F. Billoux and G. Bidault and L. Joxe, 1945. Fr. 56114, f. 101. 

Billoux (François), French Minister for Public Health. Decree announcing A. 

Fleming as a Commander of the Order of Public Health signed by Général C. A. J. M. 

de Gaulle and F. Billoux and G. Bidault and L. Joxe, 1945. Fr. 56114, f. 101. 

Biochemistry. Experiments and notes by A. Fleming rel. to eggs, 1909-1948. 56155, 

ff. 58-60, 65-70, 73; 56175, ff. 155-165; 56183, ff. 17-22, 32-35, 36; 56141, ff. 16-17, 

24, 27; 56169, f. 91. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to trypsin, 1917-1932, n.d. 56179, ff. 3v-10; 

56145, f. 58; 56148, ff. 1, 4v-8; 56168, ff. 17-68; 56169, f. 164. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to microzyme, 1921-1922. 56154, ff. 163-178, 

180, 188v; 56155, ff. 6-35, 39-40, 51, 55, 58-60, 64-70. 

— Experiments and notes by A. Fleming rel. to lysozyme, 1921-1948, n.d. 56154, ff. 

135-146, 152; 56155, ff. 54, 58-60, 65-70; 56158, ff. 2, 6-12; 56161, ff. 1-12; 56164, 

f. 89; 56169, ff. 91, 157v, 164v; 56170, ff. 43, 63; 56172, f. 107v; 56175, ff. 196, 379; 

56183, ff. 2, 23-29, 31, 166-174. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to heparin, 11 June-9 Sept, 1926. 56159, ff. 17-20. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to Walsh's citrate, 13-20 May, 1927. 56160, ff. 19- 

23. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to antagonism, 1931. 56168, ff. 72-94. 

— Paper by A. Fleming about lysozyme, possibly a summary of a published paper, 

n.d. Typewritten. 56136, ff. 155-156. 

— Notes by A. Fleming on P. Laschtonchenko's article entitled 'The Bactericidal and 

Bacterio-inhibitory Action of Hen Egg White', n.d. 56183, ff. 21-22. 

Biology. Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to mycology, 1930-1948. 56168, ff. 36, 43, 

59, 62-65, 68; 56170, f. 27; 56178, f. 29. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to resistance, n.d. 56155, ff. 36-38, 56. 

— Notes by A. Fleming on classification from various articles, n.d. 56167, f. 69. 

Birmingham (Orr), Professor, St Mary's Hospital, London. Re- 

collections of A. Fleming, n.d. Copies. 56221, ff. 53-65. 

Blaiklock (T. S), Honorary Scientific Secretary, British Medical Association. 

Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to a lecture in Newcastle, 1951. Partly signed. 

56120, ff. 90, 91, 97.

Blait-Low (F. S.), Honorary Scientific Secretary, British Medical Association. Letter 

to A. Fleming rel. to a speech, 1951. Signed. 56120, f. 90. 

Blaud (M.), Assistant Secretary, Ciba Foundation. Correspondence with A. Fleming 

rel. to a bursary for Dr D. Rowley, 1953. Partly signed. 56121, ff. 48-49. 

Bliss (Eleanor Albert), bacteriologist. Correspondence with A. Fleming, 1944-1954. 

Partly typewritten. 56110, ff. 34, 151, 153, 159, 166, 170, 191; 56111, ff. 119, 152. 

— Letter to Lady A. Fleming rel. to information for a biography of A. Fleming, 1956. 

Copy. 56218, f. 68. 

Bolanos (Manuel Martin), forestry expert. Notes rel. to his life, work history and 

published material, n.d. Typewritten. 56176, ff. 70-78. 

Boldero (Sir Harold Esmond Arnison), Kt.; physician and medical administrator. 

Letter rel. to a combined building scheme to K. Cassels from Sir H. E. A. Boldero, 

1944. 56113, f. 228v. 

— Letter rel. to A. Fleming's absence from the United Kingdom to Sir H. E. A. 

Boldero from A. Ayres, 1945. Typewritten. 56114, f. 58. 

— Correspondence, etc., with A. Fleming, 1944-1953. Partly signed. 56113, ff. 150- 

151, 163-164, 169, 172, 178, 222; 56114, ff. 9, 56-57, 76, 103, 196; 56121, ff. 57-58. 

Bolton (F. J.), Honorary Secretary, Edinburgh and East of Scotland Section, Society 

of Chemical Industry. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to the Lister Memorial 

Lecture, 1944. Partly signed. 56113, ff. 190, 193. 

Bone (Kate Y. A.), Assistant Secretary, Graduates Association, University of 

Edinburgh. Letter to A. Fleming, 1952. Signed. 56106, f. 223. 

Boneo (Florencio Etcheverry), General Secretary, National Academy of Medicine, 

Buenos Aires. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to Honorary Membership of the Academy 

from F. E. Boneo and G. A. Alfaro, 1946. Signed. Span. 56115, f. 219. 

— Letter from A. Fleming rel. to Honorary Membership of the Academy, 1946. 


Boni (Aldo), journalist. Article about A. Fleming, 1945. Printed. Ital. 56114, ff. 161- 

163. 

Bonsen (Georgiana M.), pathologist; of the Pathology Department, Seacroft 

Emergency Hospital, Leeds. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to haemolytic 

streptococcus and the level of penicillin in patients after treatment, 1944. Partly 

signed. 56113, ff. 162, 167. 

Bonuzzi (Silvio), surgeon. Letter to A. Fleming, [1949]. Ital. 56118, f. 206. 

Book ([John?] L.), Assistant Secretary, Royal College of Physicians. Letter to A. 

Fleming rel. to a Harveian Dinner as Moxon medallist, 1945. Signed. 56114, f. 199. 

Boon (Dr William Robert), Managing Director, Plant Protection Ltd. Report on the 

status of penicillin production in America and Canada, 1944. Typewritten. 56112, ff. 

42-65. 

Boots Pure Drug Co. Ltd. Article entitled 'Penicillin', 1957. Type- 

written. 56222, ff. 95-104. 

Bordeaux, in France. A. Fleming's journal entries rel. to a tour, 13-19 November, 

1954. 56207, ff. 3-17. 

— University of. Speech by A. Fleming on receiving an honorary MD, [15] 

November, 1954. Typewritten. 56132, ff. 155-158. 

Bordet (Jules), bacteriologist. Corre- 

spondence with A. Fleming, 1946-1951. Partly typewritten. Partly Fr. 56116, f. 129; 

56120, f. 6. 

— Jubilee programme, menu and invitations, 1950. Partly printed. Fr. 56119, ff. 166, 

174-178.

— Speech by A. Fleming at the 80th anniversary of Bordet's birth, 22 November, 

1950. Partly type- 

written. Partly Fr. 56127, ff. 104-134. 

— Manuscript of an interview, 1950. Typewritten. 56119, ff. 102-104. 

Bordet (Paul), son of Jules Bordet; bacteriologist. Letters, etc., to A. Fleming rel. to 

Jubilee of Jules Bordet, 1950. Signed. Fr. 56119, ff. 165-166, 180, 213. 

Borghi (R.), of Milan. Letter to Lady A. Fleming rel. to information for a biography 

of A. Fleming, 1957. 56215, ff. 198-203. 

Boufatto (Mariella), of Verona. Letter to A. Fleming, 1949. Signed. 56118, f. 215. 

Bouillon (Jo), orchestra leader; husband of Josephine Baker. Letter to Lady S. 

Fleming thanking her for attending their show from J. Bouillon and J. Baker, [1948]. 

56110, f. 129. 

Bowen (H. C.), of the Foreign Office. Correspondence with A. Fleming, 1946. Partly 

signed. 56115, ff. 129-130, 171, 218. 

Bowers (John Zimmermann), M.D.; Dean of the College of Medicine, University of 

Utah. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to a speech at Commencement in March, 

1954. Partly signed. 56111, ff. 117, 122. 

Boyd (Sir John Smith Knox), Kt.; bacteriologist. Correspondence with A. Fleming 

rel. to the Medical Research Council, 1948. Signed. 56118, ff. 89-90. 

Bradford (Charles H.), brother of Robert Fiske Bradford. Letter rel. to his meeting 

with A. Fleming to 

R. F. Bradford, 1945. Copy. 56222, ff. 39-46. 

Bradford (Robert Fiske), American politician. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to penicillin 

saving his nephew’s life, 1945. Copy. 56222, ff. 37-38. 

— Letter rel. to his meeting with A. Fleming to R. F. Bradford from 

C. H. Bradford, 1945. Copy. 56222, ff. 39-46. 

Bradley (William Henry), Medical Officer, Ministry of Health. Letter, etc., to A. 

Fleming rel. to Downside (Worth) School, Poole, 1943. 56113, ff. 121-122, 124. 

Brain (A. G.), Jr., of Brain Kay & Sheya Pharmaceuticals. Corre- 

spondence with A. Fleming rel. to a recording of a speech made during a visit to Salt 

Lake City, 1955. Partly signed. 56111, ff. 171, 173. 

Brain (Sir Walter Russell), Baron Brain 1962. Letter to Lady A. Fleming rel. to 

information for biography of A. Fleming, 1956. Partly copies. 56215, f. 45; 56218, ff. 

71-72. 

Brazilian Academy of Sciences. Letter to A. Fleming inviting him to give a lecture at 

the Academy, [1946]. 56116, f. 12. 

Brazilian College of Surgeons. Draft of an address by A. Fleming, 1946. 56116, f. 

173. 

Breed (Robert S.), Chairman of the Board of Editors, Bergey's Manual of 

Determinative Bacteriology. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to a description of 

Micrococcus lysodeikticus, 1954. Partly signed. 56111, ff. 157-158. 

Breen (G. E.), of South Middlesex Hospital. Recollections of A. Fleming, n.d. Partly 

copies. 56216, ff. 1-10; 56219, ff. 26-35. 

British Association for the Advancement of Science. Provisional programme for a 

discussion on 'Penicillin and other Antibiotics', 1947. Typewritten. 56117, f. 27. 

— Notes rel. to a speech by A. Fleming, Dundee, [28 August], 1947. Partly 

typewritten. 56124, ff. 154-168. 

— Speech and summary of the speech on antibiotics by A. Fleming, [28 August], 

1947. Partly typewritten. 56124, ff. 156-168.

British Council. Programme for A. Fleming's visit to Austria 19-27 April, 1947. 


— Notes on the presentation of Austrian medical books by Wiener Gesellschaft der 

Aerzte, [1947]. Typewritten. 56117, f. 132. 

— Letter rel. to permission for Prof. Mario Scarzella to study in England under A. 

Fleming to British Council from G. de Toni, 1949. Signed. 56118, f. 229. 

— A. Fleming's scheme of compensation for lecturers in the event of death or 

disability due to an accident, [1955]. Partly typewritten. 56121, ff. 165-167v. 

British Council, Karachi. Telegram to A. Fleming rel. to a lecture, 1951. 


British Journal of Experimental Pathology. Review of an article by G. M. Finlay 

entitled 'Lysozyme Content of Tears', n.d. 56183, f. 28. 

— Notes by A. Fleming on an article by S. L. Baker and S. H. [Lanasutty] entitled 

'Ultraviolet on Lysozyme', n.d. 56183, f. 29. 

British Journal of Surgery. Review of the second edition of 'Penicillin: Its Practical 

Application' edited by A. Fleming, 1950. Typewritten. 56119, f. 158. 

British Journal of Tuberculosis. Review of the second edition of 'Penicillin: Its 

Practical Application' edited by A. Fleming, 1950. Typewritten. 56119, f. 160. 

British Medical Association. Festival Symposium programme, 1951. Printed. 56127, 

ff. 162-163, 170-177. 

— Opening and closing remarks by A. Fleming of the antibiotics section of the 

Festival Symposium, 7 June, 1951. Partly typewritten. 56127, ff. 164-169, 178-183. 

British Medical Bulletin, scientific journal. Versions of an article by A. Fleming 

entitled 'The Discovery of Penicillin', written in 1943 and published in vol. 2, 1944, 

[1943-1944]. Typewritten. 56133, ff. 152-164. 

— Paper by A. Fleming entitled the 'Use of Penicillin for Selective Culture and for 

Demonstrating Bacterial Inhibitions' published in vol. 12, No. 1, [1944]. Typewritten. 

56133, ff. 165-169. 

British Medical Journal. Article by A. Fleming, A. Voureka and J. R. May entitled 

'Some Problems in the Titration of Streptomycin' published in vol. 1, [1947]. 


— Letter to the editor rel. to penicillin blood levels, 1948. Printed. 56118, f. 78. 

— Lead article entitled 'The Discovery of Penicillin', 1955. Printed. 56218, ff. 52-53. 

Britt (George), of the United States. Article on World Citizenship for 'Survey 

Graphic', 1948. Printed. 56110, ff. 216-217v. 

Brobst (M. Frank), Managing Director, Gelatin Products Ltd. Speech introducing A. 

Fleming at Niagara Falls, 1945. Typewritten. 56110, ff. 65-68. 

— Letter to Lady S. Fleming, 1945. Typewritten. 56110, f. 78. 

— Letter to A. Fleming rel. to the Canadian Pharmaceutical Man- 

ufacturers' Associations Medal of Honour, 1945. Signed. 56110, f. 94. 

Brooks (Ralph Terence St. John-). 

v. St. John-Brooks. 

Brooks (William Donald Wykeham), C.B.E; physician. Recollections of A. Fleming, 

n.d. Copy. 56219, ff. 36-40. 

Brown (J. Howard), bacteriologist; Associate Professor Emeritus, School of 

Medicine, Johns Hopkins University. Correspondence, etc., with A. Fleming, 1950. 

Partly signed. 56110, f. 213; 56111, ff. 48-49, 53-54. 

Brown (Leslie Farrer-). 

v. Farrer-Brown.

Brunt (Sir David), Kt.; meteorologist. Letter to Fellows of the Royal Society rel. to 

overseas visits, from Sir E. J. Salisbury and Sir D. Brunt, 1953. Typewritten. 56121, f. 

66. 

Brussels, in Belgium. A. Fleming's journal entries for a visit, 28 November-3 

December, 1945. 56186, ff. 10-12v. 

— A. Fleming's journal entries for a visit, including a radio interview, 18-20 October, 

1946. 56187, ff. 35-39. 

Bryner (U. R.), American physician; President, American Academy of General 

Practice. Correspondence. etc., of U. R. Bryner and Sir A. Fleming, 1953-1954. 

Partly signed. 56109, ff. 61-102. 

— Correspondence rel. to A. Fleming's visit to America, March 1954 with F. I. Peck, 

1954. Partly copies. 56109, ff. 73, 78, 90. 

— Letter rel. to A. Fleming's visit to America, March 1954 to U. R. Bryner from H. 

G. Hermetet, 1954. Signed. 56109, f. 71. 

— Letter rel. to A. Fleming's visit to America, March 1954 to R. M. Makins, 1954. 

Copy. 56109, f. 79. 

— Letter rel. to A. Fleming's visit to America, March 1954 to T. E. Stephens, 1954. 

Copy. 56109, f. 80. 

— Letter rel. to A. Fleming's visit to America, March 1954 to T. J. Winn, 1954. Copy. 

56109, f. 82. 

— Letter rel. to A. Fleming's visit to America, March 1954 to S. L. Hardy, 1954. 

Copy. 56109, f. 88. 

— Letter rel. to A. Fleming's visit to America, March 1954 to Dr H. H. Hussey, 1954. 

Copy. 56109, f. 89. 

— Letter rel. to A. Fleming's visit to America, March 1954 to P. Davidson, 1954. 

Copy. 56109, f. 95. 

— Letter rel. to A. Fleming's visit to America, March 1954 to G. B. Beckner, 1954. 

Copy. 56109, f. 96. 

Buckley (Helen), secretary to Alexander Fleming; niece of Ronald Gray. Letter to P. 

M. Maucherat, 1946. Typewritten. 56107, f. 6. 

— Recollections of A. Fleming, n.d. Copies. 56219, ff. 41-80. 

Bunker (H. F.), microbiologist. Letter to Lady A. Fleming rel. to information for a 

biography of A. Fleming, 1956. Partly copies. 56214, ff. 168-169; 56217, ff. 220-227. 

Bunn (Paul A.), M.D.; of the Department of Medicine, State University of New York. 

Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to a speech at a meeting of the American 

Academy of General Practitioners, 1954. Partly signed. 56111, ff. 103, 128. 

Burns (Charles), Assistant Secretary, Royal Society of Arts. Correspondence, etc., 

with A. Fleming rel. to his reply to the President at the presentation of the Albert 

Medal, 1946. Partly signed. 56116, ff. 110-113. 

Buttle (Gladman Arthur Hurst), O.B.E.; physician and phar- 

macologist. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to his knighthood and the distribution of 

penicillin during the war, 1944. 56113, f. 183. 

— Recollections of A. Fleming, n.d. Copy. 56219, ff. 81-86. 

Buxton (Patrick Alfred), C.M.G.; entomologist. Correspondence with A. Fleming, 

1948. Partly type- 

written. 56118, ff. 83, 86-88. 

C

Cadogan (Hon. Sir Edward Cecil George), K.B.E. Letter rel. to St. Mary's Hospital 

Centenary to Col. W. E. Parkes, 1944. Typewritten. 56113, f. 168. 

Cahal (Mac F.), C.E.O., American Association of Family Physicians; Executive 

Secretary, American Academy of General Practice. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to the 

American Academy of General Practice, 1954. Signed. 56111, f. 102. 

Caixas (Palmer), of Glaxo Laboratories, Brazil. Telegram welcoming A. Fleming to 

Brazil, 1946. Typewritten. 56116, f. 16. 

Calcutta, University of. Corre- 

spondence between the Registrar and A. Fleming rel. to the Sir Devaprasad 

Sarvadhikary Gold Medal, 1951. Partly signed. 56120, ff. 106-107, 110. 

Callaghan (R.), of Chas. F. Thackray Ltd. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to a supply of 

Lederle pneumococcus typing sera, 1946. Signed. 56115, f. 178. 

Calverley (A. M.), of Kolonaki, Athens. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to 

penicillin, 1952. Partly signed. 56120, ff. 215, 222. 

Cambridge, co. Camb. Speech by A. Fleming for a Summer School, [July], [1946]. 


Cambridge, University Medical Society. Lecture by A. Fleming entitled 'Search for 

Antibiotics', 27 October, 1948. Two typewritten copies. 56125, ff. 170-196. 

Cameron (John), of the British Mission. Correspondence with A. Fleming, 1945- 

[1950]. Partly signed. 56110, f. 203; 56222, ff. 33-36. 

— Reminiscences of A. Fleming, 1956. Partly copies. 56215, ff. 160-167; 56218, ff. 

160-167. 

Campbell (C. A.), of the Public Health Laboratory Service. Letter from A. Fleming 

rel. to the public health laboratory at St. Mary's Hospital, 1946. Typewritten. 56115, f. 

179. 

Campbell (Helen M.) Honorary Secretary, Students Representative Council, 

University of Edinburgh. Correspondence with A. Fleming, 1951-1952. Partly signed. 

56106, ff. 171-72, 176, 188, 215, 238, 239. 

Campbell (James C.) Honorary Secretary, Election Committee, University of 

Edinburgh. Letter to A. Fleming from T. W. Manson and W. J. Munro and J. C. 

Campbell, 1951. Signed. 56106, f. 167. 

— Letter to A. Fleming from T. W. Manson and J. C. Campbell, 1951. 56106, f. 177. 

— Correspondence with A. Fleming, 1952. Partly typewritten. 56106, ff. 200-201, 

204-207. 

Camps (Francis Edward), forensic scientist. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to 

the preparation of penicillin using the sietz filtrate technique, 1940. Partly signed. 

56113, ff. 36-37. 

Canadian Medical Association Journal. Review of the second edition of 'Penicillin: 

Its Practical Application' edited by A. Fleming, 1950. Typewritten. 56119, f. 159. 

Canadian Pharmaceutical Man- 

ufacturers' Association. Broadcast by A. Fleming from Niagara Falls, [7 June], 

[1945]. 56122, ff. 224-226. 

Carandini (Nicolà), Italian diplomat. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to a 

lecture at the Academy of Medicine di Torini, 1946. Partly signed. 56115, ff. 181, 

189, 206. 

Cardazi (Surgeon Capt. S. H. A.), of the Pakistan Navy. Letter of thanks from A. 

Fleming rel. to a visit to Pakistan, 1951. Typewritten. 56120, f. 65.

Cardew (—), of the Wright-Fleming Institute. Recollections of A. Fleming, n.d. 

Copy. 56219, ff. 87-88. 

Carlinfanti (Erminio), micro- 

biologist. Curriculum vitae and list of his publications, [1945]. Typewritten. Ital. 

56115, ff. 85-93. 

— Correspondence, etc., with A. Fleming, 1945-1949. Partly signed. 56115, ff. 84-93, 

190-191, 201, 226; 56116, ff. 26, 37, 90; 56118, ff. 212, 219. 

Carlini (Marcel de), of Geneva. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to penicillin, 1952. Signed. 

Fr. 56120, f. 165. 

Carmichael (Edward Arnold), C.B.E.; neurologist. Corres- 

pondence with A. Fleming rel. to Dr. E. G. Knouf, 1954. Partly signed. 56121, ff. 86- 

87, 110. 

Caronia (Prof. Giuseppe), Rector, University of Rome. Business card and letter to A. 

Fleming, [1945]-1946. Partly signed. Partly Ital. 56114, f. 192; 56115, f. 135. 

Carr (John W.), of the Algernon Firth Institute of Pathology, University of Leeds. 

Letter to A. Fleming rel. to his knighthood, 1944. 56113, f. 174. 

Carreres (Carlos Sarthou), writer. Letter to A. Fleming, 1948. Span. 56118, f. 20. 

Carswell (T. S.), Vice President, Commercial Solvents Corporation. Letter to Lady 

A. Fleming rel. to information for a biography of A. Fleming, 1956. Partly copies. 

56215, f. 44; 56218, f. 70. 

Carvell (J. E. M.), H.M. Consul-General, Los Angeles, California. Correspondence, 

etc., with A. Fleming rel. to the Citation of the Order of the Purple Heart, 1947. 

Signed. 56110, ff. 114-117, 119. 

Casado (Julio Hernàiz). 

v. Hernàiz. 

Casey (William Francis), Editor, 'The Times'. Letter, etc., from 

A. Fleming rel. to an obituary for 

E. W. Todd, 1950. Typewritten. 56119, ff. 86-87. 

Cassels (Kennedy), Secretary, Royal College of Surgeons of England. Letter rel. to a 

combined building scheme from Sir H. E. A. Boldero to K. Cassels, 1944. 56113, f. 

228v. 

— Letters to A. Fleming rel. to an Honorary Medal, 1946-1947. Signed. 56116, f. 

114; 56117, f. 97. 

Castex (Mariano R.), Professor of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Buenos 

Aires University. Business card, [1946]. Printed. 56116, f. 118. 

— Letter from A. Fleming, 1946. Typewritten. 56116, f. 123. 

Cawadias (A. P.), O.B.E; M.D. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to a patient Mr. Gerolimatos, 

1946. Signed. 56116, f. 38. 

CCICMS. 

v. Council for the Coordination of International Congresses of Medical 

Sciences. 

Cell biology. Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to phagocytosis, 1902-1942. 56154, ff. 

113-115; 56157, ff. 1-6, 13-35; 56158, ff. 4-12; 56160, f. 4; 56163, f. 5; 56164, ff. 21- 

22, 39; 56175, ff. 108-112; 56181, ff. 13, 15. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to intracellular digestion, 1925-1926. 56161, ff. 

13-23. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to corpuscles, 1927, n.d. 56181, ff. 3, 8, 26v-27; 

56157, ff. 13-35, 38-67; 56160, ff. 4, 19-23.

Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood. Letter from A. Fleming to the 

Secretary rel. to witnesses for the investiture of his knighthood, 1944. Typewritten. 

56113, f. 192. 

Centre de Collection de Types Microbiens. Programme for a meeting of the 

Scientific Council, [1947]. Typewritten. 56117, f. 53. 

Chain (Sir Ernst Boris), Kt.; biochemist. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to a 

new medium for penicillin, 1942. 56113, ff. 59-60. 

— Letter, etc., to Lady A. Fleming rel. to a reprint of an article about A. Fleming's 

work in ‘Nuova Antologia’, 1955. Signed. 56214, ff. 30-39. 

— Reprint of an article about A. Fleming in ‘Nuova Antologia’, 1955. Printed. 

56214, ff. 31-39. 

— Notes by A. Fleming from an article entitled 'Penicillinase' published in 'Nature' by 

Sir E. B. Chain and Sir E. P. Abraham, n.d. 56174, f. 141. 

— Personal and work history, including references to penicillin and A. Fleming, n.d. 

Partly copies. 56216, ff. 11-29; 56219, ff. 89-122. 

Chambatta (Racintou B. F.), of London. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to a 

Pakistan Medical Conference, 1950-1951. Partly signed. 56119, f. 214; 56120, ff. 15- 

17. 

Champneys (Sir Weldon Dalrymple-). 

v. Dalrymple-Champneys. 

Chapman (W. G.), Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford. Correspondence with A. 

Fleming rel. to a Dr. Gonzaléz from Gijon, 1955. Partly signed. 56121, ff. 132, 135. 

Charles (J. A), of the Ministry of Health. Correspondence with A. Fleming, 1951- 

1952. Partly signed. 56107, f. 85; 56120, ff. 200-201. 

Charocopos (Spiros), President, Hellenic Society of Paediatrics. Correspondence 

with A. Fleming rel. to a lecture for the Society, 1952. Partly signed. 56120, ff. 175, 

177. 

Chas. Pfizer & Company, Inc. 

v. Pfizer (Chas.) & Company, Inc. 

Chelsea, Borough of. List of people A. Fleming wished to attend his Freedom of the 

Borough ceremony, 1949. Typewritten. 56118, f. 115. 

Chemical compounds. Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to salt, 1902-1925, n.d. 

56158, ff. 2, 6-12, 15-19, 21-25; 56160, f. 12; 56163, f. 6; 56164, ff. 6-10; 56179, ff. 

5v-6; 56181, f. 4. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to iso-octyl hydro cuprien, 1918. 56149, ff. 24-29. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming using dyes, 1926-1932. 56156, ff. 86-87; 56160, ff. 

24-50; 56169, f. 182v. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to phenylhydrazine, 1929-1931. 56160 

ff. 24-50. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to CuSO4, 1929-1931. 56160, ff. 24-50. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to ethylamine, 1929-1931. 56160, ff. 24-50. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to phenyl mercuric nitrate, 1934-1936, n.d. 56170, 

ff. 33, 45-55; 56172, ff. 141-143. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to acelaldehyde, 1937. 56173, ff. 44-46. 

Chemical process. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to dilution, [1909]-1921, n.d. 56140, ff. 23v-24; 

56145, ff. 63-71, 79-99; 56160, f. 6. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to stain [meotia], 30 October-3 November, 1915, 

n.d. 56142, ff. 53v-58; 56164, f. 57.

— Experiments by A. Fleming with Morgan fixations with rabbits and AF serum, 

1916. 56142, ff. 76v-77. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to inhibition, 1917-1942. 56148, ff. 112-115, 122- 

123; 56162, ff. 17-39, 40-41, 43-48, 51, 55, 59, 66, 68-73; 56167, ff. 57-70; 56169, ff. 

95, 194v; 56170, f. 30; 56171, f. 128; 56175, ff. 108-112, 126, 154, 382-385. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to fixation, 1921. 56154, ff. 78-95. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to fermentation, 1930. 56164, f. 48. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to precipitation, 1932-1940. 56169, ff. 53v-56, 

64v; 56171, ff. 198v-200; 56174, ff. 58-59. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to titration, 1938-1944. 56173, ff. 235, 329; 

56174, ff. 136, 171; 56175, ff. 372-375; 56176, ff. 29-30v, 31v-34. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to filtration, n.d. 56168, f. 10. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to sedimentation, n.d. 56171, f. 124v. 

— A. Fleming's instructions on how to make meat culture using a bullock heart, n.d. 

56165, f. 2. 

— Experiment by L. Noon rel. to dilution, 1907-1908. 56223, ff. 94-94v. 

— Experiments by an unknown individual rel. to titration, 1938. 56225, ff. 137-140, 

142-145. 

Chemist and Druggist, journal. A. Fleming's New Year address to research workers 

in the pharmaceutical fields, 1951-1952. Typewritten. 56120, ff. 146-147. 

— Message from A. Fleming, written December 1951, sent 1 January 1952, 1951- 

1952. 56135, ff. 160-162. 

Chemist and Druggist Export Review, journal. Note by A. Fleming as an appendix 

to 'Distillers' article, 1949. Typewritten. 56134, f. 232. 

Chemistry. Experiment by A. Fleming rel. to alkaloids, n.d. 56155, ff. 183-192. 

Chesney (George), of the Public Health Department, Borough and County Town of 

Poole. Letter rel. to cases of diphtheria at Downside (Worth) School, Poole to J. R. 

Hutchinson, 1943. Copy. 56113, f. 120. 

Chester (Colby M.), President, National Institute of Social Sciences. Correspondence 

with A. Fleming rel. to a new resolution passed by the Institute, 1945. Signed. 56110, 

ff. 49, 54. 

Chomé-Bercioux (Noélle), Swedish eye specialist. Correspondence with A. Fleming, 

1946-1952. Partly signed. 56115, f. 187; 56120, f. 161. 

Christie (Ronald V.), of the Medical College, St. Bartholomew's Hos- 

pital. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to an address to the Scientific Society of 

Denmark, 1945. Partly signed. 56114, ff. 74, 79-82, 197, 200. 

— Tables rel. to penicillin and its various uses, 1945. Typewritten. 56114, ff. 80-82. 

— Letter rel. to an address by A. Fleming to the Scientific Society of Denmark to R. 

V. Christie from Prof. C. Holten, 1945. Typewritten. 56114, f. 88. 

Clark (L. T.), of Parke Davis & Company. Letter rel. to penicillin and a vaccine for 

tetanus and typhoid to J. S. White, 1940. Copy. 56113, f. 41. 

Clark (William Donaldson), journalist; international civil servant. Correspondence, 

etc., with A. Fleming rel. to a manuscript on penicillin for a revised edition of the 

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1947. Partly signed. 56116, ff. 190, 235-236, 241, 247; 

56117, ff. 9-19, 22, 41. 

Clarke (E. C.) and Co, solicitors. Correspondence, etc., with A. Fleming rel. to the 

Addingham Medal, 1949-1950. Partly signed. 56118, ff. 186-187, 189, 192, 199-200, 

203; 56119, ff. 3-4, 14, 30, 36-37, 42.

Clausse (Roger), Director of Interviews, Belgian National Broadcasting Institute. 

Corre- 

spondence with A. Fleming, 1945. Partly signed. Partly Fr. 56115, ff. 83, 99. 

Claxton (Ernest Edward), Assistant Secretary, British Medical Association. 

Correspondence with A. Fleming, 1947-1948. Partly signed. 56117, ff. 115-117, 136- 

137, 177. 

Clayden (William), technician, Inoculation Department, St. Mary's Hospital. Letters, 

etc., to Lady A. Fleming rel. to information for a biography of A. Fleming, [1956]. 


Clayton Jones (E.), Assistant Editor, The Lancet. Correspondence with A. Fleming 

rel. to his comments on the publication of a paper on penicillin, 1944. Partly signed. 

56113, ff. 250, 252-253, 256. 

Clegg (Hugh Anthony), journal editor. Letter, etc., from A. Fleming rel. to Sir Ernest 

Graham-Little, 1950. Typewritten. 56119, ff. 145-146. 

— Letter, etc., to Lady A. Fleming rel. to information for a biography of A. Fleming, 

1956. Copies. 56218, ff. 42-53. 

Cleland (Jean), of Darvel, co. Ayr. Letter to Lady A. Fleming rel. to information for a 

biography of A. Fleming, 1956. Partly copies. 56215, f. 26; 56218, f. 54. 

Clemenger (Francis S.), assistant in the Inoculation Department, St. Mary's Hospital. 

Notes on experiments using rabbits, 6 March-11 August, 1918. 56152, ff. 34-38. 

— Large section of work entitled 'Vaccine Therapy', with a foreword by A. Wright. 

Possibly intended for publication as a book, [1921-1947]. Typewritten. 56134, ff. 96- 

183. 

Clemens (Cyril Coniston), President, International Mark Twain Society. 

Correspondence, etc., with A. Fleming rel. to membership of the Society, 1946-1955. 

Partly printed. 56110, ff. 109-110v; 56111, ff. 164, 176. 

Cleverento (Thomas), Lord Mayor, Newcastle Upon Tyne. Corre- 

spondence with A. Fleming, 1945. Partly signed. 56114, ff. 62, 63. 

— Correspondence of A. Ayres and T. Cleverento rel. to A. Fleming's attendance of a 

Congregation at King's College, 1945. Partly signed. 56114, ff. 64-65. 

Cobb (Ivo Geikie-). 

v. Geikie-Cobb. 

Coburn (Alvin F.), Director, Rheumatic Fever Research Institute, Chicago. 

Recollections of A. Fleming, n.d. Copy. 56219, ff. 123-125. 

Coghill (Robert DeWolf), Chief of Fermentation Division, Northern Research 

Laboratories, United States Department of Agriculture. Article for Chemical and 

Engineering News entitled 'PENICILLIN Science's Cinderella', 1944. Printed. 56112, 

ff. 74-79. 

— Paper on 'The Background of Penicillin Production', 1944. Typewritten. 56222, ff. 

19-32. 

— Report on the production of penicillin in surface culture, [1944]. Typewritten. 

56112, ff. 98-102. 

— Draft letter from A. Fleming to R. D. Coghill rel. to the centenary of St Mary's 

Hospital and twenty-fifth anniversary of the birth of penicillin, [1944-1955?]. 56111, 

f. 168. 

— Speech entitled 'The Antibiotic Decade', [1953?]. Typewritten. 56112, ff. 120-168. 

— Letters to Lady A. Fleming rel. to information for a biography of A. Fleming, 

1956. Partly copies. 56215, ff. 16-17, 97-98; 56218, ff. 29-32.

Colebrook (Leonard), bacteriologist. List of acknowledgements made to Fleming in 

the 'Technique of the Teat and Capillary Glass Tube', 1921. Typewritten. 56222, f. 

128. 

— Correspondence with A. Fleming, 1947-1953. Partly signed. 56117, f. 98; 56121, f. 

1. 

— Two reviews by A. Fleming of Colebrook's biography 'Almroth Wright: 

Provocative Doctor and Thinker', [1954]. Typewritten. 56136, ff. 8-10. 


Collier (Henry Oswald Jackson), Ph.D. Preface by A. Fleming to 'Chemotherapy of 

Infections', October, 1951. Two copies, one typewritten. 56135, ff. 144-149. 

Common Cold Foundation, Inc. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to the formation of the 

Foundation from W. A. Sawyer and C. M. Hendricks, 1951. Signed. 56111, ff. 57-61. 

— Functions and Members of the Scientific Advisory Committee; list of Officers, 

Directors and the Executive Committee and the Purposes and Objectives of the 

Foundation, 1951. Typewritten. 56111, ff. 58-61. 

— Correspondence of A. Fleming and W. A. Sawyer rel. to the Scientific Advisory 

Committee of the Foundation, 1951-1952. Partly signed. 56111, ff. 62, 71, 73. 

— Notes for A. Fleming rel. to the Common Cold Foundation by C. Andrewes, 

[1952]. Typewritten. 56111, f. 72. 

v. American Research and Education Foundation for Chest Disease. 

Common Cold Institution. 

v. Common Cold Foundation. 

Compton (A.), bacteriologist. Letter from A. Fleming, 1943. Copy. 56222, ff. 14-15. 

— Notes rel. to A. Fleming and penicillin, 1956. Partly copies. 56215, f. 18; 56218, 

ff. 35-36. 

Conaut (Dr. James B.), of the President's Office, Harvard University. Letter to A. 

Fleming rel. to the presentation of an honorary Doctor of Science degree, 1945. 

Signed. 56110, f. 48. 

Cook (Arthur Herbert), chemist. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to an 

exhibition at the Science Museum, 1947. Partly signed. 56117, ff. 24-25. 

Cook (John), Factor, University of Edinburgh. Letter to A. Fleming, 1945. Signed. 

56106, f. 161. 

Cook (Robert Percival), biochemist. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to the 

British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1947. Partly signed. 56116, ff. 

211, 216; 56117, ff. 26-27, 31, 33, 42. 

Cope (Sir Zachary Vincent), Hunterian Professor, Royal College of Surgeons. Poem 

rel. to A. Fleming's knighthood, [1944]. Typewritten. 56113, f. 202. 

— Letter of congratulations to A. Fleming rel. to Rectorship of Edinburgh University, 

1951. 56120, f. 116. 

Copenhagen, Denmark. A. Fleming's journal entries for a visit, 25 September-4 

October, 1945. 56186, ff. 1-8. 

Córdoba, Spain. Reply to the Mayor by A. Fleming, [9-10 June], 1948. 56125, f. 85. 

Cortzen (Ernest Wilhelm), C.E.O. of the Luxembourg Bank. Corre- 

spondence with A. Fleming rel. to serum for arthritis, 1945-1946. Partly signed. 

56114, f. 131; 56115, ff. 169, 175. 

Coster (Howard), photographer. Letter rel. to Lady Reading's photographs to H. 

Coster from J. Hobhouse, 1954. Signed. 56121, f. 129. 

Council for International Organisations of Medical Sciences. Press release by A. 

Fleming, made in Paris, 29 October, 1954. Typewritten. 56132, f. 81.

Council for the Coordination of International Congresses of Medical Sciences. A. 

Fleming's journal entries for a meeting held in Paris, 27-29 September, 1951. 56203, 

ff. 1-4v. 

Courville (Cyril Brian), American neurologist. Letter rel. to 

A. Fleming's visit to America and Brazil to C. B. Courville from 

W. H. McMenemey, 1954. Copy. 56121, f. 103. 

Coutts (W. A.), Deputy Secretary, University of Edinburgh. Letter, etc., to W. A. 

Coutts from S. Piggott, 1952. Typewritten. 56106, ff. 83-88. 


Coviàn (Francisco Grande), biochemist. Letter to A. Fleming, 1948. Signed. 56118, f. 

14. 

Cowan (S. T.), of National Collection of Type Cultures, London. Letter to S. T. 

Cowan from H. G. Pereira, 1950. Typewritten. 56108, f. 73. 

Craddock (Stuart), physician. Experiments by A. Fleming using Craddock's nasal 

mucus, 1929. 56162, ff. 42, 49-50, 55, 57, 67. 

— Correspondence with A. Fleming, 1945. Partly signed. 56114, ff. 18, 25. 


1956. Partly copies. 56215, ff. 143-159, 193-196; 56218, ff. 135-159, 206-210. 

— Letter from E. Little rel. to a culture from a patient, n.d. 56224, f. iii. 

— Recollections of working with A. Fleming, n.d. Copy. 56219, ff. 128-146. 

Craig (Howard Reid), Director, New York Academy of Medicine. Correspondence 

with A. Fleming, 1950. Signed. 56110, f. 218; 56111, f. 4. 

Craigie (James), President, Society of American Bacteriologists; Director, Imperial 

Cancer Research Fund. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to his election as an Honorary 

Member of the Society of American Bacteriologists, 1946. Signed. 56110, f. 103. 

— Correspondence with A. Fleming, 1946-1947. Partly signed. 56110, ff. 104-105; 

56117, f. 94. 

Craxton (Victor), Secretary, Wright-Fleming Institute. Recollections of A. Fleming, 

n.d. Copy. 56219, ff. 147-168. 

Cremin (Arthur), of America. Letter from A. Fleming thanking him for his donation, 

1945. Typewritten. 56110, f. 52. 

Cross (—), Dean, St. Mary's Medical School, London. Recollections of A. Fleming, 

n.d. Copy. 56219, ff. 169-174. 

Crowther-Smith (Sylvia), Commiss- 

ioning Editor, Overseas Press Services Division, Central Office of Information. 

Correspondence, etc., with A. Fleming rel. to Dr. Klaunberg and an article for the 

journal 'M.D.', 1950. Partly signed. 56116, ff. 132-134. 

Cruickshank (Robert), bacteriologist. 

Experiment by A. Fleming using Dichloramine T (antiseptic) on a hole in 

Cruickshank's ankle, 14 January, 1918. 56148, f. 9. 

— Letter from A. Fleming, 1944. Typewritten. 56113, f. 229. 

— Report on a visit to Turkey and the Lebanon, 11th-25th April, 1953. Typewritten. 

56121, ff. 50-54. 

— Transmission for the BBC Pacific Service rel. to the death of A. Fleming, 1955. 


— Overview of A. Fleming's life for publication in the Journal of Pathology and 

Bacteriology, [1955]. Typewritten. 56214, ff. 7-28. 

— Personal recollections of A. Fleming, n.d. Copies. 56219, ff. 175-190.

Cullen (William M.), chemist and metallurgist. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. 

to their 'Endowed Memorial Lectures' series in Edinburgh, 1944. Partly signed. 

56113, ff. 159, 194, 214-215. 

Cyprian (N.), of Glaxo Laboratories, Verona. Letter from A. Fleming rel. to 

photographs of a visit to Italy, 1949. Typewritten. 56118, f. 227. 

D 

Dale (Sir Henry Hallett), G.B.E.; physiologist and pharmacologist. Note to the 

members of the General Penicillin Committee from the Chairman on new British 

projects for the production of penicillin by submerged culture, 1944. Typewritten. 

56112, f. 34. 

— Letter to A. Fleming rel. to an annuity from Mr. A. Sims of London, 1944. Signed. 

56113, f. 204. 


Dalrymple-Champneys (Sir Weldon), 2nd Baronet; physician and public servant. 

Corre- 

spondence, etc., with A. Fleming rel. to a centenary celebration for Sir Francis 

Champneys, 1948. Partly signed. 56117, ff. 139-140, 142-143, 145. 

— Recollections of A. Fleming, n.d. Signed. 56216, ff. 30-31. 

Danby (W. D. H.), of the Lectures Department, British Council. Correspondence, 

etc., with A. Fleming rel. to a visit to Austria, 1946-1947. Partly signed. 56116, ff. 

169-170, 181, 198, 233-235; 56117, f. 7. 

Daniel (Adm. Sir Charles Saumarez), K.C.B. Letter from A. Fleming rel. to a 

Poliomyelitis Research Unit, 1954. Typewritten. 56121, f. 100. 

Daniels (Bebe), actress; of the British Broadcasting Corporation. Broad- 

cast to America by A. Fleming, [18-20] May, 1945. 56122, ff. 222-223. 

— Correspondence with A. Fleming, 1945-1947. Partly typewritten. 56110, ff. 56, 

120. 

— Interview of B. Daniels and B. Lyon, n.d. Copies. 56219, ff. 202-215. 

— Interview by B. Daniels and B. Lyon of H. Thornton, n.d. Copy. 56219, ff. 216- 

228. 

Darvel, co. Ayr. Speech by A. Fleming for a prize giving at Darvel School, 

[February], [1952]. 56127, ff. 283-291. 

Davidson (Philip), President, University of Louisville. Letter rel. to A. Fleming's visit 

to America, March 1954 to T. J. Winn, 1954. Copy. 56109, f. 94. 

— Letter rel. to A. Fleming's visit to America, March 1954 to P. Davidson from U. R. 

Bryner, 1954. Copy. 56109, f. 95. 

Davidson Pratt (James), Controller of Chemical Defence Development, Ministry of 

Supply. Corre- 

spondence, etc., with A. Fleming, 1942. Partly signed. 56113, ff. 65-66, 69, 80-84, 

87-88. 

— Letter rel. to A. Fleming to J. Davidson Pratt from B. P. Wiesner, 1942. 


Davies (A. D.), Secretary, Inoculation Department, St. Mary's Hospital. 

Correspondence, etc., of G. W. More and A. D. Davies, rel. to A. Fleming's Freedom 

of Darvel, 1946. Partly signed. 56116, ff. 8-11, 13. 

Davies (J. D. Griffith-). 

v. Griffith-Davies.

Davis (J. G), physician; Joint Honorary Secretary, Society for General Microbiology. 

Corre- 

spondence, etc., with A. Fleming, 1948-1953. Partly signed. 56108, ff. 45-47v, 49, 74, 

78, 80-81; 56120, ff. 173-174, 176, 187-195; 56121, ff. 55-56. 

Davis ([Maud] B.), wife of Richard Davis. Letters to Lady A. Fleming rel. to 

information for a biography of A. Fleming, 1956. Partly copies. 56215, ff. 20-22, 30- 

35, 89-96; 56218, ff. 55-61, 77-84. 

Day (H. B.), of the Wright Fleming Institute. Recollection of an incident from World 

War One involving A. Fleming, n.d. Partly copies. 56216, f. 32; 56219, f. 229. 

Deane (Phyllis Z.), of Tadworth, co. Surr. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to the 

Royal Masonic Institution for Boys, 1955. Partly typewritten. 56121, ff. 140, 143, 

153. 

De Carlini (Marcel). 

v. Carlini. 

Dederer (Herman), secretary to John L. Smith. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. 

to a visit to America, 1950. Partly signed. 56110, ff. 197, 199. 

Dee (Tom), member of the Executive Committee, Oklahoma Medical Research 

Foundation. Corre- 

spondence with A. Fleming rel. to a visit to America, 1954. 56111, ff. 112, 114. 

Delafresnaye (Jean Francisque), Secretary, Council for the Coordination of 

International Congresses of Medical Sciences. Correspondence, etc., with A. Fleming 

rel. to a visit to Greece, 1952. Partly signed. 56120, ff. 181-183, 202, 211, 213-214, 

217-218. 

Delius (Peggy), Head of the Visual Section, British Council. Correspondence, etc., 

with A. Fleming rel. to a medal commemorating the discovery of penicillin, 1948. 

Partly signed. 56117, ff. 159-161, 166. 

Demsheath (Percy), Chairman of Convocation, University of London. Letter to A. 

Fleming rel. to the election of a Chancellor, 1955. Signed. 56121, f. 136. 

Denk (W.), President, Gesellschaft der Aerzte. Letter rel. to a possible lecture by A. 

Fleming to G. R. Hiscocks, 1946. Transl. 56116, f. 170. 

de Rosa Travassos (Joaquim). 

v. Travassos. 

De Toni (Giovanni). 

v. Toni. 

Detrez (Lucien), Chancellor, Académie Septentrionale. Corre- 

spondence with A. Fleming, 1947-1948. Partly signed. 56116, ff. 243, 247; 56117, ff. 

29-30, 52, 61, 158, 162, 164-165, 178, 181-182, 192. 

de Wit (J. J. Duyven‚). 

v. Duyvené de Wit. 

Di Guglielmo (Giovanni). 

v. Guglielmo. 

Dillon (Charles), of Fort William, co. Down. Letter, etc., to A. Fleming rel. to the 

synthesis of penicillin, 1948. 56117, ff. 210-213. 

Dodds (Sir Edward Charles), 1st Baronet; biochemist. Letters, etc., to A. Fleming rel. 

to a list of his published work, 1946. Signed. 56116, ff. 119-122, 127. 

— Bibliography of his work on sex hormones and synthetic oestrogens, 1946. 


— List of his published work, 1946. Typewritten. 56116, ff. 120-122.

— Overview of his work and a list of reprints of his papers compiled by A. Fleming, 


Donaldson (Gordon), H.M. Historiographer of Scotland. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to 

serving on the General Council of the University of Edinburgh, 1952. Typewritten. 

56106, f. 224. 

Dooley (Denis), of Croydon General Hospital. Correspondence with A. Fleming, 

1947-1951. Partly signed. 56116, ff. 226-227; 56120, f. 113. 

Dougherty (John E.), M.D.; of Ohio. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to the use of protamide 

as a treatment for herpes zoster (shingles), [1950]. 56111, f. 18. 

Dousset (R.), of France. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to penicillin, 1950. 

Partly signed. 56119, ff. 194, 198, 203, 210. 

Downie (Allan Watt), medical microbiologist. Recollections of A. Fleming, n.d. 

Copies. 56219, ff. 230-243. 

Downside (Worth) Preparatory School, Poole, co. Dors. Experiments and notes by 

A. Fleming rel. to diphtheria, n.d. 56175, f. 179. 

Doyle (Sheila), cousin of Lady Sareen Fleming. Correspondence with A. Fleming, 

1950. Typewritten. 56119, ff. 107, 116. 


Partly copies. 56215, ff. 102-103; 56218, ff. 33-34, 88-89. 

Draper (Warren F.), Deputy Surgeon General, United States Public Health Service. 

Address to a meeting of the American Pharmaceutical Manufacturers' Association 

entitled 'Civilian Health in Wartime', 1943. Typewritten. 56110, ff. 13-17. 

Dublin, Trinity College. Seating plan, 3 July, 1946. Printed. 56123, f. 117. 

Dubos (René Jules), microbiologist and pathologist; Professor, Department of 

Environmental Medicine, Rockefeller Institute. Letter, etc., rel. to the growth of 

tubercle bacillus, 1945. Signed. 56110, ff. 74-77. 

Dubreil (T.), of the Pasteur Institute, Paris. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to 

proofs of a speech about Jules Bordet, 1950. Partly typewritten. Partly Fr. 56119, ff. 

148-149, 151-153. 

Duncan (Sir Andrew Rae), G.B.E.; President of the Board of Trade. Correspondence, 

etc., with A. Fleming, 1942. Partly signed. 56113, ff. 61-64, 79. 

— Letter to W. E. Gye, 1942. Typewritten. 56113, f. 63. 

Duncan (James Thompson), Honorary Treasurer, International Society for 

Microbiology. Letter to A. Fleming appealing for guarantors to cover any deficit in 

the Congress accounts, 1936. Signed. 56113, ff. 22-24. 

— Draft letter to members of the International Society for Mi- 

crobiology, appealing for donations to a guarantee fund, 1936. Typewritten. 56113, f. 

23. 

Duncan (M.), Deputy Town Clerk, Darvel, co. Ayr. Letter to A. Fleming conveying 

congratulations and appreciation for his achievements from Darvel Council, 1943. 

Signed. 56113, f. 137. 

Dunnett (Rev. Hamilton D. F.). Letter to Lady A. Fleming rel. to information for a 


Duyvené de Wit (J. J.), Dutch zoologist. Letter, etc., to A. Fleming including 

congratulations on being awarded the Nobel Prize, 1945. Signed. 56115, ff. 17-48. 

Dyers' Company. Speech by A. Fleming on receiving an Honorary Freedom and 

Livery of the Company, 2 May, 1945. Typewritten. 56122, ff. 205-207.

Dyson (C. B.), of the Inoculation Department, St. Mary's Hospital. Letters to Lady A. 


56214, ff. 61-62, 137-139, 170; 56217, ff. 5-14, 167-184, 228-230. 

E 

Ecology. Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to the symbiosis of bacteria, 1915-1916. 

56143, ff. 3-17. 

Edinburgh, Scotland. A. Fleming's journal entries for a visit, 17-19 December, 

[1945]. 56186, ff. 20-21. 

Edinburgh. Secular Institutions. ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS. Letter from 

the Secretary and the President of the Society to A. Fleming rel. to an Honorary 

Fellowship, 1946. Signed. 56115, f. 202. 

Edinburgh. University of Edinburgh. Reports and abstracts of income and 

expenditure for Halls of Residence, 1949-1951. Typewritten. 56106, ff. 76-78, 81-82. 

— Letter rel. to A. Fleming's Rectorship, 1951. 56120, f. 115. 

— Letter to A. Fleming rel. to his Rectorship, 1951. 56120, f. 128. 

— Committee Reports, Minutes and Senate Communications, 1951-1952. 

Typewritten. 56106, ff. 46-64, 79-80. 

— Agenda for a University Court meeting, 1952. Typewritten. 56106, ff. 27-28. 

— Minutes of a University Court meeting, 1952. Printed. 56106, ff. 29-42. 

— Appointments and resignations, 1952. Typewritten. 56106, f. 75. 

— Abstract of a Library Report, 1952. Printed. 56106, ff. 48-53. 

— A. Fleming's Rectorial Address, 19 February, 1952. Typewritten. 56127, ff. 249- 

280. 

— Dinner speech by A. Fleming, [19 February], [1952]. 56127, ff. 281-282. 

— A. Fleming's Doctor of Laws honorary degree certificate, 1953. Partly printed. 

56106, f. 24. 

— Programme and time table for installation of the Chancellor, 1953. Printed. 56106, 

ff. 139-140. 

— Order of Proceedings for visit of H.R.H Duke of Edinburgh, Chancellor of the 

University, 1953. 56106, f. 142. 

— University of Edinburgh Court. Letter, etc., rel. to a paintings exhibition to the 

University of Edinburgh Court from G. McKean Taylor, 1952. Typewritten. 56106, ff. 

89-90v. 

— Chairman's notes, 1952. Typewritten. 56106, f. 91. 

— Committee Reports, Minutes and Communications from the Senate, 1952. 


Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh Election Committee. Speech of thanks by A. 

Fleming, [16 February], [1952]. Partly typewritten. 56127, ff. 217-236. 

Edinburgh. University of Edinburgh Students Representative Council. Results of an 

election for the Rector's Assessor, 1952. 56106, f. 235. 

— Programme for the annual dinner, 18 February, 1952. Printed. 56127, ff. 237-238. 

— Speech by A. Fleming, [17 February], [1952]. Typewritten. 56127, ff. 239-248. 

— Invitation to a presentation for the retirement of Sir Ernest Wedderburn as Rector's 

Assessor, 1952. Partly typewritten. 56106, f. 242. 

— University of Edinburgh Union. Telegram to A. Fleming, 1951. 56106, f. 165. 

— University of Edinburgh, Works Committee. Minutes, 1952. Typewritten. 56106, ff. 

43-45v.

Edinburgh, Philip, Duke of. 

v. ENGLAND. 

Edwards (Geoffrey R.), Secretary, Royal Society of Medicine. Letters to A. Fleming, 

1946-1947. Signed. 56115, f. 200; 56117, f. 45. 

Ege (Phil), Professor, University of Copenhagen. Correspondence with A. Fleming 

rel. to a manuscript of a lecture on penicillin, 1946. Partly signed. 56115, ff. 161, 168. 

Ehrlich (Paul), scientist. Paper by A. Fleming for Ehrlich's centenary celebrations, 

[1954]. Typewritten. 56136, ff. 11-13. 

Eichold (Samuel), of the Mobile County Medical Society, Alabama. Correspondence, 

etc., with A. Fleming rel. to a dinner in honour of Ben May, 1954. Partly printed. 

56111, ff. 159-163. 

Elberg (Sanford S.), Emeritus Professor of Medical Microbiology and Immunology. 

Article entitled 'Vaccine Developed with Antibiotic' referring to the development of a 

vaccine against brucellosis in sheep and goats by S. S. Elberg and Dr M. Herzberg, 

[1945-1955]. Type- 

written. 56111, f. 200. 

Eleventh International Dental Congress, London. Speech by A. Fleming at the 

opening of the Congress, 21 July, 1952. Partly typewritten. 56128, ff. 78-84. 

Ellingham (Harold Johann T.), Honorary Secretary, Society of Chemical Industry. 

Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to a cheque for the Lister Memorial Lecture, 

1944-1945. Partly signed. 56113, f. 255; 56114, f. 1. 

Ellis (Henry), Secretary and Treasurer, Scottish Council for Health Education. 

Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to a Summer School at Strathpeffer, 1947. 

Partly signed. 56117, ff. 28, 34-35, 38, 46, 48, 55-56, 63, 67. 

Elola (Carlos Rodriguez), civil servant. Overview of their careers by L. A. Vares and 

C. R. Elola, 1949. Typewritten. 56118, f. 181. 

Elton (Leonard), Director, Lectures Department, British Council. Correspondence, 

etc., with A. Fleming, 1946. Partly signed. 56115, ff. 232, 236; 56116, ff. 115-116, 

126. 

— Telegram on behalf of the University of Vienna and Gesellschaft der Aertze 

inviting A. Fleming to give a lecture, to L. Elton from G. R. Hiscocks, 1946. 


Emergency Public Health Laboratory Service. 

v. Ministry of Health. 

Encyclopaedia Britannica. Description of penicillin by A. Fleming, [1947]. 56134, 

ff. 86-95. 

ENGLAND. Sovereigns of, and transactions in particular reigns. ELIZABETH II. 

Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; consort of Queen Elizabeth. Order of Proceedings for a 

visit of H.R.H Duke of Edinburgh, Chancellor of the University, 1953. 56106, f. 142. 

ENGLAND. Home Office. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to the number of guests present 

at the investiture of his knighthood, 1944. Typewritten. 56113, f. 185. 

Engliš (Karl), Rector, Charles University. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to an honorary 

degree from K. Engliš and F. [Jedheka?], 1948. Signed. 56117, f. 150. 

— Letter from A. Fleming rel. to an honorary degree, 1948. Typewritten. 56117, f. 

155. 

Esnault (M.), Chief, French Information. Letter from A. Fleming rel. to fiftieth 

anniversary of Louis Pasteur's death, 1946. Typewritten. 56107, f. 59. 

Evans (Sir Charles Arthur Lovatt), Kt.; physiologist. Letter from A. Fleming rel. to 

Wilson Smith and the Royal Society, 1947. Typewritten. 56117, f. 100.

[Eveling?] (J. W.), of the British Embassy, Rio de Janeiro. Letters, etc., to A. Fleming 

rel. to the First Inter-American Medical Congress, 1946. Signed. Partly Portug. 

56116, ff. 32, 39-53. 

F 

Fairclough (Richard James), Director, Dental School, University of Brazil. Letter to 

A. Fleming inviting him to the University, 1946. Signed. 56116, f. 19. 

Farbenindustrie. 

v. I. G. Farbenindustrie 

Farlan (A. M. W.), of the Emergency Public Health Laboratory Service. Letter to A. 

Fleming rel. to the inhibition of diphtheria, 1943. 56113, f. 123. 

Farnborough Aircraft Research Station. Lecture by A. Fleming on 'The Search for 

Antibiotics', 3 November, 1954. 56132, ff. 82-85. 

Farr (Edward Lee), Physician in Chief, Brookhaven National Laboratory. Letter 

from A. Fleming, 1950. Typewritten. 56111, f. 28. 

Farrer-Brown (Leslie), Director, Nuffield Foundation. Corre- 

spondence with A. Fleming rel. to a grant for a Poliomyelitis Research Unit, 1954. 

Partly signed. 56121, ff. 91, 97, 104. 

Feissly (Robert), of Lausanne. Letters, etc., to A. Fleming, 1952. Partly signed. Partly 

Fr. 56120, ff. 166-169. 

Felix (Arthur), bacteriologist. Correspondence, etc., with A. Fleming, 1936-1947. 

Partly signed. 56113, ff. 18-21; 56117, ff. 99, 102. 

Fennell (A. B.), Registrar, University of Toronto. Correspondence with A. Fleming 

rel. to the Charles Mickle Fellowship, 1943-1944. Partly signed. 56110, ff. 29-30. 

Fenton (Sir James), Medical Officer of Health, Borough of Kensington. Letter from 

A. Fleming rel. to Emergency Public Health Laboratories, 1946. Typewritten. 56115, 

f. 153. 

Fernandez Suarez (F. W.), M.D. Personal impressions of A. Fleming, 1956. Partly 

copies. 56214, f. 195; 56217, ff. 277-278. 

Fifth International Congress for Microbiology, Rio de Janeiro. List of attendees 

and travel information, 1950. Typewritten. 56108, ff. 75-77. 

— Programmes, minutes and bulletins, 1950. Typewritten. Partly Portug. 56108, ff. 

20-40. 

— Agenda for a meeting of the Permanent International Co- 

mmission for the Organization of Congresses, 1950. Typewritten. 56108, f. 88. 

— Minutes of a meeting of the International Federation of Culture Collections of 

Micro-organisms, 1950. Typewritten. 56108, f. 89. 

— Outline for 22nd August, including a visit to the Oswaldo Cruz Institute, 1950. 

Typewritten. Partly Fr. and Portug. 56108, ff. 90-91. 

— Commemorative postcard, including signatures of various attendees, 1950. Partly 

printed. Partly Portug. 56108, f. 92. 

— Report by A. Fleming, 1950. Typewritten. 56108, ff. 94-97. 

— A. Fleming's journal entries and notes relating to the Congress, 14-26 August, 

1950. 56201, ff. 1-30. 

Fifth Middle East Medical Assembly. Reminder for all participants, 1955. 

Typewritten. 56121, ff. 148. 

— Invitation to attend the Assembly, 1955. Printed. 56121, ff. 149-150.

Fildes (Sir Paul Gordon), O.B.E.; microbiologist. Letter from A. Fleming rel. to 

Wilson Smith and the Royal Society, 1947. Typewritten. 56117, f. 95. 

Filho (J. S. Ribeiro). 

v. Ribeiro Filho. 

Firman (Edwin), of Bellatly, Hankey & Co. Ltd. Letter, etc., to A. Fleming rel. to an 

itinerary for a tour of the Middle East, 1955. Signed. 56121, ff. 168-169. 

First Inter-American Medical Congress, Rio de Janeiro. Address by A. Fleming at 

the inaugural meeting of the Congress, 7 September, 1946. 56123, f. 128. 

— Lecture by A. Fleming on changes in the treatment of bacterial infections, [7-15] 

September, 1946. Partly typewritten copies. 56123, ff. 129-151. 

— Lecture by A. Fleming on 'Penicillin in Neuro-Syphilis', [7-15] September, 1946. 

56123, ff. 152-153. 

— Report by A. Fleming, 1946. Typewritten. 56116, ff. 34-36. 

— Draft of A. Fleming's final letter to Congress, 1946. 56116, f. 172. 

First International Congress of Internal Medicine, London. Lecture by A. Fleming 

opening a discussion about antibiotics, includes a summary, [12-15] September, 1952. 


First International Congress on Antibiotics and Chemotherapy, Buenos Aires. 

Lecture by A. Fleming entitled 'The Use of Antibiotics', December, 1952. Four 

typewritten copies. 56129, ff. 24-104. 

Fish (Sir Eric Wilfred), Kt.; dental surgeon. Article by Sir A. Fleming and Sir E. W. 

Fish entitled 'Influence of Penicillin on the Coagulation of Blood with Especial 

Reference to Certain Dental Operations', published in British Medical Journal, vol. 2, 

[1947]. Two copies. 56134, ff. 67-73. 

Fisk (Dorothy Mary), writer. A. Fleming's preface to a book possibly 'Bouquet for a 

Doctor', July, 1953. Typewritten. 56135, ff. 260-261. 

Fitz (Reginald), physician; University Marshall, Harvard University. Correspondence 

with A. Fleming rel. to arrangements for the University's Commencement, 1945. 

Signed. 56110, ff. 60-61. 

Fleming (Alex), cousin of Sir Alexander Fleming. Letter to Sir A. Fleming and Lady 

A. Fleming from A. Fleming and J. Fleming, 1954. 56121, f. 120. 

Fleming (Sir Alexander), bacteriologist. 

— Overview of his life, [1952]. Two copies typewritten. Gr. 56120, ff. 223-234. 

— Obituary taken from the British Journal of Dental Disease, Vol XXXI, No. 2, June, 


— Funeral programme, 1955. Printed. 56222, ff. 74-78. 

— List of friends, colleagues and associates, in alphabetical order, compiled by/for A. 

Maurois, n.d. Typewritten. 56222, ff. 105-119. 

— Personal review of his life, n.d. Typewritten. 56121, ff. 178-182. 

— Important dates in his life, n.d. Typewritten. 56222, ff. 125-126. 

Correspondence 

— Letter to the British Medical Journal in response to an article on penicillin, 30 

August [1941], 1941. Typewritten. 56222, ff. 1-4. 

— Letter rel. to a Knighthood to A. Fleming, 1944. Signed. 56113, f. 175. 

— Letter, etc., to A. Fleming, 1945. Fr. 56114, f. 112-113. 

— Letter rel. to a lecture to A. Fleming, 1945. Signed. 56115, f. 98. 

— Letter from the Chancellor of Queen's University, Belfast offering him an honorary 

degree, 1946. Signed. 56115, f. 204.

— Draft letter congratulating the recipient on becoming the new Director of the 

Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, [1946-1950]. 56111, f. 201. 

— Letter to A. Fleming, [1948]. Sp. 56118, f. 15. 

— Letter to the Brazilian Ambassador rel. to the rank of Grand Commander in the 

Order of the Southern Cross, 1948. Typewritten. 56118, f. 92. 

— Letter of thanks to Sir A. Fleming, 1949. 56118, f. 218. 

— Correspondence rel. to the John Scott Medal of Sir A. Fleming and E. F. L. Wood, 

1944. Partly typewritten. 56113, ff. 231-232, 246. 

— Correspondence with a military hospital in Gibraltar rel. to Reiters disease, 1946. 


— Telegram rel. to a patient treated with penicillin, 1948. Typewritten. Span. 56117, 

f. 4. 

— Telegram from the British Ambassador to Sweden, 1950. Typewritten. 56119, f. 

195. 

— Postcard from those who attended a congress organised by the Giornate Mediche 

Veronesi, 1949. Signed. 56118, f. 233. 

Papers and articles 

— Paper entitled 'Streptococcal Grouping and Typing' possibly published or intended 

for publication, [1937-1940]. Type- 

written. 56133, ff. 65-75. 

— Paper entitled 'Demonstration of Spores by Carbol Fuchsin and Nigrosin'. The 

work on nigrosin may have been used in Fleming's article entitled 'Some Uses of 

Nigrosin in Bacteriology' published in Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology, vol. 

LIII, No. 2, [1941]. Typewritten. 56133, ff. 92-94. 

— Paper rel. to growing moulds on cellophane to study their morphology. Developed 

from his article 'The Use of Paper and Cellophane Discs for the Preparation of 

Museum Specimens of Mould Cultures' (1943), [1943]. Two typewritten copies. 

56133, ff. 113-123. 

— Paper on immunisation sent to the Colombian Ambassador, 4 September, 1945. 


— Paper entitled 'The Antileucocytic Power of Various Chemicals', possibly 

unpublished, [1941-1945]. Three copies two typewritten. 56133, ff. 184-241. 

— Paper entitled 'Time Required to Kill Non-Sporing Bacteria in Boiling Water', 

unknown whether it was published, n.d. Typewritten. 56136, ff. 160-163. 

— Paper entitled 'Rate of Opsonisation at Temperature over 37C', unknown whether it 

was published, n.d. Typewritten. 56136, ff. 164-170. 

— Paper entitled 'Bacteriolytic Power of Leucocytes', unknown whether it was 

published, n.d. 56136, ff. 171-172. 

— Paper entitled 'The Toxic Action of Various Drugs and Chemicals on Leucocytes', 

unknown whether it was published, n.d. Partly typewritten. 56136, ff. 99-113. 

— Paper entitled 'On the Functional Activity of Polynuclear Leucocytes in Stored 

Blood', unknown whether it was published, n.d. Typewritten. 56136, ff. 124-131. 

— Article entitled 'Bacteriological Examination of War Wounds' published in 

'Surgery of Modern Warfare' edited by H. Bailey, 1941. Typewritten. 56133, ff. 76-91. 

— Article sent to Carlinfanti for translation into Italian for publication in Milan. It 

could be 'L'Uso della Penicillina' published in Bolletino dell'istituto Sieroterapico 

Milanese, 1946. Typewritten. 56134, ff. 10-18.

— Article entitled 'Influence of Penicillin on the Coagulation of Blood with Especial 

Reference to Certain Dental Operations', published in British Medical Journal, vol. 2 

by Sir A. Fleming and Sir E. W. Fish, [1947]. Two copies. 56134, ff. 67-73. 

— Article entitled 'Recent Progress in Antibiotics' published in Lectures on the 

Scientific Basis of Medicine, vol. II, by the British Postgraduate Medical Association. 

Basis of article formed from 'Antibiotics' published in Medicine Illustrated 1952, 

1953. Two typewritten copies. 56135, ff. 176-230. 

— Article entitled 'The Teat and Capillary Pipette in a Laboratory', unknown whether 

it was published, [1954]. Typewritten. 56136, ff. 24-36. 

— Notes and draft of an article entitled 'Bacteriology of a Septic Wound', [1920- 

1930]. 56133, ff. 1-37. 

— Notes, possibly a paper on streptothrix, unknown whether it was published. 

Removed from notebook 56170, n.d. 56136, ff. 146-154. 

— Notes for a paper or article on vaccine therapy, n.d. 56136, f. 132. 

— Notes for a paper on complimentary medicine, n.d. 56136, f. 133. 

— Ring binder containing work that was unpublished or intended for publication 

before his death, n.d. Partly typewritten. 56137, ff. iii + 58. 

— Large section of work entitled 'Vaccine Therapy', with a foreword by A. Wright. 

Possibly intended for publication as a book, [1921-1947]. Typewritten. 56134, ff. 96- 

183. 

— Draft and final copy of a summary of the 'French and Penicillin', [1945]. 


— Proofs of his 'Nobel Lecture on Penicillin', 1945. Typewritten. 56116, ff. 136-140v. 

Notes 

— Notebook containing mis- 

cellaneous notes, [1946]. 56210, ff. ii + 31. 

— Notes from an article in Journal de Genéve, 1952. Typewritten. Fr. 56222, f. 68. 

— Notes on methods of observing the antiphagocytic power of chemicals, n.d. 


— Notes on methods of showing the antibacterial power of chemicals in blood, n.d. 


— Notes on some considerations in the methods of choice of a chemo-therapeutic 

agent, n.d. Typewritten. 56137, ff. 44-48. 

— Notes on intravenous injections into animals, n.d. Typewritten. 56137, ff. 50-51. 

— Notes for an article, paper or lecture entitled 'Use of Antibiotics', n.d. 56136, ff. 

117-121. 

Lectures 

— Lecture on 'The Combination of Immunity with Chemotherapy', [1940]. Two 

copies. 56122, ff. 59-99. 

— Lecture by A. Fleming on penicillin to a Glasgow Student Medical Society, 1946. 


— Lecture on the use of penicillin to a group of Austrian doctors, Vienna, [22 April], 

1947. Partly typewritten copies. 56124, ff. 29-75. 

— Lecture on 'Search for Antibiotics', based on a lecture from 1948 to Cambridge 

University Medical Society, [1950]. Typewritten. 56127, ff. 135-155; 56125, ff. 170- 

196. 

— Study of 'Penicillin in Neuro-Syphilis', presented at the First Inter-American 

Medical Congress in Rio de Janeiro, [1946]. Typewritten. 56116, ff. 222-224.

— Summary of Harben Lectures, November, 1944. Typewritten. 56113, f. 210. 

Speeches 

— Speech from a dinner at the Mayo Foundation House entitled 'Antiseptics, Old and 

New', July, 1945. Partly typewritten. 56110, ff. 80-93. 

— Welcome speech made at Liége, [1945]. Typewritten. Fr. 56115, ff. 108-110. 

— Speech rel. to an honorary degree that was never given, whilst on tour of America 

[May-August], [1945]. 56123, ff. 16-20. 

— Address at Plummers Hall, made during a tour of America, [16 July], 1945. 


— Remarks made at a dinner at the Mayo Foundation House, 1945. Typewritten. 

56222, ff. 47-48. 

— Speech to the President du Conseil Municipal and members of the Bureau, Paris, 

[7 September], [1945]. 56123, f. 34. 

— Speech at a lunch at the Foreign Office, Paris, [5 September], 1945. 56123, ff. 31- 

33. 

— Speech entitled 'Penicillin', [1945-1947]. Typewritten. 56117, ff. 81-83. 

— Reply to the President of the Royal Society of the Arts at the presentation of the 

Albert Medal, 1946. Typewritten. 56116, ff. 111- 

112. 

— Speech after the Linacre lecture, Cambridge, [6] May, 1946. Typewritten. 56123, 

ff. 101-105. 

— Toast to a Pharmaceutical College Society, [1946]. Typewritten. 56123, ff. 311- 

316. 

— Speech, [1947]. Typewritten. Germ. 56116, f. 253. 

— Speech made at an Anglo Brazilian dinner, 15 November, 1951. Typewritten. 

56127, ff. 204-212. 

— Speech entitled 'Success' drafted from his Rectorial Address [19 February 1952], 

[1952-1955]. Typewritten. 56132, ff. 224-255; 56127, ff. 249-280. 

— Speech to microbiologists as part of a tour of Greece, [7 October-10 November], 

[1952]. 56129, ff. 2-4. 

— Speech at a university graduation, [1952-1953]. Typewritten. 56131, ff. 237-257. 

— Notes on a speech to a veterinary college, 1 May, 1947. Partly typewritten. 56124, 

ff. 76-89. 

— Broadcast entitled 'Success' made for All India Radio, Bombay, 1953. 56121, ff. 

40-44. 

— Honorary address to A. Fleming, [1948]. Typewritten. Fr. 56117, ff. 189-191. 

— Last page of a Dedicatory Address for Oklahoma Medical Foundation, July 3, 

1949. Facs. 56109, f. 29. 

Contributions to other publications 

— List of publications, 1907-1955. Typewritten. 56222, ff. 145-157. 

— List of missing publications, 1907-1949. Typewritten. 56222, ff. 158-163. 

— Foreword to [Hukie's] 'Penicillin', 13 February, [1945]. Typewritten. 56133, ff. 

170-176. 

— Foreword to Lieutenant Commander [Monnier's?] book on penicillin, 7 October, 


— Foreword to Dr [Georgiva's?] book on penicillin, March, 1946. Typewritten. 

56134, ff. 1-2.

— Foreword for Dr Luis's book on penicillin entitled 'Cinderella of Medicine', Rio, 

September, 1946. 56134, f. 3. 

— Foreword to 'Bacteriological Technique', 1949. Typewritten. 56118, ff. 174-175. 

— Foreword to Marriott's book 'Popular Medicine', 1951. Typewritten. 56135, ff. 150- 

151. 

— Preface to 'Penicillotherapie Endobronchique Precise' by Charles Mattei, Marcel 

Tristain and André Barbe, March, 1948. Typewritten. 56134, f. 184. 

— Preface and appendix for the second edition of 'Penicillin: Its Practical 

Applications', published [1950]. Two typewritten copies. 56135, ff. 91-111. 

— Preface to Dr Bates small book on Antibiotics for Nurses, March, 1954. 


— Manuscript about penicillin for a revised edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 


— Definitions of antibiotics and streptomycin for an edition of the Encyclopaedia 

Britannica, 1947. Typewritten. 56117, f. 9. 

— Draft of a chapter on penicillin for a children's book, 1947. 56116, ff. 184-190. 

— Manuscript on antibiotics for 'A Guide to Medicine', 1949. Typewritten. 56119, ff. 

17-29. 

Reports 

— Report to date on the antibacterial activity of Dr Wiesner's aspergillus clavatus, 


— Report on penicillin, including its discovery, its use as a culture, methods of 

assaying, its efficiency compared to other substances and results of tests on animals 

and humans, 1942. Typewritten. 56113, ff. 97-119. 

— Report on the inhibition of diphtheria bacillus by sta- 

phylococcus especially in connexion with an outbreak at a preparatory school 

(Downside Worth School, Poole), [1943]. Typewritten. 56133, ff. 124-136; 56113, ff. 

119-124. 

— Report for the manufacturers of the 'Phantomizer' apparatus on its effectiveness for 

the inhalation of penicillin, 1946. Typewritten. 56116, ff. 107-109. 

Travel 

— Draft of an itinerary for a tour of America and Canada, [1945]. Typewritten. 

56110, ff. 62-63. 

— List of things to do for a visit to Niagara Falls, [1945]. Typewritten. 56110, f. 64. 

— Proposed press release for a visit to Philadelphia, June, 1945. Typewritten. 56110, 

f. 73. 

— Report on a visit to the United States and Canada, including a description and 

comments [1945]. Typewritten. 56115, ff. 112-117v. 

— Notes on a visit to France, September, [1945]. Typewritten. 56114, ff. 186-189. 

— Itinerary for a visit produced by the French Ministry of Public Health, [1945]. 


— Itinerary for a visit to the Pasteur Institute, 1945. Typewritten. Fr. 56114, f. 103. 

— Report on the First Inter-American Medical Congress, 1946. Type- 

written. 56116, ff. 62-69. 

— A. Fleming’s journal entries of trip to West Dean to award prizes at a sheep dog 

trial, 31 May, 1947. 56190, ff.1-2. 

— Programme for a visit to Austria, [1947]. Typewritten. 56116, f. 255. 

— Report on a visit to Spain, 1948. Typewritten. 56118, ff. 33-66.

— A. Fleming's journal entries for a meeting held in Paris, 27-29 September, 1951. 

56203, ff. 1-4v. 

— Impressions of Greece formed from a tour, November, [1952]. Typewritten. 56129, 

ff. 5-23. 

— Itinerary for a visit to America, March 1954, 1954. Typewritten. 56109, f. 77. 

Photographs 

— A. Fleming's medical training report card, [1908]. 56162, ff. 1-2. 

— Photographs of bacilli used during a visit to Italy, [1946]. 56116, ff. 93-105. 


— Caricature of A. Fleming, n.d. Signed. 56121, f. 184. 

Awards 

— List of guests for the presentation of the Freedom of the Borough of Paddington, 


— Citation of the Order of the Purple Heart certificate, 1947. Typewritten copy. 

56110, f. 115. 

— Photograph from the 50th Anniversary celebrations of the Nobel Prize, [1950]. 

56119, f. 202. 

— List of his degrees and awards, 1946-[1955]. Partly typewritten. 56116, ff. 10-11; 

56214, ff. 40-46. 

Miscellaneous 

— Press release for the A. Fleming Fund, 1945. Typewritten. 56110, ff. 98-100. 

— Invitation and seating plan for a dinner at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, [1945]. 

Printed. 56114, ff. 98-99. 

— List of people attending a dinner in his honour, 1945. Typewritten. Fr. 56114, ff. 

104-119. 

— Invitation to lunch from the Chancellor of Queen's University and the Marchioness 

of Londonderry to Sir A. Fleming and Lady S. Fleming, [1946]. 56115, f. 222. 

— Draft of an obituary for Dr. John Matthews, 1946. 56115, f. 210. 

— Resume and comments about some cases, [January], [1947]. Type- 

written. 56134, ff. 28-30. 

Fleming (Amalia Voureka), wife of Sir Alexander Fleming. Letters from Alexander 

Fleming rel. to visit to Greece, 1952. Typewritten. 56120, ff. 179, 208, 210. 

— Various notes rel. to a biography of A. Fleming to E. Herzog from Lady A. 

Fleming, [1957]. Partly signed. 56215, ff. 186-196. 


— Photographs of a visit to France, n.d. 56121, ff. 189-190. 

— Photograph of Lady A. Fleming on a visit to Gijon, n.d. 56121, f. 188. 

Fleming (Jean), wife of Alex Fleming. Letter to Sir A. Fleming and Lady A. Fleming 

from A. Fleming and J. Fleming, 1954. 56121, f. 120. 

Fleming (Robert J.), brother of Alexander Fleming; oculist. Letter, etc., rel. to L. J. 

Ludovici's biography of A. Fleming to - Hunter, 1952. Signed. 56120, ff. 219-220. 

— Letter, etc., to A. Fleming rel. to L. J. Ludovici's biography, 1953. Signed. 56121, 

ff. 3-4. 

— Letter to Mr. Byrde of Andrew Drakers Ltd (Publishers) rel. to L. J. Ludovici's 

biography of A. Fleming, 1953. Copy. 56121, f. 4.

Fleming (Lady Sareen), first wife of Alexander Fleming. Letter to Lady S. Fleming 

from M. F. Brobst, 1945. Typewritten. 56110, f. 78. 

— Invitation to lunch from the Chancellor of Queen's University and the Marchioness 

of Londonderry to Sir A. Fleming and Lady S. Fleming, [1946]. 56115, f. 222. 

— Letter to Lady S. Fleming from J. Bouillon and J. Baker thanking her for attending 

their show, [1948]. 56110, f. 129. 

Fleming (W. A.), Deputy Secretary, University of Edinburgh. Corre- 

spondence with A. Fleming, 1945. Partly signed. 56106, ff. 159-160. 

Fleming (W.), farmer. Letter to A. Fleming, 1948. 56118, f. 32. 

Florey (Sir Howard Walter), Baron Florey. Letters to A. Fleming, 1944-1951. 56113, 

f. 181; 56120, f. 131. 

— Article entitled 'The Use of Micro-Organisms for Therapeutic Purposes' published 

in the British Medical Journal, 1945. 56183, ff. 89-93. 

Fonseca (Olympio Oliveira Ribiero da), microbiologist. Letter rel. to the Fifth 

International Congress for Microbiology to O. O. R. Fonseca from R. T. St. John- 

Brooks, 1949. Typewritten. 56108, f. 58. 


Fontes (Velsirio Martins), of Santos, Brazil. Speech about A. Fleming made during 

his visit to Brazil, [1946]. Typewritten. 56116, f. 74. 

Food and Drug Administration of Washington. Appendix detailing methods used 

for the assay of penicillin, 1944. Printed. 56112, ff. 58-59. 

Foote (Franklin M.), Executive Director, National Society for the Prevention of 

Blindness. Letter to A. Fleming inviting him to a luncheon in his honour, 1950. 

Signed. 56110, f. 213. 

Foreign Office. Letter from A. Fleming to the Under-Secretary of State thanking him 

for a letter from Lord Halifax, 1944. Typewritten. 56113, f. 245. 

— Letters to A. Fleming from the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs acknowledging 

his letter of the 20th November, 1944. Partly printed. 56113, ff. 247, 251. 

Förlag (Sohlmans), writer. Excerpt from his book 'Nobel. The Man and his Prizes' 

rel. to A. Fleming, 1950. Typewritten. 56222, f. 63. 

Forraday (David Le). 

v. Le Forraday. 

Forster (Dr Francis M.), Dean of Georgetown University Medical School; founding 

member of the American Academy of Neurology. Letter to A. Fleming, 1955. Signed. 

56111, f. 169. 

Foster (A. Gordon). 

v. Gordon Foster. 

Fourth International Congress for Microbiology, Copenhagen. Date, time and 

place for the meeting of the Permanent International Commission for the Organisation 

of Congresses, 1947. Typewritten. 56117, f. 32. 

— Address presented by British delegates and signed by A. Fleming as President of 

Society for General Microbiology, Copenhagen, [20-21 July], 1947. Typewritten. 

56124, ff. 114-115. 

— Contributions to a discussion on antibiotics by A. Fleming [22 July], 1947. Partly 


— Speech at a banquet by A. Fleming on behalf of the microbiologists of Britain, [21- 

27 July], 1947. Partly typewritten. 56124, ff. 146-153. 

— A. Fleming's journal entries for the Congress, 20 July-1 August, 1947. 56190, ff. 

3-10v.

Fourth International Congress of Otorhinolarynology, London. Opening paper by 

A. Fleming on 'Antibiotics and Chemotherapy in Nasal Sinusitis', delivered at Kings 

College, 18 July, 1949. Typewritten. 56126, ff. 86-93. 

Fox (Sir Theodore Fortescue), F.R.C.P. Letter from A. Fleming rel. to an obituary for 

Dr. John Matthews, 1946. Partly typewritten. 56115, ff. 209-210. 

France. A. Fleming's journal entries for a visit as a guest of the Government, 3-8 

September, [1945]. 56185, ff. 15-20. 

Franceschetti (Adolphe), geneticist. Letter to A. Fleming, 1952. Fr. 56120, f. 164. 

Francis (Thomas), Jr., epidemiologist and virologist. Correspondence with A. 

Fleming rel. to the Common Cold Foundation, Inc, 1952. Partly signed. 56111, ff. 77, 

79. 

Frankland (William A.), Registrar, Wright-Fleming Institute. Re- 

collections of A. Fleming, n.d. Copy. 56219, ff. 244-245. 

Fraser (Sir William), C.B.E. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to St. Mary's Centenary Fund, 

1955. Signed. 56121, f. 156. 

Fredericq (Henri), Rector, University of Liège. Correspondence, etc., with A. 

Fleming rel. to Andre Gratia and the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine, 1949. 

Partly typewritten. Partly Fr. 56118, ff. 116-121, 128-133. 

— Manuscript explaining why Andre Gratia should receive the Nobel Prize for 

Physiology and Medicine, 1949. Typewritten. Fr. with Engl. transl. 56118, ff. 117- 

121, 129-132. 

Freedom of Chelsea. List of people A. Fleming wished to attend his Freedom of the 

Borough ceremony, 1949. Typewritten. 56118, f. 115. 

— Acceptance speech by A. Fleming, [16 March], 1949. Partly typewritten. 56126, ff. 

1-16. 

Freedom of Paddington. Acceptance speech by A. Fleming, 17 May, 1945. Partly 


Freedom of the Burgh of the Darvel. Programme for the presentation to A. Fleming, 

1946. Printed. 56116, ff. 88-89. 

— Acceptance speech by A. Fleming, 26 October, 1946. Partly typewritten copies. 

56123, ff. 251-277. 

— A. Fleming's journal entries for his visit to receive the award, 1946. 56187, ff. 44- 

49. 

Fremont-Smith (Frank), Medical Director, Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation. Article on 

World Citizenship for 'Survey Graphic', 1948. Printed. 56110, ff. 216-217v. 

— Letter, etc., to A. Fleming, 1950. Signed. 56110, ff. 215-217v. 

French (J. F.), of the Foreign Office. Letters, etc., to A. Fleming rel. to the John Scott 

Medal, 1944. Partly signed. 56113, ff. 230-244, 249. 

Froessel (Charles W.), judge, State of New York Court of Appeals; Master, Grand 

Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, State of New York. Letters to A. Fleming 

inviting him to attend the Annual Communication, 1950. Signed. 56110, ff. 219, 225. 

Froissart (Bruno), of the Etudes Carmélitaines. Correspondence with A. Fleming, 

1948. Partly signed. Partly Fr. 56117, ff. 198, 203. 

Furman (Robert H.), physician; member of the National Chamber of Alpha Omega 

Alpha. Letter to H. G. Payne, 1954. Signed. 56109, f. 55. 

G

Gama (Carlos Bilbao), of the Brazilian Bar Association. Letter, etc., to A. Fleming 

asking how to use penicillin, 1946. Signed. 56116, ff. 23-25. 

Garrod (Lawrence P.), bacteriologist. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to a visit to America, 

1950. Signed. 56119, f. 65. 

Gaulle (Général Charles André Joseph Marie de), President of France. Decree 

announcing A. Fleming as a Commander of the Order of Public Health signed by 

Général C. A. J. M. de Gaulle and F. Billoux and G. Bidault and L. Joxe, 1945. Fr. 

56114, f. 101. 

Geikie-Cobb (Ivo), M.D.; F.R.C.S. Correspondence, etc., with A. Fleming rel. to 'A 

Guide to Medicine', 1949. Partly signed. 56119, ff. 1-2, 15-29, 154, 156, 169, 171, 

173. 

— List of contributors to 'A Guide to Medicine', 1949. Typewritten. 56119, f. 2. 

Gemelli (Agnostino), President, Pontifical Academy of Sciences. Correspondence 

with A. Fleming, 1946. Typewritten. 56115, ff. 154-155. 

General Penicillin Committee. 

v. Ministry of Supply. 

General Practioners of Italy. Letter to A. Fleming welcoming him to Italy, 1946. 

Signed. Partly Ital. 56116, ff. 77-78. 

Geneva, City of. Notes on bacteria by A. Fleming possibly for a lecture or speech at 

Geneva, [1-15 April?], [1952]. 56128, ff. 54-55. 

Gent (H. A.), of Glaxo Laboratories, Verona. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to 

a visit to Italy, 1949. Partly signed. 56118, ff. 213, 216, 225. 

Gerrans (H. H.), Secretary, Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene. 

Correspondence, etc., with A. Fleming, 1944-1946. Partly signed. 56113, ff. 155-158, 

160-161, 207-212, 218, 220-221; 56115, ff. 140-141. 

Ghose (Sookamal), of Calcutta. Correspondence, etc., with A. Fleming rel. to an 

article for Amritabazar Patrikas Special Health Supplement, 1952. Typewritten. 

56120, ff. 185-186, 198-199. 

Gibson (C. S.). Summary and article on the importance of ovarian hormones, [1946]. 


Giles (W. S.), accountant, British Medical Association. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to a 

reimbursement for a lecture in Liverpool, 1948. Signed. 56117, f. 184. 

Gill (Elbyrne Grady), American physician; Director, Gill Memorial Eye, Ear and 

Throat Hospital. Correspondence of E. G. Gill and Sir A. Fleming, 1949-1950. Partly 

signed. 56109, ff. 1-28. 

Glasgow, Scotland. A. Fleming's journal entries for a visit, 17-19 December, [1945]. 

56186, ff. 20-21. 

Glaxo Laboratories, Brazil. Telegram from A. Fleming thanking them for their 

welcome, [1946]. Typewritten. Portug. 56116, f. 17. 

Godfrey (William), Archbishop of Cius and Apostolic Delegate. Letters to A. 

Fleming rel. to membership of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, 1946. Signed. 

56115, ff. 146, 162. 

Gomes (Luis Salles), of Aldolph Lutz Institute, Brazil. Letter to A. Fleming, 1950. 

Signed. 56108, f. 16. 

— Correspondence with A. Fleming, 1950. Typewritten. 56108, ff. 79, 85. 

Gonzalvo (José), odontologist. Correspondence, etc., with A. Fleming rel. to a patient 

José Lopez Friegero with abscesses of the teeth, 1947. Partly signed. 56116, ff. 202- 

205v, 219. 

Good (M. G.), German bacteriologist. Correspondence, etc., with A. Fleming rel. to 

membership of the Royal Society, 1948. Partly signed. Partly Germ. 56118, ff. 94-97.

— List of published scientific papers, 1948. Typewritten. Partly Germ. 56118, ff. 95- 

96. 

Goodman (Arnold Abraham), Baron Goodman; Master, University College, Oxford. 

Correspondence, etc., with A. Fleming rel. to a Poliomyelitis Research Unit at St. 

Mary's Hospital, 1953. Partly signed. 56121, ff. 60-65. 

Gordon Foster (A.), Assistant Science Officer, British Council. Letter to the British 

Council Visual Publicity Department in London rel. to a medal of A. Fleming, 1948. 

Copy. 56117, f. 160. 

Gorini (Costantino), Italian microbiologist. Article on microbial enzymes, 1945. 

Printed. Germ. 56116, ff. 81-83v. 

— Correspondence, etc., with A. Fleming, 1945-1946. Partly signed. Partly Germ. 

56114, f. 118; 56116, ff. 79-83v, 86, 91. 

Gosse (A. Hope). 

v. Hope Gosse. 

Gouzaga (Luigi Guernieri), of Italy. Signature on the back of A. Fleming’s business 

card, [1949]. Signed. Ital. 56118, f. 210. 

Grace (Edwin J.), Head of Surgery, Grace Clinic, New York. Correspondence, etc., 

with A. Fleming, 1949-1950. Partly signed. 56110, ff. 147, 156, 161, 165, 185, 194, 

221-224; 56111, ff. 12-13, 27. 

Grande (Francisco Coviàn). 

v. Coviàn. 

Granet (E.), journalist. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to an interview for French 

newspaper, 'Le Parisien Liberé’, 1946. Signed. Fr. 56107, f. 44. 

Gratia (Andre), Professor, Institute of Bacteriology, University of Liege. Notes and 

experiments by A. Fleming rel. to Gratia's work, 1930-1931, n.d. 56168, ff. 15, 17-68. 

— Copy of a speech rel. to A. Fleming, [1945]. Typewritten. Fr. 56115, ff. 72-75. 

— Correspondence, etc., with A. Fleming, 1945-1950. Partly signed. 56114, ff. 181- 

183, 202-205v, 216; 56115, ff. 1, 9, 11, 16, 57, 62, 104, 150, 160, 174; 56119, ff. 74, 

131. 

— Obituary by A. Fleming published in the 'Revue de L'Université de Bruxelles', 

December, 1950. Typewritten. 56135, ff. 89-90. 

Gray (Ronald), artist. Letter rel. to a biography from A. Fleming, 1951. Typewritten. 

56120, f. 100. 

Green (Cecil Alfred), M.D.; bacteriologist. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to a 

visit to Newcastle, 1951. Partly typewritten. 56120, ff. 102, 104. 

Green (Dorothy), of the editorial offices, 'Time'. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to a report 

on the discovery of penicillin, 1944. Signed. 56110, f. 35. 

Green (Sir Francis Henry Knethell), Principal Medical Officer, Medical Research 

Council. List of references in the 'Bulletin of War Medicine' to German papers on 

marfanil and marfanil-protalbin, 1943. Typewritten. 56113, f. 126. 

— Correspondence, etc., with A. Fleming rel. to influenza and marfanil, 1943-1951. 

Partly signed. 56107, ff. 87-88; 56113, ff. 125-134. 

Grierson (S. J. H.), Secretary, Chemical Society, University of Edinburgh. 

Correspondence with A. Fleming, [1952]. Partly typewritten. 56106, ff. 196-197. 

Griffith (Ivor), President, Phil- 

adelphia College of Pharmacy and Science. Presentation address at the Philadelphia 

Testimonial Dinner in honour A. Fleming, 1945. Typewritten. 56110, ff. 69-72; 

56222, ff. 58-59.

Griffith-Davies (J. D.), Assistant Secretary, The Royal Society. Letter to A. Fleming 

rel. to publication of papers in the Proceedings of the Society, 1946. Typewritten. 

56115, f. 144. 

Grimm (Stanley), artist. Letter to A. Fleming, 1945. 56114, f. 179. 

Gross (E. G.), General Manager, The Distillers Company (Biochemicals) Ltd. Letters 

from A. Fleming rel. to a visit to a penicillin factory, 1948. Typewritten. 56117, ff. 

157, 175. 

Gruchy (Richard), Honorary Sec- 

retary, Hunterian Society. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to a lecture, 1945. 56114, f. 8. 

Grzegorzewski (Edward), M.D.; Director, Division of Education and Training 

Services, World Health Organisation. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to a visit to America 

and Brazil, 1954. Signed. 56121, f. 105. 

Guglielmo (Giovanni Di), Chairman, Society for the Study of Infectious and Parasitic 

Diseases. Corre 

spondence with A. Fleming rel. to Honorary Membership of the Society, 1949. Partly 

signed. 56118, ff. 211, 228. 

Gunn (Iain A.), Honorary Secretary, Students Representative Council. 

Correspondence with A. Fleming, 1954. Partly signed. 56106, ff. 263-264. 

Guthrie (Duncan), Director, National Fund for Poliomyelitis Research. 

Correspondence rel. to research into poliomyelitis of D. Guthrie and H. D. McGowan, 

1953. Copies. 56121, ff. 72-73. 

— Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to a Poliomyelitis Research Unit, 1954. 

Partly signed. 56121, ff. 93-94, 96. 

Guy's Hospital Gazette. 

v. Newspapers. 

Gye (William Ewart), Director of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund. Letter to W. 

E. Gye from Sir A. R. Duncan, 1942. Typewritten. 56113, f. 63. 

H 

Haddow (Sir Alexander), Kt.; experimental pathologist. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to 

Rectorship of Edinburgh University, 1951. 56120, f. 112. 


Haematology. Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to emigration, 1925, n.d. 56158, ff. 6- 

13; 56164, ff. 6-10. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to leucociden, 1935. 56170, ff. 72, 75-76; 56171, 

ff. 72-76. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to agglutination, 1902-1936, n.d. 56154, ff. 3-10, 

35v; 56158, ff. 26-35, 41-47 49, 51; 56164, f. 38; 56168, f. 67; 56170, ff. 22, 32; 

56171, ff. 131v, 198v-200, 205v; 56172, f. 26; 56174, ff. 246-249; 56179, f. 1; 56181, 

ff. 20-21. 

— Experiments and notes by A. Fleming rel. to coagulation, 1938-1940, n.d. 56173, 

ff. 100-104, 115, 352; 56174, f. 76; 56183, f. 260. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to blood, 1902-1947, n.d. 56140, ff. 6v-7, 12v-13, 

15v; 56141, ff. 6, 8, 20; 56155, ff. 54, 169-171, 183v-192, 226-228; 56156, ff. 3, 8, 

72, 80, 121; 56158, ff. 6-12; 56159, ff. 6-16; 56160, ff. 13, 19-23; 56161, ff. 24-47; 

56162, f. 82; 56163, ff. 4, 8-11; 56164, ff. 3, 5, 34; 56167, f. 56; 56169, f. 45v; 56173, 

ff. 92-95, 116, 119-124, 127-129, 318; 56174, f. 175; 56175, ff. 304-306, 336, 355- 

359, 418, 420; 56177, ff. 42v-43v, 52-53v, 57v; 56181, ff. 4, 22; 56182, f. 5.

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to serum, 1902-1947, n.d. 56142, ff. 76v-77; 

56146, ff. 22-23, 26; 56164, ff. 6-10; 56165, ff. 3, 6; 56172, ff. 14v-15v, 74v; 56174, 

ff. 58-59, 87, 156-157, 180; 56175, f. 415; 56179, ff. 5v-10; 56181, ff. 8, 11; 56140, f. 

15v; 56141, ff. 40, 55, 66. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to leucocytes, 1917-1948, n.d. 56148, ff. 1, 4v-8, 

14-18, 25-28, 31, 36; 56155, ff. 116, 206-211v, 214, 225; 56156, ff. 3, 30-36, 54-59, 

98, 121; 56157, ff. 7-12, 36-37; 56158, ff. 51-55; 56159, f. 30; 56164, ff. 36-37, 40; 

56170, f. 43; 56172, ff. 152, 154v-155, 158-160; 56173, f. 351; 56174, ff. 180, 211; 

56175, f. 301; 56183, ff. 5-6, 260. 

— Experiments by S. Craddock rel. to leucocytes, 1928. 56224, ff. 25v, 27-28v. 

— Experiment by S. Craddock rel. to blood, n.d. 56224, ff. 31v-33, 39v. 

— Experiments by S. Craddock rel. to serum, n.d. 56224, ff. 100-101. 

— Experiment by L. Noon rel. to leucocytes, 1907-1908. 56223, f. 15. 

— Experiments by L. Noon rel. to serum, 1907-1908. 56223, ff. 44, 81, 83-93, 132, 

136-137, 143-144. 

— Experiments by L. Noon rel. to blood, 1907-1908. 56223, ff. 136-137, 140-142. 

— Experiment by L. Noon rel. to coagulation, 1907-1908. 56223, f. 145. 

— Experiments by an unknown individual rel. to blood, 1938. 56225, ff. 90-91. 

— Experiment by an unknown individual rel. to coagulation, 1938. 56225, f. 3. 

— Experiments and photographs by an unknown individual rel. to serum, 1938. 

56225, ff. 5, 55, 57-57v, 61, 63, 65v-70, 88, 112, 117-118. 

Halifax, Viscount and Earl of. 

v. Wood (Edward Frederick Lindley). 

Hall ([A. O. L?] Vidal). 

v. Vidal Hall. 

Hambro (Sir Charles Jocelyn), K.B.E.; banker. Letter with envelope rel. to A. 

Fleming's visit to Brazil to R. Turnball, 1946. Signed. 56116, ff. 4-5. 

— Letter with envelope rel. to A. Fleming's visit to Brazil to G. Vidigal, 1946. 

Signed. 56116, ff. 6-7. 

Hamilton (Jordan), Treasurer's Secretary, St. Mary's Hospital. Letter to A. Fleming 

rel. to a donation to the Centenary Fund, 1945. Signed. 56115, f. 71. 

Hanbury Kelk Risby (Norah), neighbour of Sir Alexander Fleming. Memories of A. 

Fleming, n.d. Partly copies. 56216, ff. 33-38; 56220, ff. 11-17. 

Hance (Lt. Gen. James Bennett), O.B.E.; President, Medical Board, Commonwealth 

Relations Office. Letter rel. to the treatment of a disease with a vaccoid to W. S. 

Handley, 1936. Typewritten. 56113, f. 17. 

Handfield-Jones (Ranald Montagu), surgeon. Article entitled 'The War Years' 

written for St. Mary's Hospital Gazette, 1955. Copy. 56222, ff. 79-81. 


Handley (William Sampson), surgeon; Director of Bournemouth Municipal Cancer 

Clinic. Letter rel. to the treatment of a disease with a vaccoid to W. S. Handley from 

Lt. Gen. J. B. Hance, 1936. Typewritten. 56113, f. 17. 

Harben (Sir Henry), Kt. List of former recipients of the 'Harben' Gold Medal, 1946. 


Harding (Percival), secretary to the Mayor of Harrogate. Correspondence, etc., with 

A. Fleming rel. to a letter from Sir Weldon Dalrymple-Champneys, 1948. Partly 

signed. 56117, ff. 138-139, 141. 

Hardy (Stanley L.), physician; of Las Vegas Hospital and Clinic. Letter rel. to A. 

Fleming's visit to America, March 1954 to S. L. Hardy from U. R. Bryner, 1954. 

Copy. 56109, f. 88.

Harefield Hospital, Middlesex. Requests for specimen ex- 

aminations and other work, all signed by A. R. Sandford, n.d. 56173, ff. 1-19. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to samples from the hospital, 1940. 56174, ff. 82v- 

83. 

Harmsworth Encyclopaedia. Entry for antibiotics by A. Fleming, December, 1948. 


Harris (Henry Albert), Professor Emeritus and Fellow of St. John's College, 

Cambridge. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to the place of stilton cheese in the British diet, 

1945. 56114, f. 20. 

Harrison (William L. A.), M.D. Letters to Lady A. Fleming rel. to information for a 

biography of A. Fleming, 1956. Copies. 56217, ff. 342-347. 

Harrop (George A.), American physician. Address to a meeting of the American 

Pharmaceutical Manufacturers' Association entitled 'Pharmaceutical Development of 

War Medicine', 1943. Typewritten. 56110, ff. 22-25. 

Harrop (Leslie D.), Vice President, The Upjohn Company. Letter to Lady A. Fleming 

rel. to information for a biography of A. Fleming, 1956. Partly copies. 56215, ff. 40- 

43; 56218, f. 69. 

Hartley (Sir Percival Horton-Smith-). 

v. Horton-Smith-Hartley. 

Harvard University. Cutter lecture by A. Fleming at the Medical School, 26 June, 

1945. 56122, ff. 243-250. 

— Speech by A. Fleming on receiving an honorary doctorate, 28 June, 1945. 


Harveian Society. Vote of thanks by A. Fleming to Dr Richard Trail retiring 

President of the Society, 1949. Typewritten. 56126, ff. 226-229. 

Harvey (Maj. Gen. Sir Charles Offley), Kt. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to a lunch 

invitation, 1950. Signed. 56119, f. 118. 

Hatch (Alan B.), Chief Microbiologist, Antibiotics Di- 

vision, Bristol Laboratories Inc. Business card, [1947]. Printed. 56117, f. 78. 

Hawley (Maj. Gen. Paul Ramsey), Chief Medical Director, United States Army. 

Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to a Medal of Merit, 1948. Partly signed. 56110, 

ff. 123-124. 

Hayden (A. F.), son of A. F. Hayden. Letter to Lady A. Fleming suggesting people to 

contact for information for a biography about A. Fleming, 1956. Typewritten copy. 

56214, ff. 59-60; 56217, f. 4. 

Hayward (Arthur Lawrence), writer. Letter to Lady A. Fleming rel. to information 

for biography of A. Fleming, 1956. Two copies. 56214, ff. 162-164; 56217, ff. 209- 

217. 

Heilman (Dorothy H.), physician; of the Mayo Clinic, Minnesota. Correspondence. 

etc., with A. Fleming rel. to determining penicillin activity in bodily fluids, 1944. 

Signed. 56110, ff. 36-37, 42. 

Henderson ([H?]. R.), secretary to Ivo Geikie-Cobb. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to 

misplaced drawings, 1950. Signed. 56119, f. 172. 

Henderson (James), Academic Registrar, University of London. Correspondence with 

A. Fleming rel. to a series of lectures by Sir Paul Fildes, 1949. Partly signed. 56118, 

ff. 230, 232. 

Henderson (W. C), Convener of Amusements, Students Re- 

presentative Council, University of Edinburgh. Correspondence with A. Fleming, 

1951. Partly signed. 56106, ff. 191-192.

Hendricks (C. M.), Executive Director, Common Cold Foundation, Inc. Letter to A. 

Fleming rel. to the formation of the Foundation from W. A. Sawyer and C. M. 

Hendricks, 1951. Signed. 56111, ff. 57-61. 

— Letter to A. Fleming asking for material for the Foundation's library, 1951. Signed. 

56111, f. 63. 

Heneage (Sir William Ogilvie). 

v. Ogilvie. 

Henson (R. A. M.), of Glaxo Laboratories (Pakistan) Ltd. Correspondence with A. 

Fleming, 1951. Partly signed. 56120, ff. 66, 75. 

Hermetet (H. G.), Executive Assistant, American Academy of General Practice. 

Letter rel. to A. Fleming's visit to America, March 1954 to U. R. Bryner, 1954. 

Signed. 56109, f. 71. 

Hernàiz (Julio Casado), of Madrid. Letter to A. Fleming, 1948. Signed. Span. 56118, 

f. 13. 

Herrell (W. E.), of the Mayo Foundation, Minnesota. Notes on A. Fleming and the 

Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine, n.d. Copy. 56220, ff. 9-10. 

Herzberg (Dr Mendel), of the University of California. Article entitled 'Vaccine 

Developed with Antibiotic' referring to the development of a vaccine against 

brucellosis in sheep and goats by S. S. Elberg and Dr M. Herzberg, [1945-1955]. 


Herzog (Emile), al. 'André Maurois'; French writer. Various notes rel. to a biography 

of A. Fleming to E. Herzog from Lady A. Fleming, [1957]. Partly signed. 56215, ff. 

186-196. 

Hewitt (Richard Miner), physician; Head of Publications, Mayo Clinic. 

Correspondence, etc., rel. to the publication of speeches in a booklet from a dinner 

held on 16 July, 1945. Signed. 56110, ff. 79-93, 96. 

Hewitt Jones (W.), of St. Mary's Hospital, London. Letter to Lady A. Fleming rel. to 

information for a biography of A. Fleming, 1956. Partly copies. 56215, ff. 173-177; 

56218, ff. 171-172. 

Heyningen (W. E. van), mi- 

crobiologist. Letter rel. to transport to the Fifth International Congress of 

Microbiology to W. E. Heyningen from R. T. St. John-Brooks, 1949. Partly copy. 

Partly Fr. 56108, f. 55. 

— Correspondence, etc., with A. Fleming, 1948-1950. Partly typewritten. Partly 

Portug. 56108, ff. 52-54, 59-71, 75-77, 84. 

— List of attendees and travel information, 1950. Typewritten. 56108, ff. 75-77. 

— Letter to W. E. Heyningen from H. G. Pereira, 1950. Typewritten. 56108, f. 82. 


Higginbottom (C. E.), Bursar and Secretary to the Board of Governors, University of 

Toronto. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to payment for the Charles Mickle 

Fellowship, 1945. Partly signed. 56114, ff. 26, 30. 

Himsworth (Sir Harold Percival), K.C.B.; physician. Correspondence with A. 

Fleming rel. to a Poliomyelitis Research Unit, 1954. Partly signed. 56121, ff. 98, 101. 

Hiscocks (G. R.), of the British Council, Vienna. Telegram to L. Elton on behalf of 

the University of Vienna and Gesellschaft der Aertze inviting A. Fleming to give a 

lecture, 1946. Typewritten. 56116, f. 116. 

— Letter rel. to a possible lecture by A. Fleming to G. R. Hiscocks from W. Denk, 

1946. Transl. 56116, f. 170. 

— Extracts of a letter to the British Council in London rel. to A. Fleming's visit to 

Austria, 1947. Typewritten. 56116, f. 234.

— Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to a visit to Austria, 1947. Partly signed. 

56117, ff. 23, 44, 72. 

Hobby (Gladys Lounsbury), microbiologist. Correspondence with A. Fleming, 1950- 

1954. Signed. 56111, ff. 38, 116, 123. 


Copy. 56218, ff. 21-24. 

Hobhouse (Jennifer), of the Public Relations Department, Women's Voluntary 

Service. Letter to H. Coster rel. to Lady Reading's photographs, 1954. Signed. 56121, 

f. 129. 

Hodgins (Eric), writer; Editorial Vice President, 'Time'. Correspondence with A. 

Fleming rel. to a donation from the magazine, Arthur Cremin and the American 

public, 1944-1945. Partly signed. 56110, ff. 38, 51. 

Hodgson (Norman), F.R.C.S.; surgeon. Letter from A. Fleming rel. to a visit to 

Newcastle, 1951. Typewritten. 56120, f. 99. 

Holmberg (Arne), of the Library of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 

Correspondence, etc., with A. Fleming rel. to proof sheets of his speech at the Nobel 

Banquet, 1946. Partly signed. 56116, ff. 135-140v, 168. 

Holmes (Gordon Morgan), C.M.G.; C.B.E.; F.R.C.P. Draft and final copy of a letter 

from A. Fleming asking him to help Dr. Austregesilo Junior, 1946. Partly typewritten. 

56116, ff. 60-61. 

Holt (Lewis B.), biochemist. Recollections of A. Fleming, n.d. Copies. 56220, ff. 36- 

57. 

Holten (Prof. Cai), President, Jutland Medical Society. Letter rel. to an address by A. 

Fleming to the Scientific Society of Denmark to 

R. V. Christie, 1945. Typewritten. 56114, f. 88. 


119, 176; 56115, ff. 60-61, 67, 151, 192. 

Hood Phillips (John), Secretary of the Senate, University of London. Letter to A. 

Fleming rel. to the Fifth International Congress for Microbiology, 1950. Signed. 

56108, f. 87. 

Hooke (Robert), F.R.S. Extract from Micrographia 1664, n.d. Type- 

written. 56121, f. 185. 

Hope Gosse (A.), physician. Letters, etc., to Lady A. Fleming rel. to information for a 

biography of A. Fleming, 1956. Partly copies. 56214, ff. 159, 165-167, 214; 56217, ff. 

218-219. 

Hopkinson (—), of the British Embassy, Rome. Letter from A. Fleming rel. to 

Professor Bergami, 1945. Typewritten. 56114, f. 173. 

Horder (Thomas Jeeves), 1st Baron Horder. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to a special 

issue of 'Medicine Illustrated' for the Coronation of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II, 1952. 

Signed. 56120, f. 221. 

Hore-Belisha (Isaac Leslie), Baron Hore-Belisha. Letter from A. Fleming rel. to a 

Poliomyelitis Research Unit at St. Mary's Hospital, 1953. Typewritten. 56121, f. 59. 

Hornsby (Maj. Gen. Ron S.), of Pilot Press Ltd. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. 

to a foreword for a publication entitled 'The Story of Penicillin', 1945. Partly signed. 

56114, ff. 7, 16-17, 29.

Horton-Smith-Hartley (Sir Percival), C.V.O; Director, Department for Biological 

Standards, National Institute for Medical Research. Correspondence with A. Fleming 

rel. to the 'Bulletin of the Health Organisation', 1945. Partly signed. 56115, ff. 12, 50. 

Hospital Saturday Fund. Speech by A. Fleming at the 81st Annual Meeting, 

Mansion House, 18 October, 1954. Typewritten. 56132, ff. 56-73. 

— Speech by A. Fleming at 80th anniversary of the Fund, [18 October?], [1954]. 


Hospital Sunday Appeal. Speech by A. Fleming in the King's Chapel of the Savoy, 

London, 11 June, 1944. Two copies. 56122, ff. 163-178. 

Houston (Sir Thomas), bacteriologist. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to a copy 

of his Lister Memorial lecture and Biotin, 1945. Partly signed. 56114, ff. 41, 44. 

Howard-Jones (N.), of the Medical Department, British Council. Correspondence 

with A. Fleming rel. to a proposed trip to Belgium, 1946. Partly signed. 56115, ff. 

172, 177. 

Howard Brown (J.). 

v. Brown. 

Hudd (Frederic), C.B.E. Corre- 

spondence rel. to A. Fleming and the Canadian Pharmaceutical Manufacturers 

Association's Gold Medal of F. Hudd and Sir D. Robertson, 1948. Typewritten. 

56118, ff. 25-26. 

Hudson (Professor Reginald Ernest Bates), of the Institute for Cardiology, University 

of London. Letter, etc., to Lady A. Fleming rel. to information for a biography of A. 

Fleming, 1956. Partly copies. 56214, ff. 226-232; 56217, ff. 328-332. 

Hugessen (Sir Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull-). 

v. Knatchbull-Hugessen. 

Huggett (Arthur St. George McCarthy), of the Physiology Department, St. Mary's 

Medical School. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to a demonstration with a 

foetus of a sheep, 1946-1947. Partly signed. 56116, ff. 171, 182. 

Hughes (William Howard), bac- 

teriologist. Letter rel. to St. Mary's public health laboratory work to W. H. Hughes 

from Sir G. S. Wilson, 1946. Signed. 56115, f. 145. 

— Recollections of A. Fleming, [1956]. Partly copies. 56214, ff. 218-224; 56217, ff. 

296-325. 

Huisman (Geys), of the Council of State, France. Letter to A. Fleming, 1948. Fr. 

56117, f. 199. 

Hunt (Thomas), physician to Sir Alexander Fleming. Recollections of A. Fleming, 

n.d. Copies. 56220, ff. 58-72. 

Hunter (—), secretary to Alexander Fleming. Letter, etc., rel. to L. J. Ludovici's 

biography of A. Fleming to - Hunter from R. J. Fleming, 1952. Signed. 56120, ff. 

219-220. 

Hurran (W. J.), of Glaxo Laboratories, Middlesex. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to 

different samples of penicillin, 1944. Signed. 56113, ff. 170-171. 

Husain (M. Afzal), Chairman, Pakistan Public Health Co- 

mmission. General Presidential Address made at the First Pakistan Medical 

Conference entitled 'Planning of Science in Pakistan', 1949. Printed. 56120, ff. 41-60. 

Husain (M. M. Siddiq). 

v. Siddiq Husain. 

Hussey (Dr Hugh H.), Dean of the Medical School, Georgetown University. Letter 

rel. to A. Fleming's visit to America, March 1954 to Dr H. H. Hussey from U. R. 

Bryner, 1954. Copy. 56109, f. 89.

— Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to an address at Georgetown University 

School of Medicine, 1954. Partly signed. 56111, ff. 131, 138. 

Hutchinson (James Randall), Medical Officer, Ministry of Health. Letter, etc., to A. 

Fleming rel. to cases of diphtheria at Downside (Worth) School, Poole, 1943. Signed. 

56113, ff. 119-120v. 

— Letter rel. to cases of diphtheria at Downside (Worth) School, Poole to J. R. 

Hutchinson from G. Chesney, 1943. Copy. 56113, f. 120. 

Hutton (Len), of the National Fund for Poliomyelitis Research. Corre- 

spondence rel. to research into poliomyelitis of L. Hutton and H. D. McGowan, 1953. 

Copies. 56121, ff. 70-71. 

I. G. Farbenindustrie A.G, chemical company. Statement by Dr Lautenschlager rel. 

to the status of their penicillin production, 1945. Typewritten. 56112, f. 103. 

I.C.I. 

v. Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. 

Immunology. Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to complementation, 1911-1916. 

56141, ff. 28, 30-34, 37, 47-48, 50-53; 56145, ff. 47-48, 50-56. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to an acetone typhoid vaccine, 1916-1917. 56144, 

ff. 17v-19; 56145, ff. 1-21, 32-38, 47-58. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to immunisation in vitro, 1924-1925. 56162, ff. 3- 

5; 56164, f. 35. 

— Experiments and notes by A. Fleming rel. to vaccines, 1902-1948, n.d. 56141, f. 

44; 56164, f. 35; 56168, ff. 7, 58, 65; 56176, ff. 20, 44; 56181, f. 3; 56183, ff. 54-56, 

78-84; 56170, f. 2. 

— References taken from journals by A. Fleming rel. to clasmolcytes in immunity, 

n.d. 56170, f. 11. 

— Notes by A. Fleming on how to prepare a vaccine, n.d. 56132, f. 298. 

— Series of experiments rel. to vaccines carried out at Netley Army Medical School 

by A. Wright, 1901. 56138, ff. 3-90. 

— Experiments by L. Noon rel. to vaccination, 1907-1908. 56223, ff. 99-100, 109v- 

110. 

I 

Immunology, Purified Toxoid Aluminium Phosphate (PTAP). Preface by A. Fleming 

for a reprint of Carlinfanti's work on PTAP, sent August, 1949. Typewritten. 56134, 

ff. 230-231. 

Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. Article on I.C.I and penicillin, n.d. Typewritten. 

56222, ff. 120-124. 

India, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. Programme for a Symposium 

on Antibacterial Substances, with A. Fleming as a guest speaker, 1953. Printed. 

56121, ff. 31-38v. 

Influenza Vaccine Committee. 

v. Medical Research Council. 

Innsbruck, University of. Letter from the Rector of the University to A. Fleming, 

1947. Partly Germ. 56117, f. 36. 

International Archives of Allergy and Applied Immunology, journal. Article by A. 

Fleming entitled 'A Test to Show the Relative Toxicity of a Chemical to Bacteria and

to Human Leucocytes' published in the Paul Ehrlich special issue, vol. 5, 1953. 


International Association of Microbiologists. Proposed em- 

ended statutes and list of members of the Permanent International Commission of the 

Organisation of Congresses, [1947]. Typewritten. Engl. with Fr. transl. 56116, ff. 

256-260. 

— Invitation to members of the Permanent International Co- 

mmission to meet Dr. Joseph Needham, 1947. Typewritten. 56117, f. 50. 

International Association of Microbiologists, Judicial Co- 

mmittee on Bacteriological Nomenclature. List of members, 1947. Typewritten. 

56117, f. 130. 

International Association of Microbiologists, Nomenclature Committee. List of 

members of the Salmonella Sub-Committee, [1947]. Typewritten. 56117, f. 131. 

International Conference of Physicians, London. Discussion by A. Fleming on 

penicillin and other antibiotics, September, 1947. Partly typewritten. 56124, ff. 169- 

188. 

International Congress of Surgery, London. Synopsis of A. Fleming's talk on 

penicillin, sent to Brussels on 16 April, 1947. Typewritten. 56134, ff. 31-35. 

International Mark Twain Society. Leaflet, [1946]. Printed. 56110, f. 110v. 

International Senate. List of possible members from France, Britain and America, 

1945. Typewritten. 56114, f. 14. 

International Society for Microbiology. Form of Guarantee, 1936. Typewritten. 

56113, f. 24. 

— Inaugural address by A. Fleming at his election as the first President, 16 February, 


— Speech by A. Fleming at a retirement dinner in his honour, [15 January], [1955]. 

Two typewritten copies. 56132, ff. 198-215. 

Iraq. A. Fleming's journal of a trip to attend the opening of a new oil pipeline, 6 

January-4 February, 1935. 56184, ff. 11v-18v, 22v-26v, 53-81. 

Ireland, National University of. Arrangements for conferring honorary degrees, 1950. 

Type- 

written. 56119, ff. 90-92. 

— A. Fleming's journal entries related to receiving an honorary D. Sc, 1-4 July, 1950. 

56200, ff. 16-21. 

— Reply for guests by A. Fleming at a dinner held at Grosvenor House, London, 17 

March, 1952. Type- 

written. 56128, ff. 48-53. 

Irwin, Baron. 

v. Wood (Edward Frederick Lindley). 

Isitt (Adelinè [Geull?]), sister-in-law of Wilhelm Cortzen. Corre- 

spondence, etc., with A. Fleming rel. to a supply of penicillin for her brother-in-law, 

1945. Partly signed. 56115, ff. 68, 96-97, 100. 

Italy. A. Fleming's journal entries for a visit, including an audience with the Pope, 14- 

22 September, [1945]. 56185, ff. 21-26. 

J

Jackson (James), of Glasgow. Letters to Lady A. Fleming rel. to information for a 

biography of A. Fleming, 1956. Partly copies. 56214, ff. 215-217, 236-238; 56217, ff. 

295, 338-341. 

James (George William Blomfield), C.B.E.; psychiatrist. Letter of congratulations to 

A. Fleming rel. to Rectorship of Edinburgh University, 1951. 56120, f. 120. 

— Letter of condolence to Lady A. Fleming, 1955. Typewritten copy. 56214, f. 29; 

56217, ff. 2-3. 

— Recollections of A. Fleming, n.d. Partly copies. 56216, ff. 39-54; 56220, ff. 73- 

102. 

Janson (E.), of the University of Brussels. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to A. 

Gratia, 1950. Partly signed. Partly Fr. 56119, ff. 197, 207. 

Jardine-Willoughby (R. H.), of the British Council. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to the 

Fifth Middle East Medical Assembly, 1955. Signed. 56121, f. 172. 

Jasper (Robin), of Lahore, Pakistan. Letter to A. Fleming, 1951. 56120, f. 39. 

[Jedheka?] (F.), Dean, Medical Faculty, Charles University. Letter to A. Fleming rel. 

to an honorary degree from K. Engliš and F. [Jedheka?], 1948. Signed. 56117, f. 150. 

Jennings (Leonard), sculptor. Letters to Lady A. Fleming rel. to information for a 

biography of A. Fleming, 1956. Partly copies. 56214, ff. 196-213; 56215, ff. 99-101; 

56217, ff. 242-243, 287-294; 56218, ff. 85-87. 

Jensen (K. A.), Chairman, International Conference on Coordination Chemistry. 

Corre- 

spondence with A. Fleming, 1945-1947. Typewritten. 56117, ff. 54, 57, 71; 56222, f. 

50. 

Jephcott (Sir Harry), Managing Director, Glaxo Pharmaceuticals. Report on the 

status of penicillin production in America and Canada, 1944. Typewritten. 56112, ff. 

42-65. 

Jeya (R.), Head, Council of Ministers; Commissioner for Hygiene and Public Health. 

Letter to A. Fleming, 1945. Signed. 56114, f. 206. 

Joëts (Jules), artist. Correspondence with A. Fleming, 1948. Partly signed. Partly Fr. 

56117, ff. 202, 209. 

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. Start of the de Lamar lecture by A. Fleming 

on penicillin and success, 24 March, 1950. Typewritten. 56127, f. 15. 

— Lecture by A. Fleming on penicillin and proteus, [27 March], 1950. Typewritten. 

56127, ff. 16-31. 

Johnson (Alfred Edward Webb-). 

v. Webb-Johnson. 

Johnstone (F. R. C.), Actorum Moderator, Royal Medical Society, Edinburgh. 

Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to an address to the Society, 1944. Partly signed. 

56113, ff. 198-200. 

Johnstone (Robert William), Emeritus Professor of Midwifery and Disease of 

Women, University of Edinburgh. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to University 

of Edinburgh Graduates Association, 1952. Partly printed, partly signed. 56106, ff. 

219-222. 

Jones (Col. H. J.), Secretary, Royal Masonic Institution for Boys. Letters to A. 

Fleming rel. to Talbot Bryan Deane and Peter Frederick Bryan Deane, 1955. Partly 

printed. 56121, ff. 133-134, 137-138. 

Jones (E. Clayton). 

v. Clayton Jones. 

Jones (N. Howard-). 

v. Howard-Jones.

Jones (Ranald Montagu Handfield-). 

v. Handfield-Jones. 

Jones (Commander Ronald Langton-). 

v. Langton-Jones. 

Jones (S.), Acting Assistant Secretary, Society of Chemical Industry. Letter to A. 

Fleming rel. to ac- 

commodation when giving the 'Lister' lecture, 1944. Signed. 56113, f. 213. 

Jones (W. Hewitt). 

v. Hewitt Jones. 

Jou-dae-toe-yi, Princess Noble Life; wife of Jasper Saunkeah. Letter to A. Fleming 

rel. to his Honorary Membership of the Kiowa tribe, 1949. Signed. 56110, f. 133. 

Journal of Bacteriology. Notes by A. Fleming from an article by C. E. A. Winslow, 

W. Rosebury and E. I. Parsons on the classification of white and orange 

staphylococci, n.d. 56182, ff. 13-15. 

— Notes by A. Fleming from an article by R. R. Mellon and D. W. Caldwell entitled 

'Studies in the Microbiotic Heredity', n.d. 56182, f. 27. 

Journal of Experimental Medicine. Notes by A. Fleming on the tonsil and pharynx 

from an article by I. Winchell and E. G. Stillman, n.d. 56167, f. 84. 

— Notes by A. Fleming from an article by G. Schwartzman entitled 'Phage as an 

Antigen', n.d. 56170, f. 10. 

— Notes by A. Fleming from an article by S. O. Freedlander and J. A. Jooney entitled 

'Local Intravenous Immunity to Staphylococcus', n.d. 56170, f. 11. 

— Notes by A. Fleming from an article by Colin M. Mcleod entitled 'Sulphonamide 

Inhibitors', n.d. 56174, f. 140. 

— Notes by A. Fleming from an article by MacLeod entitled 'Pus Inhibits 

Sulphonamide', n.d. 56174, f. 141. 

Journal of General Microbiology. Draft of an article by A. Fleming entitled 'The 

Morphology and Motility of Proteus and Other Organisms Cultured in the Presence of 

Penicillin', published in vol. 4, 1950, [1949-1950]. Three type- 

written copies. 56135, ff. 1-66. 

— Summary and article by A. Fleming entitled 'Further Observations on the Motility 

of Proteus Vulgaris grown in Penicillin Agar', published in vol. 4, [1950]. 


Journal of Hygiene. Notes by A. Fleming from an article by McConkey on gas 

reactions and glucose, n.d. 56181, f. 16. 

Journal of Infectious Diseases. Notes by A. Fleming from an article by Herman [G.] 

Wolf entitled 'Opsonic Index and Anti- 

pneumococcal Power of Blood in Pneumococca', n.d. 56181, f. 22. 

— Notes by A. Fleming on an article by Julianelle on haemolysin, n.d. 56182, f. 5. 

— Notes by A. Fleming from an article by Winston entitled 'Statistical Study of 

Characters of Cocci', n.d. 56182, f. 11. 

— Notes by A. Fleming on phenyl mercuric nitrate from an article by [Bisklang], n.d. 

56170, f. 33. 

Journal of Laryngology and Otology. Article by A. Fleming entitled 'The 

Prevention of Pyogenic Infections of the Nose and Throat' published in vol. 58, 


Journal of Medical Research. Notes by A. Fleming from an article by Leo F. 

Rettger and Joel A. Sperry entitled 'The Antiseptic and Bactericidal Properties of Egg 

White', n.d. 56183, ff. 17, 32-33.

Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology. Notes by A. Fleming from an article by 

Shallock entitled 'Chromocyte Clumping in Acute Pneumonia and Certain Other 

Diseases and the Significance of [Buffy Coal] in Shed Blood', n.d. 56181, ff. 20-21. 

— Notes by A. Fleming from an article by S. C. Dyke on the passage of staph aureus 

through the kidney of a rabbit, n.d. 56182, f. 25. 

— Notes by A. Fleming from an article by C. H. Killaway, J. M. Burnet and F. E. 

Williams on staphylococcus toxin, n.d. 56164, f. 42. 

Journal of the American Medical Association. Notes by A. Fleming on an article 

by K. Taylor entitled 'Treatment of Pyocyaneus Infection', n.d. 56149, ff. 108-108v. 

Joxe (Louis), Government General Secretary. Decree announcing A. Fleming as a 

Commander of the Order of Public Health signed by Général C. A. J. M. de Gaulle 

and F. Billoux and G. Bidault and L. Joxe, 1945. Fr. 56114, f. 101. 

Joy (William), of Glaxo Laboratories. Correspondence, etc., with A. Fleming, 1951. 

Partly signed. 56120, ff. 63, 68-69. 

Joynt (Thomas A.), Deputy Secretary, University of Edinburgh. Corre- 

spondence with A. Fleming, 1952-1953. Partly signed. 56106, ff. 125-158. 

Jutland Medical Society. Statement announcing A. Fleming as an Honorary Member 

of the Society, 1945. Typewritten. 56115, f. 61. 

K 

Keay (D. M.), Honorary Secretary, British Medical Association, Dundee Branch. 

Letter to A. Fleming rel. to an address to the Association, 1947. Signed. 56117, f. 93. 

Keeper (Chester S.), American physician. Address to a meeting of the American 

Pharmaceutical Manufacturers' Association entitled 'The Research Physician in War 

Medicine', 1943. Typewritten. 56110, ff. 18-21. 

Keith (Norman), of the Mayo Clinic, Minnesota. Recollections of A. Fleming, n.d. 


Kelk Risby (Norah Hanbury). 

v. Hanbury Kelk Risby. 

Kemsley, Viscount. 

v. Berry (Geoffrey Lionel). 

Kent (Princess Marina), Duchess of; wife of George Edward Alexander Edmund, 1st 

Duke of Kent. Correspondence with A. Fleming, 1945. 56114, ff. 12, 15. 

Kenyon (Arthur W.), architect. Summary of a report for a joint building project 

between the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons on the Lincoln's Inn Fields 

site, [1944]. Typewritten. 56113, f. 226. 

Kerrigan (James J.), President, Merck and Co. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. 

to a visit to America, 1950. Signed. 56110, f. 211; 56111, f. 5. 

Khairat (Omar), Egyptian bac- 

teriologist. Recollections of A. Fleming, n.d. Copies. 56220, ff. 106-113. 

Khan (Liaquat Ali), Prime Minister of Pakistan. Dinner invitation to A. Fleming, 

1951. Partly printed. 56120, f. 61. 

King (Earl Judson), clinical biochemist. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to Dr 

N. E. Rankin, 1951. Partly signed. 56120, ff. 83, 85. 

— Correspondence of E. J. King and D. D. Van Slyke, 1954. Type- 

written. 56107, ff. 147-149.

King (Harold), chemist. Corre- 

spondence with A. Fleming, 1943-1945. Partly signed. 56113, ff. 135-136; 56114, f. 

120. 

Kirk (Dorothy), secretary to Lee Edward Farr. Letter, etc., with a list of Brookhaven 

National La- 

boratory's staff members, 1950. Signed. 56111, ff. 9-11. 

Kirk (Maj. Gen. Norman T.), Surgeon General, United States Army. Opening radio 

address for a meeting of the American Pharmaceutical Manufacturers' As- 

sociation in honour of A. Fleming, 1943. Typewritten. 56110, f. 1. 

— Address to a meeting of the American Pharmaceutical Man- 

ufacturer's Association entitled 'The Place of Penicillin in War Medicine', 1943. 


— Closing address to a meeting of the American Pharmaceutical Manufacturers' 

Association in honour of A. Fleming, 1943. Typewritten. 56110, f. 26. 

Klaunberg (Henry J.), President, Washington Institute of Medicine. Correspondence, 

etc., with A. Fleming rel. to an article for journal 'M.D.', 1950. Partly signed. 56111, 

ff. 50-52; 56119, f. 133. 

'Kliniki', Greek journal. Corre- 

spondence with A. Fleming rel. to an article for the journal, 1948-1949. Partly signed. 

56118, ff. 98, 108. 

Knap (Inger), of Aarhus, Denmark. Letters to A. Fleming and Lady S. Fleming, 1945. 

56114, f. 184; 56115, f. 53. 

Knatchbull-Hugessen (Sir Hughe Montgomery), diplomatist. Letter rel. to an 

honorary degree for A. Fleming to Sir H. M. Knatchbull-Hugessen from H. 

Waeyenberg, 1945. Typewritten. 56114, f. 218. 

— Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to a visit to Brussels, 1945. Partly signed. 

56115, ff. 54-56. 

Knouf (Evelynne G.), M.D. Letter, etc., rel. to encephalitis and a typhoid vaccine to 

B. May, 1954. Two copies. 56111, f. 106; 56121, ff. 112-118. 

— Considerations in the treatment of encephalitis with typhoid vaccine, 1954. 


Knox Boyd (Sir John Smith). 

v. Boyd. 

Kohler (R. T.), of Industrial Television Sector, Radio Cor- 

poration of America. Letter, etc., rel. to information about a light microscope to B. 

May, 1952. Copy. 56111, ff. 69-70v. 

Korínek (Jan), Professor, University of Karlovy. Business card, [1947]. Printed. 

Czech. 56117, f. 79. 

Kormis (F. J.), artist. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to the creation of a 

medallion for the British Museum, 1947. Partly signed. 56117, ff. 59, 68. 

Kosmopoulos (—), of Greece. Letter to A. Fleming thanking him for curing his 

pneumonia with penicillin, [1946]. Typewritten. Gr. 56116, f. 85. 

Krammer (Stefan), of Graz, Austria. Letter, etc., to A. Fleming, 1947. Signed. Germ. 

56116, ff. 251-252. 

Kratochvil (B.), Czechoslovakian Ambassador. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. 

to an honorary degree from Charles University, Prague, 1948. Partly signed. 56117, 

ff, 148, 154, 171.

L 

Laboratory Practice, journal. Letter, etc., from the Director to A. Fleming rel. to a 

Scientific Advisory Committee, 1952. Signed. 56120, ff. 206-207. 

— Editorial announcement rel. to a Scientific Advisory Committee, 1952. Printed. 

56120, f. 207. 

Laboratory Practice, Scientific Advisory Committee. Minutes, points for discussion 

and a list of addresses, 1952-1953. Typewritten. 56120, ff. 188-195; 56121, f. 56. 

Laboratory Technicians, Lecture by A. Fleming at their annual meeting, Leicester, 4 

October, 1949. Typewritten. 56126, ff. 111-181. 

Lacquet (A.), Permanent Secretary, Royal Academy of Medicine, Belgium. Letters, 

etc., to A. Fleming rel. to his election as a foreign Honorary Member of the Academy, 

1946. Signed. Partly Dutch. 56115, ff. 58-59, 207-208. 

Laidlaw (Dr. J. Hugh), of Ottawa. Letter of condolence to Lady A. Fleming, 1955. 

Typewritten copy. 56217, f. 1. 

Lambert (Harry), employee of J. and R. Fleming (Optical firm). Experiments and 

notes by A. Fleming rel. to Lambert's treatment for staphylococci meningitis, 1942- 

1948. 56175, ff. 114-125v, 126v-127v; 56183, ff. 276-324. 

Lancashire (Alderman W. T.), Lord Mayor of Liverpool. Corre- 

spondence with A. Fleming rel. to a visit to Liverpool, 1948. Partly signed. 56117, ff. 

149, 152. 

Lancet, scientific journal. Article by A. Fleming and C. Smith entitled 'The Use of 

Glucose, Phenol Red, Serum Water in the Estimation of Penicillin in Patients' Serum', 

published in vol. 1, [1947]. Typewritten. 56134, ff. 42-46. 

— Notes by A. Fleming on an article by K. Taylor entitled 'Incidence of Organisms in 

Wounds', n.d. 56149, ff. 108-108v. 

— Notes by A. Fleming from an article by McIntosh entitled 'Modern Trend of 

Prophylactic Therapeutic Immunisation', n.d. 56170, f. 8. 

Langmead (Frederick), M.D.; F.R.C.P. Letter of congratulations to A. Fleming rel. to 

Rectorship of Edinburgh University, 1951. 56120, f. 117. 

Langthorne Hospital, London. Speech by A. Fleming, [1953-1954]. Typewritten. 

56132, ff. 190-196. 

Langton-Jones (Commander Ro- 

nald), D.S.O.; of the Royal Navy. Letter of congratulations to A. Fleming rel. to 

Rectorship of Edinburgh University, 1951. Signed. 56120, f. 114. 

Larmeroux (Jean), President, International Senate. Letter, etc., to A. Fleming asking 

him to join the newly formed International Senate, 1945. Signed. 56114, ff. 13-14v. 

Lasarettet (Elizabeth Berg). 

v. Berg Lasarettet. 

La Touche (Charles J.), mycologist. Letter from A. Fleming rel. to penicillin, 1945. 

Two copies. 56220, ff. 115-116, 119. 


League of Nations Bulletin. Draft version of an article by A. Fleming entitled '[The] 

Assay of Penicillin [in the days] before it was Concentrated' published in vol. 12, 


Learmonth (Sir James Rognvald), Regius Professor of Clinical Surgery, University 

of Edinburgh. Correspondence with A. Fleming, 1948. Partly typewritten. 56106, ff. 

162-164.

Leblanc (F.), Administrator, Uni- 

versity of Brussels. Letter of congratulations to A. Fleming rel. to Rectorship of 

Edinburgh University, 1951. Signed. Fr. 56120, f. 121. 

Lebray (D.), Vice Secretary, Philomathic Society of Paris. Correspondence with A. 

Fleming rel. to his election as a corresponding member, 1947. Partly signed. Partly 

Fr. 56117, ff. 49, 51. 

Lee (Robert P.), National Director, American Research and Education Foundation 

for Chest Disease. Letter, etc., to A. Fleming rel. to a nationwide campaign against 

the common cold, 1950. Signed. 56111, ff. 39-47. 

Lee (Roger I.), Fellow of the Corporation, Harvard University. Letter to A. Fleming 

rel. to the presentation of an Honorary Degree, 1944. Signed. 56110, f. 43. 

— Recollections of A. Fleming, n.d. Typewritten. 56216, ff. 55-59. 

Leeds, W.R., co. York. Letter from A. Fleming to the Lord Mayor's secretary, 1950. 


Le Forraday (David), of Neath, co. Glam. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to 

ultra-sonic treatment of infections, 1954-1955. Partly typewritten. 56121, ff. 85, 155. 

Leigh-Smith (P.), of the British Legation to the Holy See, Rome. Letter to A. Fleming 

rel. to his election as a member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, 1945-1946. 

Partly signed. 56115, ff. 6, 158, 194, 217. 

Leiper (Robert Thomson), Director, Commonwealth Bureau of Helminthology. 

Letters to Lady A. Fleming rel. to information for a biography of A. Fleming, 1956. 

Partly copies. 56215, ff. 23, 27-28; 56218, ff. 37-39. 

Leitch ([James]), of Newnilns, co. Ayr. Letter to Lady A. Fleming rel. to information 

for a biography of A. Fleming, 1956. 56215, ff. 171-172. 

Lengyel (Laszlo), M.D. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to Laszlo Mosonyi, [1949]. Signed. 

56118, f. 124. 

Léon Binet (M.), of the University of Paris. Obituary for A. Fleming, 1955. Printed. 

Fr. 56214, ff. 1-2. 

Levèque (Jean), President, French Welcome Committee. Corre- 

spondence with A. Fleming rel. to the 'Grand Croix' Order of Chypre, 1949. Partly 

signed. Partly Fr. 56118, ff. 194, 202. 

Liebmann (Dr Alfred. J.), of Schenley Laboratories, Inc., Indiana. Article for 

Chemurgis Papers, Series 3, entitled 'Penicillin', 1944. Facs. 56112, ff. 89-96. 


1956. Signed. 56215, ff. 139-142. 

Liederkerke (Count - de), of the Belgian Embassy, London. Letters from A. Fleming, 

1945. Typewritten. 56114, f. 219; 56115, f. 51. 

Liége, in Belgium. A. Fleming's journal entries for a visit, 28 November-3 December, 

1945. 56186, ff. 10-12v. 

Liége, University of. Correspondence of A. Fleming and the Rector of the University 

rel. to an honorary degree, 1945. Typewritten. 56115, ff. 3-4, 7-8. 

— Speech by A. Fleming on receiving an honorary MD, [3 December], 1945. 56123, 

ff. 82-83. 

— Statement by the Rector and Senate of the University congratulating A. Fleming on 

Rectorship of Edinburgh University, 1951. Typewritten. 56120, f. 130. 

Liljestrand (Goran), pharmacologist; Secretary, Nobel Committee for Physiology 

and Medicine. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to the Nobel Prize for Physiology 

and Medicine, 1945-1949. Partly signed. 56114, f. 210; 56115, ff. 49, 52, 63, 131; 

56118, f. 134.

Lilly (Eli), philanthropist and pharmacologist; President, Eli Lilly and Company. 

Letter to A. Fleming rel. to his Honorary Membership of the Philadelphia College of 

Pharmacy and Science, 1945. Signed. 56110, f. 101. 

Lins (—), of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Correspondence with A. Fleming, 1946. Partly 

signed. 56116, ff. 117, 130. 

Liston ([W?]), of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh. Letter to A. Fleming 

rel. to a vaccine for influenza, 1930. 56113, f. 4. 

Lloyd (W. R.), of the medical department, Butterworth and Co. (Publishers) Ltd. 

Correspondence, etc., with A. Fleming rel. to the publication of a book on penicillin, 

1949-1950. Partly signed. 56119, ff. 6, 56-58, 63-64, 66-67, 88-89, 157-163. 

Lockie (J. R.), County Clerk, Ayr. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to Ayr 

County Council's congratulations on his knighthood, 1944. Partly signed. 56113, ff. 

195, 201. 

Logan (Sir Douglas William), Kt.; university administrator. Corre- 

spondence with A. Fleming rel. to the title 'Professor of Emeritus of Bacteriology in 

the University of London', 1948. Partly signed. 56118, ff. 67, 69. 

LONDON. Secular Institutions. HOSPITALS AND CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. 

St. Mary's Hospital. Letter, including an agenda, to A. Fleming inviting him to attend 

a meeting of the Management Committee of the Institute of Pathology and 

Therapeutic Research, 1936. Typewritten. 56113, f. 16. 

— Agenda for a meeting of the sub-committee for centenary celebrations, 1944. 


— Inoculation Department Annual Report by A. Fleming, 1945. Partly typewritten. 

56133, ff. 182-183. 

— Book containing photographs from the 'Exhibition of Penicillin', June, 1945. 

56212, ff. 1-14. 

— A. Fleming's journal relating to the Inoculation Department, entitled 'Affairs', 17 

February-December, 1947. 56188, ff. 1-14. 

— Speech by A. Fleming at the Savoy, rel. to the introduction of the National Health 

Service, June 1948. 56125, ff. 165-169. 

— Reply by A. Fleming to the Duke of Edinburgh upon receiving tureens celebrating 

the 25th anniversary of the publication of the first article on penicillin, [29 May], 


— List of Centenary Dinner attendees, 1954. Typewritten. 56121, ff. 122-127. 

— Notes on the arrangements for the teaching of pathology, bacteriology, chemical 

pathology and clinical pathology, n.d. Typewritten. 56174, ff. 242-244. 

— Photograph of A. Fleming in his laboratory, n.d. 56171, f. 19. 

— Photograph of an unidentified man in one of the Inoculation Department's 

laboratories, n.d. 56171, f. 27. 

— Pathological requisition form for Terrance Manning to test a sample from a 

swelling on his head, n.d. 56176, f. 199. 

LONDON. Secular Institutions. ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS. Summary of 

negotiations with the Canadian Government rel. to sites for College accommodation, 

[1944]. Typ-e 

written. 56113, ff. 224-225v. 

— Summary of a report for a joint building project between the Royal College of 

Physicians and Surgeons on the Lincoln's Inn Fields site by A. W. Kenyon, [1944]. 


— Abstracts from comitia minutes concerning the College building sites, [1944]. 

Typewritten. 56113, f. 227.

— ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. Summary of a report for a joint building 

project between the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons on the Lincoln's Inn 

Fields site by A. W. Kenyon, [1944]. Typewritten. 56113, f. 226. 

— SOCIETIES. Linnean Society. Lecture by A. Fleming on 'Paper and Cellophane 

Cultures of Moulds and Bacteria' for a meeting on 12 November, 1942. Published in 

the Proceedings of the Society, volume 155, 1943, 1942-1943. Three copies two 

typewritten. 56133, ff. 103-112; 56122, ff. 139-142. 

— UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGES. University of London. Address entitled 'Success' 

by A. Fleming at the commencement of a session of the Pharmaceutical College, [Oc- 

tober], 1947. Partly typewritten. 56124, ff. 189-201. 

— Letter from the Chairman of Convocation to A. Fleming rel. to the Fifth 

International Congress for Microbiology, 1950. Signed. 56119, f. 130. 

— Letter, etc., rel. to a memorial resolution in honour of A. Fleming to the University 

of London from M. Maverick, 1955. Signed. 56111, ff. 183-186. 

LONDON. Secular Institutions. MISCELLANEOUS. Worshipful Company of 

Barbers. Speech by A. Fleming after becoming an honorary liveryman, [7 December], 


LONDON, Columbian Embassy. Seating plan for a dinner A. Fleming attended, 

[1940-1955]. 56121, f. 183. 

LONDON, Danish Legation. Correspondence of the First Minister and A. Fleming 

rel. to a visit to Denmark, 1945. Partly signed. 56114, ff. 93, 100. 

LONDON, French Embassy. Letter from A. Fleming to the French Ambassador, 

1945. Typewritten. 56114, f. 77. 

LONDON, Hospitals 

v. Whipps Cross Hospital 

London County Council, Public Health Department Pathological Service. Notes on 

desoxycholate-citrate agar for the isolation of dysentery, paratyphoid and salmonella 

organisms, 1941. Typewritten. 56113, ff. 56-57. 

'London Scottish Regimental Gazette, The', newspaper. Article entitled 'Pte 606' 

rel. to A. Fleming, 1955. Typewritten. 56222, ff. 85-94. 

Long (C. E.), of the Ministry of Health. Letter, etc., to A. Fleming rel. to an 

emergency public health laboratory at St. Mary's Hospital, 1946. Signed. 56115, ff. 

166-167v. 

Long (Perrin Hamilton), physician. Correspondence with A. Fleming, [1944]-1947. 

Partly typewritten. 56110, ff. 47, 111-112. 

Lopez Freigero (José), lawyer. Clinical history and two photographs of the abscesses 

on L. Freigero's teeth, 1947. Typewritten. 56116, ff. 203-205v. 

Loughridge (James Stevenson), M.D.; F.R.C.S. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. 

to penicillin, 1953. Partly signed. 56121, ff. 45, 47. 

Lourenço de Silva (J.), of the British Embassy, Rio de Janeiro. Business card, 1946. 

Printed. Portug. 56116, f. 14. 

— Letters, etc., to A. Fleming, [1946]. Signed. 56116, ff. 21-22, 31. 

Louvain, in Belgium. A. Fleming's journal entries for a visit, 28 November-3 

December, 1945. 56186, ff. 10-12v. 

— University of. Letter to A. Fleming from the Rector of the University rel. to an 

honorary degree, 1945. Fr. 56114, f. 70. 

— Speech by A. Fleming on receiving an honorary MD, [30] November, 1945. 


Lovatt Evans (Sir Charles Arthur). 

v. Evans.

Lovell (Reginald), bacteriologist. Letter to Lady A. Fleming rel. to information for a 


— Recollections of A. Fleming and penicillin, n.d. Two copies. 56220, ff. 121-130. 

Low (F. S. Blait-). 

v. Blait-Low. 

Lowe (Sir David Nicoll), O.B.E. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to a meeting of 

the British Association for the Advancement of Science in Dundee, 1947. 

Typewritten. 56117, ff. 43, 85, 89. 

Lowe (Sherman L.), of the General MacArthur Chapter, United States Army. Letter 

from A. Fleming rel. to the Citation of the Order of the Purple Heart, 1947. 


Ludovici (Lawrence James), writer. Letter rel. to a biography of A. Fleming to M. G. 

Milne, 1951. Copy. 56120, ff. 71-72. 

— Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to a biography, 1951-1952. Partly signed. 

56120, ff. 76-78, 98, 101, 218. 

Lumley (E. G.), of London. Letter to the Editor of A. Fleming's biography, 1956. 

Partly copies. 56214, f. 235; 56217, ff. 336-337. 

Lunnon (Maj. V. M.), Director of Appeals, St. Mary's Hospital. Correspondence with 

A. Fleming rel. to the penicillin exhibition train, 1945. Partly signed. 56114, ff. 90-91, 

116, 198. 

Luque (Col. Juan Moreno), of Madrid. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to a 

book on soil, 1948. Partly signed. Partly Span. 56118, ff. 16, 31. 

Lusty (Robert), Director, Michael Joseph Ltd. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. 

to a review of J. D. Ratcliff's 'Yellow Magic', 1945. Partly signed. 56114, ff. 37-38. 

Lyon (Ben), American actor; husband of B. Daniels. Interview of B. Daniels and B. 

Lyon, n.d. Copies. 56219, ff. 202-215. 

— Interview of H. Thornton by B. Daniels and B. Lyon, n.d. Copy. 56219, ff. 216- 

228. 

M 

McAteer (J. D.), Official Secretary to the Australian High Commissioner, London. 

Letter to A. Fleming rel. to Dr. Joseph Zollschan, 1949. Signed. 56119, f. 9. 

McCarthy (Alex A.), Registrar, National University of Ireland. Correspondence with 

A. Fleming rel. to an honorary degree, 1950. Partly signed. 56119, ff. 69, 71, 78, 80- 

82, 105. 

MacCarthy (B. F.), of University College, Dublin. Letter to A. Fleming, 1950. 

56119, f. 119. 

McClean (S. D.), of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. Letter, etc., from A. Fleming to 

S. D. McClean rel. to Dr. Young, 1950. Typewritten. 56119, ff. 83-85. 

McColl (Sir Alexander Lowe), Chairman and Director, Lubricating Oil Committee, 

Petroleum Board. Letter to A. Fleming congratulating him on his knighthood, 1944. 

Signed. 56113, f. 176. 

— Letters to Lady A. Fleming rel. to information for a biography for A. Fleming, 

1956. Partly copies. 56214, ff. 160-161; 56217, ff. 204-208. 

MacDermot (B. C.), of the Foreign Office. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to an honorary 

degree from Charles University, 1948. Signed. 56117, f. 168.

McDonnell (John J.), Director, Office of Civilian Penicillin Distribution, War 

Production Board. Covering letter, etc., to Superintendents of State Hospitals rel. to 

the civilian use of penicillin, 1944. Typewritten. 56112, ff. 80-88. 

— Draft letter entitled 'Penicillin Supplies' to be sent to State hospitals, 1944. 

Typewritten copies. 56112, ff. 81-82v. 

McElligott (G. L. M.), venereal disease specialist. Letter, etc., from A. Fleming to G. 

L. M. McElligott rel. to penicillin and neuro-syphilis, 1947. Typewritten. 56116, ff. 

222-225. 

— Obituary taken from the British Journal of Dental Disease, Vol. XXXI, No. 2, 

June, 1955. Typewritten. 56222, ff. 82-84. 


McElroy afterw. Fleming (Sarah). 

v. Fleming. 

McEwan (Wallace M.), bacteriologist. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to 

'Bacteriological Technique' a text book for trainee laboratory technicians, 1949. Partly 

signed. 56118, ff. 110-112, 173-175, 177. 

McGowan (Harry Duncan), 1st Baron McGowan; Chairman and Hon. President of 

I.C.I. Correspondence, etc., with A. Fleming, 1951-1953. Partly signed. 56120, f. 133; 

56121, ff. 69-73. 

— Correspondence rel. to research into poliomyelitis of L. Hutton and H. D. 

McGowan, 1953. Copies. 56121, ff. 70-71. 

— Correspondence rel. to research into poliomyelitis of D. Guthrie and H. D. 

McGowan, 1953. Copies. 56121, ff. 72-73. 

— Recollections of A. Fleming, n.d. Partly copies. 56216, ff. 60-61; 56220, ff. 133- 

136. 

MacGregor (Ian S.) Senior President, Students Representative Council, University of 

Edinburgh. Corre- 

spondence with A. Fleming, 1951. Partly signed. 56106, ff. 173-175, 181-183, 185. 

McKean (G. Thomas), of the American Journal of Clinical Pathology. Review of the 

second edition of 'Penicillin: Its Practical Application' edited by A. Fleming, 1950. 


McKean Taylor (G.), of Edinburgh. Letter, etc., rel. to a paintings exhibition to the 

University of Edinburgh Court, 1952. Type- 

written. 56106, ff. 89-90v. 

McKeen (John E.), President, Chas. Pfizer & Company., Inc. Corre- 

spondence with A. Fleming, 1950-1954. Partly copies. 56111, ff. 6, 14, 17, 35, 107- 

108, 134, 148; 56215, ff. 50-59, 72. 


1956. Partly copies. 56215, ff. 48-88; 56218, ff. 74-76. 

Mackie (Sir T. J.) Professor of Bacteriology, University of Ed- 

inburgh. Letter to A. Fleming, 1951. 56106, f. 170. 

MacKinnon (—), wife of Donald MacKinnon. Recollections of A. Fleming and Lady 

S. Fleming, n.d. Partly copies. 56216, ff. 62-67; 56220, ff. 137-140. 

McKinnon (Lt. Roderick J.), Secretary, Central Base Section, European Theatre of 

Operations Medical Society. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to a talk for the 

Society, 1944. Partly signed. 56110, ff. 40-41. 

McKinstry (R. N.), of Public Health Committee, Jersey. Correspondence with A. 

Fleming rel. to a culture of penicillin notatum, 1946. Partly signed. 56116, ff. 106, 

132.

MacKintosh (James Macalister), public health teacher and administrator. 

Correspondence, etc., with A. Fleming rel. to Jules Bordet, 1950. Partly signed. 

56119, ff. 94-95, 97, 100. 

— Correspondence, etc., rel. to Jules Bordet of R. Sand and J. M. MacKintosh, 1950. 

Partly type- 

written. 56119, ff. 95, 98, 101-104. 

MacLeod (Dr Alastair), of Harley Street, London. Letter, etc., to A. Fleming rel. to 

treatment of one of the Queen's chemists, 1943. 56113, ff. 138-139. 

Macleod (Douglas), surgeon. Letter to A. Fleming, 1944. 56113, f. 173. 


1956. Typewritten copies. 56218, ff. 1-9. 

McLeod (James Walter), Professor Emeritus, Department of Pathology, Leeds. Letter 

providing information about his publications and lectures, work interests and other 

activities to J. W. McLeod from W. J. Tulloch, 1941. Signed. 56113, ff. 46-55. 

— Summary of the scientific work of W. J. Tulloch, 194[5]. Typewritten. 56114, ff. 

3-6. 

— Correspondence, etc., with A. Fleming, 194[5]-1947. Partly signed. 56114, ff. 2-6; 

56117, ff. 101, 103. 

McMahon (J. R.), of Chas. Pfizer & Company., Inc. Appendix detailing a three hour 

Turbidimetric assay, 1944. Typewritten. 56112, ff. 60-62. 

McMenemey (William Henry), M.A.; pathologist. Letter, etc., to A. Fleming rel. to a 

visit to America and Brazil, 1954. Signed. 56121, ff. 102-103. 

— Letter rel. to A. Fleming's visit to America and Brazil to C. B. Courville, 1954. 

Copy. 56121, f. 103. 

Macmillan (Mrs A.), friend of Sir Alexander Fleming. Recollections of A. Fleming, 

n.d. Partly copies. 56216, ff. 68-75; 56220, ff. 144-164. 

Macmillan (Arthur), husband of Mrs A. Macmillan. Recollections of A. Fleming, n.d. 

Copy. 56220, ff. 141-143. 

MacNalty (Sir Arthur Salusbury), K.C.B.; Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health. 

Letter, etc., to A. Fleming rel. to the formation of an Emergency Public Health 

Laboratory Service, 1939. Signed. 56113, ff. 25-27. 

McPherson (John R.), of Glaxo Laboratories (Pakistan) Ltd. Letter to A. Fleming rel. 

to a visit to Karachi, 1951. Signed. 56120, f. 62. 

McRae (Allan), of the Department of Extra-Mural Studies, University of London. 

Letter of congratulations to A. Fleming rel. to Rectorship of Edinburgh University, 

1951. Signed. 56120, f. 132. 

Macrae (Angus), Vice President, British Medical Association. Correspondence with 

A. Fleming rel. to a Pakistan Medical Conference, 1951. Partly signed. 56120, ff. 19- 

21. 

Madrid, in Spain. Speech by A. Fleming on receiving the Grand Cross of Alphonso 

X el Sabio, [11 June], 1948. 56125, f. 86. 

Madrid, University of. Speech by A. Fleming on receiving an honorary D.Sc, [12 

June], 1948. 56125, f. 87. 

Madsen (Thorvald Johannes Marius), Danish bacteriologist. Letters rel. to A. 

Fleming’s absence in America to T. J. M. Madsen from M. Y. Young, 1945. Signed. 

56114, ff. 48-50. 

— Correspondence with A. Fleming, 1945-1947. Partly signed. 56114, ff. 47, 52, 85, 

94-95, 110, 121, 128-130, 195, 209, 214; 56115, ff. 94, 128, 184, 186; 56117, ff. 64, 

69.

Magnus (Henry Adolph), M.D.; anatomist. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to Dr N. E. 

Rankin, 1953. Signed. 56121, f. 2. 

Maisin (Joseph Henri), Director, Institut du Cancer, Louvain University. 

Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to Rectorship of Edinburgh University, 1951. 

Signed. 56120, ff. 138-139. 

Major (Randolph T.), Vice President and Scientific Director, Merck and Co Ltd. 

Letter. etc., rel. to Mexican companies producing lysozyme, 1949. Signed. 56110, ff. 

134-146. 

Makins (Roger Mellor), 1st Baron Sherfield. Letter rel. to A. Fleming's visit to 

America, March 1954 to R. M. Makins from U. R. Bryner, 1954. Copy. 56109, f. 79. 

Malcolm (Angus Christian Edward), diplomat. Correspondence, etc., with A. 

Fleming, 1945. Partly printed. 56114, ff. 122, 133-172. 

Malpas (Percy), surgeon. Letter from A. Fleming, 1948. Typewritten. 56117, f. 167. 

Manson (T. W.) of University of Edinburgh. Telegram to A. Fleming, 1951. 56106, f. 

165. 

— Letter to A. Fleming, 1951. 56106, f. 166. 

— Letter to A. Fleming from T. W. Manson and W. J. Munro and J. C. Campbell, 

1951. Signed. 56106, f. 167. 

— Letter to A. Fleming from T. W. Manson and W. J. Munro, 1951. Signed. 56106, f. 

169. 

— Letter to A. Fleming from T. W. Manson and J. C. Campbell, 1951. 56106, f. 177. 

Marañón (G.), of Castellana, Italy. Note to A. Fleming written on a business card, 

[1948]. Partly printed. Ital. 56118, ff. 21-22. 

Marcon (Luigi). Article about penicillin by G. Attardi and L. Marcon, [1945-1946?]. 

Type- 

written. Ital. 56116, ff. 174-180. 

Marina, Duchess of Kent. 

v. Kent (Princess Marina). 

Mariotti (Maurizio), Italian surgeon. Letter to A. Fleming, 1945. Signed. Ital. 56115, 

f. 59. 

Marjary (Ed), Director, Chateau Mouton Rothschild. Corre- 

spondence with A. Fleming rel. to testing for lysozyme in wine, 1951. Partly signed. 

Partly Fr. 56120, ff. 87-89, 108, 111. 

Markianos (D. J.), Greek reporter. Extracts of an article written for newspaper 'Ja 

Nea', October 1952, about A. Fleming's visit to Athens, n.d. Partly copies. 56216, ff. 

76-77; 56220, ff. 169-171. 

Marlow (G. Stevenson). Re- 

collections of A. Fleming, n.d. Partly copies. 56216, ff. 108-110; 56221, ff. 95-96. 

Marotta (Domenico), Director General, Instituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome. 

Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to his election as a member of the Pontifical 

Academy of Sciences, 1946. Partly signed. 56115, ff. 188, 197. 

Marquardt (Martha J. A.), secretary to Paul Ehrlich. A. Fleming's statement 

supporting her request for naturalisation, 1952. Typewritten. 56120, f. 178. 

Marriage-Allen (E.), of Hyde Park, London. Report on A. Fleming's visit to Liége, 


Marshall (Alice), housekeeper to Sir Alexander Fleming. Recollections of A. 

Fleming, n.d. Copies. 56220, ff. 165-168. 

Marteaux (A.), Belgian Minister for Public Health. Correspondence with A. Fleming 

rel. to lunch with the Prince Régent, 1945. Partly signed. Partly Fr. 56114, ff. 207, 

215.

— Letter on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Commerce to A. Fleming 

rel. to a dinner with the Prince Régent and an honorary degree from University of 

Brussels, 1945. Typewritten. Fr. 56114, f. 208. 

Martin (Sir David Christie), Kt.; scientific administrator. Corre- 

spondence with A. Fleming, 1947-1954. Partly signed. 56117, f. 106; 56121, f. 99. 

Massachusetts Medical Society. Shattuck lecture by A. Fleming entitled 'Twentieth 

Century Changes in the Treatment of Septic Infections', delivered at their annual 

meeting, Boston [21 May], 1953. Three typewritten copies. 56131, ff. 23-105. 

Massigly (René), of the French Embassy, London. Letters to A. Fleming, 1945. 

Signed. Partly Fr. 56114, f. 76; 56115, ff. 13-14. 

Matilla (Valentin), Secretary, Real National Academy of Medicine. Letter to A. 

Fleming, 1950. Signed. Span. 56119, f. 144. 

Matson (Ralph C.), President, American College of Chest Physicians. Letter to A. 

Fleming on his acceptance of a Fellowship of the College and a place on the editorial 

board of the College magazine, 1945. Signed. 56110, f. 55. 

Mattei (Charles), member of the National Academy of Medicine. Correspondence 

with A. Fleming, 1948. Partly signed. Partly Fr. 56117, ff. 163, 172-174, 176, 185. 

Mattei (Prof. Pietro di), of the University of Rome. Business card, [1945]. Printed. 

Ital. 56114, f. 193. 

Maucherat (Pierre M.), General Secretary, Committee of Fiftieth Anniversary of 

Louis Pasteur's Death. Correspondence with A. Fleming, 1946. Partly signed. Partly 

Fr. 56107, ff. 5, 11, 13, 15-19, 21, 43, 57. 

— Letter to P. M. Maucherat from H. Buckley, 1946. Typewritten. 56107, f. 6. 

'Maurois (André), pseudonym. 

v. Herzog. 

Maverick (Maury), Jr.; member of the State of Texas House of Representatives. 

Letter, etc., to the University of London rel. to a memorial resolution in honour of A. 

Fleming, 1955. Signed. 56111, ff. 183-186. 

— Letter of thanks for the resolution in honour of A. Fleming to M. Maverick from 

H. R. Robinson, 1955. Typewritten. 56111, f. 187. 

Maxey (Evelyn G.), of the Directorate of Medical Supplies, Ministry of Supply. 

Correspondence rel. to photographs and captions for an exhibition of E. G. Maxey and 

M. Y. Young, 1945-1946. Partly signed. 56114, ff. 54-55, 59-60, 67, 78, 83; 56115, f. 

198. 

May (A. J.), of Hayling Island, co. Hants. Letter to Lady A. Fleming rel. to 

information for a biography of A. Fleming, 1956. Typewritten copy. 56217, f. 194. 

May (Ben), American businessman and philanthropist. Letter, etc., rel. to information 

about a light microscope to B. May from R. T. Kohler, 1952. Copy. 56111, ff. 69-70v. 

— Letter, etc., rel. to encephalitis and a typhoid vaccine to B. May from E. G. Knouf, 

1954. Two copies. 56111, f. 106; 56121, ff. 112-118. 

— Newspaper articles rel. to the Mobile County Medical Society's honorary dinner, 

1954. Printed. 56111, ff. 161-162. 

— Talk on the 'Importance of Government Aid for Medical Research' at a luncheon 

given by Congressman Boykin, [1955]. Typewritten. 56111, ff. 188-197. 

— Correspondence, etc., with A. Fleming, 1952-1955, n.d. Partly signed. 56111, ff. 

64-70v, 88-92, 105-106, 113, 125, 156, 165-167v, 170, 175, 181-182, 198-199. 

— Biographical note, n.d. Typewritten. 56216, ff. 78-80. 

May (Robert), of Brompton Chest Hospital. Recollections of A. Fleming, n.d. Copy. 

56220, ff. 172-173.

Mayhan ([E. G?]), Director, The Distillers Company (Biochemicals) Ltd. Letter to A. 

Fleming rel. to visit to a penicillin factory in Liverpool, 1948. Signed. 56117, f. 170. 

Mederos (Gustavo Grau), journalist. Recollections of A. Fleming, 1956. Typewritten 

copy. 56217, ff. 279-286. 

Medical Research Club. Excerpts from 'The Medical Research Club: The First Sixty 

Years, 1891-1951', n.d. Typewritten. 56222, ff. 65-67. 

Medical Research Council. Report on marfanil and marfanil-protalbin, 1943. 


— Report by A. Fleming on trials to study the value of penicillin for subacute 

bacterial endocarditis, [1948-1949]. Typewritten. 56134, ff. 233-252. 

— Reply to an inquiry rel. to the treatment of war wounds using penicillin and 

sulphonamides and H. Ogilvie's comments on their reply, 1949. Typewritten. 56118, 

ff. 100-101. 

— Notes by A. Fleming for Special Report No. 51, n.d. 56158, f. 50. 

Medical Research Council. Committee on Clinical Trials of Influenza Vaccine. 

Minutes, centres of trials and results of trials, 1951-1953. Partly typewritten. 56107, 

ff. 60-83, 86, 89-131v, 134-139v, 143-146v. 

Medical Review, journal. Review of the second edition of 'Penicillin: Its Practical 

Application' edited by A. Fleming, 1950. Typewritten. 56119, ff. 57-58. 

Medicine Illustrated, journal. Review of the second edition of 'Penicillin: Its 


— Article by A. Fleming entitled 'Antibiotic Therapy' sent on 1 September 1950 and 

published in vol. 4, 1950. Typewritten. 56135, ff. 67-72. 

— Paper by A. Fleming entitled 'Antibiotics' sent 17 December 1952 and published in 

vol. 7, 1953. Paper was re-used to form 'Recent Progress in Antibiotics' published in 

Lectures on the Scientific Basis of Medicine, 1953, 1952. Typewritten. 56135, ff. 163- 

175. 

Meleney (Frank L.), surgeon and bacteriologist. Correspondence with A. Fleming, 

1946. Partly signed. 56110, ff. 107-108. 

Mellanby (Sir Edward), G.B.E.; medical scientist and administrator. 

Correspondence, etc., with A. Fleming, 1950-1951. Partly signed. 56119, ff. 164, 208- 

209, 211; 56120, ff. 1, 14. 

Mellanby (Lady May), wife of Sir Edward Mellanby. Letter to Lady A. Fleming rel. 

to information for a biography of A. Fleming, [1956]. Typewritten. 56215, f. 178. 

Menzies (Ian C.), of the Royal Medical Society. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. 

to Rectorship of Edinburgh University, 1951. Partly signed. 56120, ff. 129, 134. 

Messine (J.), private secretary of Dr A. Marteaux. Letter to A. Fleming on behalf of 

Dr Marteaux thanking him for his visit to Belgium, 1946. Signed. 56115, f. 120. 

Miall (Stephen), Editor, Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry. Correspondence 

with A. Fleming, 1944-1945. Partly signed. 56113, f. 254; 56114, ff. 10-11. 

Michaelides (N.), Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Athens. Letter to A. 

Fleming rel. to an honorary doctorate from the University, 1946. Two copies. Partly 

Gr. 56115, ff. 233-234. 

Microbiology. Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to bacteriophage, 1927-1930. 56164, 

ff. 31-32, 46. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to selective media, 1929-1931. 56160, ff. 24-50. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to penicillinase, 1943-1944. 56175, ff. 331-334v, 

339-340, 334-337; 56174, f. 140. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to streptomycin, 1947, n.d. 56175, ff. 392, 396- 

414, 416.

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to mould, 1929-1947, n.d. 56162, ff. 17-39, 40-41, 

43-51, 55, 57, 59, 64, 71-73, 78-80, 87-88; 56169, ff. 31v, 34-35, 37v-38, 48v; 56170, 

ff. 30, 69, 71, 73; 56174, ff. 212-213; 56175, ff. 108-112, 419v; 56178, ff. 2-4; 56183, 

ff. 256-258. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to antibiotics, 1945-1948. 56175, ff. 377-378, 380- 

381; 56178, ff. 26-27, 29. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to or using incubation, n.d. 56163, ff. 8-11. 

— Experiments by S. Craddock rel. to mould, 1928-1929, n.d. 56224, ff. 35v-36v, 

38v, 40-45, 48-51, 56v-57v, 59-62, 64-65, 67-68. 

— Speech rel. to antibiotics by A. Fleming, similar to lectures for the First 

International Congress of Antibiotics and Chemotherapy, Buenos Aires December 

1952 and tour of India 1953, [1952-1955]. Typewritten. 56129, ff. 24-104; 56130, ff. 

63-119; 56132, ff. 217-223. 

—Lectures and speeches about antibiotics by A. Fleming that may not have been 

delivered, [1955?], n.d. Partly typewritten. 56132, ff. 291-292, 308-312. 

— Lecture by A. Fleming on the 'Development of Resistance of Bacteria to 

Antibiotics', [1943]. Typewritten. 56122, ff. 158-162. 

— Lecture by A. Fleming on the toxic action of antibiotics, [1951]. 56127, ff. 215- 

216. 

— Postgraduate lecture by A. Fleming about antibiotics, 1952. 56129, ff. 105-126. 

— Lecture by A. Fleming entitled 'Today', rel. to antibiotics, [1952]. Typewritten. 

56129, ff. 155-159. 

— Article by A. Fleming about antibiotics, unknown whether it was published, [1954- 

1955]. Three copies, two typewritten. 56136, ff. 54-98. 

Microbiology, penicillin. 

Experiments 

—Experiments and notes rel. to penicillin by A. Fleming, 1928-1949, n.d. 56162, ff. 

15-39, 40-41, 43-51, 55, 57-59, 67, 82-83, 86, 91; 56164, f. 85; 56167, ff. 35, 57-70; 

56169, ff. 34, 37v-38, 71, 95, 160; 56170, ff. 69, 71, 73; 56171, ff. 79-80; 56172, ff. 

79, 90v-91, 103v, 107v; 56173, ff. 47, 131, 140, 343; 56174, ff. 1, 71-72, 74-75, 88- 

93, 94v-128, 136, 138, 141, 150-151v, 166, 171-172, 183-188, 195-203, 211, 218- 

219; 56175, ff. 24-48, 49-77, 114-125v, 126v-128, 132, 136-144, 167-182, 186v-191, 

210-220, 221v-226v, 232v, 237, 287v, 301, 309, 319v, 353, 356-359, 367, 370, 394v- 

395v, 407-408, 418, 420; 56176, ff. 29-30v, 31v-43; 56177, ff. 17, 33-34, 42v-45, 47, 

51v, 52-53v, 57v, 58, 63-66v; 56178, ff. 2-4, 6-12, 31-32; 56183, ff. 38-43, 58-61, 67- 

72, 87, 113-127, 148, 161-165, 176-178, 180-194, 205, 207, 222, 228, 230-232, 236- 

247, 276-324. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to worms, n.d. 56162, ff. 10-14. 

—Experiments by A. Fleming using Craddock's nasal mucus, 1929. 56162, ff. 42, 49- 

50, 55, 57, 67. 

—Experiments by S. Craddock, n.d. 56224, ff. 111-113. 

—Experiments by an unknown individual, 1938. 56225, ff. 137-145. 

Lectures 

—Lecture by A. Fleming on its properties, [1943]. Typewritten. 56122, ff. 146-150. 

—Lecture by A. Fleming, [1943]. Typewritten. 56122, ff. 151-157. 

—Lecture by A. Fleming on 'History and Development of Penicillin' given in 

Copenhagen, [1-4 October], 1945. Partly typewritten. 56123, ff. 41-74. 

—Lecture by A. Fleming, [1947?]. Typewritten. 56124, ff. 203-205.

—Two lectures by A. Fleming, made during trip to Barcelona, [26 May-6 June], 


—Lecture by A. Fleming possibly given during a visit to Turin. Copied from a paper 

at Fourth International Congress of Otorhinolarynology at Kings Cross, [1949]. Partly 

typewritten. 56126, ff. 86-93, 230-249. 

—Lectures and speeches by A. Fleming that may not have been delivered, [1955?], 

n.d. Partly typewritten. 56132, ff. 259-290, 293-295, 299-300. 

Speeches 

—Speech by A. Fleming made after lunch at the Charing Cross Hotel, after the 

opening of the Penicillin train, February, 1946. Typewritten. 56123, ff. 98-100. 

—Speech by A. Fleming at opening of an exhibition at the Palais de la Decouverte, 

Paris [15 June], 1946. 56123, ff. 106-110. 

—Radio address by A. Fleming rel. to an exhibition at the Palais de la Decouverte, 

Paris 15 June, 1946. Typewritten. 56123, ff. 111-112. 

—Response by A. Fleming to Professor [Seinére], at an exhibition in the Palais de la 

Decouverte, Paris, 15 June, 1946. Typewritten. 56123, ff. 113-116. 

—Speech by A. Fleming, copied with alterations from speech made at the Fourth 

International Congress of Microbiology, [1947?]. Typewritten. 56124, ff. 211-227. 

—Speech by A. Fleming at the opening of a factory, [21 September], [1950]. 


—Speech by A. Fleming for the 25th anniversary of the publication of the first article 

about penicillin, [29 May?], [1954]. Typewritten. 56132, ff. 52-55. 

—Speech by A. Fleming, given during a tour of Bordeaux, 14 November, 1954. 

Typewritten. Partly Fr. 56132, ff. 86-154. 

Papers 

—Paper by A. Fleming rel. to the affect of penicillin on the morphology of bacteria, 

unknown whether it was published, [1950-1951]. Imperf. 56135, ff. 152-159. 

—Papers by A. Fleming, unknown whether published or not, 1947-[1955]. Partly 

typewritten. 56124, ff. 206-210; 56129, ff. 128-154; 56132, ff. 256-258; 56134, ff. 19- 

27; 56136, ff. 37-53. 

—Paper on its toxicity by A. Fleming, unknown whether it was published, n.d. 

Partial. 56136, ff. 157-159. 

—[Summary?] of a paper by A. Fleming rel. to the affect of penicillin on the 

morphology of bacteria, n.d. Typewritten. 56136, ff. 114-116. 

Photographs 

—Photograph of an agar plate showing the reaction of penicillin notatum with various 

bacteria, [1942]. 56113, f. 76. 

—Photographic results of experiments to compare the reaction of different strengths 

of I.C.(P) crystalline, Glaxo yellow, D.C.L and saline when given intramuscularly, 

1947. 56117, ff. 119-126. 

—Photograph of penicillin incubated for three weeks, 1948. 56117, f. 213. 

—Image of the results of an experiment to alter contractions of a frog's heart, 1948. 

Printed. 56118, f. 77. 

Miscellaneous 

—Bacteriological culture plate used in the first production of penicillin, together with 

a model, 1928. 56209.

—Letter to the British Medical Journal in response to an article on penicillin, 30 

August [1941], 1941. Typewritten. 56222, ff. 1-4. 

—Appendix containing details of an assaying method developed in laboratories in 

Peoria, Illinois, 1944. Typewritten. 56112, ff. 63-65. 

—Summary of a booklet that describes the treatment of pulmonary abscess, [1948]. 


—Report on the work of I.C.I. and penicillin, [1950?]. Typewritten. 56112, ff. 115- 

119. 

—Comparison of the 1945 penicillin production by the United Kingdom and United 

States, 1950. Partly typewritten. 56119, ff. 141-143. 

—Summary and timetable of the development and production of penicillin in the 

United States, 1956. Partly copies. 56215, ff. 107-121; 56218, ff. 90-115. 

Middleton (Dr William Shainline), Dean of the Medical School, University of 

Wisconsin. Correspondence with A. Fleming, 1954. Partly signed. 56111, ff. 135, 139, 

141, 149, 153. 

Miester (Knud), Danish journalist and writer. Business card, [1947]. Printed. 

Danish. 56117, f. 57. 

Mighell (Sir Norman Rupert), Kt.; Australian High Commissioner, London. Letter to 

A. Fleming rel. to Dr. Joseph Zollschan, 1949. Signed. 56118, f. 231. 

Milan, in Italy. A. Fleming's journal entries for a visit, 7-14 October, 1946. 56187, ff. 

2-29. 

— A. Fleming's journal entries relating to a visit, including a Symposium on 

Chloromycin, 1-6 June, 1950. 56200, ff. 1-13. 

— University of. Notes for a speech by A. Fleming, 10 October, 1946. 56123, ff. 197- 

202. 

Milne (Mary G.), Matron, St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington. Corre- 

spondence, etc., with A. Fleming, 1951. Partly typewritten. 56120, ff. 70-72, 74, 136. 

— Letter rel. to a biography of A. Fleming to M. G. Milne from L. J. Ludovici, 1951. 

Copy. 56120, ff. 71-72. 

Ministry of Health, Emergency Public Health Laboratory Service. List of 

laboratories in the South, Midlands, North of England, Wales and Greater London, 


— List of the central, subsidiary and associated laboratories in the Southern, Northern 

and Midlands Zone, [1939]. Typewritten. 56113, ff. 28-33. 

— Report from Cardiff Laboratory on the examination of nasal and throat swabs by 

the direct smear method as an aid to the rapid diagnosis of diphtheria, [1941]. 

Typewritten. 56113, f. 45v. 

— Order for 'Lederle' pneumococcus type serum for C. T. Thackray, 1946. 56115, f. 

165. 

Ministry of Supply. Draft of a statement to be given to press representatives at a 

proposed penicillin press conference, [1945]. Typewritten. 56112, ff. 104-106. 

— List of large scale production units, pilot plants, small units and research plants for 

penicillin, [1945]. Typewritten. 56112, f. 106. 

Ministry of Supply, General Penicillin Committee. Minutes of first meeting, 1942. 


— Annual Report, 1942-1943. Typewritten. 56112, ff. 16-20. 

— Minutes, 1942-1944. Typewritten. 56112, ff. 1-15v, 21-33, 35-41v.

— Note from the Chairman on new British projects for the production of penicillin by 

submerged culture, 1944. Typewritten. 56112, f. 34. 

Mitchell (Peter Dennis), biochemist. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to Proteus 

vulgaris, 1953. Partly signed. 56121, ff. 74-75. 

Molina (Luigi), Director, Health Department, Pavia Hospital. Letter to A. Fleming, 

1947. Signed. Ital. 56117, f. 65. 

Monnier (A. J.), of the Faculty of Medicine, Paris. Correspondence with A. Fleming 

rel. to the translation of a book on penicillin, 1949. Partly signed. 56119, ff. 8, 13. 

Montague Thomson (W. H.), physician. Letter to A. Fleming including a response 

from A. Fleming, 1946. Typewritten. 56222, f. 51. 

Monteiro (Agostinho), Deputy of the Brazilian Constituent Assembly. Letter, etc., to 

A. Fleming, 1946. Signed. 56116, ff. 41-53. 

— Address to the Brazilian Constituent Assembly, 1946. Typewritten. Portug. with 

Engl. transl. 56116, ff. 42-52. 

Montgomery (Harold), nephew of Sir Alexander Fleming. Recollections of A. 

Fleming, n.d. Copy. 56220, ff. 174-177. 

Monthly Digest of Statistics, journal. Statistics, including graphs, showing the 

United Kingdom penicillin production (1945-1950), 1950. Partly printed. 56119, ff. 

137-140. 

Moore (Henry F.), M.D.; F.R.C.P.; F.R.C.P.I. Correspondence with A. Fleming, 

1950. Partly signed. 56119, ff. 45-46, 50, 68, 70, 93, 106, 109-115, 120-122. 

More (George W.), Town Clerk, Darvel, co. Ayr. Correspondence, etc., with A. 

Fleming rel. to the Freedom of Burgh of Darvel, 1946. Partly signed. 56115, ff. 134, 

142, 196, 199, 224-225, 227, 231; 56116, ff. 87-89. 

— Correspondence, etc., of G. W. More and A. D. Davies rel. to A. Fleming's 

Freedom of Darvel, 1946. Partly signed. 56116, ff. 8-11, 13. 

— Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to Rectorship of Edinburgh University, 1951. 

Partly signed. 56120, ff. 135, 137. 

Morgan Scientific Institute, Turin. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to photographs of a 

visit to Italy, 1949. Signed. 56118, f. 226. 

Mortimer (Arthur), Deputy Director of Medical Supplies, Ministry of Supply. 

Recollections of A. Fleming, n.d. Copies. 56220, ff. 178-201. 

Morton (Harry E.), Chairman, School of Medicine, Committee on Materials for 

Visual Reconstruction in Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania. Correspondence 

with A. Fleming rel. to Proteus vulgaris, 1950. Partly signed. 56111, ff. 36-37. 

Morton (William), neighbour of Sir Alexander Fleming. Letter to Lady A. Fleming 

rel. to information for a biography of A. Fleming, 1956. Partly copies. 56215, ff. 36- 

37; 56218, f. 62. 

Moses (Herbert), President, Brazilian Press Association. Letters, etc., to A. Fleming, 

1946. Signed. Portug. 56116, ff. 14-15, 18, 22. 

Mosher (John F.), M.D.; Chairman of the Committee on Scientific Assembly, 

American Academy of General Practice. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to a 

speech to the Scientific Assembly Committee of the American Academy of General 

Practice, 1953-1954. Partly signed. 56111, ff. 97, 100-101, 111. 

Mosonyi (Làszló), of the University of Budapest. Letter, etc., to Dr. Braun rel. to 

penicillin and A. Fleming, 1948. Partly printed. 56118, ff. 76-82v. 

— Article entitled 'Delayed Penicillin Excretion by a Diet Increasing Hippuric Acid 

Synthesis', 1948. Printed. 56118, ff. 79-82v. 

— Letter from A. Fleming, 1948. Typewritten. 56118, f. 84.

Moxon (Walter), physician, Guy's Hospital, London. Information about the Moxon 

Medal and Trust and list of past medallists, 1945. Typewritten. 56114, f. 57. 

Mudd (Stuart), microbiologist; President, International Association of 

Microbiological Sciences. Letter, etc., to P. Vayssiere, 1949. Typewritten. 56108, ff. 

56-57. 

— Letter to S. Mudd from R. T. St. John-Brooks, 1949. Typewritten. 56108, f. 57. 

Mugnier (F. Pollet-). 

v. Pollet-Mugnier. 

Munro (William Jim) of University of Edinburgh. Letter to A. Fleming from T. W. 

Manson and W. J. Munro and J. C. Campbell, 1951. Signed. 56106, f. 167. 

— Letter to A. Fleming from T. W. Manson and W. J. Munro, 1951. Signed. 56106, f. 

169. 

Murphy (Walter J.), Editor of Chemical and Engineering News and Industrial & 

Engineering Chemistry. Article entitled 'For Antibiotics, Uses Galore', 1954. Printed. 

56111, ff. 166-167v. 

Murray (A.), artist. Recollections of A. Fleming, 1956. Partly copies. 56214, ff. 171- 

175; 56217, ff. 231-241. 

Murray (H. A.), Acting Registrar, University of Durham. Corre- 

spondence with A. Fleming rel. to a Doctor of Science honorary degree, 1945. Partly 

signed. 56114, ff. 31, 33, 45, 61. 

— Letter to H. A. Murray informing him that A. Fleming was out of the country from 

M. Y. Young, 1945. Typewritten. 56114, f. 46. 

Musgar (A.), Dean, Medical Department, University of Graz. Correspondence with 

A. Fleming rel. to an honorary degree, 1947-1948. Partly signed. 56117, ff. 114, 133; 

56118, ff. 68, 75. 

N 

Nabarro (David Nunes), bac- 

teriologist. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to streptococcus culture, 1946. 

Partly signed. 56115, ff. 229-230v, 235, 237-239. 

Nadal (Sanjuàn H.), of Barcelona, Spain. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to leprosy bacillus, 

1948. Signed. 56117, f. 218. 

Naples, City of. Lecture by A. Fleming on the effect of penicillin on the morphology 

of bacteria, [5-12 June], 1949. 56126, ff. 44-57. 

Nash (Henry), technician, Wright Fleming Institute. Recollections of A. Fleming, n.d. 

Copy. 56221, ff. 1-4. 

National Health Council. Invitation to A. Fleming to attend a luncheon and 

afternoon symposium, 1950. Printed. 56110, ff. 201-202v. 

National Health Service. Designation of Teaching Hospitals Order No. 2, 1948. 

Printed. 56117, ff. 215-216v. 

National Health Service, Negotiating Committee. Summary of the National Health 

Service Act and results of the plebiscite, 1947. Printed. 56116, ff. 193-197. 

National Society for Cancer Relief. Speech by A. Fleming given during a trip to 

Chiswick, 1954. Partly typewritten. 56132, ff. 181-189. 

Newcomb (Wilfrid Davison), morbid anatomist. Recollections of A. Fleming, n.d. 

Copies. 56221, ff. 5-36. 

Newspapers. Italy. 'Epoca'. Article about A. Fleming, 1945. Printed. Ital. 56114, f. 

142.

—Italy. 'Epoca'. Article about A. Fleming by R. Pollitzer, 1945. Printed. Ital. 56114, 

ff. 165-167. 

—Italy. 'Il Giornale d'Italia'. Article about A. Fleming, 1945. Printed. Ital. 56114, ff. 

137-138. 

—Italy. 'Indipendente'. Articles about A. Fleming, 1945. Printed. Ital. 56114, f. 144. 

—Italy. 'Indipendente'. Article about A. Fleming by A. Boni, 1945. Printed. Ital. 

56114, ff. 161-163. 

—Italy. 'Italia Libera'. Article about A. Fleming, 1945. Printed. Ital. 56114, f. 145. 

—Italy. 'Italia Nuova'. Two articles about A. Fleming, 1945. Printed. Ital. 56114, ff. 

149, 171. 

—Italy. 'La Capitale'. Article about A. Fleming and his visit to Rome, 1945. Printed. 

Ital. 56114, ff. 134-136. 

—Italy. 'Libera Stampa'. Two articles about A. Fleming, 1945. Printed. Ital. 56114, 

ff. 152-153. 

—Italy. 'Memento'. Two articles about A. Fleming, 1945. Printed. Ital. 56114, ff. 141, 

155. 

—Italy. 'Osservatore Romano'. Article about A. Fleming, 1945. Printed. Ital. 56114, 

f. 147. 

—Italy. 'Quotidiano'. Two articles about A. Fleming, 1945. Printed. Ital. 56114, ff. 

150, 157. 

—Italy. 'Risorgimento Liberale'. Article about A. Fleming, 1945. Printed. Ital. 56114, 

f. 146. 

—Italy. 'Secolo XX'. Article about A. Fleming, 1945. Printed. Ital. 56114, f. 159. 

—Italy. 'Tribune del Popolo'. Two articles about A. Fleming, 1945. Printed. Ital. 

56114, ff. 143, 156. 

—Italy. 'Unita'. Article about A. Fleming, 1945. Printed. Ital. 56114, f. 169. 

— Great Britain and Ireland. Guy's Hospital Gazette. Review of the second edition 

of 'Penicillin: Its Practical Application' edited by A. Fleming, 1950. Typewritten. 

56119, f. 67. 

New York, City of. Letter, etc., from A. Fleming's secretary to the Executive Director 

of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1955. Partly printed. 56111, f. 179. 

Nice, France. Lecture by A. Fleming entitled 'Antibiotic Therapy', 23-25 October, 

1953. Partly printed and typewritten. Partly Fr. 56131, ff. 113-166. 

Nicholson (E. W. J.), Town Clerk, Borough of Chelsea. Corre- 

spondence with A. Fleming rel. to Honorary Freedom of the Borough, 1949. Partly 

signed. 56118, ff. 103-104, 109, 113-115. 

Nielsen (Herman), Danish clinician. Correspondence with A. Fleming, 1945-1946. 

Partly signed. 56115, ff. 69, 103, 149, 180, 183. 

Nielsen (Jakob), Secretary, Royal Danish Academy of Sciences. Letter to A. Fleming 

rel. to his election as a member, 1946. Signed. 56115, f. 185. 

Nivelles (—), of London. Letter from A. Fleming rel. to recordings for 'Radio 

Universitaire', 1946. Type- 

written. 56116, f. 55. 

Nobel Foundation, Stockholm. 

v. Sohlman (Ragnar). 

v. Tiselius (D.). 

Nobel Prize. Memorandum rel. to the ceremony and speeches at the banquet, 1945. 


— Photograph of A. Fleming receiving the Nobel Prize, December, 1945. 56115, f. 

81.

— Speech by A. Fleming made at the Banquet, [10 December], [1945]. Two 


— Memorandum rel. to the presentation of the prizes, banquet speeches and theatre 

performances, 1950. Typewritten. 56119, ff. 186-192. 

— Programme for the 50th Anniversary celebrations, 1950. Dutch. 56119, f. 200. 

Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine. Certificate of presentation to A. Fleming, 

25 October, 1945. 56213. 

— A. Fleming's journal entries for his trip to receive the Prize, 6-10 December, 1945. 

56186, ff. 16-19. 

— Lecture by A. Fleming, [10 December 1945], published in 'Les Prix Nobel en 

1945' in 1947, [1945-1947]. Two copies, one typewritten one printed. 56123, ff. 84- 

91; 56134, ff. 74-85. 

— Letter to A. Fleming inviting him to nominate a candidate for the Prize, 1946. 

Printed. Partly Fr.; Germ. and Dutch,. 56116, ff. 70-71v. 

Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine, Committee. Letter, etc., from A. Fleming 

nominating Professor E. C. Dodds for the award, 1946. Typewritten. 56116, ff. 158- 

167; 56134, ff. 4-7. 

Noel-Paton (D. E.), of The British Council. Letters to A. Fleming, 1946-1954. Signed. 

56116, f. 131; 56121, ff. 130, 142. 

Norman (Montagu Collet), Baron Norman of St Clere; Governor of the Bank of 

England. Patient record rel. to his treatment for meningitis with penicillin by A. 

Fleming, 1944. 56183, ff. 230-232. 

Novak (E.), M.D.; Associate Professor, Bacteriologic Institute, University of 

Budapest. Article entitled 'Penicillin Secretion in the Urogenital Adnexa' by J. 

Zollschan and E. Novak, 1949. Typewritten. 56118, ff. 150-172. 

O 

Oberly (H. Sherman), President, Roanoke College, Virginia. Correspondence with A. 

Fleming rel. to a visit to the College, 1950. Partly signed. 56110, ff. 169, 175. 

Obligado & Cia, Ltd, Litigation specialists. Letter, etc., rel. to New Argentine Patent 

Application - Case 2166E, the manufacture of antibacterial substances from moulds to 

Obligado & Cia, Ltd (Litigation specialists) from the Society of Chemical Industry 

(Basle), 1944. Facs. 56112, ff. 66-73. 

Odelberg (Euca), of the British Council. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to press cuttings in 

connection with the Nobel Prize, 1945. Signed. 56115, f. 101. 

Ogilvie (Sir William Heneage), K.B.E.; surgeon. Correspondence, etc., with A. 

Fleming rel. to the Medical Research Council, 1949. Partly signed. 56118, ff. 99-102, 

105-107. 


Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. Address by A. Fleming at the dedication 

of the Variety Club Building, Sunday 3 July, 1949. Three typewritten copies. 56126, 

ff. 58-85. 

— A. Fleming's journals containing notes and entries rel. to a visit to America for the 

inauguration of the Foundation, 22-14 July 1949, [1949]. 56193, ff. 19-26v; 56195, ff. 

1-32; 56196, ff. 1-32. 

Olitzki (A. L.), of the Department of Bacteriology, Hebrew University-Hadassah 

Medical School, Jerusalem. Article on the 'Toxicity, Infectivity and Antigenicity of a

Streptomycin Dependent Mutant of Brucella Abortus (Strain 19)' by A. L. Olitzki and 

E. Szenberg, 1952. Printed. 56111, ff. 89-90. 

Oliver (J. T.), book editor, Lutterworth Press. Correspondence, etc., with A. Fleming 

rel. to a chapter for a children’s book, 1947. Partly signed. 56116, ff. 183-190, 229. 

O'Neill (Ryan), Jr.; of the Rystan Company, Inc. Correspondence with A. Fleming 

rel. to a visit to America, 1954. Partly signed. 56111, ff. 130, 137. 

Ord (D.), of The London Scottish Regiment, London. Letter to Lady A. Fleming rel. to 

viewing copies of the Regimental Gazette, 1956. Signed. 56214, f. 225. 

Order of Carlos Finlay. Speech by A. Fleming on receiving the honour, [23 April], 

[1953]. 56131, f. 1. 

Orlandini (Carlo), Press Officer, Giornate Mediche Veronesi. Letter to A. Fleming, 

1949. Signed. 56118, f. 215. 

Orphanou (Anna), Director, 'Kliniki'. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to an 

article for the journal, 1948-1949. Partly signed. 56118, ff. 98, 108. 

Orskov (J.), of the State Serum Institute, Denmark. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to his 

visit to Denmark, 1945. Signed. 56114, f. 177. 

Osmani (Alessandro), journalist. Article about A. Fleming and his visit to Rome, 

1945. Printed. Ital. 56114, ff. 134-136. 

P 

Paediatrics Society, Athens. Lecture by A. Fleming entitled 'Antibiotics in 

Paediatrics', [10] October, 1952. Partly typewritten. 56128, ff. 133-151. 

Pannett (Charles Aubrey), surgeon. Letter from A. Fleming rel. to a biography, 1951. 




Pantaleoni (Massimo), of Rome. Business card, [1945]. Printed. Ital. 56114, f. 191. 

Panton (Sir Phillip Noel), Kt; Consultant Advisor in Pathology to the Ministry of 

Health. Letter, etc., from A. Fleming rel. to an emergency public health laboratory, 


Parish (Henry James), of the Wellcome Research Laboratories. Letter to Lady A. 


56214, ff. 233-234; 56217, ff. 333-335. 

Park (D. R. Balfour). 

v. Balfour Park. 

Parke Davis & Company, pharmaceutical company. Letter, etc., to A. Fleming rel. 

to directions on how to use a human blood typing serum, 1924. Partly printed. 56113, 

ff. 1-3. 

— Leaflet providing directions on how to use a human blood typing serum, 1924. 

Printed. 56113, ff. 2-3. 

— Paper by A. Fleming on gonococcus soluble toxin, possibly from a trial, 6 March, 

1936. 56172, ff. 42-43. 

— Information on the tolerance of the gastro-intestinal tract to phemerol, 1942. 


Parkes (Col. William Edge), House Governor, St Mary's Hospital. Letter rel. to St. 

Mary's Hospital Centenary to Col. W. E. Parkes from Hon. Sir E. C. G. Cadogan, 

1944. Typewritten. 56113, f. 168.

— Correspondence, etc., with A. Fleming, 1944-1949. Partly signed. 56113, ff. 152, 

166, 179, 182, 196-197; 56114, ff. 23-24; 56118, f. 146. 

Parr (Leland Wilbur), microbiologist; Professor Emeritus, George Washington 

University. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to his election as an Honorary Member of the 

Society of American Bacteriologists, 1946. Signed. 56110, f. 103. 

Paschoud (Henri), surgeon. Correspondence with A. Fleming, 1952. Partly signed. 

Partly Fr. 56120, ff. 160, 162. 

Pascual (Juàn Abelló), President, Chamber of Commerce, Madrid. Letters to A. 

Fleming welcoming him to Madrid, 1948. Signed. 56118, ff. 18-19. 

Passant (Ernest James), C.M.G; Director of Research and Librarian and Keeper of 

Papers, Foreign Office. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to a visit to Brazil, 1946. Signed. 

56116, f. 1. 

Pasteur (Louis), French mi- 

crobiologist. Notes by A. Fleming for celebrations of the fiftieth anniversary of 

Pasteur’s death, [November], [1946]. 56123, ff. 282-291. 

— Speech made by A. Fleming on the fiftieth anniversary of Pasteur’s death, Dole, 

[November], 1946. 56123, ff. 278-281. 

— Papers and programmes rel. to the fiftieth anniversary of Pasteur's death, 1946. 

Partly printed. Fr. 56107, ff. 1, 20, 22-29, 35-42, 45-56, 58. 

— Speech by A. Fleming at the opening of a Pasteur Exhibition at the Science 

Museum, London, 10 April, 1947. Typewritten. 56124, ff. 1-28. 

— Draft and final copy of a review by A. Fleming of Rene Dubos’s book about 

Pasteur, sent to British Medical Journal 5 February 1951, published 2 August 1952, 

1951. Partly typewritten. 56135, ff. 141-143. 

— Notes by A. Fleming, possibly relating to a speech, n.d. 56183, ff. 74-76. 

Pasteur-Vallery-Radot (Louis), Honorary Professor of Clinical Medicine, Paris. 

Letter to A. Fleming, 1945. Fr. 56115, f. 2. 

Pate (Margaret), of the Pate Organisation, Oklahoma. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to the 

Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation from S. Pate and M. Pate, 1954. Signed. 

56111, f. 126. 

Pate (Stan), of the Pate Organisation, Oklahoma. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to the 

Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation from S. Pate and M. Pate, 1954. Signed. 

56111, f. 126. 

Paterson (Robert), of Darvel, co. Ayr. Letter to A. Fleming, [1947]. 56117, f. 127. 

Pathology. Notes by A. Fleming on the infections of war wounds entitled 'Some 

questions the answers to which we want to know', n.d. Two typewritten copies. 

56174, ff. 253-254, 261-262. 

Pathology, diseases 

Cardiovascular 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to endocarditis, n.d. 56164, f. 83. 

Dermatological 

— Experiments and notes by A. Fleming rel. to acne, 1910-1943. 56141, ff. 15, 38; 

56173, ff. 156-159, 161; 56175, f. 210v. 

— Experiments by S. Craddock rel. to acne, 1930, n.d. 56224, ff. 71-83v, 103v-104, 

111-113. 

Infectious

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to tuberculosis, 1902-1923, n.d,. 56140, ff. 6v-7, 

12v-13, 16v-17; 56154, ff. 78-95; 56156, ff. 126-138; 56163, f. 6; 56181, f. 19; 

56182, f. 36. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming using two guinea pigs inoculated with tuberculosis, 18 

December-18 January, 1908. 56139, ff. 22v-24. 

— Two experiments by A. Fleming comparing living and formalised typhoid 

emubious, illustrated with graphs, 21 January, 1908. 56140, ff. 2v-5. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to meningitis, 1908-1942. 56140, ff. 12v-13; 

56175, ff. 112-123. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to typhoid and paratyphoid, 1908-1949, n.d. 

56140, ff. 2v-5; 56145, f. 57; 56168, ff. 58, 65-67; 56170, ff. 20-21, 61-62; 56173, ff. 

296-300; 56174, f. 180; 56175, f. 415; 56183, ff. 99-102, 105. 

— Experiments and notes by A. Fleming rel. to influenza and parainfluenza, 1918- 

1931, n.d. 56152, ff. 17v-21, 23-26; 56153, f. 39; 56164, ff. 75, 80-81; 56167, ff. 53, 

71, 73. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to cholera, 1937-1948. 56173, ff. 49, 94; 56183, ff. 

99-102, 105. 

— Experiments and notes by A. Fleming rel. to diphtheria, 1943-1948. 56175, ff. 

183-186, 197-201; 56183, ff. 77-85. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to anthrax, n.d. 56174, f. 175. 

— Notes by A. Fleming on the Committee Report for trench fever, including a list of 

symptoms, n.d. 56149, f. 114v. 

— Experiments rel. to typhoid by A. Wright carried out at Netley Army Medical 

School, 1901. 56138, ff. 3-90. 

— Experiments by S. Craddock rel. to anthrax, 1929. 56224, ff. 37, 46. 

— Experiments by L. Noon rel. to tubercle, n.d. 56223, ff. 109v-110. 

— Experiment by an unknown individual rel. to typhoid, 1938. 56225, f. 88. 

Inflammatory 

— Experiments and notes by A. Fleming rel. to arthritis, 1942, n.d. 56175, ff. 146, 

153; 56183, ff. 212-215. 

Venereal 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to gonorrhoea, 1944. 56175, ff. 3-8, 12-19, 21-23, 

320-320v, 361v-362v, 424; 56176, ff. 66-69. 

— Experiments and notes by A. Fleming rel. to syphilis, n.d. 56183, ff. 216-218. 

Payne (Hugh G.), American physician; General Manager, Oklahoma Medical 

Research Foundation. Correspondence of H. G. Payne and Sir A. Fleming, 1949- 

1954. Partly facs. Partly signed. 56109, ff. 30-54, 57-60. 

— Letter to H. G. Payne from R. H. Furman, 1954. Signed. 56109, f. 55. 

Pearson (Karl), F.R.S. Notes by L. Noon on Pearson's contributions to the 

mathematical theory of evolution, n.d. 56223, f. 71. 

Peck (Francis I.), of the American Home Products Corporation. Correspondence with 

A. Fleming rel. to his visits to America, 1950-1954. Partly signed. 56110, ff. 172, 

177, 188, 193; 56111, ff. 3, 15, 83, 85, 96, 98-99, 109-110, 124. 

— Letters rel. to A. Fleming's visit to America, March 1954 to F. I. Peck from U. R. 

Bryner, 1954. Partly copies. 56109, ff. 73, 78, 90. 

— Letter to F. I. Peck from R. D. Reid rel. to associations with A. Fleming, 1956. 

One copy. 56214, ff. 140-143; 56217, ff. 185-187.

Peck (J. H.), of the Prime Minister's Office. Letter to A. Fleming recommending he 

accept the invitation of the Columbia Broadcasting System, 1945. Signed. 56114, f. 

39. 

Pegram (Marjorie), daughter of Frederick Pegram. Recollections of A. Fleming, n.d. 


Pekeris (Chaim Leib), ma- 

thematician. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to a visit to the Weizmann Institute 

of Science, Israel, 1955. Partly signed. 56121, ff. 139, 157. 

Pennsylvania, University of. Address by A. Fleming on receiving an honorary D.Sc, 

18 June, 1945. Typewritten. 56122, ff. 227-231. 

— Announcement for a Symposium on the Origins of Drug Research, etc., [1953]. 


Penrose (Lionel Sharples), Professor of Eugenics, University College London. Article 

entitled 'The Lysozyme Content of Saliva in Psychotics', published in the Lancet, 

1930. Printed. 56183, f. 23. 

Penrose (Dr Margaret), wife of Lionel Sharples Penrose; co-founder of the Medical 

Association for the Prevention of War. Letter, etc., to A. Fleming rel. to cell structure 

and cell activity, 1930. Partly printed. 56113, ff. 6-15. 

— Article entitled 'Cell Structure and Cell Activity', 1930. Printed. 56113, ff. 7-15. 

Pepper (Perry O. H.), physician; Dean, University Pennsylvania. Address to a 

meeting of the American Pharmaceutical Man- 

ufacturer's Association entitled 'Medicine in War and After', 1943. Typewritten. 

56110, ff. 8-12. 

Pereira (Helio Gelli), epidemiologist and virologist; Secretary, Inter- 

national Association of Mi- 

crobiologists. Letter to S. T. Cowan, 1950. Typewritten. 56108, f. 73. 

— Letter to W. E. Heyningen, 1950. Typewritten. 56108, f. 82. 

Perrier (Stephano), neurological specialist. Business card, [1946]. Printed. Ital. 

56116, f. 76. 

Perryman (Capt. R. E. W.), R. N.; Secretary, Caledonian Club. Letter to A. Fleming 

rel. to Honorary Membership of the Club, 1948. Signed. 56118, f. 91. 

Peter (K. L.), M.D. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to a paper, 1955. Partly 

signed. 56121, ff. 159, 163. 

Petropolis, Brazil. Photograph of a bar where A. Fleming had a drink, [1946]. 56116, 

f. 73. 

Petty (Harry G.), Consul del Uruguay. Correspondence, etc., with A. Fleming rel. to a 

firm's use of the name 'Fleming', 1949. Partly signed. 56118, ff. 179-183, 188. 

Pfizer (Chas.) & Company, Inc., pharmaceutical company. Pfizer Penicillin Chart 

copied from a Pfizer advertisement in 'Oil Paint and Drug Reporter', 1944. 56112, f. 

97. 

— Bibliography of the development of the penicillin industry held in their Technical 

Library, 1956. Two printed copies. 56215, ff. 75-88. 

Pharmacology. Experiments and notes by A. Fleming rel. to bactericidal, 1902-1947, 

n.d. 56155, ff. 41-50, 52-53, 183v-192; 56157, ff. 1-6; 56158, ff. 2, 4-5; 56160, ff. 4, 

7, 19-23; 56161, ff. 24-47; 56162, ff. 6-9; 56164, ff. 33-34; 56171, ff. 198v-200; 

56175, f. 415; 56181, f. 4; 56183, ff. 9-16; 56156, f. 26. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming entitled 'Parker Sinus', testing the nasal contents for its 

antiseptic action, 5-21 December, 1916. 56143, ff. 23-34v.

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to artificial wounds, includes diagrams, 1916- 

1917. 56146, ff. 50-54; 56148, f. 19. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to antiseptics and their absorption by gauze, 

includes diagrams, 1917. 56148, ff. 25-28, 93-94. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming using a range of antiseptics with a wound entitled 

'Cressy's Hole', 28 June-7 August, 1917. 56148, ff. 41v-88, 140-145. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to sulphonamides, 1936-1942. 56172, ff. 165v- 

168, 170v-174, 175v-176v, 181v-183v, 186v, 187v, 188v-191, 192v-199, 202v-207, 

208v-209; 56173, ff. 38-41, 96, 125, 176, 319-320, 332, 334, 336-341, 344; 56174, ff. 

1, 43-57, 85-86, 141-142, 151, 160, 162, 166, 205-207; 56175, f. 130. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to T693 and 693, 1938-1940. 56173, ff. 184-233, 

240-278, 292-294, 296-316, 319, 325; 56174, ff. 43-57, 70, 84, 151, 161. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to 760, 1940-1942. 56174, ff. 43-57, 62-64, 70, 

151; 56175, ff. 108-112. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to sulphathiazole, 1940-1942. 56174, f. 86; 56175, 

ff. 108-112. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to marfanil, 1943. 56175, ff. 260-285. 

— Experiment by A. Fleming rel. to salvarsan, n.d. 56156, f. 53. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to chemotherapy, n.d. 56174, f. 235. 

— Papers by A. Fleming rel. to sulphonamides, unknown whether they were 

published or not, n.d. Typewritten. 56136, ff. 134-145. 

— Lecture by A. Fleming about antiseptics, [1941]. Two copies. 56122, ff. 99-131. 

— Notes by A. Fleming's for a lecture about chemotherapy, 1952. 56129, f. 127. 

— Notes rel. to experiments with the wound entitled 'Cressy's Hole', n.d. Typewritten. 

56223, ff. 45-59. 

— Notes by A. Fleming possibly for a lecture or article rel. to chemo- 

therapy, n.d. 56136, ff. 122-123. 

— Notes by A. Fleming rel. to pharmaco-therapy, n.d. 56165, f. 6. 

— Notes by A. Fleming about antiseptics, unpublished or intended for publication 

before his death, n.d. Typewritten. 56137, ff. 2-8, 10-28, 31-38, 57-58. 

— Experiments by S. Craddock rel. to sulphonamides, 1928. 56224, f. 35. 

— Experiment by S. Craddock rel. to bactericidal, n.d. 56224, ff. 35v-36. 

— Experiments by S. Craddock rel. to formalin 'drops', n.d. 56224, f. 39. 

— Experiments and notes by L. Noon rel. to antiseptics, 1907-1908. 56223, ff. 3-5, 

11-13, 15-18, 20-23, 26-33, 35-37, 43-44. 

Pharmacology, antiseptics. 

— Experiments and notes by A. Fleming, 1916-1949, n.d. 56146, ff. 2v-39, 31-36, 

38-49; 56148, ff. 1, 4v-9, 14-18, 20-22, 31, 36, 89-92, 98-109, 125-129, 147-149; 

56155, ff. 116, 206-211v, 214, 225; 56156, ff. 1, 3, 26, 28, 37, 41-49, 51-52, 60-61, 

72, 74, 77-80, 85, 90-94, 96-97, 100-115, 117, 121; 56159, ff. 21-29, 82-86; 56163, f. 

6; 56164, ff. 6-10, 51, 71; 56165, ff. 4, 7-8; 56169, ff. 24-25; 56170, f. 79; 56173, ff. 

322, 351; 56175, f. 196; 56177, f. 66; 56178, f. 34; 56180, ff. 46v-50v, 60; 56183, ff. 

63-72. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to Brilliant Green, 1915-1934. 56142, ff. 53v-58; 

56148, ff. 14-19; 56170, ff. 61-62. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to Dakin's Solution, 1916-1917. 56146, ff. 38, 42- 

44, 47; 56148, ff. 1, 4v-8, 41-88, 140-145. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to picric acid, 1917-1924. 56148, ff. 25-28; 

56156, ff. 48-49, 74; 56160, f. 12.

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to HgCl2 (mercuric chloride), 1917-1928, n.d. 

56148, ff. 31, 36, 89-92; 56156, ff. 77, 90-94, 105-106; 56159, ff. 33-44, 49-75, 80. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to chloramine T, 1925. 56156, ff. 79, 126-135, 

137-138; 56158, f. 20. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to monsol, 1927-1931. 56156, ff. 100-104; 56168, 

ff. 2-5. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to mercurochrome, 1927-1931, n.d. 56156, ff. 

113-114, 116; 56159, ff. 1, 31, 76-78. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to gentian violet, 1927-1942. 56156, ff. 85, 121; 

56159, ff. 21-28; 56174, ff. 181, 189, 191; 56170, ff. 56-58, 60. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to 'novaseptic', 1932. 56159, ff. 82-86; 56169, f. 

62v. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to tellurite, 1932-1937, n.d. 56160, ff. 51-60; 

56169, ff. 40v, 47v-48, 105-107, 114v-115v, 117v-119, 121, 124, 126-128, 129v- 

130v, 160; 56171, ff. 18-22, 112v, 117v-118, 132, 161v-166v, 169v-170, 185; 56172, 

ff. 79, 90v-91, 102v-103, 107v; 56173, ff. 42-43, 98-99. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to formalin, 1933. 56170, ff. 16-19. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to merthiolate, 1933-1934. 56170, ff. 45-55. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to dettolin, 1935. 56171, ff. 90, 125v-127v, 129. 

— Experiments by S. Craddock rel. to mercuric chloride (HgCl2), 1928. 56224, ff. 

21v-22v, 25v, 30-34. 

— Experiments by S. Craddock, 1928. 56224, ff. 27-28v. 

Pharmacology narcotic drugs. Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to cocaine, 1924. 

56156, f. 29. 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Letter from A. Fleming to the President of the Board of 

Directors of City Trusts, 1945. Typewritten. 56110, f. 53. 

Philip, Prince; Duke of Edinburgh. 

v. ENGLAND. 

Phillips (John Hood). 

v. Hood Phillips. 

Phillips (R. K.), of Pfizer Ltd. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to hallmarking a 

silver spanner, 1955. Partly signed. 56121, ff. 158, 162. 

Photographs. 

v. Art. 

Physiology. Notes by A. Fleming on an article rel. to saliva, 1925-1948. 56183, f. 23. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to absorption, 1927-1939. 56164, f. 30; 56173, f. 

319. 

— Experiment by A. Fleming using a sample of Florey's mucus, 23 January, 1929. 

56164, f. 64. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming using nasal mucus and sputum, 1929. 56162, ff. 42, 

49-50, 55, 57, 65, 67. 

Pickering (Sir George White), Master of Pembroke College, Oxford. Correspondence 

with A. Fleming rel. to a method for estimating penicillin, 1944. Partly signed. 56113, 

ff. 149, 165. 

Piggott (Stuart), of the Department of Prehistoric Archaeology, University of 

Edinburgh. Letter, etc., to W. A. Coutts, 1952. Typewritten. 56106, ff. 83-88. 

Pijper (A.), of the Instituut Patologie. Correspondence, etc., with A. Fleming, 1949- 

1951. Partly signed. 56119, ff. 10, 32, 38, 44, 47, 51, 125, 193; 56120, ff. 2, 7-13v. 

Pilot Press. Letter from A. Fleming rel. to a reprint of the foreword for 'The Story of 

Penicillin' in French, 1945. Typewritten. 56114, f. 175.

Pimlott (J. A. R.), of the Home Office. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to 

arrangements for the presentation of his knighthood, 1944. Partly signed. 56113, ff. 

184, 191. 

Pirie (A. R.), of the Reference Division, Ministry of Information. Letter to A. Fleming 

rel. to a copy of the 'American Times' journal, 1944. Signed. 56113, f. 205. 

Pollet-Mugnier (F.), Mayor of Dole, France. Letter, etc., to A. Fleming, 1946. 

Typewritten. Fr. 56107, ff. 30-33. 

Pollitzer (Renato), journalist. Article about A. Fleming, 1945. Printed. Ital. 56114, ff. 

165-167. 

Pontecorvo (Guido P. A.), Professor of Genetics, University of Glasgow. Article on 

the need for encouraging research in the genetics of micro-organisms, 1945. 


Pontifical Academy of Science. A. Fleming's journal entries for a visit to Rome and 

Naples, 5-13 June, 1949. 56194, ff. 1-12v. 

Pontremoli (Y.), of London. Recollections of A. Fleming, n.d. Partly copies. 56216, 

ff. 88-96; 56221, ff. 66-70. 

Porritt (Arthur Espie), Baron Porritt. Letter to A. Fleming congratulating him on his 

knighthood and the use of penicillin during the war, 1944. 56113, f. 187. 

— Recollections of A. Fleming, n.d. Typewritten. 56216, ff. 97-99. 

Porter (Martha), wife of William B. Porter. Correspondence with A. Fleming, 1950. 

Partly typewritten. 56111, ff. 16, 26. 

Porter (William B.), Physician in Chief, Department of Medicine, Medical College of 

Virginia. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to the annual Alpha Omega Alpha 

lecture, 1950. Partly signed. 56110, ff. 148-150, 152, 155, 160, 204; 56111, f. 2. 

Powell (Hugh), Master, The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London. Letter to 

A. Fleming rel. to a Medal in Therapeutics, 1946. Signed. 56115, f. 223. 

Poynton (Winifred M.), Secretary to Howard Florey. Correspondence with A. 

Fleming rel. to a copy of his Nobel Address, 1946. Partly signed. 56115, ff. 124, 126- 

127. 

Practitioner, The, scientific journal. Review of the second edition of 'Penicillin: Its 


Pratt (James Davidson). 

v. Davidson Pratt. 

Pretzell (Alfred), of Graz, Austria. Letter, etc., to A. Fleming, 1947. Signed. Germ. 

56116, ff. 249-250. 

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine. Summary and article by A. Fleming 

entitled 'The Effect of Antiseptics in Wounds', published in volume XXXIII, June, 


Pryce (Daniel Merlin), anatomist and pathologist. Notes on A. Fleming, 1956. 

Typewritten copies. 56214, ff. 114-129; 56215, f. 12; 56217, ff. 91-151; 56218, ff. 24- 

25. 

Pulvertaft (Robert James Valentine), pathologist. Correspondence with A. Fleming, 

1950. Partly signed. 56119, ff. 53-55, 123-124. 

— Recollection of A. Fleming during visit to Egypt, n.d. Copy. 56221, f. 71. 

Quarterly Journal of Medicine. Notes by A. Fleming from an article by Butler 

entitled 'Fragility of Red Corpuscles', n.d. 56181, ff. 26-27. 

Q

Quastel (Juda Hirsch), Director of Montreal General Hospital Re- 

search Institute, McGill University. Article entitled 'Cell Structure and Cell Activity', 

1930. Printed. 56113, ff. 7-15. 

R 

Radio Corporation of America, Engineering Products Department. Technical 

information rel. to industrial television equipment, ITV-5, 1952. Printed. 56111, f. 70. 

Radio Universitaire, Brussels. Inaugural meeting address by A. Fleming, [18-20 

October], 1946. Typewritten. 56123, ff. 204-205. 

— Opening address by A. Fleming, [18-20 October], 1946. Typewritten. 56123, ff. 

206-208. 

— Six ten minute scientific broadcasts by A. Fleming, [18-20 October], 1946. Partly 

typewritten and copies. 56123, ff. 209-250. 

Radot (Louis Pasteur-Vallery-). 

v. Pasteur-Vallery-Radot. 

Raistrick (Harold), Professor of Biochemistry, University of London. Correspondence 

with A. Fleming, 1941-1946. Partly signed. 56113, f. 44; 56115, ff. 213, 215. 

Ralph (E. J.), Secretary to Professor Ronald V. Christie. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to a 

letter from Professor Holten, 1945. Signed. 56114, f. 111. 

Ramsbottom (John), mycologist. Correspondence with A. Fleming, 1947. Partly 

signed. 56116, ff. 199, 217. 

— A. Fleming's review of 'Mushrooms and Toadstools', [January], 1954. Two copies, 

one typewritten. 56121, ff. 81-84; 56136, ff. 1-6. 

Randall (Sir Alec Walter George), K.C.M.G.; diplomatist. Letter to A. Fleming, 

[1945]. Signed. 56114, f. 180. 

Raziuddin Siddiqi (M.). 

v. Siddiqi. 

Reid (Roger Delbert), microbiologist; Head of Microbiology Branch, Office of Naval 

Research, United States Navy. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to a visit to 

America, 1954. Partly signed. 56111, ff. 118, 129. 

— Letter to F. I. Peck rel. to associations with A. Fleming, 1956. One copy. 56214, ff. 

140-143; 56217, ff. 185-187. 

Reid Craig (Howard). 

v. Craig. 

Renan (Ernest), French philosopher and writer. Excerpt from 'Dialogues 

Philosophiques', 1876. Typewritten. 56222, f. 136. 

Renaux (E.), President, Jules Bordet Jubilee Committee. Correspondence with A. 

Fleming rel. to membership of the Committee, 1950. Partly signed. Partly Fr. 56119, 

ff. 77, 117. 

Research scientific journal. Policy statement, 1947. Typewritten. 56117, ff. 108- 

109v. 

— Editorial manuscript by A. Fleming, 1947. Typewritten. 56117, ff. 111-113. 

Rettew (Gormley Raymond), Managing Director, West Chester Antibiotic 

Laboratories, Wyeth Laboratories Inc. Correspondence with A. Fleming, [1943]- 

1954. Partly signed. 56111, ff. 115, 121, 127, 132, 145, 155; 56110, f. 102. 

Rexworthy (D. R.), Editor, Butterworths Scientific Pub- 

lications. Correspondence, etc., with A. Fleming rel. to an editorial for the journal 

'Research', 1947. Partly signed. 56117, ff. 107-113.

Reynolds (Betty), researcher, Wright-Fleming Institute. Letter to Lady A. Fleming 

rel. to information for a biography of A. Fleming, n.d. Partly copies. 56216, ff. 100- 

107; 56221, ff. 72-79. 

Rezende (Nilson), of Brazil. Correspondence with A. Fleming, 1955. Partly signed. 

56111, ff. 172, 177. 

Ribeiro Filho (J. S.), of Rio de Janeiro. Letter to A. Fleming requesting a photograph 

for a book, 1954. Signed. 56121, f. 131. 

Richards (Alfred N.), pharmacologist and nephrologist. Citation from the 

presentation of a science honorary degree to A. Fleming at University of 

Pennsylvania, 1945. Partly copies. 56215, f. 131; 56218, f. 125. 

— Letters, etc., to Lady A. Fleming rel. to information for a biography of A. Fleming, 

1956. Partly signed. 56215, ff. 104-133, 168-170; 56218, ff. 90-130, 168-170. 

— Excerpt about penicillin from 'Advances in Military Medicine', [1956]. Partly 

copies. 56215, ff. 126-130; 56218, ff. 119-124. 

Richey (James Ernest), geologist. Letter to A. Fleming informing him he has been 

elected as an Honorary Member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1947. Signed. 

56117, f. 62. 

Richmond (Brig. A. E.), of the Ministry of Health. Correspondence with A. Fleming 

rel. to an influenza vaccine, 1952. Partly signed. 56107, ff. 140-142. 

Riddle (Roland W.), pathologist and bacteriologist. Letter to A. Fleming, 1940. 

56113, f. 34. 

Rider (W. D.), of Roanoke Hospital and Roanoke Hospital School of Nursing. 

Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to a visit to the hospital, 1950. Partly signed. 

56111, ff. 29, 31. 

Ridley (Frederick Thomas), F.R.C.S.; ophthalmologist. Correspondence with A. 

Fleming rel. to work on lysozyme, 1954. Partly signed. 56121, ff. 88-89. 

— Impressions of A. Fleming, [1956]. Partly copies. 56215, ff. 188-192; 56218, ff. 

179-205. 

Rigler (Leo George), M.D.; radiologist. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to a 

visit to America, 1954. Partly signed. 56111, ff. 133, 142. 

Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil. Photograph of a street taken during a visit by A. Fleming, 

[1946]. 56116, f. 72. 

Risby (Norah Hanbury Kelk). 

v. Hanbury Kelk Risby. 

Ritchie (Anthony M.), of Ogle and Moodie, Stock and Share Brokers. 

Correspondence with A. Fleming congratulating him on his knighthood, 1944-1953. 

Partly copies. 56113, f. 180; 56217, ff. 152, 156,. 

— Letters, etc., to Lady A. Fleming rel. to a biography of A. Fleming, 1956. 

Typewritten copies. 56214, ff. 63-71, 110-113, 130-134; 56217, ff. 15-29, 83-90, 152- 

162. 

Ritchie (David J. B.), Secretary, St. Andrews University. Corre- 

spondence with A. Fleming, 1947. Partly signed. 56117, ff. 6, 70, 86-87, 90. 

Ritchie (Molly), wife of A. M. Ritchie. Letter to Lady A. Fleming rel. to biography of 

A. Fleming, [1956]. Two typewritten copies. 56214, ff. 72-85; 56217, ff. 30-53. 

Robello (Augusto Sellier). 

v. Sellier. 

Robert Campbell Oration. Paper by A. Fleming delivered at Belfast, Tuesday 2 

November, Belfast, 1944. Typewritten. 56122, ff. 179-196.

Robertson (Alexander D.), Pro Vice Chancellor, Liverpool University. 

Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to membership of the Royal Medical Society, 

1945-1946. Signed. 56115, ff. 82, 125. 

Robertson (Sir David), Kt.; M.P. Letter, etc., to A. Fleming rel. to the Canadian 

Pharmaceutical Man- 

ufacturers’ Association Gold Medal, 1948. Partly signed. 56118, ff. 23-26. 

— Letter to N. Robertson rel. to A. Fleming and the Canadian Pharmaceutical 

Manufacturers’ Association Gold Medal, 1948. Copy. 56118, f. 24. 

— Correspondence rel. to A. Fleming and the Canadian Pharmaceutical 

Manufacturers’ Association Gold Medal of F. Hudd and Sir D. Robertson, 1948. 


— Letter from A. Fleming rel. to the Canadian Pharmaceutical Man- 

ufacturers’ Association Gold Medal, 1948. Typewritten. 56118, f. 28. 

Robertson (Norman), High Commissioner for Canada in London. Letter rel. to A. 

Fleming and the Canadian Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Association Gold Medal to 

N. Robertson from Sir D. Robertson, 1948. Copy. 56118, f. 24. 

Robinson (Chris), of the British Institute. Letter to A. Fleming welcoming him to 

Turin, [1946]. 56116, f. 75. 

Robinson (F. A.), of The Distillers Company (Biochemicals) Ltd. Correspondence 

with A. Fleming rel. to a visit a penicillin factory, 1948. Partly signed. 56117, ff. 147, 

156. 

Robinson (Harold Roper), Vice Chancellor, University of London. Letter of thanks 

for a resolution in honour of A. Fleming to M. Maverick, 1955. Typewritten. 56111, f. 

187. 

Robinson (Sir Robert), Kt.; OM.; chemist. Letter to Lady A. Fleming rel. to 

information for a biography of A. Fleming, 1957. Signed. 56215, f. 197. 

Rogers (John F.), of John Wyeth & Brother Limited. Correspondence with A. Fleming 

rel. to a visit to Brazil, 1954. Partly signed. 56121, ff. 90, 95. 

Rogers (Dr Keith B.), of the Wright Fleming Institute. Reminiscences about A. 

Fleming for a biography by A. Maurois, [1956]. Partly typewritten. 56214, ff. 82-101, 

104-105; 56217, ff. 54-70, 74-76. 

Rome, Italy. Speech by A. Fleming at the opening of a factory, [21 September], 


— A. Fleming's journal entries for a visit including attending a Congress of Chest 

Medicine and an audience with the Pope, 16-23 September, 1950. 56194, ff. 15-30. 

— A. Fleming's journal entries for a visit, including an International Congress and 

meeting with the Pope, 5-12 September, 1953. 56206, ff. 1-4. 

Rome, University of. Speeches made at the acceptance of A. Fleming's Doctor 

Honoris Causa of Medicine and Surgery, 1945. Typewritten. Ital. 56114, ff. 123-125. 

Rome, British Legation to the Holy See. Letter from A. Fleming to the Secretary of 

the Legation rel. to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, 1949. Typewritten. 56118, f. 

217. 

Rosenheim (Sir Max Leonard), Baron Rosenheim; physician. Corre- 

spondence with A. Fleming rel. to a discussion about penicillin at an International 

Conference of Physicians, 1947. Partly signed. 56117, ff. 75, 84. 

Ross (Bill), of Colombo. Letters to A. Fleming rel. to Bush Typhus, [1942-1955]. 

Typewritten. 56121, ff. 174-176.

Ross (Sandy), of Nairobi. Letter containing recollections of A. Fleming to the editor 

of the London Scottish Regimental Gazette, 1956. Partly copies. 56215, f. 10; 56218, 

ff. 18-19. 

Roussy (Gustave), neurologist and pathologist; Dean, Paris University. Invitation to 

A. Fleming to a dinner party, 1946. Partly printed. Fr. 56107, f. 34. 

Rowan (Charles T.), Secretary to John E. McKeen. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to a visit 

to America, 1954. Signed. 56111, f. 146. 

Roxburgh, co. Roxb. Speech by A. Fleming about killing bacteria in the body, 1954. 

56132, ff. 177-180. 

Royal Academy of Medicine, Belgium. Royal decree recognising A. Fleming as a 

foreign Honorary Member of the Society, 1946. Typewritten copy. Dutch. 56116, f. 

59. 

Royal Academy of Medicine, Seville. Speech by A. Fleming on becoming an 

Honorary Member, [8 June], 1948. 56125, f. 83. 

Royal College of Physicians. 

v. LONDON. 

Royal College of Surgeons. 

v. LONDON. 

Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene. Poster advertising Harben Lecturer 

Professor E. C. Dodds, Courtauld Professor of Bio- 

chemistry, University of London, 1937. Printed. 56113, f. 208. 

— Poster advertising lectures of former Harben Lecturer Professor R. D. Passey, 

1938. Printed. 56113, f. 157. 

— List of former Harben Lecturers, 1944. Typewritten. 56113, f. 156. 

Royal Institution, London. Lecture by A. Fleming for a weekly evening meeting 

entitled 'The Search for Antibiotics', includes a summary, [27 November], 1953. 

Three typewritten copies. 56131, ff. 170-231. 

Royal Medical Society, Edinburgh. Reply by A. Fleming to the toast of the guest of 

honour and proposal of a toast to the Society, 19 November, 1949. Partly typewritten. 

56126, ff. 204-225. 

Royal Society. Letter from A. Fleming to the Secretary rel. to the candidature of 

Professor Wilson Smith, 1947. Typewritten. 56117, f. 105. 

Royal Society of Arts. Letter of thanks for a photograph from A. Fleming to the 

Deputy Secretary for Special Services, 1946. Typewritten. 56116, f. 125. 

Royal Society of Medicine. Agenda for a meeting on 'Active Immunity: I General 

principles' for 20 October, 1942. Typewritten. 56122, f. 132. 

— Lecture by A. Fleming on 'General Considerations of Active Immunity' for a 

meeting on 20 October, 1942. Typewritten. 56122, ff. 133-138. 

— Signatures of attendees at the 'Visit of the Netherlands Medical Men President's 

Dinner', 1946. 56115, f. 182. 

— Festival Symposium programme, 1951. Printed. 56127, ff. 162-163, 170-177. 

— Opening and closing remarks by A. Fleming of the antibiotics section of the 

Festival Symposium, 7 June, 1951. Partly typewritten. 56127, ff. 164-169, 178-183. 

Ruffini (E.), Italian Cultural Attaché, London. Correspondence with A. Fleming, 

1946. Partly signed. 56115, ff. 193, 205, 214, 220-221; 56116, ff. 20, 28, 56-57, 92. 

Rumbold (Sir Horace Anthony Claude), 10th Bart.; K.C.M.G. 1962; diplomatist. 

Correspondence, etc., with A. Fleming, 1945-1946. Partly signed. 56114, ff. 216-217; 

56115, ff. 5, 79, 122.

Russell (Leonard), editor of ‘The Saturday Book'. Correspondence, etc., with A. 

Fleming, 1950-1954. Partly signed. 56119, ff. 199, 205-206, 212; 56121, ff. 68, 80- 

84. 

S 

St Mary's Hospital, Medical School. Note from the School Secretary explaining the 

criteria for the William Julius Mickle Fellowship, [1941]. 56113, f. 58. 

— Speech by A. Fleming at centenary celebrations [December], [1954]. Typewritten. 

56132, ff. 165-171. 

Salisbury (Sir Edward James), botanist. Letter to Fellows of the Royal Society rel. to 

overseas visits, from Sir E. J. Salisbury and Sir D. Brunt, 1953. Typewritten. 56121, f. 

66. 

Sallwood ([A. U.]), of the Wellcome Physiological Research Labor- 

atories. Letter to A. Fleming asking him to test a batch of penicillin sodium salt 

tablets, 1944. Signed. 56113, f. 148. 

Salonika, Greece. Lecture by A. Fleming entitled 'Septic Wound', given during a 

tour, 22 October, 1952. Typewritten. 56128, ff. 171-215. 

Salviucci (Pietro), Chancellor, Pontifical Academy of Sciences. Correspondence with 

A. Fleming, 1946-1949. Typewritten. 56115, ff. 156-157, 176; 56118, ff. 145, 176. 

Sampson (William Handley). 

v. Handley. 

Sanchis (Antonio Montoro), of Madrid. Poem, etc., marking the visit of A. Fleming 

to Spain, 1948. Typewritten. Span. 56118, ff. 9-10. 

Sand (René), of the University of Brussels. Correspondence, etc., rel. to Jules Bordet 

of R. Sand and J. M. MacKintosh, 1950. Partly type- 

written. 56119, ff. 95, 98, 101-104. 

— Letter from A. Fleming rel. to Jules Bordet, 1950. Typewritten. 56119, f. 99. 

— Manuscript of an interview, 1950. Typewritten. 56119, ff. 102-104. 

Sanjivi (Krishnaswami Srinivasa), physician. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to a dinner 

invitation, 1953. Signed. 56121, f. 16. 

Sao Paulo, Brazil. Speech by A. Fleming, [11 May], [1954. Imperf. 56132, ff. 42-43. 

Sarkar (Prafulla Kumar), of India. Letter to A. Fleming, 1951. 56120, f. 37. 

Saunkeah (Jasper), Chief, Kiowa Tribe. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to his Honorary 

Membership of the Kiowa tribe, 1949. Signed. 56110, f. 133. 

Saunkeah (Jou-dae-toe-yi). 

v. Jou-dae-toe-yi, Princess Noble Life; wife of Jasper Saunkeah. 

Sawyer (William A.), President, Common Cold Foundation, Inc. Letter to A. 

Fleming rel. to the formation of the Foundation from W. A. Sawyer and C. M. 

Hendricks, 1951. Signed. 56111, ff. 57-61. 

— Correspondence of A. Fleming and W. A. Sawyer rel. to a Scientific Advisory 

Committee of the Foundation, 1951-1952. Partly signed. 56111, ff. 62, 71, 73. 

Schouten (J. S.), biologist. Correspondence, etc., with A. Fleming rel. to a 

micromanipulator, 1954. Partly printed. 56121, ff. 106-109, 121. 

— Micromanipulator information booklet, 1954. Printed. 56121, ff. 107-108. 

Scientific equipment. Experiments by A. Fleming rel. to pipettes, 1902-1941. 56145, 

ff. 63-71, 79-99; 56174, f. 154; 56181, f. 7. 

— Tests by A. Fleming with a 'phantoveiza' rel. to its use as an aid for the inhalation 

of penicillin, 1946. 56177, ff. 63-64.

— Photograph of a micromanipulator, 1954. 56121, f. 109. 

— Notes by A. Fleming on eyepieces for micrometers and microscopes, n.d. 56148, f. 

ii; 56155, f. iii. 

Scientific method. Experiments by A. Fleming using slide cells, 1923-1931. 56155, 

ff. 183v-192, 203-205, 215-224, 226-228, 230; 56156, ff. 3, 52, 75, 79, 89, 98, 108, 

121; 56160, f. 11; 56162, ff. 6-14; 56163, ff. 8-11. 

— Experiments by A. Fleming using lined tubes, n.d. 56155, ff. 116, 206-211v, 214, 

225; 56160, f. 6; 56164, ff. 6-10. 

— Patient notes, including graphs, taken by A. Fleming, 1907-1948, n.d. 56139, ff. 

1v-22; 56164, ff. 65, 68-70; 56168, ff. 51, 55, 56-57; 56170, ff. 15, 25-26, 31; 56171, 

ff. 198v-200; 56174, f. 3; 56175, ff. 114-125v, 126v-127v, 129, 132, 220v, 237, 238- 

241, 246, 248v-249; 56183, ff. 56, 198, 212-218, 220-221, 223-224, 233-235. 

— Notes by A. Fleming on patients with wounds, collated during World War One 

whilst working at a hospital housed in a casino in Boulogne, some entries have charts, 

diagrams and x-rays, 1917-1918. 56149, ff. 3-5, 7-7v, 9-9v, 11-11v, 13-13v, 15-15v, 

17v; 56150, ff. 2-30v, 32v-36, 87v-90; 56151, ff. 1-207; 56152, ff. 2-17. 

— Notes, figures and experiments by A. Fleming rel. to substances taken from 

wounds, including diagrams, 1916. 56147, ff. 1-15, 19-70v. 

— Notes by A. Fleming on cough and cold plates taken from patients, 1935. 56171, f. 

87. 

— Treatment cards for A. Fleming's patients, 1944. 56175, ff. 3-8, 12-19, 21-23, 424; 

56176, ff. 66-69. 

— Clinical charts of A. Fleming's patients, n.d. 56149, ff. 3-5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17; 

56150, ff. 2-30, 32-36, 87-90; 56151, ff. 1-207; 56152, ff. 2-17; 56183, ff. 150-160, 

236-247. 

— Clinical charts of A. Fleming's patient’s during World War One, n.d. 56149, ff. 

115-127. 

— Analysis of samples from patients taken by A, Fleming, some of which include a 

description of their complaints, 1929-1944, n.d. 56166, ff. 2-15, 17-29; 56167, ff. 2- 

11, 13, 17-32, 36-38, 40-47; 56169, ff. 32-33v, 209v-213; 56172, ff. 72-72v; 56175, 

ff. 301v-302v; 56176, ff. 48, 53-54, 56. 

—Samples of bacteria from patients used A. Fleming for experiments, n.d. 56152, ff. 

83v-97v. 

— Experiments by S. Craddock rel. to slide cells, 1928-1929. 56224, ff. 23-24, 28, 

46, 48-49. 

— Patient notes by S. Craddock, including bacteria produced from samples, n.d. 

56224, ff. 81-83. 

Scientific treatment. Experiments by A. Fleming using intravenous injections, 1924. 

56158, ff. 15-19, 21. 

Scots Law Society. Programme for the 122nd Annual Dinner, Grosvenor Hotel, 

Edinburgh, Saturday 8 March, 1952. Printed. 56128, ff. 1-2. 

— A. Fleming's reply at a dinner, [8 March], [1952]. Partly typewritten. 56128, ff. 3- 

17. 

Scott (C. M), Director, Imperial Chemical (Pharmaceuticals) Ltd. Correspondence, 

etc., with A. Fleming rel. to penicillin experiments by Dr. A. R. Martin, 1947. Partly 

signed. 56117, ff. 118-126, 129. 

Scott (Kenneth B. A.), Senior President, Students Representative Council, University 

of Edinburgh. Correspondence with A. Fleming, 1951-1952. Partly typewritten. 

56106, ff. 187, 190, 193-195, 198, 202-203, 208-211, 213-214v, 216-218v, 225-229, 

231, 243.

Scottish Universities Entrance Board. Minutes, 1951. Printed. 56106, ff. 65-74. 

Second Congress of Microbiology, London. Notes by A. Fleming on selective 

bacteriostasis, possibly for a paper for the Congress, 1936. 56172, f. 107v. 

Second National Congress on Antibiotics, Milan. Inaugural address by A. Fleming 

at the Antibiotic Centre, [3 June], 1950. Partly typewritten. 56127, ff. 32-46. 

Sellier (Augusto Rebollo), engineer. Letter to A. Fleming, 1948. Signed. Span. 

56118, f. 11. 

Seville, City of, in Andalucia. Telegram to the Mayor from A. Fleming, [1948]. Draft. 

56118, f. 1. 

— Speech by A. Fleming at a Mayors reception, [8 June], 1948. 56125, f. 84. 

Shah (Col. Jelal M.), President, Pakistan Medical Association. Correspondence with 

A. Fleming, 1951. Partly signed. 56120, ff. 67, 73. 

Shah (Mubarika), of the Pakistan Paediatric Association. Corre- 

spondence with A. Fleming, 1951. 56120, ff. 79, 81. 

Shaw (Arthur Frederick Bernard). 

v. Bernard Shaw. 

Sherfield, 1st Baron. 

v. Makins (Roger Mellor). 

Sherman Oberly (H.). 

v. Oberly. 

Shrivastava (D. L.), of the Central Drug Institute, Lucknow. Letter to D. L. 

Shrivastava from D. Snavely rel. to A. Fleming and a Symposium at St. Xaviers 

College, 1953. Copy. 56121, f. 20. 

Siddiq Husain (M. M.), of the Bureau of Laboratories, Karachi. Correspondence 

with A. Fleming, 1951. Partly signed. 56120, ff. 82, 84, 86. 

Siddiqi (M. Raziuddin), Vice Chancellor, Quaid-I-Azam Uni- 

versity. Correspondence with A. Fleming, 1951. Partly signed. 56120, ff. 91, 94. 

Signy (J. M.), Secretary, Institute of Medical Laboratory Technology. Letter to A. 

Fleming rel. to Honorary Fellowship of the Institute, 1946. Signed. 56115, f. 139. 

Sigurtà (Guiseppe Carlo), of Sigurtà Farmaceutici, Milan. Corre- 

spondence with A. Fleming, 1949. Partly signed. 56118, f. 220; 56119, ff. 7, 12. 

Sigurtà (Sandra), wife of Guiseppe Carlo Sigurtà. Letter, etc., to A. Fleming rel. to a 

visit to Italy, 1949. 56118, ff. 222-234. 

Silbersack (Walter), of the American Home Products Corporation. Correspondence 

with A. Fleming rel. to a donation from Wyeth Laboratories to the Wright Fleming 

Institute, 1955. Partly signed. 56111, ff. 174, 178. 

Silva (F. C.), of Alameda, Brazil. Telegram to A. Fleming rel. to penicillin dosages, 

1946. Typewritten. 56116, f. 29. 

Silva (J. Lourenço de). 

v. Lourenço de Silva. 

Sirks (M. J.), General Secretary, International Union of Biological Sciences. Letter to 

A. Fleming rel. to accommodation for a Congress, 1947. Typewritten. 56117, f. 4. 

[Sissmore] (Henry B.), of the Dyers Company, London. Letter to Lady A. Fleming 

rel. to information for a biography of A. Fleming, 1956. Signed. 56214, ff. 240-241. 

Sixth Annual Conference of Scottish Ophthalmic Opticians, Edinburgh. Speech 

by A. Fleming opening the Congress, [4] June, 1952. Partly typewritten. 56128, ff. 56- 

70. 

Sixth International Congress for Microbiology, Rome. Photograph of A. Fleming 

and Lady A. Fleming with an unidentified gentleman, 1953. 56121, f. 67.

— Report on the Congress, 6-12 September, sent to London University 17 November, 


Slyke (Donald D. Van). 

v. Van Slyke. 

Smith (Agnes T.), of Kilmarnock, co. Ayr. Letter to Lady A. Fleming rel. to 

information for a biography of A. Fleming, 1956. Partly copies. 56215, ff. 3-4; 56218, 

ff. 13-14. 

Smith (Frank Fremont-). 

v. Fremont-Smith. 

Smith (G.), of the London School of Hygiene. Letter of thanks for providing 

micrographs and mould cultures to G. Smith from M. Y. Young, 1945. Typewritten. 

56114, f. 66. 

Smith (J. A.), of Darvel, co. Ayr. Letter to Lady A. Fleming rel. to information for a 

biography of A. Fleming, 1956. 56215, ff. 46-47. 

Smith (John L.), Chairman, Chas. Pfizer & Company., Inc. Message from A. 

Fleming sent via a wire recorder, October, 1949. Partly typewritten. 56126, ff. 197- 

203. 

— Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to a visit to America, 1950. Partly signed. 

56110, ff. 154, 157, 162-163, 168; 56111, f. 7. 

Smith (Leslie O.), of Parke, Davis & Company, Ltd. Correspondence with A. 

Fleming rel. to a visit to the Middle East, 1955. Partly signed. 56121, ff. 160, 164, 

170. 

Smith (P. Leigh-). 

v. Leigh-Smith. 

Smith (Sir Sydney Alfred), Kt.; Emeritus Professor of Forensic Medicine, University 

of Edinburgh. Correspondence with A. Fleming, 1947-1954. Partly typewritten. 

56106, ff. 249-250, 265; 56116, ff. 200, 218, 240-241, 246, 254; 56117, ff. 20-21. 

Smith (Sylvia Crowther-). 

v. Crowther-Smith. 

Smith (Wilson), bacteriologist. Letter to Lady A. Fleming rel. to information for a 

biography of A. Fleming, 1956. 56215, f. 29. 

— Recollections of A. Fleming and S. R. Douglas, n.d. Copy. 56221, ff. 85-94. 

Smith-Hartley (Sir Percival Horton-). 

v. Horton-Smith-Hartley. 

Smith Knox Boyd (Sir John). 

v. Boyd. 

Snavely (Dorothy), of the Unitarian Service Committee. Letter to D. L. Shrivastava 

rel. to A. Fleming and a Symposium at St. Xaviers College, 1953. Copy. 56121, f. 20. 

Snyder (Maj.-Gen. Howard), personal physician to the President of America. Letter 

to Lady A. Fleming rel. to information for a biography of A. Fleming, 1956. Signed. 

56215, f. 19. 

Société Nationale des Sciences Naturelle et Mathématiques de Cherbourg. 

Invitation to A. Fleming to become a corresponding member of the Society, 1945. 

Printed. Fr. 56114, f. 201. 

Society of Chemical Industry, Basle. Letter, etc., rel. to New Argentine Patent 

Application - Case 2166E, the manufacture of antibacterial substances from moulds to 

Obligado & Cia, Ltd (Litigation specialists) from the Society of Chemical Industry 

(Basle), 1944. Facs. 56112, ff. 66-73. 

— English translation of an invention entitled 'Process for the Manufacture of 

Antibacterial Substances from Moulds', 1944. Facs. 56112, ff. 68-73.

Society of Chemical Industry, microbiological panel. Lecture by A. Fleming to the 

food group on 'Recent Aids to the Study of Microbiology', 22 November, 1950. Partly 


Society of Merchant Adventurers. Reply by A. Fleming for the visitors at a banquet 

on the occasion was the confirmation of honorary degrees by Winston Churchill, 

Chancellor of Bristol University. Not delivered, 19 October, 1949. Typewritten. 

56126, ff. 182-196. 

Sohlman (Ragnar), of the Nobel Foundation, Stockholm. Letter to A. Fleming from 

R. Sohlman and D. Tiselius, 1945. Signed. 56115, f. 70. 

Sokoloff (Boris Theodore), scientist; Associate Director of Research, Florida 

Southern College. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to a film about the story of 

penicillin, 1948. Partly signed. 56110, ff. 131-132. 

South West Medical Society. Lecture by A. Fleming on 'Some Aspects of Vaccine 

Therapy' delivered at Bolingbroke Hospital, London, 10 January, 1940. Two copies. 

56122, ff. 1-58. 

Souttar (Sir Henry Sessions), Kt., surgeon. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to the Pakistan 

Medical Conference, Karachi Session, 1951. Signed. 56120, f. 33. 

Souza Araujo (H. C.), of the International Centre for Leprology, Rio de Janeiro. 

Letter to A. Fleming, 1950. 56108, f. 98. 

— Reminiscences of A. Fleming, 1957. Typewritten. 56215, ff. 182-185. 

Souza Araujo (Manuelita), wife of H. C. Souza Araujo. Letters, etc., to A. Fleming, 

1950. 56108, ff. 98-100 

Spaak (Paul Henri Charles), Prime Minister of Belgium. Letter from A. Fleming rel. 

to a dinner with the Prince Regént and an honorary degree from the University of 

Brussels, 1945. Typewritten. 56114, f. 218. 

Spain. A. Fleming's journal entries for a visit, 25 May-14 June, 1948. 56191, ff. 1-36; 

56192, ff. 2-28. 

Spain, Ministry of National Education. Statement rel. to A. Fleming receiving the 

Grand Cross of Alphonso (X), 1948. Signed. Span. 56118, f. 17. 

Spencer (Herbert), M.D.; pathologist. Curriculum vitae, 1952. Typewritten. 56120, ff. 

150-153. 

— A. Fleming's statement of support for an application for the position of Professor 

of Pathology at Sydney, 1952. Typewritten. 56120, f. 155. 

Squibb (E. R.) and Sons, pharmaceutical company. Draft letter suggesting the 

establishment of an Alexander Fleming Fund through the University of Pennsylvania, 

1945. Typewritten. 56110, f. 97. 

St. Josephs Hospital, Minnesota. Speech by A. Fleming for centenary celebrations, 

[16-17 May], 1953. 56131, ff. 3-11. 

— Speech by A. Fleming entitled 'Antibiotics in Heart Disease' for centenary 

celebrations, [16-17 May], 1953. 56131, ff. 12-22. 

'St. Mary's Hospital Gazette', newspaper. Message from the editor on the retirement 

of A. Fleming, 1955. Typewritten. 56222, ff. 72-73. 

Stafford, co. Staff. Speech by A. Fleming at the unveiling of a plaque at a new 

pathology block, 15 December, 1953. Partly typewritten. 56131, ff. 232-236. 

Stahle (Nils K.), of the Nobel Prize Foundation. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. 

to the 1950 Nobel Prize and the 50th Anniversary of the Nobel Prize, 1950. Partly 

signed. 56119, ff. 167-168. 

Stanley Turner (Harry Morton). 

v. Turner.

Stedman (W. J.), Chairman, Public Business Committee, Royal Medical Society. 

Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to an address to the Society, 1944. Partly signed. 

56113, ff. 142-147, 216-217. 

Stefanie (—), of the University of Rome. Letter to A. Fleming asking for an interview, 

1945. 56114, f. 126. 

Steiner (P.), President, Soicété Vaudoise de Médicine. Corre- 

spondence with A. Fleming rel. to a lecture for the Society, 1952. Partly signed. Partly 

Fr. 56120, ff. 156-157, 184, 196. 

Stephens (Thomas E.), Secretary to the President of the United States of America. 

Letter to T. E. Stephens from U. R. Bryner rel. to A. Fleming's visit to America, 

March 1954, 1954. Copy. 56109, f. 80. 

Stepney Group Hospital Ma- 

nagement Committee. Invitation to A. Fleming to attend the opening of the Stepney 

Group Pathological Laboratory, 1955. Printed. 56121, f. 151. 

— Letter of apology from A. Fleming to the Secretary of the Committee for being 

unable to attend the opening, 1955. Typewritten. 56121, f. 154. 

Stevens (William V.), Director, Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce and 

Manufacturers. Correspon- 

dence with A. Fleming rel. to University of Edinburgh Court, 1952-1954. Partly 

signed. 56106, ff. 230, 232-234, 240-241, 244-248, 254, 261-262. 

Stevenson (James Loughridge). 

v. Loughridge. 

Stewart (Charles H.), Secretary, University of Edinburgh. Corre- 

spondence with A. Fleming, 1952-1953. Partly signed. 56106, ff. 117-118, 120-124. 

Stewart (G. T.), of Wright Fleming Institute. Recollections of A. Fleming, n.d. Copy. 

56221, ff. 97-101. 

Stewart (Walter A.), President, American Optical Laboratory. Correspondence, etc., 

with A. Fleming to arrange a visit to the new American Optical Company Laboratory, 

1950. Partly signed. 56110, ff. 164, 179, 182-184, 187, 190, 195, 198, 209. 

Stimpert (Fred), Director, Mi- 

crobiological Division, Parke Davis & Company. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to 

poliomyelitis, 1953. Signed. 56111, f. 82. 

Stirling (Marion), of Durban, South Africa. Letter to A. Fleming congratulating him 

on his success, 1945. Copy. 56222, f. 49. 

St. John-Brooks (Ralph Terence), bacteriologist; Curator, National Collection of 

Type Cultures. Date, time and place for the meeting of the Permanent International 

Commission for the Organisation of Congresses, 1947. Typewritten. 56117, f. 32. 

— Invitation to members of the Permanent International Commis- 

sion to meet Dr. Joseph Needham, 1947. Typewritten. 56117, f. 50. 

— Letter rel. to transport to the Fifth International Congress of Micro- 

biology to W. E. Heyningen, 1949. Partly copy. Partly Fr. 56108, f. 55. 

— Letter to S. Mudd, 1949. Typewritten. 56108, f. 57. 

— Letter rel. to the Fifth International Congress for Microbiology to O. O. R. 

Fonseca, 1949. Typewritten. 56108, f. 58. 

— Agenda for a meeting of the Permanent International Commis- 

sion for the Organization of Congresses, 1950. Typewritten. 56108, f. 88. 

Stockwell (E. W.), Secretary, St Mary's Hospital. Letter to A. Fleming informing him 

of change in attendance of medical staff in the Out-Patient and Fracture Clinic, 1940. 

Signed. 56113, f. 38.

Stokes (K. R.), of Harefield Hospital, Middlesex. Letters to Lady A. Fleming rel. to 

biography of A. Fleming, [1956]. Partly copies. 56214, ff. 135, 179; 56217, ff. 163- 

166. 

Storer (Elliott J.), researcher, Inoculation Department, St Mary's Hospital. Letter to 

Lady A. Fleming rel. to information for a biography of A. Fleming, 1956. Partly 

copies. 56215, ff. 24-25; 56218, ff. 40-41. 

Stratful (Dan), laboratory attendant, Inoculation Department, St. Mary's Hospital. 

Recollections of A. Fleming, n.d. Partly copies. 56126, ff. 111-116; 56221, ff. 102- 

119. 

Strathpepper, co. Ross. A. Fleming's journal entries for a visit relating to a Summer 

School and British Medical Association meeting, 14 August-3 September, [1947]. 

56190, ff. 17-32. 

Stricker (—), President, Tyrolean Board of Medicine. Corre- 

spondence, etc., with A. Fleming welcoming him to Austria, 1947. Partly signed. 

Partly Germ. 56116, ff. 244-245; 56117, f. 2. 

Suarez (F. W. Fernandez). 

v. Fernandez Suarez. 

Sugden (R.), of the International Committee for the Study of European Questions. 

Corre- 

spondence with A. Fleming, 1948. Partly signed. 56117, ff. 200, 206. 

Sutherland (Iain), of Edinburgh. Letter, etc., to Lady A. Fleming rel. to A. Fleming's 

election as Rector of Edinburgh University, 1956. Partly signed. 56214, ff. 47-58. 

Suttill (Margaret Joan), M.R.C.P.; Chief Medical Advisor, British Council. 

Correspondence with A. Fleming, 1949-1954. Partly signed. 56118, ff. 127, 135; 

56120, ff. 203, 206, 209; 56121, f. 128. 

Svartz (Nanna), Professor, Caroline Institute, Stockholm. Correspon- 

dence with A. Fleming, 1945. Partly signed. 56115, ff. 102, 111. 

Swaab (S. M.), Secretary of the Advisory Committee on the Award of the John Scott 

Medal. Citation on the history of penicillin, 1944. Typewritten. 56113, ff. 233-236. 

— Address on the place of the John Scott Award in the history of modern medicine, 

[1944]. Type- 

written. 56113, ff. 237-244. 

Swanson (Rear-Adm. Clifford Anders), Surgeon General of the Navy. 

Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to a visit, 1950. Partly signed. 56111, ff. 30, 32. 

Sweet (Dr Leon A.), Head of Research and Product Develop- 

ment, Parke Davis & Company. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to 

poliomyelitis, 1953. Partly signed. 56111, ff. 84, 86-87, 95. 

Swioff (A. A.), of the All India Radio, Bombay. Letter, etc., to A. Fleming rel. to a 

broadcast, 1953. Partly typewritten. 56121, ff. 39-44. 

Szenberg (E.), of the Department of Bacteriology, Hebrew University-Hadassah 

Medical School, Jerusalem. Article on the 'Toxicity, Infectivity and Antigenicity of a 

Streptomycin Dependent Mutant of Brucella Abortus (Strain 19)' by A. L. Olitzki and 

E. Szenberg, 1952. Printed. 56111, ff. 89-90. 

Tamargo (Margarita), M.D. Letters, etc., to Lady A. Fleming rel. to information for 

biography of A. Fleming, [1956]. Partly copies. 56214, ff. 147-154, 192-195; 56217, 

ff. 199, 266-276. 

T

Taylor (G. McKean). 

v. McKean Taylor. 

Texas, State of House of Representatives. Resolution in honour of A. Fleming, 1955. 

Signed. 56111, ff. 185-186. 

Thackray (Chas. F.), manufacturer of hospital equipment. Letter from A. Fleming 

requesting a supply of 'Lederle' pneumococcus typing sera, 1946. Typewritten. 56115, 

f. 173. 

Theodoridou (Lily). Recollections of A. Fleming as a young girl, n.d. Typewritten. 

56216, ff. 117-118. 

Thom (C.), mycologist. Correspon- 

dence with A. Fleming, 1943. Copies. 56222, ff. 16-18, 164-165. 

Thomas (Wing Commander Peter W. L.), of the Royal Air Force. Letter, etc., to A. 

Fleming enclosing a copy of a letter from Dr Thorvald Madsen, 1945. 56114, ff. 51- 

52. 

Thomson (Lady Josephine H.), wife of William D. Thomson. Letter to Lady A. 


56215, ff. 13-15; 56218, ff. 26-28. 

Thomson (W. H. Montague). 

v. Montague Thomson. 

Thomson (William Archibald Robson), Editor, 'The Practitioner'. Correspondence, 

etc., with A. Fleming rel. to a query from a reader, 1947. Partly signed. 56116, ff. 210, 

213-215. 

Thornton (Harry), of St. Mary's Hospital, London. Interview of H. Thornton by B. 

Daniels and B. Lyon, n.d. Copy. 56219, ff. 216-228. 

Thrivet (Joan). Letter to A. Fleming rel. to French translations of two of his speeches, 

[1945]. Signed. 56114, f. 194. 

Tice (Linwood Franklin), phar- 

macologist and chemist. Editorial for the American Journal of Pharmacy entitled 'The 

English Experiment', 1948. Typewritten. 56112, ff. 111-114. 

Tiselius (D.), of the Nobel Foundation, Stockholm. Letter to A. Fleming from R. 

Sohlman and D. Tiselius, 1945. Signed. 56115, f. 70. 

Todd (Alison R.), mother of Edgar W. Todd. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to 

an obituary for E. W. Todd in 'The Times', 1950. Partly signed. 56119, ff. 79, 96, 108. 

Todd (E. May W.), wife of Edgard W. Todd. Letter to Lady A. Fleming rel. to 

information for a biography of A. Fleming, [1956]. Partly copies. 56215, ff. 135-138; 

56218, ff. 131-134. 

Todd (Edgar W.), bacteriologist. Obituary by A. Fleming, 1950. Typewritten. 56119, 

f. 87. 

Toni (Giovanni de), President, Society for the Study of Infectious Diseases. Letter to 

British Council rel. to permission for Prof. Mario Scarzella to study in England under 

A. Fleming, 1949. Signed. 56118, f. 229. 

Touche (Charles J. la). 

v. La Touche. 

Traill (David), Honorary Secretary, Ardeer Chemical Club. Corre- 

spondence with A. Fleming rel. to a lecture at the Club, 1944. Partly signed. 56113, ff. 

186, 188, 219, 223. 

Travassos (Joaquim de Rosa), bacteriologist and virologist; Director, Oswaldo Cruz 

Institute. Letter to A. Fleming, 1950. Signed. 56108, f. 86.

Trefouel (Jacques), Director of Pasteur Institute, Paris. Corre- 

spondence with A. Fleming rel. to the fiftieth anniversary of Louis Pasteur's death, 

1946. Partly signed. Partly Fr. 56107, ff. 2-4, 14. 

Trefouel (Thérèse), wife of Jacques Trefouel. Letter to A. Fleming, 1945. Fr. 56115, 

f. 10. 

Trevan (John William), Director, Wellcome Physiological Research Laboratory. 

Letter from A. Fleming rel. to a scheme for penicillin demonstrations, 1944. 


Tulloch (William John), M.D.; bacteriologist. Letter to J. W. McLeod providing 

information about his publications and lectures, work interests and other activities, 

1941. Signed. 56113, ff. 46-55. 

— Correspondence with A. Fleming, 1947-1951. Partly signed. 56116, ff. 220-221, 

231-232, 239; 56117, ff. 5, 47, 58, 60, 91-92; 56120, ff. 119, 122. 

Tulsane (Robert), Professor, Institute of Hygiene and Bacteriology, Strasbourg. 

Letter to A. Fleming, 1950. Fr. 56119, f. 76. 

Turin, Italy. A. Fleming's journal entries for a visit, 7-14 October, 1946. 56187, ff. 2- 

29. 

Turnball (Ronald), of Sao Paulo. Letter with envelope rel. to A. Fleming's visit to 

Brazil to R. Turnball from Sir C. J. Hambro, 1946. Signed. 56116, ff. 4-5. 

Turner (Harry Morton Stanley), of Brookwood, co. Surr. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to 

his knighthood, 1944. 56113, f. 189. 

Turner (Thomas Bourne), physician; Dean of the Medical School, Johns Hopkins 

University. Correspon- 

dence with A. Fleming rel. to a possible lecture at the University, 1950. Partly signed. 

56110, ff. 167, 176, 178. 

Turner (R. B.) and Co, microscope company. Letter of thanks from M. Y. Young for 

the use of two plate microscopes to R. B. Turner and Co (microscope company), 

1945. Typewritten. 56114, f. 68. 

U 

Udal (Sir Nicholas Robin), C.B.E.; Secretary, Athenaeum Club. Corre- 

spondence with A. Fleming rel. to membership of the Club, 1948. Partly signed. 

56117, ff. 134-135. 

Ungar (Georges G.), physiologist and pharmacologist; Scientific Advisor, French 

Embassy. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to the fiftieth anniversary of Louis 

Pasteur's death, 1946. Partly signed. 56107, ff. 7, 9, 12. 

Ungar (J.), of Glaxo Laboratories, Middlesex. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to the United 

Kingdom penicillin production 1944-1952, 1953. Signed. 56121, f. 46. 

Ungley (Charles Cady), of the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle. Correspondence 

with A. Fleming rel. to lysozyme, 1950. Partly signed. 56119, ff. 72-73. 

Unitarian Service Committee Inc. Papers rel. to the visit of a team of scientists to 

India on behalf of the World Health Organisation and the Unitarian Service 

Committee Inc., 1953. Partly printed. 56121, ff. 5-15v, 17-19, 23-44. 

— Programme for the visiting team of medical scientists to India, 1953. Printed. 

56121, ff. 7-15v. 

— Broadcast by A. Fleming from Geneva to New York on behalf of the team of 

medical scientists, 2 February, 1953. 56130, ff. 1-2.

— Two lectures by A. Fleming entitled 'Septic Wound' delivered during a tour of 

India [17, 24 February], 1953. Typewritten. 56130, ff. 3-62. 

— Lecture by A. Fleming entitled 'The Use of Antibiotics', given during a tour of 

India, [4 February-3 March], 1953. Typewritten. 56130, ff. 63-119. 

— Lecture by A. Fleming entitled 'Lysozyme' delivered during a tour of India, [4 

February-7 March], 1953. Three typewritten copies. 56130, ff. 120-194. 

— Report of Activities in the Madras Area by A. Fleming as part of trip to India, 

April, [1953]. Two copies, one typewritten. 56135, ff. 231-250. 

— Reports on microbiology in Madras and Bombay by A. Fleming as part of tour of 

India, [April], 1953. Typewritten. 56135, ff. 251-258. 

United States Navy, Office of Naval Research. Announcement for a Symposium on 

the Origins of Drug Research, etc., [1953]. Typewritten. 56121, ff. 76-78. 

University College Dublin. A. Fleming's journal entries for a visit during which he 

was awarded an honorary D.Sc of National Merit, 29-31 [January], [1950]. 56197, ff. 

17-24. 

University of London. 

v. LONDON. 

Utah, United States. Speech by A. Fleming at a banquet in his honour, [27 March], 

[1954]. 56132, ff. 32-35. 

Utah, University of. Speech by A. Fleming on receiving an honorary D.Sc, [27 

March], [1954]. Typewritten. 56132, ff. 26-31. 

Utrilla (F.), President, National Association of Medical Specialists. Telegram to A. 

Fleming, 1948. Typewritten. Span. 56118, f. 12. 

V 

Vaccarezza (Américo J.), of Buenos Aires. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to 

an antilysozyme, 1950. Partly signed. 56119, ff. 179, 196. 

Vallery-Radot (Louis Pasteur-). 

v. Pasteur-Vallery-Radot. 

Van Heyningen (W. E.). 

v. Heyningen. 

Van Slyke (Donald D.), of Long Island, America. Correspondence of E. J. King and 

D. D. Van Slyke, 1954. Typewritten. 56107, ff. 147-149. 

Van Waeyenberg (H.). 

v. Waeyenberg. 

Vares (Luis Alfredo), chemist. Overview of their careers by L. A. Vares and C. R. 

Elola, 1949. Typewritten. 56118, f. 181. 

Vayssiere (P.), General Secretary, International Union of Biological Sciences. Letter, 

etc., to P. Vayssiere from S. Mudd, 1949. Typewritten. 56108, ff. 56-57. 

Vellozo (Rear-Adm. Braz), of the Brazilian Navy. Letter to A. Fleming, 1946. Signed. 

56116, f. 30. 

Venn (Lily), Secretary, Neurological Research Unit, National Hospital. Letter, etc., 

to A. Fleming rel. to Dr E. G. Knouf, 1954. Partly signed. 56121, ff. 111-118. 

Ventard (A.), President, Friends Society of Louis Pasteur's birthplace, Dole. Letter, 

etc., to A. Fleming, 1946. Typewritten. Fr. 56107, ff. 30-33. 

Verona, in Italy. Speech by A. Fleming on receiving the Freedom of the City, [28 

July], [1949]. Partly typewritten. 56126, ff. 94-104.

— Summary of an address on penicillin to a Congress by A. Fleming, [28 July], 


— A. Fleming's journal entries for a visit, during which he was made Honorary 

Freeman of the City, 26-30 July, 1949. 56197, ff. 1-10. 

Vidal Hall ([A. O. L?]), General Secretary, Scientific Office, French Embassy, 

London. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to a cheque, 1948. Signed. 56117, f. 193. 

Vidigal (Gaston), banker. Letter with envelope rel. to A. Fleming's visit to Brazil to 

G. Vidigal from Sir 

C. J. Hambro, 1946. Signed. 56116, ff. 6-7. 

Vilardell (Jacinto), of the Pathology Department, Santa Cruz and San Paulo 

Hospital. Correspondence with A. Fleming, 1948. Partly signed. 56117, f. 217; 

56118, f. 29. 

Vincent (Jean Hyacinthe), bacteriologist. Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to his 

election to the Paris Academy of Medicine, [1945-1946]. Partly printed. 56115, ff. 95, 

120. 

[Wackrill?] (George), of London. Letter to Lady A. Fleming rel. to information for a 

biography of A. Fleming, 1956. Partly copies. 56217, ff. 195-198; 56214, f. 146. 

W 

Waeyenberg (H. van), Rector, University of Louvain. Letter to Sir H. M. Knatchbull- 

Hugessen rel. to an honorary degree for A. Fleming, 1945. Typewritten. 56114, f. 218. 

— Letter to A. Fleming rel. to an honorary degree from the University, 1945. Signed. 

56115, f. 64. 

Waksman (Selman Abraham), microbiologist. Correspondence with A. Fleming, 

1947-1954. Partly signed. 56110, ff. 121-122; 56111, ff. 150, 154. 

Walker (H. M.), of Glaxo Laboratories Ltd. Correspondence, etc., with A. Fleming, 

1949-1951. Partly signed. 56118, f. 196; 56119, ff. 135-143; 56120, f. 103. 

Walker (Harry), M.D.; of Medical College Hospital, Virginia. Correspondence with 

A. Fleming rel. to a visit to the College, 1950. Partly signed. 56111, ff. 33, 34. 

Waller (Owen H.), Editor, The Chemist and Druggist. Corre- 

spondence, etc., with A. Fleming rel. to a New Year message for research workers in 

the pharmaceutical field, 1951-1952. Partly signed. 56120, ff. 143, 145-148. 

War Production Board, Office of Civilian Penicillin Distribution. Penicillin 

Distribution Procedure for Civilians, 1944. Typewritten. 56112, ff. 83-84v. 

— Notes entitled 'Penicillin: The Indications, Contra-Indications, Mode of 

Administration and Dosage for Penicillin', 1944. Typewritten. 56112, ff. 85-88. 

Watson (M. B. P.), of the Medical Department, British Council. Letters to A. 

Fleming rel. to prints of the original penicillin culture, 1944. Signed. 56113, ff. 140- 

141. 

Weatherhead (James), Senior President, Students Representative Council, University 

of Edinburgh. Correspondence with A. Fleming, 1954. Partly signed. 56106, ff. 251- 

253, 255-260. 

Webb-Johnson (Alfred Edward), 1st Baron Webb-Johnson. Article entitled 'Lister's 

"Commonplace Books" - Observations on Penicillin' published in Annals of the Royal 

College Surgeons, Vol. 6, February 1950, No. 2, 1950. Typewritten. 56222, ff. 60-62. 

— Recollections of A. Fleming, n.d. Copies. 56221, ff. 120-129.

Wedderburn (Sir Ernest) Rector's Assessor, University of Edinburgh. 

Correspondence with A. Fleming, 1951-1952. Partly typewritten. 56106, ff. 184, 186, 

189, 212, 236, 237, 212v, 236-237. 

Weir (Sir Cecil McAlpine), K.C.M.G.; industrialist and civic administrator. Letters 

to A. Fleming, 1945. Signed. 56114, ff. 178, 213. 

Welch (William Henry), Professor of History of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University. 

Foreword by A. Fleming on antibiotics to precede an article by Welch and his 

associates, [1950]. 56135, f. 73. 

Wells (Albert B.), of Santa Fe, California. Letter to A. Fleming, 1944. Signed. 56110, 

f. 32. 

Wells (George), of Southbridge, Massachusetts. Correspondence with A. Fleming, 

1944-1950. Signed. 56110, ff. 30, 207. 

Wells (J. Chevey). Letter to A. Fleming, 1950. Signed. 56110., f. 206. 

Welsch (Capt. Maurice), of the United States Army. Correspon- 

dence with A. Fleming rel. to a paper in 'Science', 1944. Partly signed. 56110, ff. 45- 

46. 

Wesley Dunn (Charles), Dean, University of Toronto. Letter from A. Fleming, 1944. 


West Scotland Dental Society. Lecture by A. Fleming on penicillin, 1946. 

Typewritten partial. 56123, ff. 308-310. 

Weymouth (Anthony), of Harley House, London. Letter from A. Fleming rel. to a 

Pacific broadcast, 1945. Typewritten. 56114, ff. 84, 115. 

— Paper entitled 'Chemotherapy' by A. Fleming, sent to Weymouth December, 1948. 

Two copies, one typewritten, one partial. 56134, ff. 185-219. 

Whipps Cross Hospital, Leytonstone. Speech by A. Fleming at the opening of 

'Fleming Lodge', 1954. Typewritten. 56132, ff. 172-176. 

White (—), Director, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Moscow. Letter from A. 

Fleming rel. to gramacidin 'S', 1945. Typewritten. 56114, f. 53. 

White (J. Stanley), of the Medical and Scientific Department, Parke Davis & 

Company. Letter rel. to penicillin and a vaccine for tetanus and typhoid to J. S. White 

from L. T. Clark, 1940. Copy. 56113, f. 41. 


91-96. 

White (Philip Bruce), F.R.S.; of the National Institute for Medical Research. Article 

entitled 'A Note on the Globular Forms of Vibrio Cholerae', [1949]. Printed. 56118, 

ff. 138-142. 

Whittingham (Air Marshal Sir Harold Edward), K.B.E.; of the Air Ministry. 

Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to a visit to the Mediterranean, 1945. Partly 

signed. 56114, ff. 72, 92, 114, 174. 

— Letter rel. to A. Fleming’s absence from the United Kingdom to Air Marshal Sir H. 

E. Whittingham from A. Ayres, 1945. Typewritten. 56114, f. 73. 

Wiesner (B. P.), of the Ministry of Supply Research Laboratories. Letter rel. to A. 

Fleming to J. Davidson Pratt, 1942. Typewritten. 56113, f. 68. 

— Correspondence, etc., with A. Fleming, 1942. Partly signed. 56113, ff. 71-77. 

Willcox (Gerald), M.D. Recollections of A. Fleming, 1956. Partly copies. 56215, ff. 

5-9; 56218, ff. 15-17. 

Willcox (Philip H.), M.D. Recollections of A. Fleming, n.d. Partly copies. 56216, ff. 

119-121; 56221, ff. 130-139.

William Hoffman Wood Trust. Programme and dinner menu for a meeting in Leeds, 

Friday 17 February, 1950. Printed. 56127, ff. 1-2. 

— Speech by A. Fleming on receiving their Gold Medal, 17 February, 1950. 


Williams (Edward E.), Vice President, American Optical Company. Correspondence 

with A. Fleming rel. to a visit to America, 1950. Partly signed. 56110, ff. 173, 180, 

208, 212, 220; 56111, f. 1. 

Williams (Ernest Rohan), radiologist. Letter to Lady A. Fleming rel. to information 

for a biography of A. Fleming, 1956. Signed. 56214, f. 239. 

Williams (L. T. D.), of the Ministry of Supply. Correspondence, etc., with A. Fleming, 

1942. Partly signed. 56113, ff. 67-68, 70, 78, 85-86, 89-90. 

Williams (Leslie), of London. Letter to Lady A. Fleming rel. to information for a 

biography of A. Fleming, 1956. Signed. 56214, f. 136. 

Williams (Richard Tecwyn), F.R.C.; biochemist. Letter, etc., to A. Fleming rel. to a 

Symposium on 'The General Biochemistry of Antibiotics', 1949. Partly signed. 56118, 

ff. 122-123. 

Willis (—), technician, Wright Fleming Institute. Recollections of A. Fleming, n.d. 

Copies. 56221, ff. 140-150. 

Willis (H. G), of the Ethical Division, A. M. Bickford and Sons Ltd. Correspondence 

with A. Fleming rel. to patenting penicillin, 1951. Partly signed. 56120, ff. 95, 105. 

Willoughby (R. H. Jardine-). 

v. Jardine-Willoughby. 

Wilmot (Rt. Hon. John), of the Ministry of Supply. Speech made at a press conference 

on penicillin, May, 1946. Typewritten. 56112, ff. 107-110; 56222, ff. 52-47. 

Wilson (Charles McMoran), 1st Baron Moran; President, Royal College of Surgeons. 

Correspon- 

dence with A. Fleming, 1945-1947. Partly signed. 56114, f. 40; 56117, ff. 76, 88. 

— Letter, etc., to A. Fleming rel. to the creation of Regional Hospital Boards, 1947. 

Signed. 56116, ff. 192-197. 

Wilson (Sir Graham Selby), Kt; medical bacteriologist. Letter rel. to St. Mary's 

public health laboratory work to W. H. Hughes, 1946. Signed. 56115, f. 145. 

— Correspondence with A. Fleming, 1946. Partly signed. 56115, ff. 152, 159, 163- 

164. 

Wilson (John L.), Professor of Surgery, American University of Beirut. Letter, etc., to 

A. Fleming rel. to the Fifth Middle East Medical Assembly, 1955. Partly signed. 

56121, ff. 146-150. 

Winn (Thomas J.), General Manager, Chas. Pfizer & Company., Inc. Letter rel. to A. 

Fleming's visit to America, March 1954 to T. J. Winn from U. R. Bryner, 1954. Copy. 

56109, f. 82. 

— Letter rel. to A. Fleming's visit to America, March 1954 to T. J. Winn from P. 

Davidson, 1954. Copy. 56109, f. 94. 

— Correspondence with A. Fleming, 1954. Partly signed. 56111, ff. 136, 140, 147, 

151. 

Wit (J. J. Duyvené de). 

v. Duyven‚ de Wit. 

Wood (Edward Frederick Lindley), Baron Irwin, 3rd Viscount and 1st Earl of 

Halifax. Correspondence rel. to the John Scott Medal of Sir A. Fleming and E. F. L. 

Wood, 1944. Partly typewritten. 56113, ff. 231-232, 246.

Wood (George A.), Cadet Officer, British Red Cross Society. Correspondence with A. 

Fleming rel. to naming a section 'Alexander Fleming', 1949. Partly signed. 56118, ff. 

178, 185. 

Wood (M.), Secretary, Royal Society of New Zealand. Letter to A. Fleming rel. to his 

election as an Honorary Member of the Society, 1945. Signed. 56114, f. 69. 

World Health Organisation. A. Fleming's journal entries for a meeting in 

Switzerland, 1-15 April, 1952. 56203, ff. 7v-22v. 

— A. Fleming's journal entries for a tour of Greece, 7 October-10 November, 1952. 

56204, ff. 1-24v. 

— A. Fleming's journal entries and notes relating to a tour of India, 1 February-7 

March, 1953. 56205, ff. 1-36. 

— Papers rel. to the visit of a team of scientists to India for the World Health 

Organisation and the Unitarian Service Committee Inc., 1953. Partly printed. 56121, 

ff. 5-15v, 17-19, 23-44. 

— Programme for the visiting team of medical scientists to India, 1953. Printed. 

56121, ff. 7-15v. 

— Broadcast by A. Fleming from Geneva to New York on behalf of the team of 

medical scientists, 2 February, 1953. 56130, ff. 1-2. 

— Two lectures by A. Fleming entitled 'Septic Wound' delivered during a tour of 

India [17, 24 February], 1953. Typewritten. 56130, ff. 3-62. 

— Lecture by A. Fleming entitled 'The Use of Antibiotics', given during a tour of 

India, [4 February-3 March], 1953. Typewritten. 56130, ff. 63-119. 

— Lecture by A. Fleming entitled 'Lysozyme' delivered during a tour of India, [4 

February-7 March], 1953. Three typewritten copies. 56130, ff. 120-194. 

— Report of Activities in the Madras Area by A. Fleming as part of trip to India, 

April, [1953]. Two copies, one typewritten. 56135, ff. 231-250. 

— Reports on microbiology in Madras and Bombay by A. Fleming as part of tour of 

India, [April], 1953. Typewritten. 56135, ff. 251-258. 

World Health Organisation, Division of Public Information. Press release entitled 

'Two Nobel Prize winners included in Team of Medical Scientists sent to India by 

WHO and Unitarian Service Committee', 1953. Typewritten. 56121, f. 5. 

World Medical Association, Sixth General Assembly. Hotel reservation forms, 1952. 


— Lecture by A. Fleming on antibiotics, Athens, [15] October, 1952. Partly 


Wright (Sir Almroth Edward), bacteriologist. List of acknow- 

ledgements made to Fleming in the 'Technique of the Teat and Capillary Glass Tube', 

1921. Typewritten. 56222, f. 128. 

— Letter to A. Fleming rel. to an emergency public health laboratory at St. Mary's 

Hospital, 1946. Copy. 56115, f. 137. 

— Obituary by A. Fleming and leading article intended for the British Medical 

Journal, sent 5 May, 1947. Typewritten. 56134, ff. 36-41. 

— Section in 'The Medical Research Club', n.d. Typewritten. 56222, ff. 137-139. 

Wright Fleming Institute. Autograph book containing signatures of the Institute's 

staff presented to A. Fleming on his seventieth birthday, 1951. 56211, ff. 1-50. 

— Memorandum on a proposed department for the research and manufacture of a 

poliomyelitis vaccine, 1953. Typewritten. Two copies. 56121, ff. 62-65. 

— Paper by A. Fleming, possibly drafts of 'The Wright Fleming Institute of 

Microbiology' published in St. Mary's Hospital Gazette, [1954]. Two copies, one type- 

written. 56136, ff. 14-23.

Wyeth, pharmaceutical company. Speech by A. Fleming at the inauguration of a new 

penicillin plant, [4 May?], 1954. Two typewritten copies. 56132, ff. 36-41. 

Y 

Young (M. Y.), of the Inoculation Department, St. Mary's Hospital. Letter to H. A. 

Murray informing him that A. Fleming was out of the country, 1945. Typewritten. 

56114, f. 46. 

— Letters to T. J. M. Madsen rel. to A. Fleming’s absence in America, 1945. Signed. 

56114, ff. 48-50. 

— Letter of thanks for providing micrographs and mould cultures to G. Smith, 1945. 


— Letter of thanks for the use of two plate microscopes to R. B. Turner and Co 

(microscope company), 1945. Typewritten. 56114, f. 68. 

— Correspondence of E. G. Maxey and M. Y. Young rel. to photographs and captions 

for an exhibition, 1945-1946. Partly signed. 56114, ff. 54-55, 59-60, 67, 78, 83; 

56115, f. 198. 

— Letter of resignation to A. Fleming, 1949. Signed. 56118, f. 144. 

— Obituary by A. Fleming, 1950. Typewritten. 56119, ff. 84-85. 

— Speech by A. Fleming at the unveiling of a memorial plaque to Dr. Young, June, 

1952. Type- 

written. 56128, ff. 71-77. 

Z 

Zaiger (Alec L.), patient of Sir Alexander Fleming. Recollections of A. Fleming, n.d. 

Copies. 56221, ff. 151-163. 

Zollschan (Joseph), M.D.; of the Urologic Clinics, University of Budapest. Letter, 

etc., to A. Fleming rel. to the secretion of penicillin in the urogenital adnexa, 1949. 

Signed. 56118, ff. 147-172. 

— Article entitled 'Penicillin Secretion in the Urogenital Adnexa' by J. Zollschan and 

E. Novak, 1949. Typewritten. 56118, ff. 150-172.

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