Dr Kenneth Heathfield (d.2012): archives

The following is an interim description which may change when detailed cataloguing takes place in future.

Papers of Dr Kenneth Heathfield, neurologist specialising in epilepsy and Huntington's Chorea.

Included in the collection are published works by Heathfield and others, correspondence and drafts, and many photographs including slides for lectures. Patients are identified in the collection and these materials will be subject to closure under the Data Protection Act. Neurological conditions discussed include Huntington's Chorea, epilepsy, Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, amnesia and neuralgia.

1920s-1990s

4 transfer boxes

Presented to the library at Wellcome Collection by Dr Heathfield's daughter, Ms Angela Heathfield, in November 2008.

Kenneth William Gordon Heathfield trained in medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, qualifying MB, BS, MRCS (Eng.) and LRCP in 1940. In the course of a long career in neurology he was based mostly in East London, serving as consultant neurologist to the Barking, Claybury, King George (Ilford), Whipps Cross and Oldchurch (Romford) Hospitals, as well as practicing in Harley Street. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1968 and MD (London) in 1973. He was also a Fellow of the Hunterian Society and served as its President. Dr. Heathfield died in 2012 at the age of 95.

Acc 2056 (1 file), transferred Feb 2014: Correspondence and administrative documentation regarding Dr. Heathfield's professional career, including examination papers, letters of appointment, copies of terms and conditions of employment, etc.

Acc 2089 (1 file), transferred in Jun 2014: Volume of zoological drawings, plus photograph (folded) of St Bartholomew's Hospital medical students (including Kenneth Heathfield) on a visit to Parke, Davis and Co.'s Hounslow laboratories in 1938.

Acc 2102 (1 file) transferred in Jun 2014 consisting of Dr Heathfield's printed, self-published memoir, "Memoirs of an enthusiast".

Any copyrights held in this material by Dr Heathfield have been transferred to the Wellcome Trust.

This collection is currently uncatalogued and cannot be ordered online. Requests to view uncatalogued material are considered on a case by case basis. Please contact collections@wellcomecollection.org for more details.