| Description | Records of Medical Committees and Medical Staffing of St Bartholomew's Hospital, [1712]-1989, comprising minutes of the Medical Council, 1843-1986, including recommendations for appointments from 1847; papers relating to staff and staff regulations, 1853-1938, including papers concerning complaints about food, 1893-1894; staff pay, [1712]-1899; biographical details of staff, including names of bonesetters, orthopaedic surgeons and curers of scald heads from 1554; certificates, letters of recommendation and applications, 1825-1953, including lists of physicians and surgeons from 1547-1867; papers relating to honorary contracts, 1963-1972; staff grievances, 1901; Aylwen Bursary Committee minutes and reports, 1961-1966;
reports of the Medical Council, 1867-1960; correspondence, 1880-1973, including relating to the Departments of Cardiology, 1947-1959, Ear, Nose and Throat, 1946-1959, Dermatology, 1946-1958, Venereal Disease, 1947-1958; Senior Residents, 1965-1972; attendance and leave books of the Medical Council, 1917-1965; Clerk's out-letterbooks relating to medical staff, 1901-1939;
minutes and reports to and of the Medical Development Committee, 1966-1969; minutes and papers of sub-committees of the Medical Council, [1912]-1970, including the Research Committee, 1956-1961; Standing Committee of Surgeons, 1923-1953; Standing Committee of Physicians, 1922-1940; register of senior medical staff, [1930]-1985; lists of chief assistants, consultants and registrars 1934-1989; house physicians and house surgeons, 1868-1881; House Officers' signature book, 1898-1946; register of house officers, 1901-1989; register of dressers, 1910-1939, casualty dressers, 1941-1946; minutes of the (District) Ethical Committee, 1974-1987 |
| Administrative history | The Medical Council was formed in 1842 to give expert advice to the Governors of St Bartholomew's Hospital, and comprised all physicians and surgeons serving the Hospital. In the later twentieth century, the Medical Staff Office dealt with both Medical Committees and Medical Staffing, for which reason the records are grouped together. |