Recollecting Oxford Medicine: Oral Histories

Recollecting Oxford Medicine: Oral Histories

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Recollecting Oxford Medicine: Oral Histories episodes

  • George Alberti
    Derek Hockaday interviews George Alberti, research endocrinologist and former President of the Royal College of Physicians, 24 May 2013. Topics discussed include: (00:00:00) admission into Balliol to study medicine, preliminaries and early years in Oxford, Sandy Oxton (00:05:15) Coolidge Scholarship to go to United States; (00:07:50) Biochemistry and DPhil project at Hans Krebs lab on amino acid metabolism in mitochondria; (00:12:12) work ethic and start of clinical work, involvement in teaching tutorials; (00:16:37) Endocrinology and diabetes research; (00:20:00) finals; (00:21:33) teaching staff; (00:25:23) visits to United States, post-qualification fellowship applications; (00:27:35) research and clinics in Boston; (00:31:57) returning to Oxford to do clinical research; (00:35:40) comparing the Radcliffe and Oxford in general to other places clinically (United States, Southampton, Brighton); (00:36:43) Oxford undergraduate course as preparation for a career in medicine; (00:38:07) clinical research at the Hans Krebs unit; (00:42:10) reasons for leaving Oxford; (00:44:50) influence of multiple analyser on clinical biochemistry; (00:46:27) progression of the medical school since leaving Oxford; (00:48:25) reflection on teaching pre-clinical tutorials. Note that the following sections of audio are redacted: 00:09:29-00:09:35; 00:15:56-00:16:18; 00:23:40-00:23:42; 00:49:33-00:49:38.
    51 min
  • John Spalding
    John Oxbury interviews John Spalding, former consultant and research neurologist for Oxford United Hospitals, 26 July 2011. Topics discussed include: (00:00:13) experience of neurology in Oxford from mid 1940s, student houseman job and being a house surgeon for Hugh Cairns at Radcliffe infirmary during the war; (00:02:00) Hugh Cairns; (00:04:21) jobs after qualifying; (00:06:20) working in the military head injury hospital during second world war; (00:10:14) Spalding’s papers on pheochromocytoma and number forms; (00:21:56) Nuffield 3 being built, allocated space for neurology; (00:22:44) polio; (00:31:00) the East Radcliffe ventilator; (00:34:30) the Polio Fund; (00:43:50) treating patients with tetanus and Myasthenia gravis; (00:47:42) BBC 'Your life in their hands' television show; (00:50:21) investigating blood pressure when treating patients with tetanus and Guillain-Barre syndrome with Geoffrey George; (01:01:07) time with Honor Smith in Morocco investigating outbreak of paralysis; (01:09:14) balancing research and clinical work as a neurologist; (01:15:00) post retirement life.
    The following sections of audio are redacted:
    00:08:12-00:09:04; 00:17:16-00:18:12; 00:40:50-00:42:30; 01:11:40-01:12.00.
    1 hr 20 min

About Recollecting Oxford Medicine: Oral Histories

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The Recollecting Oxford Medicine oral history project originated when Peggy Frith, as President of Oxford Medical Alumni, recognised the potential of recorded interviews to capture stories, memories and voices from the Oxford Medical school and Oxford Hospitals. The interviewees were selected to cover, from an Oxford perspective over almost a century, the many changes in the practice of medicine and medical teaching, of both local and national importance. The material would supplement the Bodleian Libraries' extensive archives related to notable Oxford medical researchers. Between 2011 and 2021 Derek Hockaday, Oxford physician since the 1960s, along with Frith and others, interviewed 50 current or former professors, directors, researchers, clinicians and technicians who span from the Second World War until the present day. This podcast series comprises the publicly accessible recordings from the oral history project.