| Administrative History | Lockhart attended a Medical Conference in Amsterdam from 5 - 8 August 1930, where he delivered an address under the typically lighthearted title, 'Should The School Bag or Case be Abolished ?' He spent 3 days in Cambridge and London prior to the conference during which time he met with with Dr Fielding, of the Anatomy Department of University College London and Wilfrid Edward Le Gros Clark (1895 - 1971), Professor of Anatomy, St Thomas's Hospital, London . Lockhart appears to have been interested in a new method of staining slides ['the March method of staining'] about which he sought the opinion of Feilding, Le Gros Clark and a Dutch doctor referred to as 'Bronwer.' |
| Description | 7 letters sent from Lockhart to his mother from London and Amsterdam, 1 - 8 August 1930.
In his letters Lockhart mainly refers to leisure activities, including visits made to galleries, museums, cinema and theatre, his accommodation, food and fashion. His letter of 2 August, describing the Bond Street shops and purchases made therein provides a flavour of his fondness for fine food and clothes. See also, his letter of 3 August in which he muses 'I see Emil Jennings is appearing in his first talkie in London, - 'The Blue Angel', with a lady by name Dietrich, as his opposite number ...'
Details of his work and the conference are kept brief, but some indication of his efforts to collaborate with others over his slides are given on 1 August, when he writes:
'I spent the morning at University College. Dr Fielding said my slides were very good, indeed excellent. In the afternoon I went to see Le Gros Clark. He congratulated me on the slides. Professor Low said they were exceptionally good - I don't think they know a great deal about the Marchi method of staining. I have just written a long letter to the Dutchman, ?Bronwer, asking to see him. I think they'll know a few tips about the thing. Le Gros Clark was quite fascinated with the slides ...'
On 6 August:
'This afternoon the demonstrations were given. My one evidently caused some debate. I called it 'Should The School Bag or Case be Abolished ? Quite a few asked about the photographs, even a Japanese Dr from Tokio.'
And again on 8 August:
'I got a message that ?Bronwer was on holiday, but his best man would see me. He proved to be 'Tommy Metts' as a Dutchman, by name Dr ?Bilmond, and we got on fine. I learnt more in two hours than the London folks know put together. He thinks my method quite good and that my slides are very good. He wants me to see ?Bronwer himself ...' |