Correspondence and Data on Down's Syndrome
- Date:
- 1962-1963
- Reference:
- PENROSE/2/20/16
- Part of:
- L. S. Penrose Papers
- Archives and manuscripts
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About this work
Description
Patient data relating to actual and suspected cases of Down's syndrome, relayed by Penrose and other medical professionals through correspondence. Contains letters, notes, lab reports, finger, palm, and sole prints, photographs of chromosomes from cell cultures in organic state [karyograms] and systematised [karyotypes], and drawings of the main lines on patients' dermal ridges.
Publication/Creation
1962-1963
Physical description
62 items
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Location of duplicates
A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.
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Location of original
The original material is held at UCL Special Collections. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.