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SZ/OEMU/2 - [OEMU. Research queries and correspondence, 1940-1962]

Reference code
SZ/OEMU/2
Level of description
Sub series
Title
[OEMU. Research queries and correspondence, 1940-1962]
Date/s
1940-1962
Quantity & Format
19 files Mixed
Scope and content
Included are files of correspondence with various people connected with the MRC: F.R. Fraser, E. Rock Carling, E.A. Carmichael and, B.A. McSwiney. The fields of interest cover air raid casualties, protective clothing, and the effects of blast.

Files on correspondence with M. Noble of Civil Defence, Allan Palmer of the United States Army Medical Corps, John Fulton of Yale University, and L. Brouha of Harvard are also present.

Specific subject files include: air raid shelters; the destruction of enemy tanks; animals killed in air raids; mapping of body areas; medical statistics; helmets; and army field notes. Some files contain miscellaneous queries relating to experimental work on blast, splinters, air raids, weapons performance, and the Mediterranean theatre. Others relate to lectures given by SZ, and Bernal and SZ's visit to France in 1940.
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