Bartley. An Interview with Emeritus Professor Walter Bartley
- Synopsis
- Part 1 reviews the career of Walter Bartley, particularly his wartime work on scabies, night blindness, vitamin A and vitamin C deficiency, secondary shock, shipwreck survival, and the digestibility of the national loaf of bread. A conscientious objector, he comments on fellow objectors who volunteered as subjects for his experiments. His postwar higher education. Part 2 discusses colleagues at the University of Sheffield Biochemical Department including Professor Hans Krebs, Head of the Sorby Institute, and the problems associated with the Institute’s transfer to Oxford University. Further research and his eventual return to Sheffield to head the Biochemical Department there. 88 minutes.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of production
- 1989
- Subjects
- Biology; Medical sciences
- Keywords
- biochemistry; conscientious objectors; history of medicine; oral history; research; World War II; Bartley, Walter
Online availability
- URI
- http://jiscmediahub.ac.uk/
- Price
- academic subscription
- Delivery
- Download
Credits
- Contributor
- Edward Penley Abraham; Robert Thomas
Production Company
Sponsor
- Name
Biochemical Society
- Notes
- see Portland Press
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- Name
JISC MediaHub
- Notes
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