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PENROSE - L S Penrose Papers
2 - Work-Related Material
20 - Down's Syndrome
9 - Letter to The Lancet
StorageSite
UCL Special Collections
Level
Item
Reference Number
PENROSE/2/20/9/2
Title
Letter Submitted to The Lancet
Date
21 Mar 1961
Description
TS copy of a letter submitted to The Lancet titled "Mongolism", and requesting the replacement of the term "Mongolism" and other race-based designations with alternative terminology for the condition. A list of signatories to the letter is underwritten.
Extent
1 folio
AccessStatus
Open
AccessConditions
The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
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