Record

RefNoHF/1/14/6/7/42
Previous numbers98HF.141.7.42
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Hugh Cairns, St John's Wood Park, London to Howard Walter Florey
Date8 April 1937
DescriptionThanks for letter - has sent papers to Mellanby - agrees Farquhar Buzzard should be "ridden off" to Queen Mary - Florey is the person who should go to USA to see Castle - Buzzard want to be given commission to look over Castle and if he likes him to issue invitation to Oxford - comments on this - J F Fulton says Castle would fit into Oxford - comments on this - has not had full text of Nuffield's speech at Canberra but there were some very flattering remarks about him, Cairns - comments on this - hopes Florey enjoys holiday - goes to Oxford on Saturday to discuss plans - at next meeting must ask about conditions for Nuffield Chair of Medicine - says Nuffield described him as "Chief of the Nuffield Medical Research Institute".
Extent4pp
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
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