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THE Scientific Report of the Royal College of Surgeons for the year 1944-45 records welcome progress in reconstruction and reassembly of specimens dispersed during the War. Prof. R. A. Willis, the newly appointed Sir William H. Collins professor of human and comparative pathology, reports the return to the College of specimens which have been acquired since the disaster which the Museum suffered in 1941. There are more than six hundred of them, and they have been so well cared for during their dispersal that most of them have been added to the Museum. Prof. Willis and his staff have spent much time on problems of reconstruction, building, illumination and display of specimens. This report gives a list of the additions made to the Museum. The Wellcome Trust has given £80,000 for the extension of the College's Museum, and it has been decided to name one wing of the new building the “Sir Henry Wellcome Wing”. Up to July 1945 the College had received £122,000 of the £250,000 required to complete the restoration and development of the College.
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LAPAGE, G. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS: SCIENTIFIC REPORT FOR 1944-45. Nature 157, 598–599 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/157598b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/157598b0