National Radium Commission; Professor Sydney Smith, d.1969, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of University of Edinburgh

The National Radium Commission was set up in 1929 with public money to distribute radium for research purposes as well as treatment of the sick. Having met standards of staffing and facilities laid down by the Commission, five National Radium Centres were set up in Scotland under the direction of local universities, one of which was at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. A Joint Committee was established by the Infirmary and the Faculty of Medicine at Edinburgh University. These papers relate to the workings of the Commission, the Committee and the Centre. The Commission wound up in 1948.

From the guide to the National Radium Centre, Edinburgh, 1929-1948, (Lothian Health Services Archive, University of Edinburgh)