Personal Papers of Alan James Juby, 1926-1984

Biographical history

A J Juby was an anaesthetic instrument maker employed by the
firm A Charles King Ltd and subsequently by the British Oxygen Company Ltd. A Charles King Ltd specialised in anaesthetic apparatus from the early 1920s, a period of technical development in the specialty. Following a series of financial problems, King's company was taken over by Coxeter's, which subsequently became part of the British Oxygen Company (BOC). King worked with leading anaesthetists in developing instruments and amassed a collection of equipment, which he donated to the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland in 1953 and which has subsequently been augmented by further acquisitions. The collection was moved from King's premises in Devonshire Street to the Royal College of Surgeons in 1965 and to the new premises of the Association of Anaesthetists at no 9 Bedford Square in 1987. It is now part of the Anaesthesia Heritage Collections at 21 Portland Place.

Content

• Papers, 1926-1984, of Alan James Juby, relating to the development of anaesthesia and anaesthetic apparatus.
• Records relating to Juby's career
• Typescript financial accounts of A Charles King Ltd, 1942, 1946
• Printed catalogue with illustrations of anaesthetic apparatus produced by A Charles King Ltd, undated [mid-20th century]
• Typescript copy letter from I W Magill to the Editor of The Lancet, 1942,
• Records relating to organisations
• Dinner menus (some with collected signatures) and other ephemera, 1955-1971,
• Other records comprise printed booklets, articles, brochures, leaflets, diagrams and typescripts, 1939-1976,
• Copies of the K Bryn Thomas's article, 'The A Charles King Collection of early anaesthetic apparatus', Anaesthesia, vol xxv, no 4 (Oct 1970);
• Various British Standards, 1950-1970, on anaesthetic and other medical equipment.