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MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION, / UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES, / HEATH PARK, / CARDIFF, CF4 4XW’\nVerso: printed letter from author to Medical Group archivist, glued to object: ‘SOUTH GLAMORGAN HEALTH AUTHORITY (TEACHING) /  Awdurdod Iecbyd De Morgannwg (Dysgu) / OUR REF PH/BMD Department Of Medical Illustration / YOUR REF / 24th April, 1975 / Dr. P. Hansell. M.R.C.S., F.R.P.S., F.B.P.A. / Hon. Archivist, / Medical Group, / Institute of Ophthalmology, / Judd Street, / London WC1H 9QS / Dear Dr. Hansell, / I am very pleased that my exhibit on ‘Xeroradiography’ has been / provisionally selected for inclusion in the Medical Group Archives, / and gladly give permission for it to be retained. / The panel was originally produced as part of my Associateship / Application to the Society in March, 1974. It compares two radiographic / techniques demonstrating breast disease and a popliteal cyst. The / X-ray photographs were made using Ilford HP4 5x4 sheet film processed / in Kodak D19. The Xeroradiographs were made using Ilford PAN F / 35 mm exposed through a red filter again processed in Kodak D19. / I trust this information is adequate and will meet your requirements. / Yours faithfully, [handwritten] Paul Hallett / P. 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