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Richardson, Maurice Howe, 1851-1912. Papers, 1869-1913.

Title: Papers, 1869-1913.

Contains correspondence, notes, reports, lectures, charts, patient records, and photographs recording Richardson's personal and professional activities as an abdominal surgeon and educator at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital and changes in medical education and surgical practice between 1874 and 1912. Correspondence illustrates Richardson's diverse contacts and interests, and contains letters from many physicians in the United States. Student notes, hand-drawn illustrations, and correspondence describe Richardson's medical and clinical training, while notes, class schedules, syllabi, examinations, and lectures illustrate Richardson's teaching activities at Harvard Medical School and the changing nature of surgical studies from the mid 1870s through early 1910s. Financial ledgers, notes, drawings, glass slides, and photographs document his private practice; also includes correspondence and patient records of his son Edward Peirson Richardson, Sr. (1881-1944), with whom he shared a private practice from 1906 to 1912. Richardson's articles, lectures, drafts, notes, and pamphlets chronicle his innovative surgical techniques and research in abdominal surgery. Patient records, containing medical illustrations, patient case histories, manuscript notes, consultation notes, temperature charts, pathological reports, appointment books, and patient history and drug files, provide further detail about early 20th century medical care.

ArchivalResource: 73.5 cubic ft. in 73 record cartons, 1 flat document box.

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