Papers, undated 1851-1955,

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Papers, undated 1851-1955,

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The William Townsend Porter Papers, 1851-1955, undated, provide a record of Porter's administrative, teaching, and research activities at Harvard Medical School, the establishment and operation of the Harvard Apparatus Company, and his personal life.

3.3 cubic feet in 2 record cartons, 1 document box, 1 half document box, 1 flat document box, and 1 photograph box.

Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine

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Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine

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Porter, William Townsend, 1862-1949

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William Townsend Porter (1862-1949) was Professor of Comparative Physiology at Harvard Medical School, where he conducted research on the heart, and on the growth and development of schoolchildren. After serving on the faculty of St. Louis Medical College (1887-1893), Porter came to Harvard Medical School to reorganize the teaching of physiology and to introduce student laboratory equipment for his courses, which he made available to other medical programs through a non-profit organization he cr...

Harvard Medical School. Dept. of Physiology.

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Harvard Apparatus Company.

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