Paul Dudley White Papers, 1870s-1987.

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Paul Dudley White Papers, 1870s-1987.

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Papers document White's role in the American Heart Association (AHA), International Society of Cardiology, International Cardiology Foundation, and the National Heart Institute (NHI); introduction of the EKG in Boston and at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH); his clinical work; research and writings on heart disease; and interest in comparative electrocardiography, especially of whales. Significant events which are recorded in the collection include White's consultancy to Dwight Eisenhower after his heart attack; 1946 medical mission to Czechoslovakia and several trips to the U.S.S.R.; and visits with Albert Schweitzer in Gabon, and to China.

197 boxes, 1 half document box

Center for the History of Medicine. Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine.

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White, Paul Dudley, 1886-1973

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White (1886-1973) (Harvard, M.D. 1911) was clinical professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, 1940-1950, and on the staff of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Mass., 1911-1950. One of the early specialists in cardiology, White introduced the first electrocardiograph to Boston in 1914, and was one of the three physicians after whom the W.P.W. Syndrome was named. White's book Heart Disease (1931) established his reputation as a leading cardiologist. From the description ...