Papers of Dr. Mark M. Ravitch

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Papers of Dr. Mark M. Ravitch

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UNPROCESSED COLLECTION. Includes personal correspondence, patient files, publications and manuscripts, with administrative correspondence, publications, and materials relating to the American Surgical Association and its history.

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History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine

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Ravitch, Mark M., 1910-1989

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Surgeon, teacher, author of medical textbooks, and editor of several professional journals. Best known as an expert on the correction of chest-wall deformities in children and as a pioneer in the use of mechanical suturing in surgery. From the guide to the Papers of Dr. Mark M. Ravitch, (History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine) ...

American Surgical Association.

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The American Surgical Association was founded in 1880 with the following stated purpose: "the cultivation and improvement of the science and the art of surgery, the elevation of the medical profession and such other matters as may come legitimately within its sphere." Founder Samuel D. Gross began the regimen of yearly meetings in 1880. As of 1882 the meetings were recorded in the printed Minutes of the American Surgical Association. These meetings, along with the record of the meetings, are the...