Wesley W. Spink papers 1922-1984

University of Minnesota. Medical School

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The 1851 territorial legislative act establishing the University of Minnesota provided for a Department of Medicine. This department, as originally instituted, was not an educational department but rather a credentialing board that provided examinations and conferred degrees upon physicians who had learned to practice medicine by studying with a preceptor. In April 1887, Percy Millard, Charles Hewitt, D. Hand, and President Cyrus Northrop petitioned the Board of Regents to abolish t...

University of Minnesota. Hospitals

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World Health Organization . Country Office in Pakistan

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Spink, Wesley W. (Wesley William), 1904-1988

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Wesley W. Spink, bachelor's degree (1926) Carleton College, M.D. (1932) Harvard Medical School. Dr. Spink was an internationally recognized authority on infectious diseases and is credited with controlling the spread of brucellosis (undulant fever). He was widely known for his research on sulfa drugs, and was the first to use sulfa drugs for therapy and administer antibiotics (penicillin and tetracycline) at the University of Minnesota Hospitals. From the description of Wesley W. Spi...