Charles Scott Venable Collection 1877-1961

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Charles Scott Venable Collection 1877-1961

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Charles Scott Venable was a San Antonio General Surgeon from 1908-1925. He graduated from the University of Virginia with his medical degree in 1900, interned at the Hudson Street Hospital in New York City and the Union Protestant Infirmary in Baltimore. Venable continued his studies at clinics in Ireland, Austria, France, and England. He founded the Lee Surgical Hospital and was instrumental in the establishment of the San Antonio Free Clinic. He was an active member in the Texas Medical Association, Texas Surgical Society, Bexar County Medical Society, International Society of Surgery, Southern Surgical Association, American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, and the American Board of Surgery. One of his greatest achievements, while in partnership with Walter Stuck and Asa Beach, was the discovery of the use of Vitallium in bone surgery. The Venable collection includes biographical materials, correspondence, news clippings, photographs, drawings, notes, speeches, and a vitallium surgical appliances catalog.

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, UTHSC Libraries, University Archives, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900

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