Sylvester J. Carter papers and slides, 1930-1983.

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Sylvester J. Carter papers and slides, 1930-1983.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122485100

The Sylvester J. Carter Papers document the life and career of this prominent hand surgeon. The collection contains scrapbooks, correspondence, writings, programs of medical conferences and meetings, photographs and plaques.

11 lin. ft.

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 6729996

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Grant, Lilla F.

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Carter, Sylvester P.

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Sylvester Carter was a prominent hand surgeon and one of the first surgeons to perform a replanation of a severed hand. He also pioneered in the treatment of severed hand tendons. Carter was born in Massachusetts in 1908 and originally began studying for a career as a concert singer in the Boston Conservatory of Music. After receiving a Bachelor's degree from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, he decided to go into medicine. In 1939 Carter received his M.D. degree from Bo...