Papers, 1918-1968.

Van Slyke, Donald D. (Donald Dexter), 1883-1971

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Dr. Van Slyke was director of the chemical laboratory of the Rockefeller Institute Hospital, 1913-1948, and from 1949 to 1971 was associated with the Medical Department of Brookhaven National Laboratory. From the description of Donald Dexter Van Slyke [sound recording] : an oral history / interviewed by Peter D. Olch, May 27-28, 1969. (National Library of Medicine). WorldCat record id: 49422476 Rufus Ivory Cole served as the the director and physician-in-charge (1909-1937) o...

Castle, William B. (William Bosworth), 1897-

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Physician. From the description of Reminiscences of William Castle: oral history, 1987. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122441462 William Bosworth Castle (1897-1990), MD, 1921, Harvard Medical School, was George Richards Minot Professor of Medicine and Francis Weld Peabody Faculty Professor of Medicine, and directed the Harvard Medical Services at Boston City Hospital from 1940 to 1963. Castle's research focused on blood diseases including ...

Mudd, Stuart, 1893-

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Medical researcher, educator and author; faculty, School of Medicine, U. of Pennsylvania, (1925-1959); chairman, Department of Bacteriology, (1931-1951); chairman, Department of Microbiology, (1951-1959); had a significant role in developing the freeze-drying process of preserving blood plasma. From the description of Articles, 1939-1960. (University of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122543515 ...

Rous, Peyton, 1879-1970

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Mrs. Rous's family had long been friends with Gladys Brooks. From the description of Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1949-1960. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 183884807 Pathologist; Nobel Prize winner; b. Francis Peyton Rous. From the description of Rous collection, 1940s. (Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Association Library). WorldCat record id: 70947287 Francis Peyton Rous was a pathologist. Rous' pioneering studies on...

Graeser, James B.

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Robertson, O. H. (Oswald Hope), 1886-1966

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Oswald Hope Robertson was a physician and naturalist. He worked mostly at the Rockefeller Institute, the Peking Union Medical College, and the University of Chicago (Professor of Medicine, 1927-1951). Robertson investigated pneumonia and the disinfection of air with glycol vapors. He also studied the biology of salomonoid fishes. Robertson is acknowledged as the creator of the first blood bank for use in France during World War I. From the description of Papers, 1918-1968. (American ...

Park, Edwards A. (Edwards Albert), 1877-1969

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Dr. Park is Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins. Introduction of Dr. Park by Dr. Helen B. Taussig, Professor of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins. From the description of The history of the Harriet Lane Home [sound recording] / Edwards Albert Park. (National Library of Medicine). WorldCat record id: 49222070 ...

Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research.

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The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research was established in 1901. It was the first institution in the United States devoted solely to bio-medical research. In 1958 the name was changed to the Rockefeller Institute; in 1965 the Institute became the Rockefeller University. From the description of Meningitis records, [ca. 1907-1911]. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122523442 The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research was founded in 1901 i...

Cole, Rufus Ivory, 1872-1952

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Rufus Ivory Cole served as the the director and physician-in-charge (1909-1937) of the Hospital of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, the first hospital in the United States devoted primarily to the investigation of disease. Cole's medical research centered on problems relating to immunity to diseases of the respiratory system, particularly pneumonia From the guide to the Rufus Ivory Cole papers, ca. 1900-1966, 1900-1966, (American Philosophical Society) Brown class of 1897....

Peking Union Medical College.

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Minot, George Richards, 1885-1950

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George Richards Minot (1885-1950), AB, 1908, Harvard College; MD, 1912, Harvard Medical School, was a hematologist and Director of the Thorndike Memorial Laboratory at Boston City Hospital. Minot was also Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. His research focused on blood and nutrition, and he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology in 1934 for discovering that liver extract cured pernicious anemia. From the description of Papers, 1891-1951. (Harvard Universi...

Puck, Theodore T. (Theodore Thomas), 1916-2005

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Genetics researcher who devised techniques for growing human cells in the laboratory and who helped determine the number of chromosomes in a gene. He was primarily known for his landmark studies in the 1950s in which he created the proper conditions in which human cells could grow and propagate in a petri dish. His incubating technique, called somatic cell genetics, is widely used and has been a considerable boon to biomedical research. From the guide to the Theodore Puck papers, 192...

Noguchi, Hideyo, 1876-1928

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Loosli, Clayton G., 1905-1976

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Research Corporation

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A nonprofit foundation, now of Tucson, Arizona, the Research Corporation was incorporated in New York in 1912. Its purpose is to advance academic science and technology. It supports basic research in the natural and physical sciences and encourages the practical application of new discoveries. From the description of Records, 1919-1949. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79391516 Foundation headquarters moved from New York to Tucson, Arizona in 1982. From the descrip...

Bayne-Jones, Stanhope, 1888-1970

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Dr. Stanhope Bayne-Jones, Chairman of the Advisory Editorial Board of the History of Preventative Medicine in the U.S. Army in World War II, has been one of the NLM's most distinguished scholars-in-residence. A graduate of Yale University, Dr. Bayne-Jones received the M.D. degree from Johns Hopkins University Medical School in 1914; during subsequent years he achieved eminence not only as a physician and soldier, but also as an educator and researcher. He served as Dean of the Yale University Sc...

Smillie, Wilson G. (Wilson George), 1886-1971

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Physician. From the description of Reminiscences of Wilson George Smillie : oral history, 1964. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86131382 ...

Blake, Francis Gilman, 1887-1952.

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Francis Gilman Blake was born on February 22, 1887, in Mansfield Valley, Pennsylvania. After his father died when he was three, his family moved to Massachusetts. He received his A.B. from Dartmouth in 1908 and spent the next year tutoring a schoolboy in Maine in order to pay for Harvard Medical School, from which he received his M.D. in 1913. For the next three years, Blake worked as an intern at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital. He met Dorothy P. Dewey, a nurse in training at Peter Bent Brigham, wh...

University of Chicago.

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Most of the records in the collection pertain to the $400,000 raised by the American Baptist Education Society in 1889-1890 in order to obtain a 600,000 grant from John D. Rockefeller for the creation of an endowment for the University of Chicago. The first volume in the inventory, Record of Pledges for the University of Chicago, contains an alphabetical numbered listing of subscribers, amounts pledged, and payments made through 1906. The subscription forms and letters (1:4-13) are numbered to c...