Papers, 1925-1989.

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Wood, Francis C. (Francis Clark), 1901-. Papers, 1925-1989.

Papers, 1925-1989.

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Personal and professional papers, correspondence, speeches, and records of medical practice and military service, 1925-1989, of Philadelphia, Pa., cardiologist and educator, Francis C. Wood. Series 1 documents Francis C. Wood's family and personal life, education, and honors and awards, 1949-1984. Includes family correspondence, press releases, and financial and legal papers. General correspondence in Series 2 includes letters of physicians, non-physicians, and letters of recommendation, 1932-1986. Wood's cardiological and electocardiographical research, 1932-1963, is documented in Series 3 with typescripts of articles and supporting material concerning electrocardiographic precordial leads. Series 4 describes Wood's military service in World War II, 1949-1952. Series includes reserve service papers. Wood's teaching career is documented in Series 5, 1928-1983; series includes administrative correspondence and lecture notes and course materials, particularly on rheumatic heart disease. Series 6 contains administrative records of Wood's chairmanship of University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1947-1981. Includes personnel correspondence and employee evaluations. Wood's association with the College of Physicians of Philadelphia is documented in Series 7, 1966-1986. Series includes fellowship proposals amd records of the College's Advisory Committee on the Francis Clark Wood Institute for the History of Medicine. Series 8 contains materials of alumni associations of Princeton University and University of Pennsylvania and other organizations with which Wood was associated, 1938-1988. Series includes minutes, reports, and correspondence of the Measey Foundation. Occasional patient case history files, 1936-1988, from Wood's medical practice are preserved in Series 9, along with several hospital handbooks. Documentation of Wood's speeches, 1926-1989, in Series 10, includes holographs, typescripts, and supporting material; speeches arranged by title. Many concern cardiology. Series 11 contains publications, 1925-1986, by Wood and other physicians; correspondence and related materials included. Medical subject reference files, 1925-1986, with reprints and articles, in Series 12, include material on Tsutsugamushi disease [scrub typhus] and Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. Series 13 contains biographical information, 1951-1982, on Wood's colleagues.

16 boxes (6.3 linear ft.)

College of Physicians of Philadelphia