Records, [ca. 1850]-1985.

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Records, [ca. 1850]-1985.

Publications and miscellaneous records of Downstate Medical Center, Long Island College of Medicine, and Long Island College Hospital, and related organizations. Publications include medical school yearbooks, 1921-1984; nursing school yearbooks, 1968-1984; alumni publications, 1925-1984; student publications, 1909-1912, 1942-1976; news releases and administration publications, 1935-1985; annual reports, 1867-1888, 1918-1980; reports of departments, including obstetrics and gynecology, 1953-1972; alcoholism clinic, 1959-1961; and radiology, 1977. Records include Joint Library Commission minutes, 1962-1980; petition for establishment of Sigma Xi chapter, 1967; Survey, Analysis and Plan of Development for Long Island College of Medicine, 1942-1943; minutes of Faculty Wives Association, 1952-1966; minutes of faculty of Long Island College Hospital, 1867. Other material includes photographs of faculty, ca. 1850-ca. 1960; clippings on Long Island College of Medicine, 1920, 1929-1938, 1948; scrapbook on Polheumus Clinic, 1915-1919; history of Hoagland Library, 1931, and Long Island College of Medicine, 1923, 1943-1949.

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Long Island College of Medicine

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Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society.

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Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, was formed in 1886 at Cornell University as an honor society for science and engineering; the original founders of Sigma Xi were members of the Sibley College of Mechanical Engineering at the university. Moving beyond the Society's early intention of fostering companionship, Sigma Xi has since evolved to offer the sciences a strong, unified voice in support of scientific advancement and achievement. From the description of Sigma Xi, The Scie...

Long Island College Hospital

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Teaching hospital founded in 1858 as a combined hospital and medical school and located in the Brooklyn Heights/Cobble Hill section of New York City. From the description of Minutes, 1906 Apr. 10. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58760277 The Long Island College Hospital was founded in 1858 and functioned as both a hospital and medical school. Its original building was located on the west side of Henry Street between Pacific and Amity ...

Downstate Medical Center (N.Y.). Obstetrics and Gynecology Dept.

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Downstate Medical Center (N.Y.)

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In colonial New York, only a small number of almshouse infirmaries existed to care for the sick, while the mentally ill were usually imprisoned or placed in poorhouses. It was not until the early to mid-19th century, when the New York City area's dependent and poor population increased dramatically, that hospitals and other health services organizations, such as homeopaths and maternity wards, readily began to emerge. In Brooklyn specifically, the earliest hospitals included the Kin...

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Downstate Medical Center (N.Y.). Joint Library Commission.

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Downstate Medical Center (N.Y.). Alcoholism Clinic.

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Downstate Medical Center (N.Y.). Radiology Dept.

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