Robert E. Schlueter papers, 1906-1967 1906-1967

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Robert E. Schlueter papers, 1906-1967 1906-1967

The collection contains three versions of Schlueter's autobiography, fragmentary incoming correspondence, and notes, drafts, and reprints of his writings and addresses on medical history and medicine. The autobiography is well-written and revealing of his likes, dislikes, loyalties, and the details of his medical practice, travels and post-graduate studies abroad, and work in hospitals and for Washington University. Also included is the St. Louis Medical Society Library correspondence concerning his estate.

1.5 linear feet (3 boxes)

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Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.). School of Medicine.

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Schlueter, Robert E. (Robert Ernst), 1872-1955

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Robert E. Schlueter (1872-1955) was a physician-scholar educated in St. Louis before the Flexner report. His work as a pharmacist's assistant led to professional education at the St. Louis College of Pharmacy (Ph. G. 1891) and the Missouri Medical College (M.D. 1895). He served an informal internship at St. John's as surgical assistant for Theodore F. Prewitt, M.D, while he taught physiology and pharmacy at Missouri Medical College (1896-1899). His skill as a surgeon grew with priva...