Clarence Dennis papers, 1927-2003.

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Clarence Dennis papers, 1927-2003.

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Laboratory notes, correspondence, publications, and professional papers chronicle the surgical and research career of Dr. Clarence Dennis. The papers span from his early education at Harvard College until his final years in Minnesota. The bulk of the collection documents Dennis's development of a pump-oxygenator, his research at the Veterans Administration, and his advocacy for the necessity of animal testing for medical advancement. The collection contains little in the way of personal materials. Three series represent Dennis's work on open-heart surgery and the pump-oxygenator: Series IV: Heart-Lung Research, Series V: University of Minnesota, and Series VI: State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center. Series IV consists of Dennis's schematics for his pump-oxygenator and his laboratory notebooks chronicling his clinical trials for the apparatus. Included in Volume VI, 1951 is a detailed description of Dennis's first (ultimately unsuccessful) open-heart surgery on a human patient. The other two series contain materials which illustrate Dennis's administrative and educational duties; Series VIII: State University of New York (SUNY) Stony Brook / Veterans Administration Medical Center (VAMC) also contains materials of this type. Additionally, Series VIII documents Dennis's studies into how wounds heal after such procedures as vagotomies.

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