Papers of Chester M. Jones, 1916-1969 (bulk).

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Papers of Chester M. Jones, 1916-1969 (bulk).

Contains considerable amount of material documenting Jones' professional affiliations, especially as chairman of the American Board of Internal Medicine and reflecting his committee and fund raising work at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH); also publication files; papers about Harvard Medical School alumni activities; and other material.

10 boxes.

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Jones, Chester Morse

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Morse, a gastroenterologist (Harvard, M.D. 1919), was clinical professor of medicine at Harvard from 1940 to 1957, and consultant to the dean of the Faculty of Medicine from 1957 to 1969. He also was a physician at the Massachusetts General Hospital from 1920 to 1957. His research focused on diseases of the stomach and intestinal tract. From the description of Papers of Chester M. Jones, 1916-1969 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 281428126 ...

Means, James Howard, 1885-1967

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Means (Harvard, M.D. 1911) was Jackson Professor of Clinical Medicine at Harvard from 1932 to 1951, acting dean of the Faculty of Medicine in 1946, and chief of medical services at Massachusetts General Hospital from 1924 to 1951. He established the first thyroid clinic in Boston in 1920 and introduced the use of radioactive iodine as a valuable diagnostic aid in the treatment of thyroid disorders in 1941. Means resigned from the American Medical Association in 1951 because he felt its attitude ...

American Board of Internal Medicine

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Massachusetts general hospital

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Dr. James Jackson and Dr. John C. Warren initially sought funds for a hospital in Boston, Mass. which would also be made available to student s of the Harvard Medical School for clinical training. It was incorporated in 1811 as Massachusetts General Hospital, and in 1817 Jackson and Warren were appointed as acting physician and surgeon, respectively. The first patients were admitted in 1821. McLean Hospital was chartered in 1811 and opened in 1818 as the psychiatric facility of Massachusetts Gen...