Papers of Harold Clarence Ernst, 1880-1929 (bulk).

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Papers of Harold Clarence Ernst, 1880-1929 (bulk).

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Contains considerable material relating to the Harvard Medical School, including minutes and correspondence of the Committee on Hygiene and Preventive Medicine about establishing a department; letters and bulletins about the public health program at Columbia University; Ernst's reminiscences about the Harvard bacteriological laboratory; and minutes and correspondence from the Committee on Public Lectures. Other professional files include lecture notes on bacteriology and copies of Lowell Institute lectures; laboratory notes; and letters, 1906, concerning the photography of bacteria. Personal material contains diary entries, 1900-1901; thesis, 1880; letters of condolence at Ernst's death; and other items.

5 boxes.

Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library

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Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library

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Ernst (Harvard, M.D. 1880) taught bacteriology at the Harvard Medical School from 1885 to 1922; he was probably the first to lecture on the subject as a part of the regular course curriculum in an American medical school. He was responsible for the organization of a bacteriology laboratory under the auspices of the City of Boston which initially worked toward detection and prevention of diphtheria. He edited the Journal of Medical Research from 1896 to 1922, and he served as director of scholars...

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