Papers of Harvey William Cushing, 1923-1940 (inclusive).

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Papers of Harvey William Cushing, 1923-1940 (inclusive).

Consists of miscellaneous letters from and about Cushing, containing biographical information, and about appointments. Also includes a scrapbook with clippings about the vivisection controversy.

1 scrapbook and 1 folder.

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Cushing, Harvey, 1869-1939

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Harvey Williams Cushing was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on April 8, 1869. He graduated from Yale College in 1891 and in 1895 received his M.D. and A.M. degrees from the Harvard Medical School. He served on the staff of the Johns Hopkins University Hospital from 1901 to 1912, where he devoted himself to neurological surgery. In 1912 he was appointed professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School and in 1913 surgeon-in-chief of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, posts which he held until 1932. During W...