Papers, 1911-1950 (inclusive), 1928-1950 (bulk).

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Papers, 1911-1950 (inclusive), 1928-1950 (bulk).

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Contains professional papers of Leary, including letters from colleagues concerning Leary's work on arteriosclerosis, publications, his lecturing, giving expert testimony, Leary's retirement, and other matters. Also includes some correpondence with Harvey W. Cushing regarding research on hereditary dwarfism, and with Temple Fay about work on subdural hemorrhage. Other papers include drafts of lectures on carbon monoxide poisoning, alcoholism, and on disasters; galley of article about life-expectancy statistics; notes for seminar on the Cocoanut Grove fire in Boston and other disasters; and documents such as an autopsy report.

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Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library

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Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library

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Leary, Timothy, 1870-

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Leary (Harvard, M.D. 1895) taught pathology, bacteriology, and medical jurisprudence at Tufts College Medical School until 1929. His research was chiefly concerned with cholesterol and its role in the production of human disease, particularly atherosclerosis, and also the relation of cholesterol to human neoplasms, especially those of the kidney and prostate. From the description of Papers, 1911-1950 (inclusive), 1928-1950 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 281431905 ...

Cocoanut Grove (Boston, Mass.)

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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...

Fay, Temple, 1895-1963.

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