Papers, 1848-1976.

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Papers, 1848-1976.

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Contains Beecher's professional correspondence files resulting from his work at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), his involvement in medical societies and government committees, and his consulting, lecturing, and other activities. The collection also contains Harvard Medical School (HMS) teaching materials and committee files; writings files and reference material; and some personal correspondence and related papers. Beecher's writings files include correspondence and manuscripts of articles and books on such topics as physiology and control of pain, psychotomimetic drugs, effects of drugs, and medical ethics and human experimentation. Additional papers include reference files, such as correspondence and U.S. technical reports on human experimentation by Nazis, clippings, glass lantern slides and other teaching material, and reprints and books.

45 boxes.

Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library

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Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library

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Massachusetts General Hospital. Dept. of Anesthesia.

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Harvard Medical School.

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Institute of society, ethics, and the life sciences

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Beecher, Henry K. (Henry Knowles), 1904-1976

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Henry Knowles Beecher, 1904-1976, M.D., 1932, Harvard Medical School, was Henry Isaiah Dorr Professor of Research in Anaesthesia at Harvard Medical School from 1941 to 1970 and anaesthetist-in-chief at Massachusetts General Hospital. His research and writings concerned the physiological and metabolic effects of anesthesia and drugs, and the ethics of human experimentation. During World War II Beecher was chief consultant in resuscitation and anesthesia for U.S. Office of the Surgeon General in t...

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Shock

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