Records of Department of Surgery, 1892-1957 (inclusive), 1900-1925 (bulk).

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Records of Department of Surgery, 1892-1957 (inclusive), 1900-1925 (bulk).

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Contains letterbooks with departmental correspondence from 1892 to 1915, including letters to John Collins Warren and from the treasurer; minutes of meetings, 1900-1920; outlines and exams, 1896-1915; student grades; forms and correspondence concerning assignments for surgical rounds; statements and correspondence, 1906-1925, about financial matters; schedules for lectures; and related material. Also includes two volumes of minutes of meetings, 1902-1911, of the staff of the Laboratory for Surgical Research. Later records contain correspondence, evaluations, and schedules in office files of Edward D. Churchill and Oliver Cope which pertain to students, and the curriculum for Harvard Medical School surgical courses at Massachusetts General Hospital from 1934 to 1957.

33 v. and 4 boxes.

Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library

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Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library

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Harvard Medical School.

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Harvard Medical School. Laboratory for Surgical Research.

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Warren, John Collins, 1842-1927

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Cope, Oliver, 1902-1994

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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...

Harvard Medical School. Dept. of Surgery.

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Churchill, Edward D. (Edward Delos), 1895-1972

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Surgeon. From the description of Reminiscences of Edward Delos Churchill : oral history, 1957. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309729802 Edward Delos Churchill, 1895-1972, MD, 1920, Harvard Medical School, was John Homans Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School, and head of the surgical services at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Mass. During World War II, Churchill served as Surgical Consultant to the North African Campaig...