Papers of Francis Daniels Moore, 1954-1962; 1976-1997 (bulk).

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Papers of Francis Daniels Moore, 1954-1962; 1976-1997 (bulk).

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Boxes of material dated 1954-1962 contain correspondence reflecting Moore's advisory work for government agencies, such as the U.S. Public Health Service, National Research Council and the Army's Surgical Research Unit. Other correspondence concerns his involvement in surgical societies; editorship of Annals of Surgery; hospital visitations andtravels; and various Brigham Hospital and Harvard Medical School activities,such as his service on the curriculum committee; boxes of material dated 1976-1997 contain extensive background papers and work files on numberous writing and research projects undertaken during the period following his retirement as Surgeon-in-Chief of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital (from 1976 through the present, 1997) during which time he occupied an office on the 4th floor of the Countway Library.

233 boxes.

Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library

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Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library

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Peter Bent Brigham Hospital

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Moore, Francis D. (Francis Daniels), 1913-2001

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Moore (Harvard, M.D. 1939) was appointed Moseley Professor of Surgery at the Harvard Medical School and surgeon-in-chief at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in 1948. Moore's work in surgical research has related to the metabolic care of the postoperative patient, application of radioactive isotopes to surgical studies, the surgery of duodenal ulcer, breast cancer, and tissue transplantation. From the description of Papers of Francis Daniels Moore, 1954-1962; 1976-1997 (bulk). (Harvard...