Papers. ca. 1967-1990.

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Papers. ca. 1967-1990.

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The Warren A. Sawyer Papers, 1967-1990, consist of 2 cubic feet of material documenting Mr. Sawyer's career and his research interests in the history of medicine. The collection is divided into two series: Professional and Topical. The Professional files contain materials associated with Mr. Sawyer's career, including professional correspondence, official obituaries, professional condolences and tributes, and materials demonstrating his well-known humor. The topical series is the most voluminous and consists of correspondence, research notes, drafts, final copies, and research materials pertaining to medical history topics. Topics include: Daniel Brickell and Samuel Cartwright; J. V. C. Smith; Abraham Colles; William Osler; the history of the Medical University; States Rights Medicine (the idea that only Southern physicians could appreciate and treat "southern" diseases); and E. L. Scott and the discovery of insulin.

2 cf. 35 folders.

Medical University of South Carolina Libraries

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Medical University of South Carolina

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The Medical University of South Carolina opened its first session on November 8, 1824. In November 1974, the Medical University of South Carolina held their Sesquicentennial celebration honoring the 150th anniversary of the founding of the college. The Sesquicentennial celebration included many events and activities centered on the advancements of the past 150 years, with events taking place in 1974 and 1975. An executive committee oversaw the event and was chaired by Joseph I. Waring, and inclu...

Cartwright, Samuel A. (Samuel Adolphus), 1793-1863

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Samuel A. Cartwright was a physician in Mississippi and professor at the University of Louisiana in New Orleans. In 1825, he married Mary Wren. He served at one time as a surgeon under General Andrew Jackson and during the Civil War he served as a Confederate Army physician and was charged with improving the sanitary conditions in camps around Vicksburg and Port Hudson. From the description of Samuel A. Cartwright prescription, 1833. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: ...

Smith, Jerome Van Crowninshield, 1800-1879

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Physician of Boston. From the description of Letter, 1842, Oct. 22 : Boston, to J. Ricketson, Esq. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35359436 ...

Colles, Abraham, 1773-1843

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Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919

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Born in Ontario, Canada, Dr. Osler was received his medical from McGill University in 1872. He became Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine's first professor of medicine in 1889. Author of The Principles and Practices of Medicine (1892), Osler has been celled the father of psychosomatic medicine and the "most influential physician in history." From the description of Sir William Osler press clippings, 1905-1920. (National Library of Medicine). WorldCat record id: 14312601 ...

Scott, Ernest Lyman, 1877-1966.

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Ernest Scott was born in Kinsman, OH, and received his B.S. from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1902. In 1911 he earned an M.S. from the University of Chicago, and then a Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1914, where his dissertation included the development of the Standard Blood Test for Diabetes. Scott is best known for his early research on isolating insulin from the pancreas for treating diabetes. Scott left the University of Chicago to teach at the University of Kansas...

Brickell, D. Warren (Daniel Warren), 1824-1881

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Dr. D. Warren Brickell of New Orleans was a nationally known gynecologist, founder and dean of the New Orleans School of Medicine, and editor of numerous medical journals. His interest in public affairs is reflected in his newspaper articles on political reform, published during Reconstruction. From the description of D. Warren Brickell papers, 1869-1882. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122505651 ...

Sawyer, Warren A., 1937-1989.

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Sawyer, Warren A. (Warren Allen), 1937-1989.

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Warren Allen Sawyer, known by many as "Buz", was born in Bay Shore, New York on 22 June 1937 to Dr. George J. Sawyer and Thelma Caldwell Sawyer. He was educated at McDonough School in Baltimore and later received a Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry from Hampden-Sydney College and a Master's Degree in Library Science from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. In 1966, he became the director of the library at the College of Charleston. In 1968, he resigned his post with the College to accept...