Papers 1929-1979.

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Papers 1929-1979.

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The Melvin H. Knisely, M.D. Papers, 1929-1979, document Dr. Knisely's professional and personal activities. The bulk of the materials concern his personal and research interests into such areas as "sludged" blood and other blood circulatory problems, aging, alcohol and alcoholism, burns, diabetes, hypothermia, malaria, the nervous system, rheology, schizophrenia, stroke, and shock. Administrative records pertain to Dr. Knisely's tenure as professor and chairman of the Department of Anatomy at MCSC. The collection also consists of correspondence with family members, friends, and colleagues, including Nobel Prize winner, Dr. August Krogh. Record types include correspondence, memoranda, bibliographies, articles, news clippings, reprints, manuscripts, handwritten notes, lectures and speeches, press releases, grant applications, photographs, film, and videotapes. The collection is arranged into four series: (1) Correspondence, (2) Professional, (3) Research, and (4) Audiovisual.

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Medical University of South Carolina. Dept. of Cell Biology and Anatomy.

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Medical College of the State of South Carolina. Dept. of Anatomy.

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Medical College of South Carolina. Dept. of Anatomy.

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Krogh, August, 1874-1949

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Knisely, Melvin H. (Melvin Henry), 1904-

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Melvin Henry Knisely was born in 1904 in Hillman, Michigan. He graduated from Albion College, Albion, Michigan in 1927 with an A.B. degree. He taught high school physics for three years before entering the University of Chicago from which he received his Ph. D. degree in 1935. In 1931 Dr. Knisely developed a new technique, using a fused quartz rod, for examining tissues and organs in living animals. With support from the Rockefeller Foundation, Dr. Knisely continued his research at the Universit...