Moses Barron papers 1911-1978.

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Moses Barron papers 1911-1978.

Collection contains materials relating to Moses Barron's medical experiences in World War I and his work as a doctor and researcher at the University of Minnesota.

1 box (1.0 cubic foot).

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SNAC Resource ID: 7483342

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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University of Minnesota. Medical School

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The 1851 territorial legislative act establishing the University of Minnesota provided for a Department of Medicine. This department, as originally instituted, was not an educational department but rather a credentialing board that provided examinations and conferred degrees upon physicians who had learned to practice medicine by studying with a preceptor. In April 1887, Percy Millard, Charles Hewitt, D. Hand, and President Cyrus Northrop petitioned the Board of Regents to abolish t...

Barron, Moses, 1883-,

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Moses Barron, M.D. (1911) University of Minnesota. Clinical professor of medicine at the University of Minnesota; published landmark articles that lead to the isolation of insulin. Moses Barron was born in 1884 in Russia and emigrated to Minnesota in 1889. He attended the University of Minnesota, receiving his medical degree in 1911. He practiced medicine and served as a clinical professor of medicine at the University until his retirement as professor emeritus in 1952. During World War I, he jo...