Oral history interview with Jerome E. Cook, 1961. 1961.

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Oral history interview with Jerome E. Cook, 1961. 1961.

Cook talks about Dr. Jesse S. Myer, gastroenterologist and biographer of William Beaumont. Cook also relates some of his experiences as a medical student in the early years of the 20th century and as an intern at St. Louis City Hospital, and describes the practice of medicine at that time.

Transcript : 9 leaves.Sound recording : 1 sound cassette (ca. 41 min.) : analog.Sound recording : 1 sound tape reel (ca. 41 min.) : analog.

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Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.). School of Medicine

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Cook, Jerome E., 1884-1964

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Physician, 1884-1964. 1905 graduate of the Medical Department of Washington University. President of the medical staff, Jewish Hospital of St. Louis, 1936-1939 and 1946-1949. From the description of Oral history interview with Jerome E. Cook, 1961. 1961. (Washington University in St. Louis). WorldCat record id: 59228310 ...

Myer, Jesse S. (Jesse Shire), 1873-1913

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St. Louis internist. Jesse S. Myer was born in Salisbury, Missouri, in 1873. He graduated from the University of Missouri (AB, 1893) and from the Marion Sims College of Medicine (MD, 1896), He took postgraduate courses in medicine at German universities, notably Heidelberg (1897-1898), and a residency at the Johns Hopkins University Hospital in Baltimore. In 1898 he entered the private practice of medicine in St. Louis and also taught in the Washington University Medical...

St. Louis City Hospital

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Beaumont, William, 1785-1853

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Physician and physiologist. From the description of William Beaumont collection, 1834-[ca. 1879]. (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 52247530 A native of Lebanon, Connecticut, Beaumont was certified to practice medicine by the Third Medical Society of Vermont in 1812. He served in the army during the War of 1812 and from 1819 to 1839 was an army medical officer. During that time he served at posts in the midwest including Fort Mackinac, Michigan; Fort Niaga...