Oral history interview with John D. Davidson, 1977. 1977.

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Oral history interview with John D. Davidson, 1977. 1977.

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Davidson discusses his experiences as a medical student at Washington University School of Medicine, his internship at St. Louis City Hospital, and his fellowship in Cardiology at the National Heart Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, which involved the study of hypertension. Davidson discusses research at St. Luke's Hospital on treatments to decrease the amount of heart damage after a heart attack. Davidson also discusses changes in medical education from the late 1940s/early 1950s to the mid-1970s, and medical malpractice insurance and Medicaid problems facing physicians in the 1970s.

Transcript : 26 leaves.Sound recording : 1 sound cassette (62 min.) : analog.Sound recording : 1 sound tape reel (62 min.) : analog.

Washington University in St. Louis, Bernard Becker Medical Library

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Washington University in St. Louis, Bernard Becker Medical Library

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

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National Heart Institute (U.S.)

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Davidson, John E. (John Edward), 1925-

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Physician, born 1927. Davidson received his medical degree from the Washington University School of Medicine in 1952. In 1957 he joined the clinical faculty of the school. Davidson became director of the Division of Hyperbaric Medicine, St. Luke's Hospital (St. Louis, Mo.), in 1974. From the description of Oral history interview with John D. Davidson, 1977. 1977. (Washington University in St. Louis). WorldCat record id: 61332014 ...

St. Louis City Hospital

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