Oral history interview with George H. Bishop, 1969. 1969.

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Oral history interview with George H. Bishop, 1969. 1969.

Bishop discusses his collaboration with Drs. Joseph Erlanger and Herbert Spencer Gasser on the properties of nerve fibers as recorded on the oscilloscope in the early 1920s at the Washington University School of Medicine.

Transcript : 5 leaves.Sound recording : 1 sound tape reel (ca. 10 minutes) : analog.

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

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Gasser, Herbert S. (Herbert Spencer), 1888-1963

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Physiologist (1888-1963). Professor of Pharmacology, Washington University School of Medicine, 1921-1931. Professor of Physiology and head of the Medical Department, Cornell University, 1931-1935. Director of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, 1935-1953. Gasser and Joseph Erlanger were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1944. From the description of Herbert S. Gasser papers, 1914-1964. 1914-1964. (Washington University in St. Louis). WorldCat record id:...

Erlanger, Joseph, 1874-1965

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Physiologist. Professor of Physiology at Washington University, School of Medicine, 1910-1946. Nobel Prize Winner in Medicine and Physiology with Herbert S Gasser in 1944. See also Robert G. Frank, Jr., Journal of the History of Biology 12 (1979):193-201. From the description of Joseph Erlanger papers, 1890-1964. 1890-1964. (Washington University in St. Louis). WorldCat record id: 10603002 Joseph Erlanger (1874-1965) received his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University ...

Bishop, George H. (George Holman), 1889-

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George H. Bishop (1889-1973) received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1919 and joined the faculty of Washington University School of Medicine in 1921. His appointments included research associate and associate professor in the Department of Physiology (1921-1930), professor of applied physiology in the Department of Ophthalmology (1930-1932), professor of biophysics in the Neurophysiology Laboratory (1932-1947) and professor of neurophysiology in the Department of Neuropsychiatry (...

Walker, Walter Clinton

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