Elias Lyon papers, <192-?>, 1979.

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Elias Lyon papers, <192-?>, 1979.

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The collection includes two papers: one written by Lyon for the University of Minnesota "Gopher" in which he outlines his vision of development for the Medical School, including his goal to spread medical education beyond the traditional boundaries of the medical profession to the general population. The second paper is a biographical sketch of Lyon prepared by Maurice B. Visscher for Dr. Owen Wangensteen, in preparation for a proposed book on Lyon.

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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...

Visscher, Maurice B., 1901-1983

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Maurice B. Visscher, B.S. (1922) Hope College (Holland, MI), Ph.D. (1925), M.D. (1931) University of Minnesota. Appointed as professor and head of the department of physiology at the University of Minnesota in 1936. Member of the United States National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society, president of the American Physiological Society, the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, the International Organization of Medical S...

Lyon, Elias Potter, 1867-

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Elias Lyon was Dean of the University of Minnesota Medical School from 1916-1937. He is credited with developing the school into a leading medical center. From the description of Elias Lyon papers, &lt;192-?&gt;, 1979. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63291878 ...