Harvey Williams Cushing papers, 1745-1965 (inclusive), 1887-1939 (bulk).

Viets, Henry R. (Henry Rouse), 1890-1969

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Henry Rouse Viets was a neurologist, medical historian and faculty member at Harvard Medical School. He studied with William Osler 1916-1917 and was an elected member of the Osler Club of London. From the description of [Collected reprints of Henry Rouse Viets] 1918-1965 (Houston Academy of Medicine, Texas Medical Center). WorldCat record id: 318821118 ...

Francis, William Willoughby, 1878-

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Epithet: Librarian Osler Library McGill University Montreal British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001240.0x000039 ...

Cairns, Hugh, Sir, 1896-1952

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Yale Medical Library

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Sherrington, Charles Scott, Sir, 1857-1952

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ergency Committee in Aid of Displaced German Scholars.

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Cutler, Elliott Carr, 1888-1947

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Elliott Carr Cutler (1888-1947), AB, 1909, Harvard College; MD, 1913, Harvard Medical School, was appointed Moseley Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School and Surgeon-in-Chief of Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in 1932. Cutler was one of the first surgeons to work on the human heart; he inserted an instrument into the left ventricle, dividing the stenosed mitral valve in 1923, a procedure that later became common practice as a treatment for rheumatic heart disease. From the descr...

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York. He was the son of James (lawyer, financier) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt. He married Anna Eleanor Roosevelt on March 17, 1905, and had six children: Anna, James, Franklin, Elliott, Franklin Jr., John. He received his B.A. from Harvard in 1904 and later attended Columbia University Law School. Roosevelt was admitted to the Bar in 1907 and worked for the Carter, Ledyard, and Milburn firm in New York City from 1907 to 19...

American college of surgeons

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Society dedicated to promoting the highest standards of surgical care through education of and advocacy for its Fellows and their patients, and to safeguarding standards of care in an optimal and ethical practice environment; established in 1913 in Chicago, Ill.; preceded in organization by the journal Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics which began in 1905, and the Clinical Congress of Surgeons of North America, which began in 1910. From the description of Records / a. 1890-[ongoing]...

Hanson, Adolph M.

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Penfield, Wilder, 1891-1976

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Wilder Penfield was a research scientist, neurosurgeon and writer. He was a student of William Osler in England. In 1934, he founded and became the first Director of McGill University's Montreal Neurological Institute. From the description of [Collected reprints of Wilder Penfield] 1930-1970 (Houston Academy of Medicine, Texas Medical Center). WorldCat record id: 318820159 ...

Congress of American Physicians and Surgeons

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American Surgical Association.

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The American Surgical Association was founded in 1880 with the following stated purpose: "the cultivation and improvement of the science and the art of surgery, the elevation of the medical profession and such other matters as may come legitimately within its sphere." Founder Samuel D. Gross began the regimen of yearly meetings in 1880. As of 1882 the meetings were recorded in the printed Minutes of the American Surgical Association. These meetings, along with the record of the meetings, are the...

Christian, Henry A. (Henry Asbury), 1876-1951

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Civil War corporal, 35th New York Infantry, Company A, 1861-1863. From the description of Document, 1863 June 5. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 28287268 Christian (Johns Hopkins, M.D. 1900; Harvard, A.M. 1903) held the Hershey Chair of Theory and Practice of Physic and served as Dean of the Harvard Medical School from 1908 to 1912. He was also physician-in-chief at Carney Hospital from 1907 to 1912 and at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital from 1910 to ...

Hedin, Sven Anders, 1865-1952

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Explorer and geographer. From the description of Note of Sven Anders Hedin, 1904. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453701 Epithet: Swedish traveller British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001137.0x0001f6 Swedish explorer, who is noted for his expeditions to central Asia. From the description of Letter, 1931. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122480429 ...

Mackall, Leonard L. (Leonard Leopold), 1879-1937

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Epithet: of Add MS 38912 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000798.0x00033f Leonard Leopold Mackall was born on January 29, 1879, in Baltimore, Maryland. He received his bachelor's degree from Johns Hopkins University in 1900 where he took an interest in German literature. In 1902, he graduated from Harvard Law School. Within the next few years, he would attend Johns Hopkins University and the Universities of Berl...

United States. Committee on Economic Security

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American Field Service

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The American Field Service (AFS) was founded in 1914 as a volunteer ambulance corps. It served with the French Armies in World War I. In 1939 the American Field Service volunteer ambulance service was reactivated. It served first with French forces in France, then with British forces in the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, and India/Burma. From the description of World War II records, [ca. 1939-1945] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155490917 The American Field ...

History of science society

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Schlesinger, Benno

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Abbott, Maude E. (Maude Elizabeth), 1869-1940

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Sharpey-Schafer, Albert, 1850-1935

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Career summary: Born 6 June 1850, at Hornsey, son of J W Sch?fer of Highgate and Hamburg; educated University College London (medal for Physiology). 1871 first Sharpey Scholar, University College London. 1874 Assistant Professor of Physiology, University College London. 1877 published A course of practical Histology . 1878 elected a Fellow of the Royal Society; married Maud Dixey. 1878-1881 Fullerian Professor, Royal Institution. 1883 Jodrell Professor, University College London; published his f...

Councilman, W. T. (William Thomas), 1854-1933

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Councilman (University of Maryland, M.D., 1878) was a pathologist and taught at Harvard from 1892 to 1923. From the description of Papers of William Thomas Councilman, 1914-1951 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 281427949 ...

United States. Surgeon-General's Office

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Born in Charleston, Massachusetts, David L. Huntington, 1834-1899, studied medicine at Yale and the University of Pennsylvania. He joined the army as an Assistant Surgeon in 1862. Huntington was Acting Medical Director Army of the Tennessee during Sherman's march to the sea in 1864. A career medical officer, Lt. Colonel Huntington at times served as acting Surgeon General. He also was director of the U.S. Army Medical Museum for many years before his retirement in 1898. From the desc...

Streeter, Edward Clark, -1947

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Edward Clark Streeter was born in Chicago, Illinois, on November 10, 1874. He received degrees from Yale University (A.B., 1898) and Northwestern University (M.D., 1901). Streeter studied in Europe and then practiced medicine in Chicago and Boston. He served in France during World War I and joined the faculty of the Harvard Medical School (1921-1933). He also served as visiting professor of the history of medicine at Yale University (1929-1933). Streeter collected extensively in the fields of me...

Homans, John, 1877-1954

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Homans (Harvard, M.D. 1903) was clinical professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School and was surgeon-in-chief at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Mass. from 1913 to 1946. He was noted for his operations on blood vessels and specialized in research of the pancreas. From the description of Papers of John Homans, 1928-1948 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 281435035 ...

Flexner, Abraham, 1866-1959

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Abraham Flexner was an educator. From the description of Reminiscences of Abraham Flexner : oral history, 1959. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122473834 Educator. From the description of Reminiscences of Abraham Flexner : oral history, 1954. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309737398 From the description of Reminiscences of Abraham Flexner : oral history, [195-?]. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat r...

Yale university. School of medicine

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James D. Kenney was attending physician, Yale New Haven Hospital, 1968-2007; president, medical staff, 1976-1977; attending physician, Hospital of St. Raphael, New Haven; associate dean for postgraduate and continuing medical education, Yale University School of Medicine, 1978-2001; clinical professor of medicine; and editor of The Medical Letter. From the description of School of Medicine, Yale University, records of James D. Kenney as associate dean for postgraduate and continuing ...

Bailey, Percival, 1892-1973

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Flexner, Simon, 1863-1946

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Simon Flexner was a physician, administrator, professor of pathology at the University of Pennsylvania, director of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1901-1935). From the description of Papers, 1891-1946. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122535412 Rufus Ivory Cole served as the the director and physician-in-charge (1909-1937) of the Hospital of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, the first hospital in the United States d...

Thomas, Charles (Composer)

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Cushing, Harvey, 1869-1939

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Harvey Williams Cushing was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on April 8, 1869. He graduated from Yale College in 1891 and in 1895 received his M.D. and A.M. degrees from the Harvard Medical School. He served on the staff of the Johns Hopkins University Hospital from 1901 to 1912, where he devoted himself to neurological surgery. In 1912 he was appointed professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School and in 1913 surgeon-in-chief of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, posts which he held until 1932. During W...

Jacobs, Henry Barton, 1858-1939

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Johns Hopkins University. Medical Department

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American medical association

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Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919

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Born in Ontario, Canada, Dr. Osler was received his medical from McGill University in 1872. He became Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine's first professor of medicine in 1889. Author of The Principles and Practices of Medicine (1892), Osler has been celled the father of psychosomatic medicine and the "most influential physician in history." From the description of Sir William Osler press clippings, 1905-1920. (National Library of Medicine). WorldCat record id: 14312601 ...

Harvard Medical School.

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Thayer, William Sydney, 1864-1932

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Professor Johns Hopkins Medical School and chairman of the Mission's medical and scientific group. From the description of Papers pertaining to the American Red Cross Mission to Russia [manuscript], 1917. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647829389 William S. Thayer was on the faculty of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine from 1898-1921. From the description of [Collected reprints of William S. Thayer.] 1895-1936 (Houston Academy of Medicine,...

Kocher, Emil Theodor, 1841-1917

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Surgeon. From the description of Autograph letters signed (3) : Berne, to Dr. Baldwin, 1891 Oct. 30, 1892 Jan. 13 and [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270859837 ...

Cannon, Walter B. (Walter Bradford), 1871-1945

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Walter Bradford Cannon (Harvard, A.B. 1896; A.M. 1897; M.D. 1900; Honorary Sc.D. 1937) taught physiology at Harvard and was George Higginson Professor of Physiology and Chairman of the Department. He was innovative in both research and medical education. In 1900 he adapted the case system for teaching medicine. His scientific research includes studies on the digestive tract and experiments on the denervated heart and his contributions include the concept of homeostasis and the discovery of the t...

Vincent, Clovis, 1879-1947

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Foerster, Otfrid, 1873-1941

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Welch, William Henry, 1850-1934

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Rufus Ivory Cole served as the the director and physician-in-charge (1909-1937) of the Hospital of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, the first hospital in the United States devoted primarily to the investigation of disease. Cole's medical research centered on problems relating to immunity to diseases of the respiratory system, particularly pneumonia From the guide to the Rufus Ivory Cole papers, ca. 1900-1966, 1900-1966, (American Philosophical Society) U.S. ph...

Price, Lucien, 1883-1964

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Author and journalist. From the description of Fifty years backstage, 1960 Jan. 4. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 85787292 Junius Lucien Price was an American writer of books and for publications including the Boston Evening Transcript and the Atlantic Monthly . At the time of his death at age 81, he was still writing for the Boston Globe . From the guide to the Lucien Price additional papers, ca. 1863-1964., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, H...

Weed, Lewis H. (Lewis Hill), 1886-1952

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George Washington Corner worked as an anatomist, endocrinologist, and medical historian. From the guide to the George Washington Corner papers, 1889-1981, 1903-1982, (American Philosophical Society) ...

Power, d'Arcy, sir, 1855-1941

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British surgeon and medical historian. From the description of Precept of Archbishop of Canterbury 1445 and two unpublished letters of Charles Bernard 1693, 1694, 1445-1910 / material assembled by Power. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 32162854 British surgeon and historian of medicine. From the description of Papers, 1900-1939 and undated. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35282320 ...

Malloch, Archibald, 1887-

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Mayo, William James, 1861-1939

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Graduate of University of Michigan Medical School. From the description of William James Mayo papers, 1937. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418409 ...

Eisenhardt, Louise C.

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Fulton, John F. (John Farquhar), 1899-1960

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John Farquhar Fulton was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on November 1, 1899. He received B.S. and M.D. degrees from Harvard, and a M.A. and D. Phil. from Oxford. He was appointed Sterling Professor of Physiology at Yale in 1929 and in 1951 became the first Sterling professor of the history of medicine. During World War II, Fulton served on the National Research Council. He was an authority on comparative physiology of the primate brain, neurophysiology, aviation medicine, and medical history. He co...

MacCallum, W. G. (William George), 1874-1944

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Art ancien S.A.

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Society of Clinical Surgery

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The Society of Clinical Surgery was founded in 1903 as a surgical travel club. Meetings are held in hospitals and clinics, where members attend presentations and demonstrations to keep abreast of current surgical ideas and techniques. From the description of Society of Clinical Surgery records, 1903-1998 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702168934 The Society of Clinical Surgery was founded on 11 July 1903 by Harvey Cushing as a "surgical travel club" ...

Cochrane, Alexander.

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United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. Base Hospital, 5th.

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Edsall, David Linn, 1869-1945

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Edsall (1869-1945) (University of Pennsylvania, M.D. 1893) was dean of the Harvard Medical School from 1918 to 1935 and dean of the Harvard School of Public Health from its beginnings in 1921 to 1935. Following graduation from medical school, he worked for four years in a hospital laboratory, then began teaching at University of Pennsylvania (1899-1911) and Washington University in St. Louis (1911-1912); he came to Harvard as the Jackson Professor of Clinical Medicine (1912-1923). His deanship, ...

Mumford, James Gregory, 1863-1914

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James Gregory Mumford was a physician in Boston, Massachusetts and an instructor at the Harvard Medical School. He was the author of books and essays on medicine, surgery, and the history of medicine. At the end of his life he was physician-in-residence at Clifton Springs Sanitarium, New York. From the description of James Gregory Mumford papers, 1874-1915 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702168993 From the guide to the James Gregory Mumford papers, 1874-1915, (Ma...

Klebs, Arnold C. (Arnold Carl), 1870-1943

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Arnold Carl Klebs was born in Berne, Switzerland, on March 17, 1870. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Zurich in 1888 and his M.D. degree from the University of Basel in 1895. He came to the United States in 1896 and became a specialist in the treatment of tuberculosis. In his retirement in Switzerland, Klebs studied and published in the field of medical bibliography, especially incunabula. He built a personal library of medical history, which he donated, on his death, to ...

Association for the Study of Internal Secretions (U.S.)

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Keen, William W. (William Williams), 1837-1932

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Surgeon of Philadelphia. From the description of Letter, 1864, Jan. 27 : Philadelphia, to Dr. Brinton. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 34847965 William Williams Keen (1837-1932) was a prominent neurological pathologist from Philadelphia, and the first brain surgeon in the United States. Keen gained national attention for his then-secret surgery performed on President Grover Cleveland in 1893. From the description of William Williams Keen's material related...

Society of Neurological Surgeons.

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Atterbury, Grosvenor

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Grosvenor Atterbury (1869-1956) was an architect who developed a prefabrication system to provide adequate housing for the poor. From the description of Grosvenor Atterbury papers, 1925-1951. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 74897746 Grosvenor Atterbury (1869-1956) was a New York City architect, urban planner and writer. A graduate of Columbia University's School of Architecture, he worked in the office of McKim, Mead & White before opening his own pract...

Vesalius, Andreas, 1514-1564

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Peter Bent Brigham Hospital

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Williams family.

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Wood, Leonard, 1860-1927

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General (GEN) Leonard Wood was stationed at Headquarters, Eastern Department, Governor's Island, NY on 16 November 1914. From the description of Leonard Wood papers, 1914. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 61241654 Leonard Wood was a physician who served as Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army (1910-1914), military governor of Cuba (1899-1902) and Governor-General of the Philippines (1921-1927). His son Osborne (sometimes spelled Osborn) at the time of this lette...

American neurological association

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Founded in 1874, the American Neurological Association is a professional society of academic neurologists and neuroscientists dedicated to the advancement of neurology. The ANA hosts annual meetings dedicated to the presentation of research, and publishes a scientific journal (currently The Annals of Neurology). From the guide to the American Neurological Association. Records, 1946-1968, (Special Collections Research Center University of Chicago Library 1100 East 57th Street Chicago,...

Osler, Grace Revere Gross, Lady

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Yale University.

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Rockefeller Foundation

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The Rockefeller Foundation was established in May 1913 by John D. Rockefeller, by act of the New York State Legislature, "to promote the well-being of mankind throughout the world". From its earliest years, several separate organizations and divisions have carried on the Foundation's work in carefully selected fields. In 1913, the International Health Board (originally the International Health Commission) was formed in order to extend the work of the Rockefeller Sanitary Commission for the Eradi...

Garrison, Fielding H. (Fielding Hudson), 1870-1935

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Author of medical works, ed. of Index Medicus, 1903-1927, Librarian, Welch Medical Library, Baltimore, from 1930. From the description of Letters, to [W.G.?] Shules, 1931-1934. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34369734 George Washington Corner worked as an anatomist, endocrinologist, and medical historian. From the guide to the George Washington Corner papers, 1889-1981, 1903-1982, (American Philosophical Society) Medical librarian and histo...

Crile, George Washington, 1864-1943

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Surgeon, researcher, and founder of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation (generally known as Cleveland Clinic). From the description of Crile-Quiring field notes and research notebooks, [19--]. (Cleveland Museum of Natural History). WorldCat record id: 70923012 U.S. surgeon. From the description of Letter, 1908, Sept. 9 : Cleveland, Ohio, to Dr. Lawrason Brown, Trudeau P.O., New York. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 31445438 George Washington Crile was...

Mayo, Charles Horace, 1865-1939

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Yale University. Class of 1884

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Halsted, William, 1852-1922

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Cushing family.

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Sachs, Ernest, 1879-....

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Fishbein, Morris, 1889-1976

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Physician, editor, and writer. B.S., University of Chicago, 1910. M.D., Rush Medical College, 1912. Editor, The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1924-1949. Died 1976. From the description of Papers, 1912-1976 (inclusive). (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 52246170 Dr. Fishbein was editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association from 1913 to 1949 and of Hygeia from 1924 to 1947. From the description of Morris Fishbein : tra...

National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)

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The National Academy of Sciences, founded in Washington, D. C., in 1863, grew out of a desire for a body of scientists to give advice on scientific matters to the federal government. Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian, was a force behind its creation. From the description of National Academy of Sciences, 1863-1887 Records. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78403445 ...