Papers, 1900s-1940s.

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Papers, 1900s-1940s.

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Contains personal and professional correspondence, research notes, teaching notes, professional activities records, lectures, diaries, student notes and newsclippings resulting from Higgins' career as a pediatrician in Boston, Mass.

8 cubic ft. in 8 record cartons.

Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library

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Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library

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Harvard Medical School.

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Higgins, Harold Leonard

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Harold Leonard Higgins (1887-1971), AB, 1907, Harvard College; MD, 1919, Johns Hopkins Medical School; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, was Chief of the Children's Medical Service at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Mass. Higgins' research focused on diabetes in children, respiration and metabolism, and high fat diets and acidosis. From the description of Papers, 1900s-1940s. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 78136081 ...

Massachusetts general hospital

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Dr. James Jackson and Dr. John C. Warren initially sought funds for a hospital in Boston, Mass. which would also be made available to student s of the Harvard Medical School for clinical training. It was incorporated in 1811 as Massachusetts General Hospital, and in 1817 Jackson and Warren were appointed as acting physician and surgeon, respectively. The first patients were admitted in 1821. McLean Hospital was chartered in 1811 and opened in 1818 as the psychiatric facility of Massachusetts Gen...