Papers, 1906-1983.

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Papers, 1906-1983.

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Contains Mixter's research notes, drafts, lecture notes, reprints; and press clippings and programs recording the surgical achievements of Mixter and his father, Samuel Jason Mixter (1855-1926), at Massachusetts General Hospital. Also includes notes and article drafts on the history of neurosurgery at Massachusetts General Hospital.

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Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library

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Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library

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Mixter, Samuel Jason, 1855-1926,

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Mixter, William Jason, 1880-1958

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William Jason Mixter (1880-1958), MD, 1906, Harvard Medical School, was Chief of Neurosurgical Services at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Mass., and specialized in spinal surgery. Mixter first recognized the importance of herniated intervertebral disks in causing nerve root and spinal cord compression syndromes, leading to the first successful discectomy in collaboration with Joseph Barr of the Massachusetts General Hospital orthopedic surgery service. From the description...

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...