Papers, 1930s-1990s.

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Papers, 1930s-1990s.

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Contains correspondence, research notes, lectures, writings, meeting notes, professional activities records, videotapes, and patient records resulting from Harken's career as a cardiologist in Boston, Mass.

62 cubic ft. in 62 record cartons.

Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library

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Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library

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Harken, Dwight E., 1910-

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Dwight E. Harken (1910-1993), BA, MD, Harvard Medical School, Clinical Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School, was Chief of Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Mass. Harken was the first surgeons to perform consistently successful surgery within the heart, and later developed the first device to assist the heart's pumping and the first internal pacemaker. Harken also established the world's first intensive care unit at 1951 at Peter Bent Brigham Hos...

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Peter Bent Brigham Hospital

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