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W. S. W. Ruschenberger papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/012
Scope and Contents
This collection of Ruschenberger's papers contains personal correspondence.
The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence from Ruschenberger
to his wife, Mary B. Wister, 1843-1848, and to his mother, Ann,
1826-1846. Although the correspondence with his wife is primarily
concerned with domestic issues, principally the birth of their daughter,
Fanny, these letters also describe a trip Ruschenberger made to Saratoga
Springs in 1843 and are filled with information on basic medical...
Dates:
1822 - 1851
W. Sampson Handley manuscript on the origin of bone deposits in breast cancer
Item
Identifier: MSS 427
Overview
William Sampson Handley MD, MS, FRCS (12 April 1872 – 1962) was an English surgeon who influenced the development of cancer surgery.
Paper originally published in the Surgical Clinics of North America, vol. VII, no. 1 (February 1927): 47.
Previously catalogued as 10a 288.
Paper originally published in the Surgical Clinics of North America, vol. VII, no. 1 (February 1927): 47.
Previously catalogued as 10a 288.
Dates:
circa 1927
Waldo E. Nelson papers (unprocessed)
Collection
Identifier: 1998-008
Scope and Contents note
The Waldo Emerson Nelson papers contain a variety of materials relating to Emerson's professional career. The collection includes an oral history taken by the American Academy of Pediatrics. There are transcripts of speeches from the 1940s to the mid-1960s, as well as post-retirement visits and speeches. Topics covered in the speeches include pediatrics, fluid therapy, cerebral palsy and infectious diseases. Some film and glass slides that accompanied his talks are present. The collection also...
Dates:
1924-1997
Walter B. Shelley papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/147
Scope and Contents
This collection of 54 letters, 1951-1954, to Walter B. Shelley
from dermatologists around the world, contains biographical
information which was used in Shelley's Classics in clinical
dermatology (1953). Most of the correspondents convey photographs
and information on their own life, career, and work or that
of relatives.Correspondents are: Stuart D. Allen, Paul Blum, Aldo Castellani,
Helen O. Curth, Niels Danbolt, Oskar Gans, Henri Gougerot, Sir
Archibald Gray, Sven...
Dates:
1951 - 1954
Walter Freeman autobiography
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 2/014-02
Scope and Contents
Unbound typescript autobiography of Walter Freeman, written 1961-1970, discussing Freeman’s life, Keen
and Freeman families, his father, Walter J. Freeman, and Freeman’s work in neurology, neuropathology,
psychosurgery, and schizophrenia. Notable subjects are: Freeman’s work and disagreement with James W.
Watts on prefrontal and transorbital lobotomy; the second International Neurological Congress (1935);
Freeman’s follow-up studies of lobotomy patients; establishment of the El Camino Hospital...
Dates:
1961 - 1970
Walter Freeman correspondence
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2/014-01
Scope and Contents
This small collection of letters from Walter Freeman to two Japanese
neurosurgeons, Mizuho Nakata and Sadao Hirose, gives some indication
of Freeman's own views on psychosurgery and lobotomy and is
also filled with personal information on Freeman's career and
family. There are no original items in the collection, only
photocopies of original material in the possession of either
Franklin Freeman or Sadao Hirose.The 1948 letter to Mizuho Nakata from Walter Freeman discusses
a...
Dates:
1848; 1955-1972
Walter Hughson papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/077
Scope and Contents
This collection of Walter Hughson's papers, 1921-1945, including
his correspondence, records of research and work on special
projects, writings, and lectures, documents his professional
work in otology, particularly the aural rehabilitation of soldiers
deafened in war and hearing aid development.The collection is divided into four series. Series 1 contains
Hughson's correspondence with colleagues on various otological
or surgical matters, including the treatment of headaches...
Dates:
1921 - 1945
Washington L. Atlee correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS 386
Overview
Washington Lemuel Atlee was born in Lancaster, PA, on February 22, 1808. He began studying medicine under his eldest brother, Dr. John Light Atlee, at the age of 15. By 1826, when Atlee started his formal medical education at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, PA, he had already attended over 40 obstetrics cases. He graduated from Jefferson in the spring of 1829 after completing two full courses of lectures.In 1844, Atlee accepted the position of Chair of Medical...
Dates:
1851 - 1855
W.B. McDaniel slide collection (unprocessed)
Collection
Identifier: CoPSp.ACC2306
Scope and Contents note
This is collection of 33 black and white glass lantern slides. The collection contains anatomical illustrations, including skeletons, viscera, nervous and circulatory systems. There are also illustrations of dissections scenes, apothecary shops, and other topics related to the early practice of medicine, including illustrations by da Vinci and Vesalius.
Dates:
undated
William Bishop essay on cholera
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/160
Scope and Contents
William Bishop relates history, symptoms, cause, nature, and treatment of Asiatic cholera, 1859.
Dates:
1859-02-23
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