Subseries 12.9 Rupture of the papillary muscle, 1947-1950

Sub-Series — Box: 13

Scope and Contents

From the Collection: Personal and professional papers, correspondence, speeches, and records of medical practice and military service, 1925-1989, of Philadelphia, Pa., cardiologist and educator, Francis C. Wood.

Series 1 documents Francis C. Wood’s family and personal life, education, and honors and awards, 1949-1984. Includes family correspondence, press releases, and financial and legal papers.

General correspondence in Series 2 includes letters of physicians, non-physicians, and letters of recommendation, 1932-1986.

Wood’s cardiological and electocardiographical research, 1932-1963, is documented in Series 3 with typescripts of articles and supporting material concerning electrocardiographic precordial leads.

Series 4 describes Wood’s military service in World War II, 1949-1952. Series includes reserve service papers.

Wood’s teaching career is documented in Series 5, 1928-1983; series includes administrative correspondence and lecture notes and course materials, particularly on rheumatic heart disease.

Series 6 contains administrative records of Wood’s chairmanship of University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1947-1981. Includes personnel correspondence and employee evaluations.

Wood’s association with the College of Physicians of Philadelphia is documented in Series 7, 1966-1986. Series includes fellowship proposals amd records of the College’s Advisory Committee on the Francis Clark Wood Institute for the History of Medicine.

Series 8 contains materials of alumni associations of Princeton University and University of Pennsylvania and other organizations with which Wood was associated, 1938-1988. Series includes minutes, reports, and correspondence of the Measey Foundation.

Occasional patient case history files, 1936-1988, from Wood’s medical practice are preserved in Series 9, along with several hospital handbooks.

Documentation of Wood’s speeches, 1926-1989, in Series 10, includes holographs, typescripts, and supporting material; speeches arranged by title. Many concern cardiology.

Series 11 contains publications, 1925-1986, by Wood and other physicians; correspondence and related materials included.

Medical subject reference files, 1925-1986, with reprints and articles, in Series 12, include material on Tsutsugamushi disease [scrub typhus] and Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.

Series 13 contains biographical information, 1951-1982, on Wood’s colleagues.