Henry Leber Coit Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS C 35

Abstract

Henry Coit was a pediatrician and won recognition for his work on the care and feeding of infants. The collection contains correspondence, photos, genealogical data, certificates and diplomas, medical school lecture notes, day books, case reports, memorandum books, ledgers and accounts, reports, articles and speeches, notes, reprints, clippings, printed matter, graphs, charts and blueprints.

Dates

1773-1966 (bulk 1870-1917)

Extent

7.98 Linear Feet (19 boxes)

Physical Location

Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine

Language of Materials

Collection materials primarily in English

Restrictions

Collection is not restricted. Contact the Reference Staff for information regarding access.

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Biographical Note

Henry Leber Coit (1854-1917) was a pediatrician and won recognition for his work on the care and feeding of infants. He pioneered the certified milk movement, organized the Medical Milk Commission of Essex Co., N. J., established the Newark Babies' Hospital, and held office in the American Association of Medical Milk Commissions, pediatric and medical societies, and international congresses.

Collection Summary

Correspondence, photos, genealogical data, certificates and diplomas, medical school lecture notes, day books, case reports, memorandum books, ledgers and accounts, reports, articles and speeches, notes, reprints, clippings, printed matter, graphs, charts and blueprints.

Correspondence consists of personal, general, and consultation letters. Names in general correspondence include I. A. Abt, Samuel S. Adams, Samuel Ambery, J. Finley Bell, William H. Buffum, Charles C. Carlin, Howard Childs Carpenter, JamesS. Chadwick, Henry Dwight Chapin, H. W. Conn, Walter Lester Conn, P. J. Eaton, Ogden M. Edwards, W. W. Ford, Rowland Godfrey Freeman, Alfred Friedlander, Otto P. Geier, Clifford Grulee, Samuel McClintock Hamill, Henry F. Helmholz, Charles Herrman, L. Emmett Holt, Philip Van Ingen, Collins H. Johnston, Edwin O. Jordan, J. W. Kerr, J. H. Mason Knox, Henry Koplik, Walter E. Kruesi, Linnaeus E. La Fétra, Janet Lane-Claypon, Theodore Le Boutillier, Walter D. Ludlum, Alexander McAlister, T. C. McCleave, Floy McEwen, Henry T. Machell, G. Lloyd Magruder, George Clark Mosher, Walter G. Murphy, William H. Murray, William A. Northridge, Maurice Ostheimer, R. A. Pearson, Godfrey R. Pisek, M. J. Rosenau, John Ruhräh, H. Merriman Smith, Daniel Strock, J. J. Thomas, Henry Enos Tuley, G.