Warfield Firor Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS C 195

Collection Summary

Consists of memoirs and correspondence relating to Alfred Blalock and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1943-1965. Includes materials from Austin Lamont, Philip B. Price, Donald F. Proctor, and Richard W. TeLinde. Collection complements oral history OH 8.

Dates

Creation: 1965-1968

Extent

0.21 Linear Feet (1 box)

Creator

Firor, Warfield, 1896- (Person)

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.

Copyright and Re-use Information

NLM does not possess copyright to the collection. Archival collections often contain mixed copyrights; while NLM is the owner of the physical items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. It is the user's responsibility to research and understand any applicable copyright and re-publication rights not allowed by fair use. NLM does not grant permissions to publish.

Privacy Information

Archives and manuscript collections may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in any collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications for which the National Library of Medicine assumes no responsibility.

Biographical Note

Warfield Monroe Firor received his M.D. from Johns Hopkins University In 1921. He spent his entire career as a professor at Johns Hopkins. His areas of interest included tetanus, sulfonamides in intestinal surgery, effect of hypophysectomy in pregnancy, and adrenal cortical hormone.