Medical records of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Campbell while in Greenland
Abstract
Contains records kept by Jacobs, then a U.S. Public Health Service officer, while assigned to the Campbell as medical officer.
Dates
- 1935-1940
Extent
0.21 Linear Feet (1 box)
Creator
- Jacobs, Louis, 1910- (Person)
Physical Location
Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine
Language of Materials
Collection materials primarily in English
Restrictions
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Biographical Note
U.S. Public Health Service Assistant Surgeon Louis Jacobs served as medical officer on U.S. Coast Guard Ship 'Campbell' under the command of Joseph Greenspun in 1940. Based at Staten Island, NY, the 'Campbell' was in the North Atlantic for a period during April. From June through September it was either at sea or at Godthaab, Greenland.
Collection Summary
Contains records kept by Jacobs, then a U.S. Public Health Service officer, while assigned to the Campbell as medical officer. Includes reports of illness among the crew, blank forms, correspondence, orders, and a copy of the Coast Guard's "Instructions for medical officers relative to physical examinations," published in 1935.
Abstract
Contains records kept by Jacobs, then a U.S. Public Health Service officer, while assigned to the Campbell as medical officer.
Physical Location
Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine
Provenance
Gift of Dr. Fitzhugh Mullan (originally from Dr. Jacobs);September 19, 1990.
General
- Processed by
- HMD staff; Jim Labosier
- Processing Completed
- 1991; 2003
- Encoded by
- Jim Labosier
Creator
- Jacobs, Louis, 1910- (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Medical records of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Campbell while in Greenland, 1935-1940
- Status
- Unverified Partial Draft
- Author
- HMD staff; Jim Labosier
- Date
- 1991; 2003
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English
- Edition statement
- 1.0
Collecting Area Details
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