Abstract
Collection of letters relating to ophthalmology.
Dates
- 1861-1935
Extent
0.21 Linear Feet (1 box)
Creator
- Unknown (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.
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Biographical Note
Upon graduation from Johns Hopkins University in 1884, Harry Friedenwald studied medicine at the College of Physicians and Surgeon in Baltimore. In 1886 he began study in Europe, specializing in ophthalmology. From 1890 to 1920 Dr. Friedenwald was professor of Ophthalmology and Otology at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Baltimore. He retired in 1929 as emeritus professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, which had absorbed the College of Physicians and Surgeons. He served as president of the American Ophthalmological Society in 1937. Throughout his life, Friedenwald also established himself as a significant book collector and historian of medicine.
An ophthalmologist, Dr. Russell Murdock performed the first unassisted cataract extraction and conducted the first courses in diseases of the eye provided by Baltimore's College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1868.
Collection Summary
Collection of letters relating to ophthalmology. Correspondents include C.R. Agnew, Joseph Aub, Swan M. Burnett, Burton Chance, Fred Cheney, J.J. Chisholm, E. Treacher Collins, George M. Gould, John Green, Albert B. Hale, Howard F. Hansell, I. Nivins Hays, B. Jay Jeffries, Herman Knapp, J. A. Lippincott, N. W. Littell, E.G. Loring, W. D. Marmion, Horace G. Miller, William O. Moore, William F. Morris, Russell Murdock, B. Alexander Randall, J.M. Ray, S.O. Richey, D.B. St. John Roosa, Samuel Theobald, O.F. Wadsworth, Charles H. Williams, Elisha Williams, H.W. Williams, and Casey A. Wood.
Abstract
Collection of letters relating to ophthalmology.
Physical Location
Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine
Provenance
Unknown.
General
- Processed by
- HMD Staff
- Processing Completed
- 2007
- Encoded by
- Jim Labosier
Creator
- Unknown (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Ophthalmology letters collection 1861-1935
- Status
- Unverified Partial Draft
- Author
- HMD Staff
- Date
- 2007
- Language of description
- English
- 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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