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Physiology

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Carl Gottfried Hartman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 262
Abstract

Contains copies of Dr. Hartman's biographical notes and typed autobiography, reprints of his articles and two of books Hartman authored.

Dates: 1905-1966

Harold Lamport Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 337
Abstract

Correspondence, laboratory notebooks, research manuscripts, reprints, reports, aviation industry publications, photographs, slides, newsclippings, and artifacts document the distinguished medical research career of Harold Lamport, best known for his groundbreaking work in hemodynamics and the improvement of antigravity flight suits, iron lung devices, and high-frequency sound wave devices for fragmenting kidney and gall stones.

Dates: 1925-1979

John F. Fulton Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 603
Abstract

Reports, meeting minutes, photographs, and speeches collected by John F. Fulton for Yale's Aeromedical Research Unit and the National Research Council's Division of Medical Services document military and aviation physiological studies.

Dates: 1929-1953

John H. Gibbon Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 313
Abstract

Dr. John H. Gibbon invented the first artificial heart-lung machine and performed the first human open heart operation. The collection includes material on this subject as well as some biographical and genealogical data.

Dates: 1930-1981

Moses Chaim Shelesnyak Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 405
Abstract

Dr. Shelesnyak received his doctorate from Columbia University, and taught physiology, pharmacology, and human growth and development. Includes biographical data, correspondence files with individuals and organizations, U.S. Navy material relating to arctic research, meetings, and conference data, reviews, and publications.

Dates: 1936-1990

Otto Loewi Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 409
Abstract

Loewi, along with Dr. Henry Dale, won the Nobel Prize for research on chemical transmission of nervous impulses.

Dates: 1929-1956

Society of General Physiologists Archives

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 469
Abstract

The Society of General Physiologists was organized in 1945 under the leadership of R. Chambers, E. N. Harvey, L. V. Heilbrunn and M. H. Jacobs. Its purpose was to promote and advance the subject of general physiology and to provide a structure for general physiologists of different training and backgrounds to meet and exchange ideas. The archives of the Society as found in the National Library of Medicine are an amalgam of several different collections of records.

Dates: 1945-1996

Society of General Physiologists archives

 Collection
Identifier: HMD MS ACC 691
Dates: 1951-1995