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Biography

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings

Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:

Josephus Reynolds addresses

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 179
Abstract

Two speeches written and delivered by Josephus Reynolds.

Dates: 1930, 1967

Leonard C. McPhail Diary

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 88
Abstract

Includes biographical data and typescript of diary. McPhail was assistant surgeon, U.S. Army. Diary records his journey leading to the signing of a treaty with the Comanches.

Dates: 1835-c.1939

Medical leader of the nineteenth century : career of Dr. Samuel Merrifield Bemiss : in summary

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 454
Abstract

Biography of S. M. Bemiss, a Kentucky physician who later served in the Confederate army, taught at the Universities of Louisville and Louisiana, edited the New Orleans medical and surgical journal, and served as chairman of the Yellow Fever Commission and the committee on contagious diseases of the National Board of Health.

Dates: 1969

National Library of Medicine, Board of Regents Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 159
Abstract

Memoranda on nominations and appointments of Board of Regents. Includes some biographical data.

Dates: 1955-1961

Philippe Hecquet Correspondence and Medical Notes

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 168
Abstract

Letters written to Hecquet, mostly in French, and notes written by Hecquet, mostly in Latin, and a biography of Hecquet.

Dates: 1701-1889

Richard Anthony Leonardo Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 37
Abstract

Much of the correspondence is with the N.Y. book dealer S.R. Shapiro and relates to the publication of Leonardo's medical works.

Dates: 1940-1947

Sir William Osler Press Clippings

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 90
Abstract

Clippings relate chiefly to his "fixed period" address at Johns Hopkins in 1905, and his death in 1919.

Dates: 1905-1920

Solomon Robert Kagan Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 51
Abstract

Correspondence, biographical data, and draft. Letters refer chiefly to literature by Kagan, published or in process of publication.

Dates: 1928-1948

Surgeon-General's Office biographical sketches of U.S. naval medical officers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 162
Abstract

Sketches requested of U.S. naval medical officers by the Surgeon General of the Army in 1933.

Dates: 1933

The Versatile Dr. Thornton

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 305
Abstract

Consists of an unpublished manuscript describing the life of William Thornton, physician, painter, inventor, and architect. Thornton was architect of the Capitol until 1802.

Dates: 1976