Physicians

Autobiographical diary, chiefly personal, of a physician. The narrative begins when Gardiner, at 16, started studying medicine in Newburgh. Gardiner gives the titles of the specific medical books he reads over the next 3 years. Also interspersed among personal notes of his life are brief accounts of medical procedures.

The Adolf W. Schwartz medical stamp collection consists of approximately 700,000 stamps with medical themes. The stamps are cancelled, non-cancelled, commemorative, in postcard form, first-day issue, proofs, tax stamps, tobacco stamps, postal cancellations, and legal tender.

Biographical sketches on note cards for AMA-member physicians that died between 1906-1969.

Richard Mudd's research on a history of American physicians who shared his last name.

A nine-page reminiscence of Dr. William Osler's life and work written October 6, 1923 by Arthur L. Knight, who was a contemporary and friend of Dr. Osler.

Dr. Edmund Abbott, 1857-1933, a third-generation physician, was born in Winterport, ME. He graduated from Maine State College in Orono and the Medical Department of the University of New York. He continued his father's private practice in Winterport from 1879 to 1887. He then relocated to Providence, RI, where he practiced until his retirement in 1920.

Contains biographical data on physicians graduating from American medical schools whose names are not in American Medical Association directories.

The collection contains black and white portraits of 12 prominent figures in the history of medicine known for their commitment to the art and science of healing.

The collection includes stamps issued by nations, principalities, protectorates, and other geopolitical entities, as well as organizations such as the United Nations.

Contains transcripts interviews with J. Willis Hurst (May 1986), Theodore E. Woodward (Mar. 1985), Jack Myer (June 1985), and E. Marshall Goldberg (May 1987), conducted by E. Marshall Goldberg. No related audiovisual recordings.