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General Surgery

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings

Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:

Alexander Hoff Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 484
Abstract

Contains correspondence, drawings, photographs, and background documents on Hoff's military service during the Civil War.

Dates: 1850-1923

American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Archives

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 392
Abstract The AAST was founded in 1938 with the purposes to furnish leadership and to foster advances in the surgery of trauma; to afford a forum for the exchange of knowledge pertaining to research, practice and training in the surgery of trauma; to stimulate investigation and teaching in the methods of preventing, correcting and treating injuries from all types of accidents; to enhance the study and practice of the surgery of trauma by establishing lectureships, scholarships, foundations, and...
Dates: 1938-2004

American Surgical Association Archives

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 379
Abstract

The archives of the American Surgical Association consist mostly of records of the preparation for, and the proceedings of, the Association's annual meetings, including presentation of scholarly papers and presidential addresses.

Dates: 1878-2009

Association of Military Surgeons of the United States Biographical Sketch Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 142
Abstract

Contains personal biographical forms of Association members, created c.1901-c.1909, often with an accompanying personal photograph; also some administrative correspondence, membership lists and a history of the Association.

Dates: c.1901-1941

Curtis P. Artz Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 368
Abstract

Artz was Director of a U. S. Army Surgical Team in Korea in 1953, and became a founding member and first president of the American Burn Association. He later became Professor of Surgery and Chairman of the Department at the Medical University of South Carolina.

Dates: 1947-1975

Eclat Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 149
Abstract

Correspondence, minutes, programs, clippings, and photographs documenting the activities of the Eclat Club.

Dates: 1919-1967

Emile Holman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 342
Abstract

Dr. Emile Holman was professor of surgery at the Stanford University School of Medicine, 1926-1955. In his later years Holman became actively involved in political and social issues, particularly the anti-war movement. Dr. Holman was interested in the history of surgery and included in the collection is material on William S. Halsted. The collection contains correspondence, diaries, reprints, printed matter, diplomas and certificates.

Dates: 1909-1976

Halsted Society Archives

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 378
Abstract

The society's purpose is to perpetuate Dr. Halsted's memory, to further the doctor's scientific ideals and principles, and encourage a free and informal exchange of ideas on various aspects of surgery.

Dates: 1923-1980

Henry Nelson Harkins Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 263
Abstract

Dr. Henry Harkins was with the Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Washington from 1947. The collection contains correspondence, biographical data, research studies, typescripts of talks and lectures, operative records and case reports, memoranda, diaries, reprints and printed matter, certificates and diplomas, and photographs.

Dates: 1912-1971

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