General Surgery

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.

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.

Contains some biographical data, subject files and correspondence.

Includes personal and general correspondence files. A sizable portion of the collection pertains to the work of the National Board of Medical Examiners.

Founded in 1948, the Society was formed to enhance the advancement of the specialty of neurological surgery in America. Includes material relating to incorporation and constitution of the organization, Executive Committee meetings, annual meetings, membership, finances, and activities of the society.

Letters and manuscript material.

Correspondence, data on meetings, and printed matter. The collection also includes some photographs, information on finances, and miscellaneous materials pertaining to the Society.

Letters, photo, and copies of memoir and article. Includes a letter from parents of a patient giving Morton permission to carry out his views and to take such action as the case demands.

From 1811 to 1834 Mott was in very extensive practice as a surgeon, and most successful as a teacher and operator at Columbia University and New York University. He also served on the board of the U.S. Sanitary Commission during the Civil War. He was on the founding faculty of the university medical college of New York (New York University School of Medicine).