Physicians

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Photograph by RONALD D.K. HADDEN ; COPYRIGHT ; Federal Information Department ; P.O. Box 140, Causeway, ; Southern Rhodesia. ; Negative No. 529 ; 34 ; SR-34--Verso

Abstract Manasseh Cutler (1742-1823) was ordained as a minister of the Congregational society, later serving as a chaplain in the Continental army. Cutler also studied medicine and had a fascination for botanical study and astronomy, publishing papers and being elected to the American Academy. In 1787 he was elected a director of the Ohio Company, formed with a view to settling the Northwest Territory by a group of Revolutionary officers who wanted to receive their "bounty lands" in that area. After...

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Photo No. EN. 40. Issued by the State Information Office, Pretoris. ; Foto No. EN. 40. Uitgereik Deur Die Staatsinligtingskantoor, Pretoria. ; Dr. H.H.w. Hermanus en Dr. H.L.Z. Njonguee was die eerste naturelle om hulle as dokters in die unie aan die universiteit van die witwatersrand te bekwaam. ; EN. 40 ; 23 ; SA-59--Verso

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Photo NO. EN. 42. Issued by the state Information Office. Pretoria. ; Foto NO. EN. 42. ; Uitgereik Deur Die Staatsinligtingskantoor. Pretoria. ; Dr. H.H.W. Hermanus en Dr. H.L.Z. Njonguee was die eerste naturelle on hulle as doktors in die unie aan die universiteit van die Witwatersrand te bekwaam. ; 9 ; SA-45--Verso

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Paul Heller was born in Komotau, Bohemia, Austro-Hungary (now the city of Chomutov in the Czech Republic), on August 8, 1914. The Paul Heller collection fills 8 boxes and spans the years 1934-2014. The collection is divided into four sections: personal papers (including his Holocaust diary), professional papers (documenting his career as a physician), books, and multimedia items.

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Collection of engraved and facsimile portraits of prominent historical physicians as well as a manuscript of a speech given at the unveiling of a portrait of Dr. William Harvey.

Abstract Malcolm T. MacEachern was a medical doctor, professor, and a proponent for the development of hospital standardization, inspection, and certification as mechanisms for the improvement of medical care. In 1943 he founded the Program in Hospital Administration at Northwestern University and directed that program from its inception to 1955. Malcolm T. MacEachern's papers fill 21 boxes, span the period 1907-1993, but date largely from the period of MacEachern’s most intense professional...

Scope and Contents Warning: this film includes footage of research animals and the dissection of human cadavers, as well as outdated, offensive terms.Silent, black and white film about Northwestern University Medical School, giving a brief history using still images and film, then describing the current operations of the school “for the benefit of our alumni and friends who cannot visit us in person." Intertitle cards describe the images and film that are shown. Most of the footage was presumably...

Scope and Contents Warning: this film includes footage of research animals and the dissection of human cadavers, as well as outdated, offensive terms.Silent, black and white film about Northwestern University Medical School, giving a brief history using still images and film, then describing the current operations of the school “for the benefit of our alumni and friends who cannot visit us in person." Intertitle cards describe the images and film that are shown. Most of the footage was presumably...

Scope and Contents Silent, black and white film depicting the scientists who attended the 13th International Congress of Physiology at Harvard Medical School in Boston in August 1929. The scientists mingle and talk outside in the quadrangle of the school. Intertitle cards identify the scientists and describe their affiliations and research. The film ends with panoramic views of the medical school’s buildings.Scientists include: Reel 1 - Nathaniel Kleitman of the University of Chicago; Henri Piéron...

Abstract Dr. Louis E. Schmidt had a distinguished medical career as a medical educator and surgeon, but is best known for a stormy controversy involving his Illinois Social Hygiene League and medical advertising, which resulted in his expulsion from the Chicago Medical Society and the American Medical Association. The bulk of the papers relate to the expulsion controversy (1929-1930) but the collection also includes clippings, biographical files, and subject files reflecting Schmidt's interest in...

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