Davis, Loyal, 1896-1982
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1896 - 1982
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Louis D. Boshes papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: ghsl-22
Abstract
Writings and personal correspondence of Louis D. Boshes, mainly from the 1960s and 1980s-2000s.
Dates:
1949-2003
Loyal Davis papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ghsl-52
Abstract
Papers of professor and neurosurgeon Loyal Davis consisting of speeches, writings, notes from medical school, materials related to a biography of J. B. Murphy, and a life mask.
Dates:
1914 - 1960
Injuries of the Peripheral Nerves, 1948
Item — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
This color film with sound uses color illustrations, animation, diagrams, and footage of patients to detail the structure of several different nerves and explain the process of impulses in the brain and nerve and muscle movement. The effects of injuries to nerves are detailed and exhibited by the patients, including effect on muscle movement, muscle atrophy, sensation loss, and effects to the skin. Nerves detailed are: ulnar, median, radial, brachial-plexus nerve network, sciatic, peroneal,...
Dates:
1948
J. B. Murphy papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ghsl-48
Abstract
Collection of photographs, newspapers, correspondence, certificates, publications, and miscellaneous archival items belonging to and related to surgeon and Northwestern professor John Benjamin Murphy (1857-1916).
Dates:
1878 - 1940
Northwestern Marches On, circa 1931
Item — Multiple Containers
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Warning: this film includes footage of research animals and the dissection of human cadavers, as well as outdated, offensive terms.Silent, black and white film about Northwestern University Medical School, giving a brief history using still images and film, then describing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...
Dates:
circa 1931
[Northwestern Marches On (extended cut)], circa 1931
Item — Multiple Containers
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Warning: this film includes footage of research animals and the dissection of human cadavers, as well as outdated, offensive terms.Silent, black and white film about Northwestern University Medical School, giving a brief history using still images and film, then describing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...
Dates:
circa 1931
[Northwestern University Medical School centennial footage], 1959-09-29
Item — Box 8
Scope and Contents
Silent, black and white film taken the day of the Northwestern University Medical School’s Centennial Founders Day Convocation on September 29, 1959. Include shots of a group of men, featuring Richard H. Young, MD, Dean of the Medical School, and honorary degree recipients (identified below) in academic gowns and regalia posing for photographs and talking amongst themselves, walking from Abbott Hall across campus into Thorne Hall, and sitting on a stage in an auditorium in front of a large...
Dates:
1959-09-29
Treatment of Simple Head Injuries, 1954
Item — Box 4
Scope and Contents
Warning: contains graphic surgical content.Loyal Davis, MD, introduces and narrates this color, monaural sound film describing the details of the chronological steps which should be taken in the treatment of a simple head injury. Three cases are briefly presented for observation. The first case is an unconscious man, approximately mid-30’s, who has been in a serious accident and received lacerations on the face and scalp, as well as other injuries. The second case is an...
Dates:
1954