Chapter Four: Path Faculty: Dr. William DeMonbreun, 1955 - 2002
Scope and Contents note
Curriculum vitae of William Andrew DeMonbreun, M.D.; finding aid at Eskind on DeMonbreun file; Article by Hansmann and Schenken, purportedly the first description of generalized histo; copies of front pages of articles by Dr. De; Letter EWG to Bronfrenbrenner about various faculty at VU, including Dr. De; Letter De to EWG May, 1947 about salary cut for De. De expresses loyalty to EWG and VU; Letter Peterson to De August, 1955 about histo used in skin testing; letter EWG to Johnson Sept 1955 about priority in describing epidemiology of histo; letter De to Schwarz Oct 1955 about discovery of fungal nature of histo; EWG to De Feb 1957 about significance of De's work; Letter De to EWG March 1957 in response to previous, with some details about current situation at Nash General and Nashville; Article:History of Histoplasmosis by Riley; Article (Where published) The story and appreciation of histoplasmosis by Sell (Dodd Signature on front page)
Dates
- Creation: 1955 - 2002
Creator
- From the Collection: Collins, Robert D., M.D. (Person)
Notes about Access to this Collection
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Full Extent
From the Collection: 12.94 Cubic Feet (24 Hollinger boxes, 1 half Hollinger box, and 3 Paige boxes.)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Location:
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Repository Details
Part of the History of Medicine Manuscripts Collection Repository
Eskind Biomedical Library
2209 Garland Ave.
Nashville TN 37232
historyofmedicine@vanderbilt.edu
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