Duncan Eve, Sr. (1853-1937) biographical file

 Collection
Identifier: EBL-484

  • Staff Only

Abstract

Biographical file includes obituaries, memoirs, photograph, a reprint of the 1938 Nashville City Directory, and other biographical information.

Dates

  • 1924 - 1964

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Reproduction Rights

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Historical or Biographical Note

Duncan Eve, Sr. was born in a prominent medical family of Southern surgeons and educators. Eve received his A.B. from the University of Nashville in 1870 and his M.D. from Bellevue Medical College in 1874. For many years Eve served as chief surgeon for the Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis Railroad and as district surgeon for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. He made significant contributions to the understanding of traumatic surgery, publishing a textbook entitled Fractures in 1907. Eve served as Professor of Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical School from 1905 to 1925. Additionally, the doctor held a surgical practice in Nashville, at which he partnered with his son, Dr. Duncan Eve Jr. and Dr. William H. Edwards.

Extent

0.1 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Subjects

Digital Material

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Duncan Eve, Sr. (1853-1937) biographical file
Author
Processed by EBL Special Collections Staff
Date
2010-04-23
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Description is inEnglish.

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the VUMC Historical Images and Biographies Repository

https://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/specialcollections/history-of-medicine/
Contact:
Eskind Biomedical Library
2209 Garland Ave.
Nashville TN 37232

 

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