Cobb Pilcher Biographical File
Abstract
Biographical file includes articles and newspaper clippings, Dr. Pilcher's CV, reprints, photographs, obituaries, and memorial book. File also includes Christmas cards and a calendar dating from the 1940s illustrated by noted Nashville cartoonist Charles Overman Bissell (1908-2000) who worked as a cartoonist and art director for the Tennessean newspaper. The illustrations are under the pseudonym Gaston Werm and depict caricatures of Dr. Pilcher, his wife Barbour Howe Pilcher, and their young children.
Dates
- Creation: 1923 - 1949
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Historical or Biographical Note
Cobb Pilcher, a brilliant neurosurgeon and protege of Barney Brooks, established and developed the Division of Neurologic Surgery at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. A native of Nashville, Pilcher entered Vanderbilt University at the age of 14 and completed his M.D. degree at the very young age of 22.
From Vanderbilt, he went to Harvard and trained with renowned neurosurgeon Harvey Cushing. He returned to Vanderbilt in 1928 and completed his training under the guidance of Barney Brooks. He also worked with Percival Bailey at the University of Chicago and Ernest Sachs at Washington University in St. Louis.
Cobb Pilcher was a prolific writer and an active researcher. Tragically, he died unexpectedly on September 22, 1949.
Full Extent
0.01 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- Cobb Pilcher (1904-1949) biographical file
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by EBL Special Collections Staff
- Date
- 2005-09-16
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is inEnglish.
Repository Details
Part of the VUMC Historical Images and Biographies Repository
Eskind Biomedical Library
2209 Garland Ave.
Nashville TN 37232
historyofmedicine@vanderbilt.edu
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