History of Medicine

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Samuel Pope Black Collection

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 30081048957074]
Identifier: EBL-1226
Abstract

Collection consists of a student class notebook prepared by Samuel P. Black while a medical student at the Medical Department of the Univesity of Nashville during the 1856-1857 session. The notebook of 121 pages contains notes from lectures delivered by the faculty in November of 1856. The notes of faculty members include: Dr. Paul F. Eve, John Berrien Lindsley, Dr.Thomas R. Jennings, Dr. John M. Watson, Dr. William K. Bowling, Dr. A. H. Buchanan, and Dr. C. K. Winston.

Dates: 1856

James Elias Dodson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: EBL-1224
Abstract

Collection conatins records pertaining to and created by Dr. James Elias Dodson who graduated from Vanderbilt Medical College in 1875 and practiced medicine in Tennessea and Oklahoma from the mid 19th century to early 20th century. Records include diplomas, certificates, familial and personal letters, biographical information, and family trees.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1865-2018

Harry S. Shelley

 Digital Record
Identifier: 76

Rudolph H. Kampmeier Papers

 Collection
Identifier: EBL-0036
Abstract Personal papers of Vanderbilt professor Rudolph H. Kampmeier, a leading authority on physical diagnosis and sexually transmitted diseases. Dr. Kampmeier served as President of the American College of Physicians and in his retirement published books on the history of Vanderbilt Medical school and the Tennessee Medical Association. Materials include: correspondence; notebooks; manuscripts; lectures; research notes; clippings; photos and slides; reprints of Vanderbilt staff; biographical...
Dates: 1909 - 1990

Marcus Chesley Key Collection

 Collection
Identifier: EBL-1204
Abstract

Collection contains records pertaining to and created by Dr. Marcus Chesley Key who practiced medicine in rural Tennessee during the early to mid 20th century. Records include diplomas, certificates, lecture notes, and ledger books that record patient visits and descrption of services rendered. The collection provides insight into the practice of medicine in a rural Southern community during the early to mid 20th century.

Dates: 1905 - 2012

James Overton biographical file

 File
Identifier: EBL-1218
Abstract

Biographical file contains photocopy of article “Life O Dr. James Overton,” by Dr. William K. Bowling published in the Nashville Journal of Medicine and Surgery, Volume 1 (New Series) July 1866 pp. 42-52.

Dates: 1866; Majority of material found in 1866 - 1866

Rudolph H. Kampmeier

 Digital Record
Identifier: 36

Harry S. Shelley Papers

 Collection
Identifier: EBL-0076
Abstract

Personal papers of urologist, surgeon, and Vanderbilt professor Harry S. Shelley. Materials include: reprints, clippings, journals, manuscripts; notes; photographs. The material in the collection pertains primarily to the history of medicine.

Dates: 1870 - 1990

Frank Cole Spencer (b.1926) biographical file

 Collection
Identifier: EBL-1183
Abstract

File contains photographs and biographical articles and transcript of an interview conducted on April 19, 1999

Dates: 1943 - 2010

 

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