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Canavan, Myrtelle M. (Myrtelle May), 1879-.

 Person

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

E.E. Southard papers

Collection Identifier: GA 81
Overview: The E.E. Southard papers, 1892-1940 (inclusive), 1905-1920 (bulk), reflect the late-career work of E.E. (Elmer Ernest) Southard (1876-1920), a neuropathologist and pathologist for the state of Massachusetts. Southard was the administrator for the first psychopathic department at the Boston State Hospital and worked with Myrtelle Canavan (1879-) and Mary Jarrett (1877-1961) to develop the field of psychiatric social work. He was also Chief Pathologist for the Massachusetts state asylum...

Myrtelle M. Canavan papers

Collection Identifier: GA 10.20
Overview:

The Myrtelle M. Canavan papers, 1898-1945, are the result of Canavan's work as a bacteriologist, pathologist, researcher, and curator of the Warren Anatomical Museum at Harvard Medical School. The papers, including correspondence, notes, and photographs, record some of the earliest work in the field of neuropathology.