Overview
Includes correspondence of Stewart with physiologists and other scientists concerning research and laboratory work, professional appointments and activities, publications, lecturing, and other matters.
Dates
- Creation: 1899, 1902-1929 (inclusive).
Creator
- Steward, George Neil, 1860-1930. (Person)
Language of Materials
Records are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
2 boxesIncludes correspondence of Stewart with physiologists and other scientists concerning research and laboratory work, professional appointments and activities, publications, lecturing, and other matters.
Materials entirely in English.
Biographical Notes
George Neil Stewart (1860-1930) (University of Edinburgh, D.Sc. 1887; M.B. 1889; M.D. 1891; Cambridge, D.P.H. 1890) taught physiology at Harvard from 1893 to 1894 and at Western Reserve University School of Medicine from 1894 to 1930, with the exception of four years at the University of Chicago. His major contribution was in transmitting modern methods of teaching and research in physiology to American medical education. He wrote the Manual of Physiology (1895) which became the standard text for students. After 1907 he served as director of the H. K. Cushing Laboratory and was professor of experimental medicine.
Stewart married Louise Kate Powell on 20 September 1906. They had four children. Stewart died on 28 May 1930.
Series in the Collection
- I. Letters from George Neil Stewart, 1916-1926, undated.
- II. Letters to George Neil Stewart, 1902-1929, undated.
- III. Other Letters, 1910-1929, undated.
- IV. Documents and Miscellaneous Materials, 1899, 1919, undated.
Custodial History
Presented by the G. N. Stewart Memorial Fund, 1977
Processing Information
Processed by Jennifer Pelose and SPI, September 2007.
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- Title
- Stewart, G. N. (George Neil), b. 1860. Papers, 1899, 1902-1929: Finding Aid.
- Author
- Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine. Center for the History of Medicine.
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- med00096
Repository Details
Part of the Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine) Repository
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