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John H.T. McPherson, Jr. letter describing the treatment of Cocoanut Grove fire victims at Boston City Hospital

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Item — Box: Small Manuscript Collections 01Identifier: H MS c480
Content Description:

Letter dated 30 November 1942 from John H.T. McPherson, Jr. to friends and family describing treatment of burn victims at Boston City Hospital in the aftermath of the Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire on November 28, 1942. 2 pages, typescript.

John Mills Browne papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection — Box: 01Identifier: H MS c336
Scope and Contents:

Collection consists of John Mills Browne's student notebooks from his time at Massachusetts Medical College of Harvard University (later Harvard Medical School). In these notebooks, Browne records lectures by Walter Channing, John Ware, and Jacob Bigelow. Collection also includes Browne's pharmaceutical and household remedies recipe books, 1848 to 1852.

John W. Vinson papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c479
Overview:

The John William Vinson papers, 1923-1979 (inclusive), 1961-1979 (bulk), are the product of Vinson’s research and professional activities during his career at Harvard School of Public Health (now Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health) as Associate Professor of Microbiology.

Jonathan R. Beckwith papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c370
Overview: The Jonathan R. Beckwith papers, 1933-2011 (inclusive), 1965-2004 (bulk), are the product of Beckwith’s professional, research, teaching, and publishing activities throughout the course of his career. The papers are arranged in six series: I. Harvard Medical School Appointments Files, 1969-2007, undated; II. Research Records, 1960-2009, undated; III. Professional Activities Files, 1965-2007, undated; IV. Colleague and Postdoctoral Fellow Alphabetical Files, 1960-2002, undated; V. Writings...

Joseph C. Aub papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c169
Overview:

The Joseph C. Aub Papers, 1918-1974, are the result of Aub's teaching, endocrine research and professional activities as Professor of Research Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Physician at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Joseph E. Murray papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c113
Overview:

The Joseph E. Murray papers, 1919-2011 (inclusive), are the product of Murray's activities as a plastic surgeon, transplant surgeon, laboratory director, author, and Harvard Medical School alumnus.

Joyce E. Monac photographs of the Department of Environmental Health

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection — Box: Small Manuscript Collections 01Identifier: H MS c621
Scope and Contents:

13 photographs created and collected by Joyce Monac featuring scientists from China visiting the Department of Environmental Health at the Harvard School of Public Health in the mid-1970s. Jack Spengler and Doug Dockery are identifiable faculty in the photographs.

Julius M. Rogoff papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c42
Overview: Contains correspondence pertaining mostly to the animal experimentation controversy; to Rogoff's publications, especially rejections of his manuscripts by various journals; and to his position at Western Reserve, and work on treatment for Addison's disease at Cushing Laboratory. Manuscript materials include typescripts by Rogoff concerning the publication policy of some medical science journals, and other writings on adrenal glands, hypertension, and diabetes. Also contains slides,...

Katherine Rodgers Denckla collection of records about George C. Cotzias

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c184
Overview:

The Katherine Rodgers Denckla collection of records about George C. Cotzias, 1960-1979 (inclusive), consists of writings and publications collected by Denckla related to Cotzias' research on Parkinson’s disease and its treatment using L-dopa, a drug Cotzias developed. Denckla was a princial funder of Cotzia's research.

Kathryn Lyle Stephenson papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c83
Overview:

The Kathryn Lyle Stephenson papers, 1946-1986, are the result of Stephenson's work as a plastic surgeon and record the development of the speciality in the United States from the mid-1940s to the 1980s.

L. Vernon Briggs papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c162
Overview: The collection reflects the professional work and the personal interests of psychiatrist and reformer Lloyd Vernon Briggs. As well as being a practicing psychiatrist, Briggs was an advocate for the reform of the asylum system in Massachusetts. He worked on reforms of the procedures for the committal of patients and the confinement of those suspected of having mental illness, and he advocated requiring formal training for both attending physicians and attendants in psychiatric institutions....

Lachlan Forrow papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c629
Content Description:

The Lachlan Forrow papers, 1970-1999 (inclusive), are the product of Forrow's participation in the nuclear disarmament movement as a member of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility (GBPSR) and Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR). Materials include correspondence, meeting minutes, committee files, clippings, newsletters, writings, conference files, and reference files.

Lauriston Sale Taylor papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c334
Overview:

The Lauriston Sale Taylor papers, 1904-1999 (inclusive), 1928-1989 (bulk), are the product of Taylor’s activities as a radiation physicist, administrator, lecturer, consultant, and contributing member of national and international organizations, including the International Commission on Radiological Units (ICRU), the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP), and the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP).

Lawrence Lader papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c304
Overview:

The Lawrence Lader papers, 1948-1996 (inclusive), 1969-1991 (bulk), are the product of Lader’s activities as an abortion rights advocate, founder and president of Abortion Rights Mobilization (ARM), co-founder of National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL), and author and journalist.

Lawrence Lader papers related to The Margaret Sanger Story

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c525
Content Description:

Consists of records created and collected by Lawrence Lader documenting his authorship of The Margaret Sanger Story and the Fight for Birth Control (published 1955), including draft writings, annotated research records, and letters from Lader to Margaret Sanger and others reporting his research activities and progress towards the final publication.

Leon Eisenberg papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c196
Overview:

The Leon Eisenberg papers, 1905-2009 (inclusive), 1968-2005 (bulk), are the product of Eisenberg’s activities as a psychiatrist, educator, lecturer, and contributing member of national and international organizations. Eisenberg's main areas of research were autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, schizophrenia, and anxiety and depression.

Leona Baumgartner papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c305
Overview: Leona Baumgartner (1902-1991), A.B., 1923, University of Kansas; M.A., 1925, University of Kansas; Ph.D., 1932, Yale University; M.D., 1934, Yale University, was the first female Commissioner of Public Health for New York City, 1954 to1962, and later became an Assistant Director of the Agency for International Development, a position she held until 1965. She was named Visiting Professor of Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Boston, in 1966, where she served until her retirement in...

Leslie Silverman papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c069
Overview:

The Leslie Silverman papers, 1920-1967, are the product of Silverman's activities as a consultant, researcher, and Harvard School of Public Health faculty member.

Letter from Benjamin Alexander to Dr. Wessler regarding Beth Israel Hospital Medical Senior Staff Dinner

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Item — Box: Small Manuscript Collections 01Identifier: H MS c502
Content Description:

1 page letter from Benjamin Alexander inviting Dr. Wessler to attend the Beth Israel Hospital Medical Senior Staff Dinner and detailing the agenda for that meeting.

Letter from Ellen L. Moyle to Dr. C. I. Miller

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection — Box: Small Manuscript Collections 01Identifier: H MS c589
Scope and Contents:

Letter from Ellen Moyle to C. I. Miller, a doctor, describing her symptoms and requesting that he send something for her to take, since it is "inconvenient" for her to travel to Whitewater, Wisconsin. Letter is written from La Grange, Wisconsin on 06 May 1895. With envelope.

Letter from John Warren to William Eustis regarding an opening at the Boston Marine Hospital Digital

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Item — Box: Small Manuscript Collections 01Identifier: H MS c430
Scope and Contents:

Two page letter from John Warren (1753-1815) to Secretary of War William Eustis (1753-1825) regarding an opening at the Navy's Boston Marine Hospital. Warren remarks that he hopes that the new appointee would employ favorable teaching conditions for the faculty and students of the Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts and writes to support his son, John Collins Warren (1778-1856), as a possible candidate.

Letter from Sir James Paget to unknown recipient, 8 November 1872

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Item — Box: Small Manuscript Collections 01Identifier: H MS c498
Content Description:

Letter from James Paget, 8 November 1872, to an unknown recipient confirming a meeting at 58 Eaton Place, London, England, for the following day.

Letters to Judith Kruger from Robert E. Gross and David Halbersleben

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection — Box: Small Manuscript Collections 01Identifier: H MS c520
Content Description: Consists of three letters to Judith Kruger. In a letter from Robert E. Gross, dated 25 June 1982, Gross explains his receipt of Kruger's letter via Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Gross alludes to Kruger's recovery from an "open ductus," and he also expresses satisfaction that more surgeons are performing procedures to correct congenital conditions. He also mentions his time working with David Halbersleben at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston,...

Levi Wooster Humphrey physician's log book

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection — Box: 01Identifier: H MS c651
Content Description: Log book of Levi W. Humphrey, of Southwick, Massachusetts, containing entries dated between 1822 and 1829 reflecting his practice and bookkeeping as a rural physician. Includes records of visits paid and medicines given, as well as particular medical services rendered, such as tooth extractions, vaccinations, and attendance at parturition (childbirth), and records of payments (cash or goods). Some opposite pages of the book are pasted over with printed engravings cut out from other sources;...

Lloyd E. Hawes papers

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection Identifier: H MS c207
Overview:

Lloyd E. Hawes (1912-1988), A.B., 1933, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; M.D., 1937, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, was Professor and Chair of the University of Massachusetts Medical School’s Radiology Department (1975-1980) and a developer of the radiology department for the Harvard Medical School-planned Harvard Community Health Plan (now Harvard Pilgrim Health Care). Papers reflect Hawes’s work as a teacher, administrator, and historian of radiology.

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