Series IV. Professional travel records, 1977-1979
FOUND IN:
Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
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Collection:
Elinor Kamath papers
Series Identifier: H MS c306
Scope and Contents:
Consists of records generated through Elinor Kamath’s travel planning for conferences and research, primarily her 1978 research trip to Sweden, Germany, Hungary, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Records include travel receipts, logistical correspondence, notes, itineraries, ticket stubs, currency conversion notes, conference registration records, and contact cards. Also includes pharmaceutical pamphlets and notes related to Kamath’s thalidomide research. Also included are logistical...
Series VI. Collected publications, 1838-1976
FOUND IN:
Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
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Collection:
Elinor Kamath papers
Series Identifier: H MS c306
Scope and Contents:
Consists of published pamphlets and books collected by Elinor Kamath. Primarily includes hospital reports and medical pamphlets written by and about George Hayward (1791-1863), Ernest Amory Codman (1969-1940), and Nathaniel Faxon, doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, including an oversize "end result system" chart for tracking medical outcomes, created by Codman. Hayward topics include: surgical cases, amputations, and hydrophobia; Codman topics include hospital...