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Surgery.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Cachecho, Riad. Surgical kit with a purple velvet interior and a wooden case, belonging to Damascus-based physician Habib Cachecho (1868-1938), Late 19th-century

Item Identifier: WAM001, 22095c
Scope and Contents:

Kit was supplied by the Stafford House Committee, and used by Habib Cachecho during his service in the Ottoman military. Cachecho received his medical degree from St. Joseph’s University of Medicine in Beirut in 1891, and practiced in Damascus after his military service. Forty one instruments included in kit, late 19th century.

Louis T. Wright papers

Collection Identifier: H MS c56
Overview: The Louis Tompkins Wright papers, 1909-1997 (inclusive), 1919-1953 (bulk), are the product of Wright’s administrative, professional, activist, writing, and publishing activities throughout his career as a surgeon and social activist who studied medical desegregation, fractures, aureomycin, and chemotherapy. The papers are arranged in six series: I. Correspondence, 1909-1974; II. Chronological Files, 1910-1997; III. Manuscripts and Publications, 1928-1952; IV. Personal and Biographical...

M. Judah Folkman papers

Collection Identifier: H MS c365
Overview: The M. Judah Folkman papers, 1907-2012 (inclusive), 1950-2006 (bulk), are the product of Folkman’s publishing, research, and professional activities, as conducted throughout his professional appointments, including Assistant Surgeon and Associate Director of Sears Surgical Laboratory, Boston City Hospital, Surgeon-in-Chief, Senior Associate in Surgery, and Director of the Surgical Research Laboratory, Boston Children’s Hospital, and Instructor in Surgery, Associate in Surgery, Julia Dyckman...