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The collection contains mostly talks and lectures given by Dr. Minor. The talks mainly focus on diseases affecting the chest or thorax such as asbestos related diseases, pericarditis, empyema, gastroesophageal reflux, lung abscesses and lung cancer, and solitary pulmonary lesion. Dr. Minor's interest in history is illustrated by his talks in Renaissance medicine, the early days of thoracic surgery, and biographies of great thoracic surgeons.

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The collection contains 53 letters exchanged by Dr. Andrew Hart of UVa Hospital and Dr. Richard Harper in Devon, England from 1956 to 1975. In addition to the letters between Dr. Hart and Dr. Harper, the collection includes three journal articles, a letter to the journal editor, preface to Harper's book, Evolutionary Origins of Disease, summary of an unknown book, box list, glossary, and letters between Andrew Hart and Peter Harper, son of Richard Harper.

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The collection contains correspondence, photographs, reprints, and materials related to Harry Justice Warthen Jr.'s undergraduate years at the University of Virginia. There are also rough drafts, research material, and biographical material related to Warthen.

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This collection includes articles, correspondence, a scrapbook, journals, a manuscript, photographs, an expense ledger, an interview, a diary, biographical sketches, post cards and invitations, and other materials that document the professional life of Henry Hanson. It also includes materials related to the naming of the Henry Hanson building in Jacksonville, Florida.

Scope and Contents The Carter Papers include correspondence relating to Carter's work on yellow fever and malaria as a surgeon in the Marine Health Service (later United States Public Health Service) and notes for drafts of his Yellow Fever: An Epidemiological and Historical Study of its Place of Origin. (Baltimore: The Williams and Wilkins Company, 1931). Included are photographs of and newspaper clippings about Carter, in...

Scope and Contents This collection contains documents and notes used to write The History of Cancer Care at the University of Virginia, 1901-2011, by Morton C. Wilhelm and Henry K. Sharp. Included are copies of articles concerning cancer from non UVa related publications as well as those associated with UVa, such as UVa Alumni Bulletin, UVa Medical Alumni News Letter, Helix, Link, Oncologue and The Drawsheet; books notes; timelines; original reports by members of the committee on various topics such as...

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The collection contains three original letters from Dr. Cabell, a biographical sketch, interlibrary loan documents, a paper written by Wilhelm Moll about two of Dr. Cabell's letters, a bibliography of Dr. Cabell's writing, and reprints of those documents.

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The collection includes the Gorgas Medal given to Jefferson Randolph Kean on December 15, 1942. According to an accompanying pamphlet titled The War Doctor, the medal was given "for exceptionally meritorious services to preventive medicine for our armed forces." Also in the collection is the invitation to attend the luncheon for the presentation of the medal.

Content Description This collection consists of the personal papers of Jethro Meriwether Hurt, a former UVA School of Medicine student, related to his medical practice in Blacktone, Virginia in the 1800s. There are two items in this collection: a handwritten medical casebook dating from the 1840s in Jethro Meriwether Hurt's medical practice in Blackstone, Virginia; and a handwritten diary from the 1860s documenting patient visits, medical charges, and other expenses related to Jethro Meriwether Hurt's medical...

Scope and Contents The John A. Owen, Jr. Papers consist of 15 boxes of archival material including letters, research notes, and documentation, and other items which reflect his professional activities from 1951-1995. The materials especially focus on diabetes, obesity, and endocrinology research; the relationship between pharmaceutical companies and physicians; federal regulations on prescription writing; and pharmacist-physician interaction. This collection is of special interest to scholars interested in the...

Scope and Contents The bulk of the collection relates to the Pediatric Nephrology Seminars which José Strauss chaired at the University of Miami from 1974-2006. Other materials include a curriculum vitae and biographical sketch of José Strauss, a memorial photo book, awards and certificates, and publications. Also present are several items related to the acclaimed Mexican pediatric nephrologist Gustavo Gordillo Paniagua (1923-2012). 7 books belonging to José Strauss were also donated with his papers, these...

Scope and Contents The Joseph Francis Fletcher Papers comprise two groups of materials: correspondence and subject files. The correspondence files consist almost entirely of professional letters written to Dr. Fletcher throughout his career as a theologian and ethicist, including numerous letters from members of the general public reacting to his most famous and controversial book, Situation Ethics (1966). The subject materials are presented in various categories, often assembled by Dr. Fletcher himself. These...

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This collection consists of 23 folders containing research notebooks from the Larner laboratory dated 1990 to 2014 and a bibliography of Larner's work from 1949 to 1999. The research was recorded by Douglas Heimark, a Senior Pharmacology Laboratory Research Specialist in the Joseph Larner Laboratory, and primarily pertains to the study of INS-2 and insulin resistance in cases of Type II diabetes, PCOS, preeclampsia, and Alzheimer's.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of 64 folders of processed materials. Series I of the collection contains materials related to the University of Virginia (UVA) Children’s Medical Center from 1981 to 1989 and includes mostly news clippings and press releases. These documents were likely collected by various iterations of UVA’s Marketing Communications department, including the Medical Center Information Services, the Medical Center News Office, and the Health Sciences Center News Office, and...

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This collection contains Dr. Julius Paul's 840 page manuscript, "'... Three Generations of Imbeciles Are Enough...' State Eugenic Sterilization Laws in American Thought and Practice," and includes some handwritten notes attached to the manuscript and on the manuscript itself.

Scope and Contents The scope and content of the documents are diverse. This collection includes papers on the history of the Paul Goodloe McIntire Memorial Clinic, the development of the Otolaryngology Program at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, and women medical students at UVA in the 1920s. Also included are a letter from Rene Laennec, inventor of the stethoscope, and another from Carl Rokitansky, a famous pathologist. There is a series of letters from George W. Banks, a medical student in the...

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This collection includes prints, drawings, architectural documents, and posters.

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The collection includes correspondence, minutes of meetings, programs of the biennial Society meetings, and organizational constitutions and by-laws.

Scope and Contents The collection includes documents related to various editions of the Fundamentals of Clinical Hematology; U.Va. Class of 1944 and School of Medicine Class of 1946 reunions; letters and Thorup's notes concerning his 1959 visits to medical schools and hospitals in London, Utrecht and Groningan in the Netherlands, Uppsala and Goteborg in Sweden, Stockholm, Edinburgh, Oslo, and the University of St. Andrews in Scotland and consequently letters related to summer exchanges at schools abroad in...

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The collection includes letters written to his parents in 1881 and 1882 while Dr. Barringer was traveling in Europe; a paper he wrote on death; a chapter in German from his memoir, "The Natural Bent;" other biographical material; and newspaper clippings regarding a proposed demolition of his home in 1983.