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Yale University -Medical Historical Library

Yale University -Medical Historical Library

333 Cedar St (inside the Medical Library in the Yale School of Medicine)
New Haven, CT 06510
historical.library@yale.edu
203-737-1192
https://library.medicine.yale.edu/historical
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American Fund for French Wounded Collection, 1915-1918

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The American Fund for French Wounded (AFFW), founded in 1915, by American women living abroad, was a women's relief agency to aid wounded soldiers in France in World War I. The materials in this collection originated from the Paris Depot of the organization and include correspondence, circulars, newsletters, and images.
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AFFW Circular letters, 1915 Box 1, Folder 4

The circular letters were written and signed by members of the Paris staff. They were chatty personal accounts of visits to hospitals, describing the conditions on the journey, the staff and patients of the hospital, and the distribution of supplies to soldiers. With these are edited extracts of French letters of gratitude from those assisted by the AFFW. The 1915 folder contains one circular letter dated December 21, 1915 and several pages of extracts.

    AFFW Circular letters, 1916 Box 1, Folder 5

    Folder contains 29 circular letters dating from April 16, 1916 to December 27, 1916, as well as extracts in French of letters of appreciation.

      AFFW Circular letters, 1917 Box 1, Folder 6

      Fifteen circular letters are dated January 1, 1917 to October 27, 1917.

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        New Haven Hospital and Grace-New Haven Community Hospital Collection, 1826-1976, bulk 1911-1947

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        This collection includes the Dean of the Yale School of Medicine's correspondence and copies of minutes and reports concerning New Haven Hospital, the New Haven Dispensary, and Grace-New Haven Community Hospital; broadsides and brochures concerning these institutions and Yale-New Haven Hospital;miscellaneous materials including historical accounts of the hospital; and newspaper clippings.
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        Madeline Earle Stanton correspondence, 1915-1963, bulk 1927-1933

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        Madeline Stanton was secretary to Harvey Cushing at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston. She accompanied him to Yale in 1933, and after his death, she and John F. Fulton headed the Histiorical Library of the Yale Medical Library. The corresponence consists of letters and cards sent to Madeline Stanton by neurosurgical colleagues and former students of Harvey Cushing, by employees at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, and others. Major correspondents include Percival Bailey, Claude S. Beck, Hugh Cairns, Louise Eisenhardt, Eric Oldberg, and Paul Martin. The letters document aspects of Miss Stanton's role as Cushing's secretary and her private life.
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        Gustaf E. Lindskog Papers, 1929-1987

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        Thoracic surgeon Gustaf Lindskog was a member of the Department of Surgery from 1933 until his retirement in 1971. He chaired the department from 1948 to 1966. The collection consists primarily of his reports as head of the Thoracic Surgery Service of New Haven Hospital, talks including history of surgery lectures given at Yale, medical illustrations, and reprints. The restricted boxes contain Lindskog's notes on his surgical operations on named patients.
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        Association of Internes and Medical Students. Harvey Cushing Chapter Records, 1946-1949

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        The Association of Internes and Medical Students (AIMS), which advocated for progressive causes such as national health insurance, was organized by medical school chapters. The Harvey Cushing Chapter was the Yale School of Medicine chapter. The collection contains correspondence, a report, and minutes of the chapter and material on national AIMS activities.
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        AIMS, 1949, 1949 Box 1, Folder 7

        Issue of the A.I.M.S. Pulse, February 1949.

          AIMS and the American Medical Association, 1948 Box 1, Folder 11

          Mimeographed correspondence consisting of an anonymous letter to the AMA Council on Medical Education suggesting that AIMS provided "an entering wedge and a substantial bloc of communism in American Medicine" and that the International Union of Students was a "communistic organization" supported by the Communist Party; a lengthy rebuttal by Halsted R. Holman (YSM 1949), President of the National Executive Committee of AIMS, to Dr. Morris Fishbein of AMA, April 26, 1948; and a brief letter to Holman from AMA, September 14, 1948.

            AIMS and the International Union of Students, 1948 and n.d. Box 1, Folder 8

            AIMS resolution to reaffirm affiliation with the International Union of Students (IUS), an international organization of medical students, 1948; Report to the AIMS Convention concerning the Medical Faculty Bureau of the International Union of Students; Constitution and various other mimeographed documents concerning the IUS; printed brochure on the IUS; and Program of the Student International Clinical Congress held in England in 1948.

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              Thomas L. Lentz collection on the history of cell biology and anatomy at Yale, 1899-2015

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              Thomas L. Lentz served as professor of cell biology and associate dean of admissions at Yale School of Medicine. The collection contains autobiographical material on Dr. Lentz, his histories of cell biology and of histology at Yale, and reprints of his articles. Also included are teaching materials for Lentz's laboratory course on histology, published materials related to the Department of Cell Biology, and photographs of faculty members and students.
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              Album of compact disks related to teaching, bulk mostly 2002-2011 Box 6, Item 1

              Album of compact discs containing images used in teaching the histology laboratory, Cell Biology 502a. The histological images were taken beginning in 1965, and the electron micrographs were taken by Cell Biology faculty in the 1970s, and later scanned from slides. Included are Lentz's histology PowerPoint presentations for each laboratory session in 2002-3003 and 2003-2004; his PowerPoint introductions to histology laboratories, 2006-2011; images of the drawings in Thomas L. Lentz, Cell Fine Structure. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 1971; Histology Qualifying Exam, Cell Biology 502, 2003; text of muscle and nervous system lectures by Thomas Lentz, 2002; text of Lentz's histories of cell biology and histology at Yale; and other sets of images on anatomy and histology, some of which may have been purchased.

              1. Microscopic anatomy and histology teaching materials

              Album of large photographs, Department of Cell Biology, 1893-2005, 1966-2005 Box 9

              Includes photographs of faculty members, laboratories, students using equipment, attendees at Gordon Research Conferences, and the white coat ceremony in August 2000. Nineteenth century images were copied from a nineteenth-century publication. Most photographs are 8 1/2 x 11 inches. A few at the end of the album are 4 x 6 inches.

              1. Photographs -- Department of Cell Biology

              Album of small photographs, Department of Cell Biology, 1966-2005 Box 10

              Photographs in the album are 3 1/2 x 5 inches and are well documented. The bulk of the photos are from the 1980s and 1990s. There are many informal pictures of students as well as of faculty. Topics include parties, picnics, departmental retreats at Woods Hole, student ceremonies like White Coat and Graduation, as well as some photographs of the Histology Laboratory.

              1. Photographs -- Department of Cell Biology
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              Patent medicine almanacs, 1843-1966

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              The collection contains almanacs issued annually by American and a few Canadian companies to promote the sale of their proprietary remedies. Of special note is a complete collection of Hostetter's Almanac from 1867 through 1910.
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              Cancer "cures" collection, 1900-1954

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              Collection consists of pamphlets and books by individuals, private cancer hospitals, and other organizations promoting non-surgical cures for cancer. The American Medical Association claimed that any such cures were fakes. The promoters in turn criticized the AMA as the "medical trust." Most of the pamphlets contain patient testimonials. Approximate dates for items are based on the date of the most recent testimonials.
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              American Medical Association, Cancer Cure Fakes, ca. 1909 Box 1, Folder 1

              The subtitle is "Eight Concerns Against Which the United States Post-Office Has Issued Fraud Orders." Chapters on various supposed non-surgical cures. The AMA claimed any "cure" by medication alone was quackery.

                Baker Hospital/ Norman Baker, Eureka Springs, Arkansas, 1939 Box 1, Folder 3

                Pamphlet on Baker Hospital titled Where Sick Folks Get Well: Without Operation, Radium, or X-ray, published by Norman Baker, Inc. The hospital was "owned and operated by Norman Baker." Baker did not have a medical degree.

                  Cancer "cures" collection, 1900-1954 1 box

                  Collection consists of pamphlets and books by individuals, private cancer hospitals, and other organizations promoting non-surgical cures for cancer. The American Medical Association claimed that any such cures were fakes. The promoters in turn criticized the AMA as the "medical trust." Most of the pamphlets contain patient testimonials. Approximate dates for items are based on the date of the most recent testimonials.
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                    Coleman Brothers Collection, 1721-1910, bulk 1821-1868

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                    The collection contains correspondence between Isaac Pearson Coleman and James Beakes Coleman, brothers who received medical degrees at the Medical Institution of Yale College (Yale School of Medicine) and who practiced medicine in and near Trenton, New Jersey; correspondence of the Coleman brothers with medical colleagues and with members of their families; letters, manuscripts, and legal documents pertaining to the extended Coleman family of New Jersey as well as the Saltar family; and portrait photographs of the extended Coleman family.
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                    Coleman Brothers Collection, 1721-1910, bulk 1821-1868 1 Linear Foot

                    Coleman, Isaac Pearson, 1804-1869
                    The collection contains correspondence between Isaac Pearson Coleman and James Beakes Coleman, brothers who received medical degrees at the Medical Institution of Yale College (Yale School of Medicine) and who practiced medicine in and near Trenton, New Jersey; correspondence of the Coleman brothers with medical colleagues and with members of their families; letters, manuscripts, and legal documents pertaining to the extended Coleman family of New Jersey as well as the Saltar family; and portrait photographs of the extended Coleman family.
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                      Robert J. T. Joy Student Notes from Yale School of Medicine, 1950-1954

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                      Robert J. T. Joy graduated from Yale School of Medicine in 1954. The collection contains his student notes.
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                      Anatomy and neuroantomy, 1950-1951 Box 1, Folder 1

                      Two notebooks. Dr. Joy noted that gross anatomy was taught by Thomas R. Forbes and William U. Gardiner and neuroanatomy by Harold S. Burr.

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