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Brain -- Surgery

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Harvey Williams Cushing Papers in the Yale University Library

 Collection
Call Number: MS 160
Abstract: The Harvey Williams Cushing Papers in the Yale University Library are composed of correspondence, subject files, writings, family papers, artifacts, and writings about Harvey Cushing. The papers document the personal life and professional career of a medical giant and pioneer neurosurgeon. They reveal Cushing as a doctor, teacher, soldier, administrator, bibliophile, and scientist, whose diverse achievements are important to the histories of the Harvard Medical School, Peter Bent Brigham...
Dates: 1745-1965, bulk 1887-1939

R. M. Peardon Donaghy World War II neurosurgery papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 39002079634573]
Call Number: Ms Coll 91
Content Description:

The collection documents R. M. Peardon Donaghy's service as the leader of a World War II United States Army mobile neurosurgical unit in Europe between 1943-1945. The collection includes Donaghy's field notebook containing handwritten patient notes; loose operative notes of neurosurgical procedures on small printed forms; 4 photographs; and a letter of recommendation for Donaghy.

Dates: 1943-1945