Surgery -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Gustaf E. Lindskog Papers
Collection
Call Number: Ms Coll 34
Abstract:
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.
Dates:
1929-1987
Waltham Hospital medical records
Collection
Call Number: Ms Coll 82
Abstract:
The collection includes seven bound volumes of hand-written medical records from Waltham Hospital (Waltham Massachusetts) created between 1889-1897 and one book about Alfred Worcester, M.D. (1855-1951), who practiced medicine at Waltham Hospital. Each volume contains the records of approximately 100 patients written by attending physicians. Records may include progress notes, operative reports, medication records, pathology reports, patient dispositions, and drawings. The collection...
Dates:
1889-1897, 1925