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Reminiscences Of A Male Midwife, Herman W. Johnson

Texas Medical History E-Books

Herman Walter Johnson was born in Andover, Vermont, August 2, 1883 and died November 14, 1958. He graduated from the University of Buffalo Medical School, New York in 1905. He was Professor and Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Baylor College of Medicine.

In his autobiography Dr. Johnson discussed his life, the progress of obstetrics and gynecology and his tenure at Baylor College of Medicine.

Further references to Dr. Johnson can be found in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, 55: 73, Jan. 1959 and Bulletin of the Harris County Medical Society July, 1969, p. 10.

Ms067: William C. Moloney, M.D.'S Copy Of Diary 1952-1954), William Moloney

William C. Moloney, M.D. Papers

Dr. Moloney kept a personal journal, with photographs, for much of his two years with the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission in Japan. Along with other scientists, he studied the biological and medical effects of ionized radiation on the survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings. In January of 1986, Dr. Moloney donated his journal, correspondence and diary pages to the Harris County Medical Archive, whose collections were later incorporated into the Texas Medical Center Library. Dr. Moloney's journal is in relatively good shape containing a mix of handwritten notes and comments, news-clippings, photos, and ephemera. The journal is an …

Hermann Hospital Annual Report, Mcgovern Historical Center

TMC Reports

Hermann Hospital Annual Report for 1952. The report highlights that it has been a teaching hospital since 1925.

Annual Report 1949, Houston Academy Of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library

Annual Reports: 1943 - Present

The file contains the annual report for the library from 1949.

A History Of Organized Medicine In Harris County, Texas, Harris County Medical Society, Historical Committee

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The item was written by the Historical Committee of the Harris County Medical Society and signed on October 28, 1948.

A brief history of medicine in Texas is given before the focus shifts to the Harris County and Houston area. Information on the early years is taken from various sources such as Pat Ireland Nixon’s The Medical Story of Early Texas and the writings of George Plunkett (Mrs. S. C.) Red. Significant information comes from the Minutes of the Harris County Medical Society.

Annual Report 1948, Houston Academy Of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library

Annual Reports: 1943 - Present

The file contains the annual report for the library from 1948.

Annual Report 1946, Houston Academy Of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library

Annual Reports: 1943 - Present

The file contains the annual report for the library from 1946.

The Hospital Study Of The City Of Houston And Harris County, The Texas Medical Center, James A. Hamilton And Associates, Hospital Consultants, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Texas Medical History E-Books

In 1941 the Texas Legislature appropriated $500,000 to the Board of Regents of the University of Texas to establish a cancer research hospital. The M. D. Anderson Foundation offered to match the appropriation with a grant of an equal sum and to provide a permanent site in Houston. In August, 1942 the Board of Regent of the University and the Trustees of the Foundation signed an agreement to embark on this project.

This institution was to be the first one in the medical center, which was incorporated in October, 1945. The Board of Trustees of the Texas Medical Center commissioned …

Medicine Man In Texas, George Plunkett Red

Texas Medical History E-Books

The author George (Georgia?) Plunkett Red was the wife of Samuel Clark Red (1861-1940). Dr. Red was the son of Texas pioneer physician Dr. George Clark Red. Dr. Samuel Clark Red was “the county physician of Harris County, one of the organizers of the Harris County Medical Society, a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and president of the Texas Medical Association.”

Not much is known about the author, but given her husband’s position and family history, it can be surmised that she was interested in history and had access to some of the children of other pioneer medical …

Harris County Medical Society, Woman's Auxiliary Year Book 1926-1927, Harris County Medical Society, Woman's Auxiliary

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Partnering with the Texas Medical Association Alliance "to improve the health of all Texans," the Harris County Medical Society (HCMS) Alliance was organized in 1919 as the HCMS Woman’s Auxiliary. Current membership consists of the spouses of physicians, as well as physicians, in Harris County. http://hcmsa.org/ accessed 11/20/2012

This booklet lists the members of the Auxiliary, officers, programs for September, 1926 – May, 1927, and the organization’s constitution and by-laws.

Booklet is 7 1/8 x 4 ½ inches and contains 18 pages.

Illustrated Catalogue Of Standard Surgical Instruments And Allied Lines, A. P. Cary

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• Section "A": Dissecting and Post-Mortem Instruments Diagnostic Instruments and Apparatus Microscopes and Microscopic Accessories Laboratory Apparatus and Glass Ware Apparatus for Blood and Urine Analysis Apparatus for Phlebotomy, Cupping and Leeching Apparatus for Infusion and Transfusion Syringes for Aspiration and Injection Osteological Preparations
• Section "B": Anaesthetic, General Operating, Osteotomy, Trepanning, Bullet, Pocket Case, Cautery, Ligatures, Sutures, Dressings, Etc.
• Section "B" continued
• Section "C": Eye, Ear, Nasal, Dermal, Oral, Tonsil, Tracheal, Laryngeal,Esophageal, Stomach, Intestinal, Gall Bladder
• Section "C": continued
• Section "D": Rectal, Phimosis, Prostatic, Vesical, Urethral, Ureteral, Instruments
• Section "E": Gynecic, Hysterectomy, Obstetrical, Instrument Satchels, Medicine Cases
• Section "F": Electric Cautery …

Rb005: Sir W. Osler Original Papers 1907-1919, William Osler Sir

Works of Sir William Osler

Part 1: 1907-1908

• The Royal Medical Society of Edinburg, 1907
• On the Library of a Medical School, 1907
• On Telangiectasis Circumscripta Universalis, 1907
• A Clinical Lecture on Abdominal Tumours Associated with Disease of the Testicle, 1907
• A Clinical Lecture on Erythraemia, 1908
• Vienna after Thirty-Four Years, 1908
• Endocardites Infectieuses Chroniques, 1908

Part 2: 1909

• Chronic Infectious Endocarditis, 1909
• What the Public Can Do in the Fight Against Tuberculosis, 1909
• Annual Oration on the Occasion of the Opening of the New Building of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland, May 13, 1909
• The Medical Library in Post-Graduate …

1906 Polk's Medical Register And Directory Of North America (Texas Portion Only), R.L. Polk And Co.

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List of Physicians and Surgeons arranged by location, giving post office address with population and location, the School practiced, date and college of graduation, all the existing and extinct medical colleges in North America, with locations, officers, number of professors, lecturers, demonstrators, etc., the various medical societies, penal, reformatory and charitable state institutions, hospitals, sanitariums, dispensaries, asylums and other medical institutions, boards of health, boards of medical examiners, health officers at principal points, the laws of registration and other laws relating to the profession, medical journals with names of editors, frequency of publication and subscription rates, medical libraries, a therapeutic …

Gazetteer Of Texas Physicians: W, X, Y, Z, Texas Medical Center Library

Gazetteer of Deceased TX Physicians: 19th & 20th Century

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Gazetteer Of Texas Physicians: D

Gazetteer of Deceased TX Physicians: 19th & 20th Century

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Gazetteer of Deceased TX Physicians: 19th & 20th Century

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Gazetteer Of Texas Physicians: M, N

Gazetteer of Deceased TX Physicians: 19th & 20th Century

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Gazetteer of Deceased TX Physicians: 19th & 20th Century

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Gazetteer of Deceased TX Physicians: 19th & 20th Century

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Gazetteer of Deceased TX Physicians: 19th & 20th Century

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Gazetteer of Deceased TX Physicians: 19th & 20th Century

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Gazetteer of Deceased TX Physicians: 19th & 20th Century

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Gazetteer Of Texas Physicians: S, Texas Medical Center Library

Gazetteer of Deceased TX Physicians: 19th & 20th Century

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Gazetteer of Deceased TX Physicians: 19th & 20th Century

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1902 Polk's Medical Register And Directory Of The United States And Canada (Texas Portion Only), R.L. Polk And Co.

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List of Physicians and Surgeons arranged by states and provinces, giving post office address with population and location, the School practiced, date and college of graduation, all the existing and extinct medical colleges in the United States and Canada, with locations, officers, number of professors, lecturers, demonstrators, etc., the various medical societies, state prisons, hospitals, sanitariums, dispensaries, asylums and other medical institutions, boards of health, boards of medical examiners, a synopsis of the laws of registration and other laws relating to the profession, medical journals with names of editors, frequency of publication and subscription rates, medical libraries, mineral springs, official …