George E. Burch (1910-1986) was born in Edgard, LA. and was an internationally known cardiologist. He received his bachelor (1927) and medical degrees (1933) from Tulane University. He joined the Tulane medical faculty after graduation, advancing rapidly to become Henderson Professor and Chairman of the Department of Medicine in 1947. He became Professor Emeritus in 1975.
Burch was especially interested in the venous system, which led him to develop a phlebomanometer for measuring venous and tissue pressure in extremely small veins (1936). In 1945, even before the creation of the Atomic Energic Commission, Burch performed the first studies of biologic decay rates in humans. Working with the National Bureau of Standards, he helped establish regulations and safety measures for use of radioisotopes in humans and for radioisotope measuring equipment.
He also conducted pioneering studies in vectocardiography, leading to the creation of standard factors on the spatial ventricular gradient and spatial vectocardiogram of normal and diseased hearts. His studies led to new insights into the electrocardiogram and the description of new patterns of high basal myocardial infarction, localized myocardial hypertrophy, and apical myocardial infarction. His work in this field elevated his research status to international levels, as well as helping to establish Tulane as a leader in cardiology research.
In 1958, he participated in the first space mission to send primates into orbit. His work involved analyzing heart function data telemetered from the Jupiter space mission that sent Able and Baker, two squirrel monkeys, into space. Burch also maintained an interest in bioclimotology throughout his career. He devised several techniques for measuring water loss from the lungs and skin. His studies showed the importance of air conditioning for recovering cardiac patients and others with chronic diseases. He also devised a graphic method for recording pressure-volume loops directly from the heart, making it theoretically possible to obtain details about the tension and power output of the heart, and thus describe many of the theretofore unknown mechanical properties of the heart.
Burch contributions towards the knowledge of congestive heart failure, venous tone, medical climatology, medical peculiarities of the heart as a pump, electrocardiography, cardiomypothies and medical instrumentation have led to the publication of over 840 papers and 12 books on cardiac diseases. His Primer on Electrocardiography (1945) is considered a classic. Active as a consultant for many organizations, he was honored by the American Heart Association with the James B. Herrick Award in 1977. He received the Distinguished Fellowship Award from the American College of Cardiology in 1984.
Correspondence contains family, personal and general files. Collection includes extensive material on the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Journal, and other organizations relating to cardiology and cardiovascular diseases.
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Burch, George Edward. George Edward Burch papers. 1926-1977. Located in: Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD.; MS C 376.
Acquired in 1979.
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Papers, 1927-1977
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Box |
1 | | Biographical and personal data |
1 | | Graduation programs, report cards, class schedules |
1 | | American Board of Internal Medicine - examination and applications |
1 | | Positions offered - correspondence, 1944-1953 |
1 | | George Burch Medical Museum, 1972 |
1 | | Clippings, 1932-1979 |
2 | | Clippings, undated |
2 | | Military service - orders and memoranda, 1936-1940 |
2 | | Military status - correspondence, 1940-1953 |
2 | | Army Extension Course diplomas, 1936-1939 |
2 | | Mr. & Mrs. George E. Burch, Sr., material |
2 | | Family Correspondence, 1932-1942, 1960-1977 |
2 | | Personal correspondence, 1950-1978 |
2 | | Correspondence, unidentified |
2 | | Correspondence and notes re: Rockefeller Institute Fellowship, 1939-1941 |
3 | | Fellowships - correspondence and data, 1938-1947 |
3 | | Awards - correspondence |
3 | | Southern Medical Association - Research Medal Award, 1947 |
3 | | George Burch, Chairman, Department of Medicine - 20th Anniversary, 1947-1967 |
3 | | Congratulatory letters - Presentation of bust, 1970 |
3 | | Letters of recommendation (by Dr. Burch) |
3 | | Notes and ideas |
3 | | Original code for reading EKG's |
3 | | Organization of The Medical Regiment |
3 | | Miscellaneous research projects, 1948-1949 |
3 | | Scientific exhibits - correspondence and data, 1937-1953 |
3 | | Digital plethysmography - TV show, 1954 |
3 | | ECG and cardioscope - TV show, 1953 |
3 | | Radioisotopes in Congestive Heart Failure - TV show, 1952 |
3 | | Videoclinic - TV program - correspondence, 1955 |
| | Photographs, 1938-1967; 1969-1978 |
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4 | | | Portraits of George Burch, 1938-1967, undated |
4 | | | George E. Burch and family |
4 | | | Vivian (Mrs. George) Burch |
4 | | | George E. Burch with colleagues, 1955-1976 |
4 | | | Burch museum of medicine at Charity Hospital, 1974 |
4 | | | Charity Hospital of Louisiana |
4 | | | American College of Cardiology, annual meeting, 1968 |
4 | | | American College of Cardiology, annual meeting, 1971 |
4 | | | American College of Cardiology, annual scientific session, 1977 |
4 | | | Tulane Dept. of Medicine, postgraduate course in ECG, 1949- |
4 | | | Faculty, Dept. of Medicine, Tulane University, 1938-1967 |
4 | | | Miscellaneous meetings and conferences, 1938-1973 |
4 | | | Meetings (unidentified) |
4 | | | World Health Organization Conference (Meetings) |
4 | | | Tulane medical resident staff |
4 | | | Alexander Myasnikon, I. Russek, Meakin, John Herr Musser, Robert L. Levy, H. C. Burger, Robert H. Bayley |
5 | | | Presentation of the 1st Distinguished Service Award, 1967 |
5 | | | American College of Cardiology, Circuit Course, Taipei, November 3-4, 1961 |
5 | | | George E. Burch and friends |
5 | | | Miscellaneous photos of Dr. Burch |
5 | | | George E. Burch and colleagues |
5 | | | American College of Cardiology, annual meeting |
5 | | | George E. Burch and Don Craib |
5 | | | 19th annual Musser Lecture, 1966 |
5 | | | George E. Burch in Japan |
5 | | | Washington and Northern Virginia Heart Assn.,, 1962 |
5 | | | Dedication of George E. Burch bust, 1970 |
5 | | | Meeting in Cali, Columbia, 1960 |
5 | | | C.C. Bass - 90th birthday party |
5 | | | Burch - 25th wedding anniversary, September 15, 1957 |
5 | | | Jim Grayson's retirement party, June 28, 1973 |
5 | | | George Burch with Governor John McKithen |
5 | | | Postgraduate course in Electrocardiography, Tulane Dept. of Medicine, November 28, 1949 |
5 | | | 1974 Conference |
5 | | | Illinois Central Hospital (New Orleans) - Staff |
| | | | Gustav, Nylin, Maurice Campbell, Bernard Robinson, Hubert Mann, Charles C. Bass, Paul Dudley White. |
5 | | | Charles M. Pomerat, W.H. Craib, A. de Waart |
5 | | | David Scherf, A.E. Mirsky, Ludwik Gross, Erlanger, J.B.C. Grangnard |
5 | | | George E. Burch in England |
5 | | Programs, 1932-1978 |
5 | | Meetings and groups (unidentified) |
6 | | "Job Openings" - correspondence (persons recommended by Dr. Burch), 1957-1974 |
| | Correspondence, 1927-1977 |
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7 | | | Adams, D.M. |
7 | | | Alimurung, Mariano M. |
7 | | | Askanas, Zdzislaw |
7 | | | Boggs, Hale |
7 | | | Borden Award, 1956-1959 |
7 | | | Carbonell, Carlos |
7 | | | Cardiology Fellowship Application 1979 |
7 | | | Chevalier, Henri |
7 | | | Cohn, Alfred E. |
7 | | | Craib, W.H. |
7 | | | DeBakey, Michael |
7 | | | Kimball, J. Leroy |
7 | | | Koechlin, Renaud |
7 | | | Lavin, George |
7 | | | Lewis, Sir Thomas |
7 | | | Mirsky, Alfred E. |
8 | | | Musser, John H. - Burch, George E. |
8 | | | Musser, John H. - Cohn, Alfred E., 1939-1940 |
8 | | | Musser, John H. - Gregg, Alan, 1938-1945 |
8 | | | Musser, John H. - Blake, Dubois, Evans, Justmayer, Lambert, Laphan, Morgan, Week, Wolferth, 1939-1945 |
8 | | | Page, Irvine H. |
8 | | | Pauling, Linus - correspondence and reprints |
8 | | | Prinzmetal, Myron - correspondence and data |
8 | | | Schaffer, Rudolph |
8 | | | Soffer, Alfred |
8 | | | Talbot, John H. |
8 | | | Ting, Nang |
8 | | | Werrell, William A. |
8 | | | White, Paul Dudley |
8 | | | Williams, Horatio B. from Alfred E. Cohn |
8 | | | Yeager, J. Franklin |
8 | | Correspondence - Aa-Ark |
9 | | Correspondence - Arm-Burg |
10 | | Correspondence - Burk-Cr |
11 | | Correspondence - Cu-Fl |
12 | | Correspondence - Fo-Harr |
13 | | Corresondence - Hart-Kel |
14 | | Correspondence - Ken-Lou |
15 | | Correspondence - Lov-M |
16 | | Correspondence - N-Ri |
17 | | Correspondence - Ro-So |
18 | | Correspondence - Sp-V |
19 | | Correspondence - W-Z |
19 | | American Biology Council Task Force - A-Br |
20 | | American Biology Council Task Force - Bu-W |
20 | | American Biology Council Task Force, 1970-1973 |
20 | | Advisory Committee on Asian Influenza, 1960 |
20 | | Advisory Committee on Environmental Physiology, 1957-1961 |
20 | | All Union Scientific Society of Therapeutics, 1962 |
20 | | American Board of Internal Medicine, 1956-1962 |
21 | | American Board of Internal Medicine, 1962-1975 |
21 | | American College of Angiology, 1962-1971 |
| | American College of Cardiology |
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21 | | | Constitution and by-laws, 1967 |
21 | | | General information and admission requirements |
21 | | | Procedure manual, 1960 |
21 | | | Presidents' opening remarks, 1966-1968 |
21 | | | Board of Trustees - minutes of meetings, 1963, 1966, 1968 |
21 | | | Board of Trustees - correspondence, 1967-1969 |
21 | | | Financial statements, 1966-1969 |
22 | | | Recommendations for Board of Governors, 1967-1968 |
22 | | | Board of Governors - correspondence, 1968-1969 |
22 | | | Handbook for Governors |
22 | | | Report on the Executive Director, 1967-1968 |
22 | | | Director's Handbook, postgraduate course |
22 | | | Executive Committee - minutes and report, 1967-1972 |
22 | | | Executive Committee meeting, 1970 |
22 | | | Executive Committee - correspondence, 1968-1969 |
22 | | | Arrangements Committee - correspondence, 1963-1964 |
22 | | | Finances, Resources, and Endowents Committee, 1966-1969 |
23 | | | Committee for Liaison with Congress, 1967-1969 |
23 | | | Long range Planning Committee, 1963-1972 |
23 | | | Meeting Site Selection Committee, 1967-1968 |
23 | | | Nominating Committee, 1968-1971 |
23 | | | Overseas Education Committee, 1968-1969 |
23 | | | Postgraduate Education Committee, 1967-1968 |
24 | | | Postgraduate Education Committee, 1969 |
24 | | | Program Committee, 1963 |
24 | | | Program Committee - correspondence, 1967-1968 |
24 | | | Standing and Ad hoc Committees - correspondence, 1968-1969 |
24 | | | Hong Kong, 1961 |
24 | | | General correspondence, 1958-1964 |
25 | | | General correspondence, 1965-1973 |
25 | | | New member correspondence, 1968 |
26 | | | New member correspondence, 1968-1972 |
26 | | | Annual meetings, 1963, 1968, 1969 |
27 | | | Annual meetings, 1969, 1970 |
28 | | | Annual meetings, 1970, 1974, 1975 |
28 | | | Correspondence on Abstracts, 1963-1964 |
28 | | | Request for information, 1963-1964 |
28 | | | "Cardiology for the Consultant", 1970 |
28 | | | New York Medical Symposium |
28 | | | Paul D. White Symposium, 1971 |
28 | | | University of Kentuck Symposium, 1971 |
29 | | | Bethesda Conference, 1967-1975 |
29 | | | Bethesda Heart House - groundbreaking, 1975 |
29 | | | Dwight Emory Harken Symposium, 1975 |
29 | | | Conference with American Heart Association, 1967 |
29 | | | Joint meeting with American Heart Association, 1968 |
29 | | | Correspondence with American Heart Association, 1968-1970 |
29 | | | Heart House, 1968-1971 |
29 | | | Regional Leadership conferences, 1972 |
29 | | | Young Investigator's awards, 1963 |
29 | | | Satellite Program, 1968 |
29 | | | "The Book" (109 pages) |
29 | | | Projects of the college, 1972 |
29 | | | Contributions, 1967-1968 |
30 | | | Contributions, 1968-1970 |
30 | | | Fireside conferences - correspondence |
30 | | American College of Chest Physicians, 1970 |
30 | | American College of Physicians, 1959-1967 |
30 | | American Heart Association, 1955-1974 |
30 | | American Heart Journal - correspondence, 1958-1960 |
31 | | American Heart Journal - Correspondence, 1960-1963 |
32 | | American Heart Journal - Correspondence, 1964-1967 |
33 | | American Heart Journal - Correspondence, 1969-1976 |
| | American Heart Journal, 1958-1970 |
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34 | | | Correspondence, 1976 |
34 | | | J.C. Meakins |
34 | | | Annotation section, 1974-1976 |
34 | | | Bibliographic citations, 1968-1971 |
34 | | | Board changes, 1964-1968 |
35 | | | Board change, 1969 |
35 | | | Board memebers, 1958-1961 |
35 | | | Clinic Path Conference Section, 1959-1962 |
35 | | | Clinical Cardiology section, 1962 |
35 | | | Editorial Board, 1962-1970 |
35 | | | Editorship, 1958-1959 |
35 | | | Journal exchange, 1959-1961 |
35 | | | Reviewers - declined, 1959-1961 |
35 | | | Meetings, 1959-1961 |
36 | | American Heart Journal - Meetings, 1962-1967 |
36 | | American Hospital in Paris, 1972-1973 |
36 | | American Medical Association, 1945-1972 |
36 | | | Advisory Committee on Medical Science, 1972-1975 |
36 | | | Clinical Convention |
37 | | American Medical Association - Provisional Section on Cardiovascular Disease, 1971-1975 |
37 | | American Therapeutic Society |
37 | | American, A-T |
37 | | American Heart Association, 1958-1969 |
37 | | Asian Pacific Society of Cardiology, 1963-1972 |
37 | | Association of Professors of Medicine, 1971-1974 |
38 | | Association of University Cardiologists, 1961-1975 |
39 | | Biometeorological Middle East Conference, 1966 |
39 | | Cardiovascular Training Grant Program Directors Conference, 1971 |
39 | | Carrier Corporation, 1958-1964 |
39 | | Christian Science and Insurance Companies, 1967-1968 |
39 | | CIBA Pharmaceutical Products, 1957-1973 |
39 | | Cooperative Studies Evaluation Committee, 1973 |
39 | | Current Therapy, 1958-1973 |
39 | | Dwight D. Eisenhower International Heart Institute, 1964 |
39 | | Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, 1973 |
39 | | Florida Heart Association, 1958 |
39 | | Foreign PHS Research Fellowship Program, 1957-1958 |
39 | | German Pathologists, 1967 |
39 | | Gladstone Foundation, 1974-1975 |
39 | | Harvard postgraduate course in Angiography, 1975 |
39 | | Humble Oil and Refining Co. - Medical Division Correspondence |
40 | | Illinois Central Hospital Dept. |
40 | | Illinois Central Railroad |
40 | | Interamerican Congress of Cardiology, 1968 |
40 | | International Society of Geographical Pathology, 1969 |
40 | | International Symposium on Vectorcardiography, 1970 |
40 | | Inter-Society Commission for Heart Disease Resource, 1969 |
40 | | ICHD, 1969-1970 |
40 | | John Kent Lewis Memorial Lecture, 1969 |
40 | | Josiah Macy Conference on Cold Injury, 1951-1955 |
41 | | Josiah Macy Conference on Shock, 1951-1955 |
41 | | Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical, 1957-1974 |
41 | | Lea & Febiger Publishers, 1958-1970 |
41 | | Life Insurance Medical Fund, 1961-1962 |
41 | | The Lilly Research Lab, 1961-1974 |
41 | | Long Island Jewish Hospital Symposium, 1965 |
41 | | Louisiana State University Medical Center, 1967-1973 |
41 | | Mayo Educational Advisory Committee, 1965-1966 |
41 | | Medical Association of South Africa, 1959 |
42 | | Medical World News, 1962-1974 |
42 | | Mercer University - Medical Education Consultation Panel, 1975 |
42 | | "Mission in Science" - Correspondence, notes, itineraries and minutes of meeting, 1947-1949 |
42 | | C.V. Mosby Company, 1957-1974 |
42 | | Museum of Man - Correspondence and data, 1958-1959 |
43 | | National Academy of Sciences, 1956-1961 |
| | National Advisory Heart Council, 1951-1958 |
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43 | | | Survey on Research Needs, 1951 |
43 | | | Primate Colony, 1957-1958 |
43 | | | Planning Committee meeting, 1958 |
43 | | National Heart Institute, 1959-1971 |
| | National Institutes of Health, 1957-1971 |
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43 | | | Advisory Committee of Animal Resources, 1963 |
43 | | | National Heart Institute - Board of Scientific Counselors, 1959-1960 |
43 | | | Primate Centers Research Program - Congressional Testimony, 1970 |
43 | | | Primate Research Center - Committee on Organization, 1959 |
43 | | | Primate Ad hoc Committee on Organization, 1960 |
44 | | | Primate Research Centers - Project site visits, 1959-1961 |
44 | | National Research Council, 1960 |
44 | | | Subcommittee Cardiovascular Disease, 1948-1951 |
44 | | | Subcommittee Cardiovascular System, 1956-1958 |
44 | | National Research Council, 1957-1959 |
44 | | Ochsner Clinic |
44 | | Pavlovian Society - correspondence, 1972-1974 |
44 | | Philadelphia Geriatric Center - Symposium, 1974 |
44 | | Primate Research Center - correspondence and reports, 1958-1970 |
45 | | Primate Research Stations - Belgian Congo Trip, 1960-1961 |
45 | | Primate Research - Project Site Visit - San Francisco, 1960 |
45 | | Professors of Medicine of Southern Society, 1971 |
| | Public Health Service, 1954-1962 |
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45 | | | Advisory Committee on Influenza Research, correspondence, 1958-1962 |
45 | | | Cardiovascular Program Directors Meeting, 1954 |
45 | | | Committee on Environmental Medicine, 1957-1962 |
46 | | | Committee on Environmental Medicine, 1962-1963 |
46 | | | Cooperative Grant, Cyto-Chemistry Equipment, 1954-1955 |
46 | | | NIH, Cardiovascular Study Section, 1948 |
46 | | | OVR - Rehabilitation Training Grant, 1956 |
46 | | Roche Medicacl Image - correspondence, 1967 |
46 | | Rockefeller Foundation, 1959 |
46 | | Rockefeller Institute - Correspondence on Research, 1939-1942 |
46 | | Rockefeller Institute Fellowship - correspondence, 1939-1945 |
46 | | Royal North Shore Hospital and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital - correspondence |
46 | | Sandoz Pharmaceuticals |
46 | | W.B. Saunders Co. |
46 | | Sickle Cell Anemia - correspondence, 1943-1977 |
46 | | Smith, Kline & French Laboratories |
46 | | Sociedad Argentina de Cardiologia, 1969 |
46 | | Souther Baptist Hospital |
46 | | Southern Society for Clinic Research |
46 | | Texas Medical Association, 1960 |
46 | | Texas Medical Association - Annual Session, 1974 |
46 | | Touro Infirmary, 1962-1969 |
47 | | Tripler Hospital, 1962 |
47 | | Veterans Administration Hospital, 1957-1973 |
47 | | | Otolaryngology Training, 1968 |
47 | | World Congress of Cardiology, 1958-1974 |
47 | | Primer of Cardiology Preface and Chapters 1-5, 1946-1956 |
47 | | Primer of Cardiology (1st and 2nd editions) - correspondence, drafts and reviews, 1946-1956 |
48 | | Primer of Congestive Heart Failure - correspondence, drafts, and reviews, 1952-1955 |
48 | | Primer of ECG - correspondence, drafts, etc., 1945-1962 |
49 | | Primer of ECG - correspondence, chapters, reviews, etc., 1944-1957 |
49 | | Primer of Theory of ECG - correspondence |
49 | | Primer of Venous Pressure - correspondence, 1949-1956 |
49 | | Spatial Vectorcardiography - correspondence with publisher, 1952-1954 |
49 | | Digital Plethysmography - drafts and reviews, 1954-1955 |
49 | | "Of Publishing Scientific Papers" - correspondence, drafts and reviews, 1953-1957 |
50 | | "Of Research and People" - draft, correspondence and review, 1955-1957 |
50 | | "The Autopsy Incidence of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm" |
50 | | Cantharides Blisters Diffusion Studies |
50 | | Cole Report, 1956 |
50 | | "Edema" |
50 | | "The Electrocardiograph" (for Encyclopedia Americana), 1971 |
50 | | The Estimation of the Subcutaneous Tissue Pressure, 1937-1938 |
50 | | "Management of Congestive Heart Failure", Phoenix, Arizona, 1960 |
50 | | "The Management of Dysmenorrhea" |
50 | | Medical School Notes - Surgical Pathology |
50 | | Medical World News - Cardiovascular Review, 1970-1973 |
50 | | Miscelaneous Editorials, reviews and articles, 1963-1974 |
50 | | "The Pathological Physiology of Fever" |
50 | | "Possible Clinical Applications in Spatial Vectorcardiography", Phoenix, Arizona, January 29, 1960 |
50 | | "The Psychologic and Physical Benefits of Work in the Elderly" |
50 | | "Surgical Thesis and Burns" |
50 | | Vectorcardiography, 1949-1953 |
50 | | Course in Pathology - Outline and Notes |
50 | | Suggested Readings for Junior Medical Students, Tulane University, 1931-1932 |
| | Tulane University, 1948-1955; 1973 |
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51 | | | Department of Medicine - Prospectus and annual reports, 1948-1955 |
51 | | | Ivy Day Address, May 26, 1973 |
51 | | Unpublished manuscripts (Dr. Burch) |
51 | | African Trip - correspondence, 1960-1961 |
51 | | 14th Congress of Internal Medical (Moscow) - Report by Dr. Burch, 1956 |
51 | | "Confidential Report" to CIA, 1956 |
51 | | All-Union Scientific Society of Therapeutics - Burch report, 1962 |
51 | | Japan Trip, 1975 |
51 | | Invitations Declined, 1970-1974 |
52 | | Lecture Notes in Physician Diagnosis, 1926-1927 |
52 | | "Medicine Notes" by George R. Hermann (Hypertension) |
52 | | Medical Aids by James Albert Bradley, 1933 |
52 | | George E. Burch, Parts 1-3 |
52 | | A Primer of Electrocardiography, 1944 |
52 | | George E. Burch, "Of Research People" |
52 | | George E. Burch, "Of Publishing Scientific Papers" |
Vol.1 | | A Primer of Venous Pressure |
Vol.2 | | Modern Medical Monographs - Digital Plethysmography |
Vol.3 | | Hot Climates, Man and His Heart |
Vol.4 | | A Primer of Electrocardiography, 6th edition |
Vol.5 | | A History of Electrocardiography |
Vol.6 | | Primer of Clinical Measurement of Blood Pressure |
Vol.7 | | A Primer of Cardiology, 4th edition |
Vol.8 | | Spatial Vectorcardiography |
Vol.9 | | Electrocardiography in the Diagnosis of Congenital Heart Disease |
Vol.10-18 | | Collected Papers of George E. Burch, Vols. 1-9 (1936-1974) |
Vol.19 | | Annotations, Editorials, Philosophical Papers of George E. Burch, Vol. 1 (1950-1977) |
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