Browse History of Medicine Finding Aids
There are 219 items in this collection Browsing Creators starting with l.
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| Creator / [Collection date] | Item information |
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| Lamport, Harold, 1908-1975 / [1925-1979] |
Title: Harold Lamport Papers
1925-1979
Extent: 36 linear feet Call Number: MS C 337 Abstract: Correspondence, laboratory notebooks, research manuscripts, reprints, reports, aviation industry publications, photographs, slides, newsclippings, and artifacts document the distinguished medical research career of Harold Lamport, best known for his groundbreaking work in hemodynamics and the improvement of antigravity flight suits, iron lung devices, and high-frequency sound wave devices for fragmenting kidney and gall stones. |
| Latimer, Thomas S. (Thomas Sargent), 1839-1906 / [1861-1900] |
Title: Private and official papers of U.S. Army and Confederate Army medical officers: Thomas S. Latimer
1861-1900
Extent: 0.42 linear feet Call Number: MS C 99 Abstract: The collection combines official documents and correspondence relating to certain Union and Confederate surgeons during the Civil War (1861-65), the immediate post-war period (1866), and the Spanish- American War (1898). |
| Lawrence, Pope A. / [1924-1983] |
Title: Pope A. Lawrence Papers
1924-1983
Extent: 14.5 linear feet Call Number: MS C 539 Abstract: The collection documents the varied research and policy-making career of this environmental health specialist with the U.S. Department of Heath, Education and Welfare and the Public Health Service. His papers contain a wealth of primary source research materials and scientific data related to: environmental and industrial hygiene; radon activity; use of beryllium as a rocket propellant; uranium mining; and toxicological, biological and chemical weapon systems. |
| Leake, Chauncey D., 1896- / [1921-1976] |
Title: Chauncey D. Leake Papers 1921-1976
Extent: 35.5 linear feet (85 boxes, 3 v., 2 motion picture reels) Call Number: MS C 340 Abstract: Dr. Chauncey Leake received his Ph.D. degree in physiology and pharmacology. Throughout his career as a researcher, teacher, and administrator, Dr. Leake maintained an interest in the history of medicine and medical ethics. Collection consists chiefly of general correspondence relating to individuals as well as to organizations, the latter consisting of associations, societies, foundations, conferences and congresses, and clubs. |
| Lederberg, Joshua / [1904-2003] |
Title: Joshua Lederberg Papers
1904-2003
Extent: 182.75 linear feet (255 boxes) Call Number: MS C 552 Abstract: Lederberg was winner of the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Tatum and George W. Beadle "for his discoveries concerning genetic recombination and the organization of the genetic material of bacteria", professor of genetics at Stanford University, president of Rockfeller University, and public servant to presidents, national groups and governmental organizations. |
| Lembcke, Paul A., 1908- / [1951-1963] |
Title: Paul A. Lembcke Papers
1951-1963
Extent: .4 linear feet (1 box) Call Number: MS C 426 Abstract: Correspondence, reports, manuscripts, photographs, and slides relating primarily to Lembcke's projects with Eleanor Poland, Ph.D., from whom the material was acquired. They reflect Lembcke's interest in and research on medical auditing, epidemiology, preventive medicine, and the regional organizations of hospitals in the United States and Sweden. Most extensive are the records relating to the research conducted by Lembcke and Poland for Community Studies, Inc., on Kansas hospitals and health care delivery. |
| Libman, Emanuel, 1872-1946 / [1885-1946] |
Title: Emanuel Libman Papers
1885-1946
Extent: 10.4 linear feet (25 boxes) Call Number: MS C 406 Abstract: Dr. Emanuel Libman received his medical degree from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and was associated with the Mount Sinai Hospital as a pathologist, and attending and consulting physician. Among the correspondents are Maude Abbott, Ludwig Aschoff, Ephraim M. Bluestone, Albert Einstein, Abraham Flexner, Abraham Jacobi, Charles andWilliam Mayo, Hideyo Noguchi, William Osler, M. Rachmilewitz, Humphry Rolleston, and William H. Welch. |
| Loewi, Otto, 1873- / [1929-1956] |
Title: Otto Loewi Papers 1929-1956
Extent: 0.42 linear feet (1 box) Call Number: MS C 409 Abstract: Loewi, along with Dr. Henry Dale, won the Nobel Prize for research on chemical transmission of nervous impulses. |
| Loewi, Otto, 1873-1961 / [1944-1960] |
Title: Otto Loewi Laboratory Notebooks and Correspondence 1944-1960
Extent: 0.42 linear feet (1 box) Call Number: MS C 132 Abstract: |
| Long, Esmond Ray 1890- / [1920-1974] |
Title: Esmond Ray Long Papers
1920-1974
Extent: 17 MS boxes Call Number: MS C 362 Abstract: Biographical data, correspondence, drafts and articles, and printed matter. A sizable portion of the collection pertains to Dr. Long's publications and his work as editor. |
