History of Medicine Finding Aids

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Creator / [Collection date]	Item information
Ramsbotham, Francis Henry, 1800-1868 / [1784; 1824-1861]	Title: Francis Henry Ramsbotham Papers 1784; 1824-1861 Extent: 0.84 linear feet Call Number: MS C 32 Abstract:
Rasmussen, Grant Lister, 1904- / [1933-1985 (bulk 1944-1978)]	Title: Grant L. Rasmussen Papers 1933-1985 (bulk 1944-1978) Extent: 6.75 linear feet Call Number: MS C 541 Abstract: Grant L. Rasmussen was a neuroanatomist with the NIH's NINDB from 1954-1970. Among his most memorable contributions is his discovery and description of a nerve tract, called Rasmussen's Bundle, which is responsible for changing the sensitivity of the inner ear.
Redi, Francesco, 1626-1698 / [1683-1693]	Title: Francesco Redi Letters 1683-1693 Extent: 12 leaves Call Number: MS C 440 Abstract: In 1666 Grand Duke Ferdinando II appointed Redi as his First Physician and director of the grand-ducal "Spezieria" (Pharmacy): positions in which he was confirmed by Cosimo III in 1670, when he became Grand Duke. He stressed the importance of medicine based on Hippocratic principles, and he emphasised the importance of prevention based on a balanced diet and the use of exclusively natural remedies. The collection contains twelve letters discussing topics such as snakes, medical matters, and literature.
Richmond, Julius B. (Julius Benjamin), 1916- / [1941-2004; bulk 1968-1997]	Title: Julius B. Richmond Papers 1941-2004; bulk 1968-1997 Extent: 92 linear feet (124 boxes) Call Number: MS C 383 Abstract: Julius B. Richmond Papers (1941-2004) document the career of the pediatrician and public health advocate. The collection highlights his time as the U.S. Surgeon General as well as his academic career at the State University of New York at Syracuse and Harvard Medical School. It also details important programs which Richmond help establish, such as Head Start.
Rigler, Leo G. (Leo George), 1896- / [1923-1981]	Title: Leo George Rigler Papers 1923-1981 Extent: 12 MS boxes Call Number: MS C 377 Abstract: Dr. Leo Rigler was Chief of the Department of Radiology at the Minneapolis General Hospital (1927-57) and the University of Minnesota (1933-57). Collection contains correspondence, lectures and papers, photographs, and printed matter.
Robinson, Victor, 1886-1947 / [1898-1947]	Title: Victor Robinson Papers 1898-1947 Extent: 2.94 linear feet Call Number: MS C 28 Abstract: Victor Robinson founded the journal Medical life, the first in the English language on the history of medicine, and helped organize the History of Science Society in 1924. The collection contains correspondence, original typescripts, unpublished monographs, articles, notes, and biographical data.
Roby, Joseph, 1807-1860 / [1840-1853]	Title: Joseph Roby Papers 1840-1853 Extent: 1.05 linear feet Call Number: MS C 30 Abstract:
Rodbell, Martin, b. 1925- / [1925-1999]	Title: Martin Rodbell Papers 1925-1999 Extent: 11.4 linear feet Call Number: MS C 495 Abstract: This collection documents the life and career of American biochemist and molecular endocrinologist Martin Rodbell. The papers consists primarily of professional and travel correspondence, materials related to awards and prizes (including the Nobel and the Gairdner), Rodbell's reprints, laboratory notebooks, photographic prints, and some personal papers. Most of the materials come from the 1970s through the 1990s. The collection documents his extensive professional activities both inside and outside of the laboratory.
Rogers, Frank Bradway, 1914- / [1949-1981]	Title: Frank Bradway Rogers Papers 1949-1981 Extent: 3.95 linear feet (6 boxes) Call Number: MS C 465 Abstract: Frank Rogers was director of the NLM from 1949 until 1963 and was largely responsible for the NLM achieving national status. Primarily correspondence, this collection highlights Rogers' early work at the NLM and for medical librarianship.
Rogot, Eugene / [1950-1974]	Title: Smoking and General Mortality Among U.S. Veterans, 1954-1969 Collection 1950-1974 Extent: 0.85 linear feet (2 boxes) Call Number: MS C 567 Abstract: Material related to Eugene Rogot's study to understand the general mortality trends of smokers vs. non-smokers published in 1974.
Rosen, George, 1910- / [1960-1965]	Title: George Rosen Public Health Oral History Collection 1960-1965 Extent: 1.89 linear feet (5 boxes) Call Number: MS C 203 Abstract: Collection of interviews conducted for source material for Rosen's projected history of United States public health in the postwar years; also included is some draft background materials.
Russell, Frederick F. / [1898-1958]	Title: Frederick F. Russell Papers 1898-1958 Extent: 0.42 linear feet Call Number: MS C 546 Abstract: Russell as an early researcher into the inoculation of typhoid. He was assigned the duty of implementing an immunization program within the U.S. Army from 1910-1911. Following his military career he served as the director of the International Health Board of the Rockefeller Foundation, continuing his public health research and focusing on yellow fever.