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Philip M. Teigen, Deputy Chief of the History of Medicine Division


Philip Teigen
 Philip M. Teigen is Deputy Chief, History of Medicine Division. Before joining the HMD staff in 1984, he was the Osler Librarian at McGill University, Montreal. His research focusses upon the history of zoönotic diseases (rabies and anthrax in particular), the veterinary profession, and the reading and writing of medical history. He holds a Ph.D. in the History of Science from the University of Wisconsin.

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Recent Publications:

  • "Legislating Fear and the Public Health in Gilded Age Massachusetts," J. Hist. Med., 2007, 62:1-30.

  • "'This Sorrowful War': A Veterinary Surgeon in the 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign," Vet. Herit., 2004, 27:29-34 (with Leon Z. Saunders).

  • "A Veterinary Network," in Faith Wallis, Pamela Miller (eds.), 75 Books from the Osler Library (Montreal: McGill University, 2004), pp. 128-131.

  • "Foreword," to Our Lords, the Sick: McGovern Lectures in the History of Medicine and Medical Humanism (2004).

  • "Three Perspectives on Medical History Today," Proceedings of the 33rd International Congress on the History of Veterinary Medicine, Wittenberg, Germany, August 21-24, 2002 (2004).

  • "A German Veterinary Surgeon in the American Civil War," Argos (Utrecht), 2003, 29:409-414 (with Leon Z. Saunders).

  • Dearest G. . .Yours WO: William Osler's Letters from Egypt to Grace Revere Osler (Montreal, 2002, with Larry Longo).

  • "Henry Stockton Lewis, Sr. (1858-1922): An Early African-American Veterinarian," Vet. Herit., 2002, 25:5-6.

  • "Counting Urban Horses in the United States," Argos (Utrecht), 2002, 26:267-76.

  • "Reading and Writing Veterinary History," Vet. Herit., 2001, 24(1):3-5.

  • "William Osler, Again," Bull. Hist. Med., 2001, 75:745-55.
Philip M. Teigen, Deputy Chief
History of Medicine Division
National Library of Medicine
8600 Rockville Pike
Bldg. 38, Rm. 1E-21, MSC 3819
Bethesda, MD 20894
U.S.A.
Phone: (301) 496-5407
FAX: (301) 402-0872
Email: pteigen@nih.gov


Last reviewed: 04 April 2008
Last updated: 01 December 2006
First published: 22 September 2006
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