Med. Medical History

Abstract The purpose of the Miami Valley Association of Health Sciences Libraries was "to promote better service to users of those libraries through professional interchange, educational programs, reciprocity of services, and to promote wider...understanding of the role of the health sciences libraries in the provision of health care in the Miami Valley." The records range in date from 1972 to its dissolution in 2001; they consist of by-laws, minutes of meetings, treasurer's reports, committee...

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M.L. Harter's letter to John J. Weaver, M.D., advising treatment for one of Weaver's patients whose vision has been impaired by an injured nerve.

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Founded in 1948, the Montgomery County Medical Society Alliance is an organization of physician’s spouses who raise awareness and provide education on medical topics. The collection includes material on a variety of their activities, including meetings, community education, social events, and scholarship fundraisers for local medical students.

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Photographs of Nancy McConnel as a student nurse and posing outside the Centerville Hospital Training School for Nurses in Iowa

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Starting in 1934, Dr. Leonard J. Newell practiced general medicine in Dayton, Ohio, for more than 40 years. The collection mainly consists of photographs and documents pertaining to Dr. Newell’s education at Otterbein College and Ohio State University Medical School.

Abstract Founded in 1973, the Ohio Association of School Nurses provides a setting where school nurses can share their experiences and work together to achieve common health care goals. One of the association's earliest successes was obtaining the passage of a law requiring the certification of school nurses. Another significant goal that the Ohio Association of School Nurses struggled to achieve for several years was mandatory school health services. The collection consists of minutes, committee...

Scope and Contents This booklet, Proceedings of the Ohio Medical Convention, contains details on the proceedings of a state medical conference held in Columbus, Ohio, in May 1846. It begins with meeting minutes and a roster of physicians who attended the conference (including their home county and town). The majority of the booklet consists of the papers presented by physicians present, detailing case reports and medical procedures. Papers in the booklet were written by John Butterfield (concerning typhoid...

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Sepia photograph mounted on gray mat of Ohio State University's 1903 graduating class

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Dr. Clyde Clarkson Payne was born in 1893. He graduated from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in 1920. He was a member of the Ohio State Medical Association and practiced medicine in Dayton. The collection consists of handwritten notes and sketches from medical school, patients' statistics, and office accounts.

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This small collection photographs and histories of various notable physicians.