Scope and Contents

This volume includes how the society was organized and lists the early members, all prominent Louisville physicians. Most of the discussion recorded in the minutes are on medical cases and topics brought by one of the members to the attention of the group. These discussions are detailed, thus providing very good accounts of late nineteenth century medical practice.

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This collection includes a small volume detailing the charter, constitution, membership and fee lists, and American Medical Association (AMA) code of ethics; and a large ledger of handwritten minutes of the meetings from 1872-1877, which has been partially transcribed.

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This collection of materials on Elmer Lee Henderson, MD, consists of biographical information, artwork, programs, photographs, reference files, correspondence, certificates and clippings. Much of it concentrates on Henderson’s interest in the topic of socialized medicine.

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Papers, flyers and handouts dating from 2006 through 2012. This collection is by no means comprehensive, but provides a good idea of the topics discussed by the group.

Content Description

Compiled and written by the Medical Historical Research Project of the Work Projects Administration for the Commonwealth of Kentucky; sponsored by State Department of Health of Kentucky and the Kentucky State Medical Association. Microfilmed by University of Louisville, 1978. Originally published: Louisville, Kentucky by the Standard Printing Co., Inc., 1940.

Scope and Contents This collection contains the constitution and by-laws of the organization along with minutes and some financial information from 1894 to 1903. There is a club photograph, probably from 1894. There is also a history of the club and a poem about it written sometime after 1903. Members in the photograph are: Hugh Nelson Leavell, 1873-1924 Charles H. Stine, 1862-1942 Oscar E. Bloch, Sr., 1871-1951 Peter Sebastian Ganz, 1861-1916 Benjamin Carlos Frazier, 1864-1928 William K. Turner,...

Content Description Letters from Short to his brother, John Cleves Short, of Shorthill, Hamilton County, Ohio, and correspondence with his daughters, Mary Churchill (Short) Richardson, Jane Short, and Sarah Elizabeth Short, concerning land holdings, sale of bonds, especially railroad bonds, medical affairs in the Ohio River Valley, seeds received from California and from Sir William Hooker, of Kew Gardens, England, plants and seeds sent to European collectors, and family matters; together with a typescript of A...

Brief Description of the Collection

Administrative records and subject files for the Office of the Executive Vice President for Health Affairs. Records include correspondence, reports, and other materials related to the academic units on the Health Science Campus, Louisville area hospitals, and other medical organizations.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains administrative records from the project; bioqraphies of health professionals; information on schools of medicine, dentistry, nursinq, pharmacy, and public health in Kentucky; professional orqanizations and other societies; hospitals and related institutions; public health orqanizations; and miscellaneous health topics.