Medicine -- Societies, etc.

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This collection contains records from the American Association for the History of Medicine annual meeting held in Louisville in May, 1993 and some information from the Archivists and Librarians in the History of the Health Sciences meeting held in conjunction with the AAHM on the two previous days.

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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 contains the typed reminiscences of the Medico-Chirurgical Society of Louisville, and a framed portrait of Dr. Dabney.

Scope and Contents The records of the organization include the constitution and bylaws, minutes, reports, financial records, programs, publications, directories, photographs, scrapbooks, and oral histories. The collection also includes material from the Women's Auxiliary and the Milk Commission. Most of these items came directly from the JCMS to the History Collections at Kornhauser Health Sciences Library in seven accessions between 1985 and 1995, but there were also three fairly large additional accretions;...

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This collection includes publications, proceedings, photographs, directories, and records of the centennial celebration.

Scope and Contents This collection contains the minutes, constitution, and an occasional program and piece of correspondence from 1948 to 1987, with the exception of the minutes for the period 1969-1973. In addition to documenting the activities of the organization and its membership, these records include synopses of scientific talks, reports of the group’s Maternal and Foetal Mortality Committee, eulogies, and relationships with other medical societies. There are no restrictions on access to the...

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This ledger contains minutes of the Louisville Medical Club regular meetings and membership. Tulane University's medical library owns the original of this record. This copy was made from microfilm produced in 1947. It is illegible in parts and barely legible in others.

Scope and Contents The records of this society, founded in 1868, are complete. Consisting of minutes, correspondence, financial records, case reports and essays from 1868 to 1967. Well-known members included E.S. Gaillard, David Wendel Yandell, Henry A Cottel, Lewis S. McMurtry, Ap Morgan Vance, A.M. Cartledge, John A. Ochterlony, Louis Frank and Emmet F. Horine. The records include minutes, correspondence, financial reports, essays, case reports, a history of the society, and a calendar of...

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The records of the Louisville Society of Medicine consist mainly of meeting minutes and correspondence. There are also presented papers, financial records, and photographs.