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Primarily notes and notebooks, 1910-1914, of 35 courses taken by David M. Natanson while attending the College of Physicians & Surgeons as well as unidentified notes, examination and answer books, case histories, class handouts, school ephemera, a bibliography, and miscellaneous materials.
History and Biography
David Morris Natanson was graduated from City College of New York in 1910 and received his M.D. from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University in 1914. He was Intern, House Surgeon and Resident Surgeon at Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York City, a commissioned officer in the Medical Corps of the U.S. Army, World War I, and Internist in the USAFIS.
Organization
Primarily notes and notebooks, 1910-1914, of 35 courses taken by David M. Natanson while attending the College of Physicians & Surgeons as well as unidentified notes, examination and answer books, case histories, class handouts, school ephemera, a bibliography, and miscellaneous materials.
Faculty represented in the notes include George W. Brewer, Russell Burton-Opitz, William C. Clarke, Edwin B. Cragin, Kirby Dwight, Evan M. Evans, Virgil P. Gibney, James R. Hayden, L. Emmett Holt, Henry Janeway, Adrian Van Sinderen Lambert, W. G. MacCallum, Henry S. Patterson, M. Allen Starr, Frederick Tilney, Herman von W. Schulte, and William R. Williams.
Also included are other school notes, correspondence, typescripts and manuscripts of various articles and papers by Natanson, and printed matter.
| Box | Folder | Contents |
|---|---|---|
| Courses at P&S | ||
| 1 | 1 | Lecture notes 1910-1912 |
| 2 | Lecture notes 1912 | |
| 3 | Lecture notes 1912-1914 | |
| 4 | Surgery Clinic, Dr. Lambert 1913: case histories, some annotated | |
| 5 | Unidentified notes 1910-1913: notes, examinations and answer books, class handouts | |
| 2 | 6 | Psychiatry, Dr. Gregory, B[ellevue]. H[ospital?]: typescript outline for patient examination, n.d. |
| Other Educational Material | ||
| 7 | School notes, 1909-1911 and n.d. (including some physiology notes 1911). | |
| 8 | Unidentified notes 1911-1914: U. of State of N.Y. examinations, bibliography, notes. | |
| 9 | Dermatology notes 1931-1933: unidentified lecture and reading notes. | |
| Writings | ||
| 10 | Professional articles 1916-1963 and n.d.: malnutrition, mental health, conjunctivitis, old age pension, brain, GP. | |
| 11 | Diagnostic Sign of Bronchial Obstruction 1930-1942: typescript drafts, notes. | |
| 12 | Correspondence, creative writing 1957-1964: poetry, jokes, etc. | |
| 13 | AMA Membership Resolution 1962-1964: correspondence, resolution, background materials. | |
| 14 | Medical advertising 1962-1964: drafts and article | |
| 15 | Alcoholism 1956-1964: draft and article. | |
| 16 | Rough drafts and correspondence 1940-1961: common cold, older citizens,etc. (including printed matter) | |
| 17 | Printed Matter 1912-1963 | |
| 3 | 18 | Printed Matter 1940-1947: primarily anatomical illustrations |
| 19 | Unidentified papers 1906-1914: examinations and answers, class handouts, school ephemera, case histories, notes, etc. | |
| Unfoldered notebooks - courses at P&S | ||
| Histology notes and drawings 1910 | ||
| Practical Physiology 1911 | ||
| Bacteriology lab and notebook 1911 | ||
| Physiological chemistry recitation 1909 | ||
| Clinical pathology 1913 | ||
| Physiology notes and lectures 1911 | ||
| Pathology notes and drawings 1912 |
Subject Headings and Related Records
Administrative Information
Gift of Freda Natanson, 1969.