Medicine

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D008511

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  • The art and science of studying, performing research on, preventing, diagnosing, and treating disease, as well as the maintenance of health.

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    Medicine

    • UF Medical Specialities
    • UF Medical Specialties
    • UF Medical Specialty
    • UF Specialities, Medical
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    • UF Specialty, Medical

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    Medicine

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      At the time of this interview, Dr. Xavier Pi-Sunyer was a Professor of Medicine at Columbia University and Co-Director of the Nutritional Obesity Research Center. Dr. Pi-Sunyer discusses his formative years in Spain, France, Mexico, and finally the US. He highlights his internship/residency at the former St. Luke’s Hospital; introduction to endocrinology at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, England, continued training in public health at Harvard University and his return to St. Luke’s, via Nigeria and Boston, where he became acquainted with Dr. Theodore Van Itallie. Dr. Van Itallie drew him back to New York to help establish the Endocrine Division and research laboratories for nutrition and metabolic research where the team carried out various grant-funded research projects. The most significant the discovery out of which is the hormone leptin. Dr. Pi-Sunyer also provides information on his own family, hobbies and interests, and comments on the mergers of St. Luke’s with Roosevelt Hospital and later the Continuum Health Partners.

      Pi-Sunyer, F. Xavier
      US AA009 · Collection · 1904-1959

      The papers found in this collection are overwhelmingly of a professional nature: notebooks, notes, papers, reprints. Still, it is possible in reviewing these files to get some insights into Dr. Rubin as a person. The records that serve best to do this are the letters written to him over the years (Box 1) and the photographs that came as a part of this collection. Also, interspersed with his notes (see, for instance Box 3, f.2), are sheets of paper filled with "jottings", lists of trite phrases that seemed to have some relationship, one to the next. In the file of his own writings (Box 1, f.8), further aspects of him can be seen in a note on ancestral worship, and a letter to his wife in 1921. Also of note here is a file compiled in 1935 during a failed attempt to secure Dr. Rubin a Nobel Prize for his development of the Rubin Test. (See Box 2, f.5)

      The professional material contains notes and raw data, as well as papers in progress and his collected works. The notebooks include those from his medical school days at Columbia Physicians and Surgeons in 1904 and 1905, as well as notes taken while studying in Vienna. Some of the latter were written in German. The notebooks are arranged chronologically.

      The Papers/Reprints files are arranged alphabetically by subject or title, depending on how Rubin labeled the folders. These papers are mostly all undated. The files many times contain long notes on the topic and show Rubin's thoughts and questions he wanted to solve. If no paper was included in the file with the notes, they were simply labeled "Notes" and filed under that heading.

      Other items of particular interest or value in this collection include the typed copies of articles relating to fibroid tumors, dating from 1878-1932. (Box 1, f.3) There is a long note about a visit he made to Austria in the early 1920's where he discusses the changes brought by the First World War. (Box 1, f.8) Finally, there are operative assignments from 1911, listing which operations Dr. Rubin performed on a given day and his notes about the case. On these, and throughout the collection, there are many drawings to illustrate pathology or technique. Any patient information here is restricted according to the law and the policies of the Archives.

      One of the more interesting parts of this collection is the photographs that accompany it. They date from 1907-1958, mostly black and white. Of special note are a series of snapshots from the Rubins' trip to Greece in June, 1952 to receive an honorary degree from the University of Athens. There is also a photograph of Dr. Rubin's private examining room in 1911. Dr. Hiram Vineberg is pictured in Mount Sinai's clinical amphitheatre in 1907, supervising an operation without surgical masks. There are also many photos of unidentified babies, usually with an inscription of thanks to Dr. Rubin.

      Many of the photographs are oversize. These can be found in Box 7. The photographs of events, many in rolls, are stored in Box 6. Memorabilia, a Jacobi Medallion and two souvenir money clips, have been placed in Box 5.

      Rubin, Isidor Clinton, 1883-1958
      US AA043 · Collection · 1941-2005

      This small collection has three series: the Biographical/Personal series, the Professional series, and the Reprints series. The records were not organized in any meaningful way when they were received, aside from the numbered reprint series.

      The Biographical series contains information and correspondence from Dr. Gabrilove's later years. There is information about Awards he created at Mount Sinai. There is also a file of correspondence in the Biographical series between Dr. Gabrilove and a group of donors who supported his research. This series also has files on awards and honors received by Gabrilove and the speeches he made at those events. These include historical insight into the history of the Endocrinology Division at Mount Sinai. This series also includes a file on Gabrilove's daughter, Janice Gabrilove, MD, who has done pioneering work in oncology and joined the staff at Mount Sinai, her alma mater, in early 1998. Lester Gabrilove was her biggest booster and the files show his interest in her career.

      One strength of this small collection is the information it contains about the Division of Endocrinology, including its staff and fellowship program. Of special note is the Professional series Correspondence file, which includes memos from Dorothy Krieger, MD, then Chief of the Endocrinology Division, as she turned over control of the Division in February 1985 due to a battle with cancer. She died later that year. Dr. Gabrilove was named Acting Chief and ran the Division until the appointment of Terry Davies, MD. There is also information here about some of Dr. Krieger's grants that were assumed by others.

      The collection also contains files on grants and research. There is a limited amount of correspondence with colleagues on these matters. Dr. Gabrilove was very involved with professional associations in his field, and those groups are represented here.

      The collection includes a large, framed certificate given to Dr. Gabrilove on the occasion of his 80th birthday in 1997.

      Gabrilove, J. Lester
      John H. Garlock, MD papers
      US AA013 · Collection · 1915-1967

      This small collection spans the career of Dr. Garlock: from medical school material, to ambulance duty logs from his internship at New York Hospital, photographs and some case reports on plastic surgery patients, private practice patient records, Operative Clinic presentations he made as Chief of Surgical Service at Mount Sinai, to the book on surgery of the alimentary tract that was published after his death.
      While the range is wide, the records still only provide a surface picture of the man. The detailed notes and sometimes colorful drawings that Dr. Garlock created in medical school speak to his attention to detail. The early volumes are labeled "John Harry Garlock." He also noted a change of address on the notebooks from 346 W. 56th Street to 180 Claremont Avenue. This move happened during his medical school years.
      His surgical acumen and style are brought out in the patient files and transcripts of the surgical clinics. The latter also give a glimpse into early plastic surgery at New York Hospital and The Mount Sinai Hospital. It was Dr. Garlock who helped establish plastic surgery as a surgical specialty here. The clinics were ended in January of 1943 for the duration of the War because there was a problem obtaining a sufficient number of orderlies.
      Also instructive for insights into Dr. Garlock are the correspondence files, one with colleagues (Box 1, f.6) and the other with patients (Box 2, f.6). The ambulance log books in Box 1 show Dr. Garlock's keen eye for his surroundings and provide wonderful details on the people he treated and the treatments of the day.
      Of note, too, is a series of letters Dr. William Hitzig wrote on behalf of Dr. Garlock when the latter was planning a trip to India. Dr. Hitzig had many connections there and wrote letters of introduction for the Garlocks. There is also a series of letters regarding a controversy between Drs. Sigmund Mage and Richard Lewisohn. (Box 1, f.9)
      The patient records found here are only a portion of the files maintained by Dr. Garlock at his office. At his death, the records were divided among Dr. Garlock's junior colleagues. Many of those included here are the records of ileostomy and colostomy patients that were taken by Dr. Albert S. Lyons.
      This collection contains some photographs, many of which are large and mounted. Thirteen posed publicity photos of unknown musicians and dancers were removed and sent to the Lincoln Center Archives for inclusion in their collections.

      Garlock, John H.
      Kanick, Virginia
      US AA151.F487 · File · Februaru 1971; circa 1990
      Part of Biographical photograph collection

      4 images, 3 taken in 1971 (b/w) showing Dr. Kanick at the X-ray box and 1 color image taken several years later, possibly at her retirement.

      McGowan, A.

      Memos and State of New York Office of Health Systems Management Application for Hospital Construction forms regarding renovation of the Labor and Delivery Suite in the Klingenstein Pavilion and the development of an integrated Perinatal Center including Labor and Delivery, Neonatal, and Postpartum functions. Application includes summary, capital costs of the project, operating costs, staffing, and building plans.

      Laboratories, 1 of 2

      Memos and correspondence on Laboratories relating to departmental organization and policies, addressing personnel, costs, and animals in laboratories. Correspondence addresses Dr. Gregory Shwartzman's research and discovery of the Shwartzman Phenomenon. Contains memos from Dr. Turner's predecessor, Dr. S.S. Goldwater.

      Laboratories, 2 of 2

      Memos and correspondence on Laboratories relating to departmental organization and policies, addressing costs, wages, equipment, and research facilities. Memos address Dr. Gregory Shwartzman's research and discovery of the Shwartzman Phenomenon. Includes a report of the Committee on Laboratories and a reprint of Dr. Turner's 1930 article "Analyzing the Cost of Postmortem Examinations."

      Turner, Joseph
      US AA001 · Collection · 1865-1959

      The collection includes a variety of materials, from clippings to publications, and instruments developed by Mount Sinai surgeons over the years. The material is listed by item type and then chronologically, with information about its current location noted. The item types represented here are: Instruments; General Publications, Illustrations and Clippings; Mount Sinai Publications; Photographs.

      Marin, Michael L.