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Texas and the Texas Surgical Society (open access)

Texas and the Texas Surgical Society

Presidential address given by William H. Turney before the Texas Surgical Society. In the speech, Turney discusses important "heroes" in Texas history, as well as his aspiration to be a hero of a surgeon.
Date: October 5, 1998
Creator: Turney, William H.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Surgeons and the Texas Revolution (open access)

Surgeons and the Texas Revolution

Presidential address given by Charles H. McCollum before the Texas Surgical Society. In the speech, McCollum shares stories of the surgeons who served during the Texas Revolution, as well as what modern surgeons could learn from them.
Date: October 2, 1995
Creator: McCollum, Charles H.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carl A. Moyer - The Dallas Years (open access)

Carl A. Moyer - The Dallas Years

Presidential address given by Ernest Poulos before the Texas Surgical Society. In the speech, Poulos discusses the life of Carl Alfred Moyer, a teaching surgeon, with particular focus on his time in Dallas from 1946-1951.
Date: October 6, 1991
Creator: Poulos, Ernest
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Remarks by Mary Jane Rogers on Dr. Chauncey D. Leake] (open access)

[Remarks by Mary Jane Rogers on Dr. Chauncey D. Leake]

Notes for the remarks given by Mary Jane Rogers on her former boss, the late Dr. Chauncey D. Leake, at the 1989 History of Medicine Society meeting. Rogers, who worked as his secretary, discusses Leake's character and career, as well as a New Years' poem by Leake.
Date: 1989
Creator: Leake, Chauncey Depew, 1896-1978
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dr. Glenn R. Knotts to Doris Appel, June 24, 1988] (open access)

[Letter from Dr. Glenn R. Knotts to Doris Appel, June 24, 1988]

Letter from Dr. Glenn R. Knotts to Doris Appel discussing a previous telephone conversation and receiving Doris's written approval to reproduce some of her artwork.
Date: June 24, 1988
Creator: Knotts, Glenn R.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Kathy McGovern to Doris Appel, August 6, 1986] (open access)

[Letter from Kathy McGovern to Doris Appel, August 6, 1986]

Letter from Kathy McGovern to Doris Appel discussing Kathy's and her husband's recent travels and thanking Doris for gifting them her library collection, especially a painting of Marie Curie that was gifted.
Date: August 6, 1986
Creator: McGovern, Kathy
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John P. McGovern to Doris Appel, May 27,1980] (open access)

[Letter from John P. McGovern to Doris Appel, May 27,1980]

Letter from John P. McGovern to Doris Appel discussing the payment for Appel's Hall of Medicine sculpture series and how much the author admires and appreciates her work.
Date: May 27, 1986
Creator: McGovern, John P.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dr. John P. McGovern to Doris Appel, April 29, 1986] (open access)

[Letter from Dr. John P. McGovern to Doris Appel, April 29, 1986]

Letter from Dr. John P. McGovern to Doris Appel discussing the new renovations to the building Appel's Hall of Medicine sculptures are housed in, and also discussing McGovern's plans to make a room dedicated to Appel's work in part of his medical clinic's library.
Date: April 29, 1986
Creator: McGovern, John P.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John P. McGovern to Doris Appel, February 1, 1986] (open access)

[Letter from John P. McGovern to Doris Appel, February 1, 1986]

Letter from John P. McGovern to Doris Appel discussing how much the writer and another party, Mrs. Kathy, appreciate Doris, as well as wishing her well before they see each other later in Houston and Boston. The letter is signed, "Yours ever, Jack".
Date: February 1, 1986
Creator: McGovern, John P.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Texan to Remember (open access)

A Texan to Remember

Presidential address given by Herbert M. Seybold before the Texas Surgical Society. In the speech, Seybold gives a biographical sketch of Dr. Hugh Hampton Young of San Antonio, Texas.
Date: October 7, 1985
Creator: Seybold, Herbert M.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Look Back - A Look Ahead #1 (open access)

A Look Back - A Look Ahead #1

Presidential address given by R.H. Baskin before the Texas Surgical Society. In the speech, Baskin discusses his career journey as a surgeon, including his teachers and colleagues, technological advances in medicine, and his ideas of what the future may hold. The printed text is annotated with handwritten notes.
Date: July 11, 1984
Creator: Baskin, R. H.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Look Back - A Look Ahead #2 (open access)

A Look Back - A Look Ahead #2

Presidential address given by R.H. Baskin before the Texas Surgical Society. In the speech, Baskin discusses his career journey as a surgeon, including his teachers and colleagues, technological advances in medicine, and his ideas of what the future may hold. The printed text is annotated with handwritten notes.
Date: July 11, 1984
Creator: Baskin, R. H.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crohn's Disease and Carcinoma (open access)

Crohn's Disease and Carcinoma

Presidential address given by William David Barnett before the Texas Surgical Society. In the speech, Barnett discusses a possible association between Crohn's Disease and adenocarcinoma of the small intestine. Also included is Barnett's banquet address, "Thanks for the Memories."
Date: October 4, 1982
Creator: Barnett, William David
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Presidential Address, Texas Surgical Society 126th Semi-Annual Meeting #1 (open access)

Presidential Address, Texas Surgical Society 126th Semi-Annual Meeting #1

Presidential address given by Elvin L. Shelton, Jr. at the 126th semi-annual Texas Surgical Society meeting in San Antonio, Texas. In the speech, Shelton shares several of his favorite jokes and quotes, and speaks about Leonardo da Vinci's accomplishments in studying anatomy.
Date: October 1980
Creator: Shelton, Elvin L., Jr.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Presidential Address, Texas Surgical Society 126th Semi-Annual Meeting #2 (open access)

Presidential Address, Texas Surgical Society 126th Semi-Annual Meeting #2

Presidential address given by Elvin L. Shelton, Jr. at the 126th semi-annual Texas Surgical Society meeting in San Antonio, Texas. In the speech, Shelton shares several of his favorite jokes and quotes, and speaks about Leonardo da Vinci's accomplishments in studying anatomy. It includes a letter from Shelton to Dr. Walter King, Jr.
Date: October 1980
Creator: Shelton, Elvin L., Jr.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Quackery: Getting the Medical Goat (open access)

Quackery: Getting the Medical Goat

Speech given by Dr. A.W. Bronwell at the 62nd Texas Surgical Society Convention in Austin, Texas. In the speech, Bronwell discusses the history of "medical quackery."
Date: October 1, 1979
Creator: Bronwell, A. W.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
In Commemoration of Theodor Billroth on the 150th Anniversary of His Birth: Billroth 1. His Surgical and Professional Accomplishments (open access)

In Commemoration of Theodor Billroth on the 150th Anniversary of His Birth: Billroth 1. His Surgical and Professional Accomplishments

Draft of the first part of a biographical sketch of Theodor Billroth, "the most famous surgeon of the nineteenth century" describing his surgical and professional accomplishments.
Date: 1979~
Creator: Rutledge, Robb H.
Object Type: Article
System: The Portal to Texas History
In Commemoration of Theodor Billroth on the 150th Anniversary of His Birth: Billroth 2. His Personal Life, Ideas, and Musical Friendships (open access)

In Commemoration of Theodor Billroth on the 150th Anniversary of His Birth: Billroth 2. His Personal Life, Ideas, and Musical Friendships

Draft of the first part of a biographical sketch of Theodor Billroth, "the most famous surgeon of the nineteenth century" describing his personal life, ideas, and musical friendships.
Date: 1979~
Creator: Rutledge, Robb H.
Object Type: Article
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from the Leake Family, c. December 1978] (open access)

[Letter from the Leake Family, c. December 1978]

Letter from Chauncey Leake Jr. and Wilson Leake's families extending holiday wishes to friends, introducing a picture (not included) of the late Dr. Chauncey D. Leake and wife Elizabeth.
Date: 1978-12-31~
Creator: Leake, Chauncey, Jr. & Leake, Wilson
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Joseph Henry Reuss: Founding Chairman of the Texas Surgical Society (open access)

Joseph Henry Reuss: Founding Chairman of the Texas Surgical Society

Presidential address given by James E. Pridgen before the Texas Surgical Society, providing a biographical sketch of Joseph Henry Reuss, who served as the first chairman of the Society. It includes a handwritten letter from Pridgen and an introductory statement.
Date: October 2, 1978
Creator: Pridgen, James E.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oh Galveston! Oh Galveston! (open access)

Oh Galveston! Oh Galveston!

A poem by Dr. Chauncey D. Leake for the December 9-10, 1977 meeting of the Philosophical Society of Texas in Galveston.
Date: December 9, 1977
Creator: Leake, Chauncey Depew, 1896-1978
Object Type: Poem
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate from the University of Texas Medical Branch Alumni Association] (open access)

[Certificate from the University of Texas Medical Branch Alumni Association]

Certificate presented to Edith M. Bonnet by the University of Texas Medical Branch Alumni Association in honor of her service to her community "for the last fifty years."
Date: May 7, 1976
Creator: University of Texas Medical Branch Alumni Association
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from James Polk Morris to Edith M. Bonnet, October 1, 1975] (open access)

[Letter from James Polk Morris to Edith M. Bonnet, October 1, 1975]

Letter from James Polk Morris, Assistant Professor of the History of Medicine at the Institute for the Medical Humanities, to Edith M. Bonnet regarding a change in his travel plans. Morris says that he is "preparing a paper on women doctors in Texas for presentation to the Texas Academy of Science next spring."
Date: October 1, 1975
Creator: Morris, James Polk
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from James Polk Morris to Edith M. Bonnet, June 30, 1975] (open access)

[Letter from James Polk Morris to Edith M. Bonnet, June 30, 1975]

Letter from James Polk Morris, Assistant Professor of the History of Medicine at the Institute for the Medical Humanities, to Edith M. Bonnet regarding his trip to "central Texas." Morris later comments on Dr. Bonnet's trip to Fredericksburg, to which he says it "sounds absolutely delightful."
Date: June 30, 1975
Creator: Morris, James Polk
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History