Facts on the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, September, 1944 (open access)

Facts on the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, September, 1944

A factsheet for UTMB including its total monetary value, standing, staff, clinical material, expenses of the Sealy and Smith Foundation, and its Health Program.
Date: September 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Doctor and the Post-War World (open access)

The Doctor and the Post-War World

Dr. Witten B. Russ's baccalaureate address to graduates of the University of Texas Medical Branch, in which he discusses the duties of the doctor and the need for moral and spiritual leadership in the medical community when World War II ends.
Date: August 4, 1943
Creator: Russ, Witten B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Special Clinics and Lectures in General Surgery and the Several Surgical Specialties, October 22-26, 1945 (open access)

Special Clinics and Lectures in General Surgery and the Several Surgical Specialties, October 22-26, 1945

An introduction and schedule for a post-graduate program on surgery at the University of Texas School of Medicine, taught from October 22 to 26, 1945.
Date: October 1945
Creator: Leake, Chauncey Depew, 1896-1978
System: The Portal to Texas History
Public Health, Past, Present, and Future (open access)

Public Health, Past, Present, and Future

Text of a speech by Dr. Witten B. Russ to the Health Officers and Health Unit Directors of Texas. Russ discusses his experience with tuberculosis and public health in San Antonio, Texas, and advocates for increasing education of the public on health matters, and for making medicine and disease prevention a civic issue.
Date: April 18, 1944
Creator: Russ, Witten B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Information on Application to the University of Texas School of Medicine (open access)

Information on Application to the University of Texas School of Medicine

Instructions on how to apply to the University of Texas Medical School and rules for admission as of June 1, 1943.
Date: May 31, 1943
Creator: Calvin, D. Bailey
System: The Portal to Texas History
Administrative Study of Hospital Units Affiliated with the University of Texas Medical School (open access)

Administrative Study of Hospital Units Affiliated with the University of Texas Medical School

Study by Dr. B. I. Burns for UT President Theophilus Painter, wherein he recommends an expansion of the UT Medical Branch, including redevelopment of parts of the campus, changes in administration, new faculty appointments, expansion of hospital and clinic services, and other changes.
Date: September 1945
Creator: Burns, B. I.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clinical Facilities, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, 1945 (open access)

Clinical Facilities, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, 1945

A description of available clinical facilities at the John Sealy Hospital in Galveston, Texas, a table of comparable facilities at other medical school hospitals, and a summary of patients treated and operating costs for 1944.
Date: 1945
Creator: Leake, Chauncey Depew, 1896-1978
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ashbel Smith, M. D., (1805-1886): Pioneer Medical Educator in Texas (open access)

Ashbel Smith, M. D., (1805-1886): Pioneer Medical Educator in Texas

A copy of typed remarks spoken by Dr. Chauncey D. Leake at Yale University on January 31, 1947, about the life and work of nineteenth-century doctor Ashbel Smith. Leake's handwritten edits and notes feature throughout. A paper based on this manuscript was printed in the Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine #20, pp. 225-232; January, 1948.
Date: January 31, 1947
Creator: Leake, Chauncey Depew, 1896-1978
System: The Portal to Texas History
[John Sealy Hospital Daily Censuses, August, 1944] (open access)

[John Sealy Hospital Daily Censuses, August, 1944]

Censuses of patients at John Sealy Hospital on August 1, 3, 4, and 8, 1944.
Date: August 8, 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mailing Addresses for "Dear All" Letters (open access)

Mailing Addresses for "Dear All" Letters

List of addresses compiled by Dr. Chauncey D. Leake for a series of letters.
Date: 1942~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Thoughts of Witten B. Russ, March 11, 1947] (open access)

[Thoughts of Witten B. Russ, March 11, 1947]

Some remarks typed by Dr. Witten B. Russ reflecting on women, plastic surgery, and electroshock therapy.
Date: March 11, 1947
Creator: Russ, Witten B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[List of John Sealy Hospital Patients, November 19, 1944] (open access)

[List of John Sealy Hospital Patients, November 19, 1944]

List of patients, doctors, and reservations for November 19, 1944, at John Sealy Hospital in Galveston, Texas.
Date: November 19, 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Draft of a Report for the University of Texas Medical Branch, 1942-43] (open access)

[Draft of a Report for the University of Texas Medical Branch, 1942-43]

An unfinished, handwritten draft of a report on the U. of Texas Medical Branch by Dr. Chauncey D. Leake.
Date: 1943
Creator: Leake, Chauncey Depew, 1896-1978
System: The Portal to Texas History
Medical Branch Research (open access)

Medical Branch Research

A handwritten list of ongoing research at the University of Texas Medical Branch.
Date: [1945..1950]
Creator: Leake, Chauncey Depew, 1896-1978
System: The Portal to Texas History