Abstract:UNPROCESSED COLLECTION. Records related to Dayhoff's development of the Veterans' Administration VistA Imaging System, which integrates clinical images, scanned documents, and other non-textual data into a patient's electronic medical record.

Abstract:Small collection of correspondence, photographs, writings, and speeches related to McNinch's military medical corps career and retirement, Veteran's Administration, American Hospital Association service, and the Army Medical Library/National Library of Medicine.

Abstract:Dr. Middleton was Dean of the University of Wisconsin Medical School, 1935-55; Chief Consultant in medicine to the European Theater of Operations, 1942-45; Special Advisor to the Surgeon General of the Army during the Korean conflict; and, Chief Medical Officer of the Veterans Administration, 1955-63.

Abstract:Material related to Eugene Rogot's study to understand the general mortality trends of smokers vs. non-smokers published in 1974.

Abstract:Thomas C. Chalmers, MD, clinician- scientist- teacher- administrator- entrepreneur, played a pivotal role in the scientific development of the randomized control trial and clinical trial meta-analysis. Research files, teaching materials, correspondence, publications, conference packets and notes, audiovisuals, and personal material document his life and medical career.

Abstract:Personal papers of Ludwik Gross, Lasker-Award winning cancer research pioneer who proved that viruses could cause cancer in animals.

Abstract:Michael Ellis DeBakey made significant contributions to cardiovascular medicine throughout his long career at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. Personal material, correspondence, administrative and medical records, writings, conference and awards files, subject files, photographs, audiovisual media, and artifacts gathered from DeBakey's home document his personal life and career as a surgeon, inventor, and medical statesman.

Abstract:Dr. Alan Gregg was with the Rockefeller Foundation from 1922 to 1956, the year he retired. He was Associate Director in the Division of Medical Education, 1922-1930; Director of the Division of Medical Sciences, 1930-1951; and, Vice-President of the Foundation, 1951-1956. Correspondence, journals, notes, oral history transcripts, scrapbooks, printed matter, and reprints. Personal items include family letters, biographical profiles, reflections and observations, diaries, and commonplace books.

Abstract:Dr. Clarence Dennis (1909-2003) was a pioneering heart surgeon and developer of a heart-lung bypass machine. Laboratory notes, correspondence, publications, and professional papers chronicle his surgical and research career at the University of Minnesota, the State University of New York, and the National Heart and Lung Institute.