Charles Loomis Dana papers, 1876-1932

Format:

Book

Series:

History of Disabilities: Disabilities in Society, Seventeenth to Twentieth Century.

History of Disabilities: Disabilities in Society, Seventeenth to Twentieth Century

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dana, Charles L. (Charles Loomis), 1852-1935.

Dana, Charles L.

Physicians--United States--Biography.

Physicians.

Physician and patient.

People with mental disabilities.

People with disabilities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 folders) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

1876

Summary:

The History of Disabilities program provides access to primary sources written using terminology that was in common use by the medical establishment and general society at the time, and describes diagnoses, methodologies, procedures, and treatments that may no longer be used or were debunked by later research. Users may come across words and expressions describing individuals and groups that they find condescending, upsetting, disconcerting, offensive, and not acceptable today. MiFhGG

This collection documents Dr. Charles Loomis Dana's (1852-1935) medical career and professional life. His professional papers include published articles and reprints, manuscripts for speeches and books, handwritten notes, and research materials. Topics documented include: handwriting, telepathy, insanity, psychiatry, alcohol, medical history, early physicians, and printing. These records include reproductions of anatomical illustrations, frontispieces, etc., many taken from sources such as bookseller's catalogs, as well as photographs. There are also preservation photocopies of some materials; these copies were made before the collection was acquired by the Academy and the original documents are not present. The case records and correspondence document Dr. Dana's medical practice from 1918-1929. They include patient histories, along with correspondence and other records related to his patients. Some of the more common conditions found in Dana's cases include depression, anxiety, paranoia, insomnia, dementia praecox, migraines, neurasthenia, psychasthenia, epilepsy, lateral sclerosis, tinnitus, encephalitis, and encephalitis lethargica.

Notes:

Date range: 1876-1932.

Includes the following publications: Narcotic data; Case of M. Frederick Minott; Medical personalities; and others.

Reproduction of the original from the New York Academy of Medicine.

OCLC:

1477835464