Livingston (Kenneth E.) papers - supplement, 1952-1984

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Summary

Title:
Kenneth E. Livingston Papers. Supplement.,
Dates:
1952-1984
Creators:
Livingston, Kenneth E. 1914-1984
Abstract:
The supplement to the main Kenneth E. Livingston collection (Ms. Collection #130) extends the documentation of his clinical and research endeavors in limbic system research and in the control of chronic pain. To his long-term ongoing study of intravenous procaine for pain control, Dr. Livingston added a small clinical trial on the efficacy of oral tocainide and was much excited by the results; this later interest is well covered in these supplemental materials. There are also drafts of ideas and letters concerning his thoughts on ecology, homeostasis and the brain-mind discussion. All the Kenneth E. Livingston papers are part of the John C. Liebeskind History of Pain Collection at UCLA.
Extent:
2 cartons (2.0 linear ft.)
Language:
Collection materials in English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Kenneth E. Livingston Papers. Supplement (Manuscript collection 130.1). Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library History and Special Collections for the Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

The papers augment, and may occasionally duplicate, the documents in the main collection (Ms. Coll. no. 130). They include material on Dr. Livingston's limbic system research, and especially on his ongoing studies in the control of chronic pain. A number of drafts report on his use of procaine injections to treat patients with intractable pain, and on the possible CNS mechanisms that might explain the drug's results. In his last years before retirement Dr. Livingston ran a small clinical trial using oral tocainide for pain control and was impressed by the results. This supplement includes his reports on the tocainide trial and his future plans for the drug's use. It also includes a few of his essays and musings on broader questions of biology and society.

The collection is organized into the following series:

  • Series 1. Professional Papers, 1952-1984 . 34 folders
  • Series 2. Patients, 1970-1982. 19 folders
  • Series 3. Miscellaneous, 1957-1984. 5 folders
Biographical / historical:

Kenneth Edwin Livingston was born in 1914, in Pendleton, Oregon and died in Camp Sherman, Oregon, in 1984. He attended Stanford University (BA, 1936) and Harvard Medical School (MD, 1939), and finished his specialization in Neurosurgery at the Lahey Clinic, Boston. After service in the U.S. Navy Medical Corps during World War II he returned to the Lahey Clinic until 1948, when he relocated to Oregon. In 1960 he was invited to Shiraz University in Iran to develop the Neurosurgery Service at Nemazee Hospital, and in 1962 was appointed Visiting Dean at Pahlavi University to develop their Medical School under an USAID program. For a year after his return to the U.S. in 1966 Dr. Livingston served as a Consultant to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and in 1968 he became Professor of Surgery/Neurosurgery at the University of Toronto and Chief of Neurosurgery at Wellesley Hospital. He served these institutions until his retirement in 1981.

Dr. Livingston and his Wellesley group did important research in limbic lobe mechanisms, temporal lobe epilepsy and drug addiction. But it was the question of pain, what it was and how to ameliorate it, that mainly occupied his mind and activities in later years. In this interest he followed his father, William K. Livingston, a renowned neurosurgeon who was equally interested in the problem of pain.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Mrs. Katherine Livingston, 1998.
Physical location:
Southern Regional Library Facility (SRLF)

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by UCLA Biomedical Library staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
Date Prepared:
©2014
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid derived from ColdFusion web application and SQLServer relational database. Date of source: 2013

Access and use

Restrictions:

The Collection is open for research, but access to some materials is restricted due to patient confidentiality protocols.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Kenneth E. Livingston Papers. Supplement (Manuscript collection 130.1). Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library History and Special Collections for the Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library
12-077 Center for Health Sciences, Box 951798
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1798, US
Contact:
(310) 825-6940
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