Finding Aid for the George Neil Stewart Papers Biomed.0454

Finding aid prepared by Courtney Dean, 2020.
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Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: George Neil Stewart papers
Creator: Stewart, G.N. (George Neil), 1860-1930
Source: Palinurus Antiquarian Books
Identifier/Call Number: Biomed.0454
Physical Description: 0.4 Linear Feet (1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1890-1923
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from Palinurus, 6 November 2015.

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UCLA Catalog Record ID

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 7565519 

Biographical / Historical

"Stewart (University of Edinburgh, D.Sc. 1887; M.B. 1889; M.D. 1891; Cambridge, D.P.H. 1890) taught physiology at Harvard from 1893 to 1894 and at Western Reserve University School of Medicine from 1894 to 1930, with the exception of four years at the University of Chicago. His major contribution was in transmitting modern methods of teaching and research in physiology to American medical education. He wrote the Manual of Physiology (1895) which became the standard text for students. After 1907 he served as director of the H. K. Cushing Laboratory and was professor of experimental medicine."--Cf. G.N. Stewart papers, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard University, accessed June 2015. Stewart died in 1930.

Scope and Contents

Stewart's papers consist of notes, laboratory data and analyses, texts, and drawings pertaining to his research in vagotomy and blood circulation. All are handwritten, except as otherwise indicated. Quoted titles are caption or docketed titles transcribed from the documents.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Palinurus Antiquarian Books