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- catalog abstract "Materials document Cannon's research and publications; involvement in professional societies and scientific organizations; administrative and committee work at the Harvard Medical School; activities on behalf of refugees and wartime medical work; other humanitarian interests; and his personal and family life. Extensive correspondence exists with academic friends, colleagues, and students at Harvard; physiologists, physicians, and scientists in the U.S. and other countries; personal friends and family, especially his wife, Cornelia James Cannon; and editors of professional journals and publishers. Other papers include diaries, scrapbooks and albums, lecture and laboratory notes, minutes of meetings and related organizational material. Addenda contains letters and papers from Cannon's student years, memorabilia, and other personal and biographical items. Supplementary materials were gathered by the Walter B. Cannon Research Project investigators to prepare a biography and include photoreproductions of correspondence with various people at other institutions, photographs, and copies of material from Harvard Medical School records.".
- catalog contributor b755328.
- catalog coverage "Spain History Civil War, 1936-1939.".
- catalog date "1873".
- catalog description "Electronic finding aid available. nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HMS.Count:med00088".
- catalog description "Materials document Cannon's research and publications; involvement in professional societies and scientific organizations; administrative and committee work at the Harvard Medical School; activities on behalf of refugees and wartime medical work; other humanitarian interests; and his personal and family life. Extensive correspondence exists with academic friends, colleagues, and students at Harvard; physiologists, physicians, and scientists in the U.S. and other countries; personal friends and family, especially his wife, Cornelia James Cannon; and editors of professional journals and publishers. Other papers include diaries, scrapbooks and albums, lecture and laboratory notes, minutes of meetings and related organizational material. Addenda contains letters and papers from Cannon's student years, memorabilia, and other personal and biographical items. Supplementary materials were gathered by the Walter B. Cannon Research Project investigators to prepare a biography and include photoreproductions of correspondence with various people at other institutions, photographs, and copies of material from Harvard Medical School records.".
- catalog description "Walter Bradford Cannon (Harvard, A.B. 1896; A.M. 1897; M.D. 1900; Honorary Sc.D. 1937) taught physiology at Harvard and was George Higginson Professor of Physiology and Chairman of the Department. He was innovative in both research and medical education. In 1900 he adapted the case system for teaching medicine. His scientific research includes studies on the digestive tract and experiments on the denervated heart and his contributions include the concept of homeostasis and the discovery of the two sympathins. Later studies focused on the parasympathetic and somatic systems and the central nervous system. He also wrote and spoke on the subjects of medical education and the impact of science on society. He defended medical research and animal experimentation and influenced the policies of many scientific and humanitarian organizations, foundations, and funds.".
- catalog description "Walter Bradford Cannon papers, 1873-1945, 1972-1974 (inclusive), 1881-1945 (bulk). H MS c40. Harvard Medical Library, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Boston, Mass.".
- catalog extent "209 boxes.".
- catalog issued "1873".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog language "engfre".
- catalog spatial "Spain History Civil War, 1936-1939.".
- catalog subject "American Academy of Arts and Sciences.".
- catalog subject "American Association for the Advancement of Science.".
- catalog subject "American Physiological Society (1889- )".
- catalog subject "American-Soviet Medical Society.".
- catalog subject "Cannon, Cornelia James, 1876-".
- catalog subject "Cannon, Walter B. (Walter Bradford), 1871-1945.".
- catalog subject "Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology.".
- catalog subject "Harvard Medical School Faculty.".
- catalog subject "Harvard Medical School Students.".
- catalog subject "Harvard Medical School. Department of Physiology Administration.".
- catalog subject "James family.".
- catalog subject "Medical Bureau to Aid Spanish Democracy.".
- catalog subject "Medicine Study and teaching.".
- catalog subject "National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)".
- catalog subject "National Research Council (U.S.)".
- catalog subject "Physiology Congresses.".
- catalog subject "Physiology Research.".
- catalog subject "Political refugees.".
- catalog subject "Rockefeller Foundation.".
- catalog subject "United China Relief (U.S.)".
- catalog subject "Vivisection.".
- catalog subject "Zhongguo xie he yi ke da xue.".
- catalog title "Papers, 1873-1945, 1972-1974 (inclusive), 1881-1945 (bulk)".
- catalog type "Diaries. ftamc".
- catalog type "Photoprints. ftamc".