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- catalog abstract "Contains mainly Means' official files as chief of medical services at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), as Jackson Professor of Clinical Medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS), and acting dean of the Faculty in 1946; but also includes material relating to his thyroid research, involvement in medical societies, professional travels, appointment as staff physician at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and writings on health care issues and other topics. Major correspondents include MGH Director Frederic A. Washburn and members of the out-patient and surgical departments; Harvard faculty and research staff, such as Cecil K. Drinker, Henry Christian, David Edsall (1869-1945), Paul D. White (1886-1973), William T. Salter, George R. Minot; and other scientists, August Krogh and Eugene F. Du Bois (1882-1959). Materials, such as correspondence, course schedules, ward assignments, and lectures pertain to hospital administrative matters and activities of the thyroid clinic, cost of medical services and other health care issues, teaching, and research. Papers also include HMS committee records on admission, curriculum revision, fellowships, and examinations; manuscripts of unpublished writings on medical topics and the history of MGH; questionnaires and manuscripts for a book on American Association of Physicians; speeches, 1925-1965; sketches by Means; photographs; documents such as diplomas; and memorabilia.".
- catalog contributor b754978.
- catalog date "1914".
- catalog description "Card catalog.".
- catalog description "Contains mainly Means' official files as chief of medical services at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), as Jackson Professor of Clinical Medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS), and acting dean of the Faculty in 1946; but also includes material relating to his thyroid research, involvement in medical societies, professional travels, appointment as staff physician at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and writings on health care issues and other topics. Major correspondents include MGH Director Frederic A. Washburn and members of the out-patient and surgical departments; Harvard faculty and research staff, such as Cecil K. Drinker, Henry Christian, David Edsall (1869-1945), Paul D. White (1886-1973), William T. Salter, George R. Minot; and other scientists, August Krogh and Eugene F. Du Bois (1882-1959). Materials, such as correspondence, course schedules, ward assignments, and lectures pertain to hospital administrative matters and activities of the thyroid clinic, cost of medical services and other health care issues, teaching, and research. Papers also include HMS committee records on admission, curriculum revision, fellowships, and examinations; manuscripts of unpublished writings on medical topics and the history of MGH; questionnaires and manuscripts for a book on American Association of Physicians; speeches, 1925-1965; sketches by Means; photographs; documents such as diplomas; and memorabilia.".
- catalog description "Means (Harvard, M.D. 1911) was Jackson Professor of Clinical Medicine at Harvard from 1932 to 1951, acting dean of the Faculty of Medicine in 1946, and chief of medical services at Massachusetts General Hospital from 1924 to 1951. He established the first thyroid clinic in Boston in 1920 and introduced the use of radioactive iodine as a valuable diagnostic aid in the treatment of thyroid disorders in 1941. Means resigned from the American Medical Association in 1951 because he felt its attitude was contrary to the interest of the public in obtaining the best medical care at an affordable price.".
- catalog extent "31 boxes and 3 portfolios.".
- catalog issued "1914".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog spatial "Massachusetts Boston.".
- catalog subject "Christian, Henry A. (Henry Asbury), 1876-1951.".
- catalog subject "Drinker, Cecil Kent, 1887-1956.".
- catalog subject "Du Bois, Eugene F. (Eugene Floyd), 1882-".
- catalog subject "Edsall, David Linn, 1869-1945.".
- catalog subject "Harvard Medical School. Department of Medicine.".
- catalog subject "Hospital administrators.".
- catalog subject "Hospitals Massachusetts Boston.".
- catalog subject "Iodine Isotopes.".
- catalog subject "Krogh, August, 1874-1949.".
- catalog subject "Massachusetts General Hospital Administration.".
- catalog subject "Massachusetts General Hospital. Thyroid Clinic.".
- catalog subject "Means, James Howard, 1885-1967.".
- catalog subject "Minot, George Richards, 1885-1950.".
- catalog subject "Salter, William Thomas, 1901-1952.".
- catalog subject "Thyroid gland Research.".
- catalog subject "Washburn, Frederic Augustus, 1869-1949.".
- catalog subject "White, Paul Dudley, 1886-1973.".
- catalog title "Papers of James Howard Means, 1914-1965 (bulk).".