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Dartmouth College. Geisel School of Medicine

 

Biography

The Geisel School of Medicine is the medical school of Dartmouth College. The fourth-oldest medical school in the United States, it was founded in 1797 by New England physician Nathan Smith and grew steadily over the course of the 19th century. Several milestones in medical care and research have taken place at Dartmouth, including the first clinical X-ray (1896), the first intensive care unit in the United States (1955),[4] and the Brattleboro rat (1961).

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Marketing and Communications records

 Collection
Identifier: DA-834
DA-834
Date(s): 1976 to 2005
Scope and Contents The collection contains publicity material including back issues of the "Dartmouth Medicine Magazine" as well as the publications DMS Report and DMS News, photographs, VHS tapes, slides, and CDs.The material documents projects and events related to the Geisel School of Medicine, including Dartmouth Medicine Dar Project, “Cold Comfort,” Chad Ski, “Ever Green,” as well as interviews with faculty students and with Elmer Pfefferkorn. Most of the VHS tapes are from the...

Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Molecular and Systems Biology records May Be Restricted

 Collection
Identifier: DA-835
DA-835
Date(s): 1990 to 2009
Scope and Contents

The collection contains graduate student files of students in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the Geisel School of Medicine.

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