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The Dittrick Medical History Center is dedicated to the study of the history of medicine through a collection of rare books, museum artifacts, archives, and images. The museum was established in 1898 by the Cleveland Medical Library Association [ 1 ] and today functions as an interdisciplinary study center.
George Washington Crile, MD, one of the four founders. The Cleveland Clinic had its roots in the Lakeside Unit, [1] [2] an American First World War medical-surgical unit consisting of volunteers from Cleveland's Western Reserve University Lakeside Hospital, (now part of the University Hospitals medical system), organized and led by George W. Crile, MD the hospital's chief of surgery.
The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History was the brainchild of Dr. David Van Tassel, a history professor at Case Western Reserve University and the creator of National History Day. Van Tassel was approached by Homer Wadsworth, the director of The Cleveland Foundation, to write a history of Cleveland. Van Tassel decided that the project was best ...
Dittrick Museum of Medical History: University Circle Science - medicine History of medicine, experience of individuals and society as they grappled with changing conceptions of health and medicine Dunham Tavern Museum: Central: Historic house Mid 19th-century tavern, oldest building in the city Great Lakes Science Center: Downtown Cleveland ...
He taught at Wooster from 1889 to 1900. He was professor of clinical medicine at Western Reserve University from 1900 to 1911, and was then made professor of surgery. [2] He was chair of surgery at Lakeside Hospital from 1910 to 1924. [6] Crile was responsible for whole blood transfusion, in 1906, and he spurred the use of the new X-ray ...
Harvey Williams Cushing (April 8, 1869 – October 7, 1939) was an American neurosurgeon, pathologist, writer, and draftsman.A pioneer of brain surgery, he was the first exclusive neurosurgeon and the first person to describe Cushing's disease.
Many prominent Cleveland female physicians graduated from this program: Dr. Sarah Marcus, Dr. Josephine Danforth Gillette, Kate Parsons, and Dr. Martha Canfield. These female physicians, Dr. Merrick's daughter-in-law Dr. Eliza Merrick, and Dr. Merrick became board members for the Children’s Free Medical and Surgical Dispensary when it was ...
St. Vincent Charity Medical Center is a medical facility in Cleveland, Ohio.It was founded in 1865 under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland.It has been administered for much of its history by the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine.