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New Collections
January 2012
- Henry Swan Papers added
American surgeon Henry Swan II (1913-1996) pioneered the use of hypothermia--cooling patients to a very low body temperature--to
make possible the first open-heart surgeries. Swan performed hundreds of successful cardiac repairs using hypothermia to
temporarily stop the heart. Swan was also an outstanding medical educator and the first full-time chair of the Department
of Surgery at the University of Colorado.
(Available January 2012; announcement)
July 2011
- Clarence Dennis Papers added
American surgeon Clarence Dennis (1909-2005) invented one of the first heart-lung bypass machines,
and in 1951 was the first to use it to perform open-heart surgery. He was also an outstanding medical
educator, first at the University of Minnesota, then at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, and finally at
SUNY Stony Brook.
(Available July 2011; announcement, updated January 2012)
Updates
January 2012
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All of the Profiles in Science collections were refreshed and updated.
10 new documents were added to existing collections:
Paul Berg Papers (5),
Clarence Dennis Papers (4) and
Charles R. Drew Papers (1.)
Transcripts of 297 documents were added, making handwritten items searchable and
providing alternatives to PDF format files.
Also see previous "What's New" items
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