| Title: |
Reminiscences of Helen Brooke Taussig
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP88-A128
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Women's History and Population Issues Project
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| Description: |
Medical training, Johns Hopkins; internship; establishment of cardiac clinic: work with congenital malformations, early heart surgery for "blue babies"; American Heart Association activities, support from United States Children's Bureau; study of thalidomide deformities; concern for abortion, animal legislation, fetal research.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 52 leaves
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Permission required to cite, quote and reproduce. Contact Schlesinger Library for information. Original oral history held by: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, MA 02138.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1975 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Taussig, Helen Brooke, 1898-1986
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1898
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| Speaker occupation: |
Cardiologist
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| Age at speaking: |
77
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| Document date: |
1975
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| Interviewer: |
Janeway, Charles A.
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Abnormalities, Human; Abortion; Oral history
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
American Heart Association; Cardiologists; Fetus--Research; Infants--Surgery; Pediatric cardiology; Taussig, Helen Brooke, 1898-1986; United States--Childrens Bureau; Women surgeons
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0019107-14550
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