Inventor Name
Codman, E. A. (Ernest Amory)
Repository
Harvard University
Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
Longwood Medical Area
10 Shattuck St.
Boston, MA 02115
617-432-2170
http://www.countway.med.harvard.edu/
Physical Description
1 box.
Summary
Codman (Harvard, M.D. 1895) was a surgeon in Boston, Mass. and lectured at the Harvard Medical School from 1913 to 1915. He was a visiting surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital from 1899 to 1914, and consulting surgeon thereafter. Contains correpondence concerning Codman’s book on treatment of diseases of the shoulder and other writings; patent and accompanying material for his invention of a surgical cutting tool; and some personal correspondence.