Kymograph. Electric. 1950s. Brass drums mounted on teak base. Instrument used to measure and graphically record physiological responses: blood pressure, pulse, respiration, muscle contraction, nerve impulses, etc.
School of Medicine Dean Wilburt C. Davison (looking at camera) dining with students and colleagues. This dinner is likely at Turnage's Barbecue, a popular local destination during the 1950s.
Photograph of Herman W. Johnson with the inscription: "With affectionate regards to my midwife friends of the Southland. Herman W. Johnson, Baylor University College of Medicine Jan. 30, 1950"
November 5, 1950 letter from Susan R. Chapin to Wilburt Davison thanking him for a copy of his "Thumbnail Sketch" and "Reminisces" of Sir William and Lady Grace Osler.
This digital project represents a scrapbook of letters and articles between Dean Wilburt C. Davison and Sir William and Lady Grace Osler. The first page of this scrapbook bears the inscription: "Wilburt Cornell Davison from William Osler, in...