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Pediatricians

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

Dr. Emanuel Friedman Sitting at His Desk, 1908

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Identifier: B288.01.0001.00003
Abstract

Dr. Emanuel Friedman, a pediatrician in Denver, Colorado, seated at his office desk. He originally came to Colorado because of tuberculosis. After recovering his health, he opened his office on West Colfax Avenue in the immigrant community and was one of Denver's first pediatricians. He graduated from Denver's Gross Medical College in 1904 and also served on the medical staff at National Jewish Hospital and the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society.

Dates: 1908

Dr. Otto Einstein, 1933-1991

 File
Identifier: B111.03.0003.0006
Scope and Contents

Contains article by Tanja Britton about Dr. Otto Einstein who escaped from Nazi Germany in 1939. He and his wife joined their eldest son Dr. Robert Einstein in Denver and then moved to Colorado Springs. He was a pediatrician in Germany, but became a tuberculosis specialist, first at National Jewish Hospital and then at Cragmor Sanitorium. At Cragmor, he treated Navajo women from Arizona who had contracted tuberculosis. Dr. Otto Einstein was a third cousin of Albert Einstein.

Dates: 1933-1991

ENT Battery Case, between 1924-1952

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Identifier: B109.01.0002.00006
Abstract

A metal case for a battery used to provide light as part of an ear, nose, and throat (ENT) diagnostic kit. (The battery was removed because of safety concerns.) The ENT diagnostic kit belonged to Dr. Arthur L. Esserman (born 1898) who was an intern at Children's Hospital in Denver, Colorado from 1924 to 1926 and practiced pediatric medicine in Denver from 1926 until his death in 1952.

Dates: between 1924-1952

ENT Battery Case, between 1924-1952

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Identifier: B109.01.0003.00002
Abstract

Black leather rectangular case with metal clasp on outside. The top is personalized with the owner's name embossed in gold: ''Arthur L. Esserman, M.D.'' The inside has purple velvet lining and four inner sections. This case belonged to Dr. Arthur L. Esserman (born 1898) who was an intern at Children's Hospital in Denver, Colorado from 1924 to 1926 and practiced pediatric medicine in Denver from 1926 to 1952.

Dates: between 1924-1952

Fractionally Distilled Water, between 1924-1952

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Identifier: B109.01.0002.00005
Abstract

Fractionally distilled water in a glass bottle with a rubber stopper holding 100 cubic centimeters. The water was for irrigation of wounds and boils. The bottle and water belonged to Dr. Arthur L. Esserman (born 1898) who was an intern at Children's Hospital in Denver, Colorado from 1924 to 1926 and practiced pediatric medicine in Denver from 1926 until his death in 1952.

Dates: between 1924-1952

Glass and Metal Physician's Automobile Emblem, between 1924-1952

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Identifier: B109.01.0002.00007
Abstract A physician's emblem made of metal and stained glass designed to attach to an automobile. There is a circular metal plate with a metal strip with a wing nut for attachment on the back side. On the outside circle of the seal are eight alternating pieces of green and white glass attached to the metal plate. On the interior circle striped red glass with a metal design of the rod of Asclepius and the letters M and D. The seal belonged to Dr. Arthur L. Esserman (born 1898) who was an intern at...
Dates: between 1924-1952

Hypodermic Syringe In Box, circa 1940

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Identifier: B109.01.0002.00001
Abstract

A glass 2 cubic-centimeter B-D Yale Luer-Lok hypodermic syringe in a box used by Dr. Arthur L. Esserman, a pediatrician in Denver, Colorado. The Luer-Lok syringe was patented by Becton, Dickenson & Co. in 1925 in Rutherford, New Jersey; this locking syringe system is still in use. Dr. Arthur L. Esserman (born 1898) was an intern at Children's Hospital in Denver from 1924 to 1926 and practiced pediatric medicine from 1926 until his death in 1952.

Dates: circa 1940

Leather Business Card Case, between 1924-1952

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Identifier: B109.01.0003.00004
Abstract A dark brown leather case with gold embossing on right bottom corner: ''Dr. A. Esseman [sic]''. The left hand side has two flaps, the smaller section has ''Cards'' and the larger section has ''Prescriptions'' embossed in gold. Inside the case was a document titled: ''Recommendations for the care of the premature infant,'' dated October 1948. Belonged to Dr. Arthur L. Esserman (born 1898) who was an intern at Children's Hospital in Denver, Colorado from 1924 to 1926 and practiced pediatric...
Dates: between 1924-1952

Leather Notebook With Symptoms and Treatments, between 1924-1952

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Identifier: B109.01.0003.00006
Abstract

A black leather notebook with six metal rings inside having an appearance of an address book, but used as a way to categorize symptoms and medical treatments. The back cover has flap and several medical charts and treatments are inside. There is a handwritten label inside: ''A.L. Esserman; 1595 Gilpin; Denver, COLO.'' Dr. Arthur L. Esserman (born 1898) was an intern at Children's Hospital in Denver, Colorado from 1924 to 1926 and practiced pediatric medicine in Denver from 1926 to 1952.

Dates: between 1924-1952

Leather Syringe Case, between 1924-1952

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Identifier: B109.01.0003.00005
Abstract

A black leather case with zipper on one side. The inside has a leather band for holding syringes in place. Belonged to Dr. Arthur L. Esserman (born 1898) who was an intern at Children's Hospital in Denver, Colorado from 1924 to 1926 and practiced pediatric medicine in Denver from 1926 to 1952.

Dates: between 1924-1952