Columbia University Medical Center: A Bibliography
The following books, articles and manuscripts relating to the history of the Columbia University Medical Center and its antecedent and constituent units can be found in the collections of the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library. Unless otherwise noted, they are located in the general stacks. Titles with the designation "Archives & Special Collections" do not circulate and may only be used in the Special Collections Reading Room.
A. INSTITUTIONAL HISTORIES
I. College of Physicians and Surgeons
Dalton, John C. History of the College of Physicians and Surgeons in the City of New
York, Medical Department of Columbia College. (New York: Published by order
of the College, 1888)
R747.C7 D17 1888
Flood, Charles A. P&S: The College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia
University. 2 v. (New York? Charles A. Flood, 1989)
R747.C7 F5 1989
Gallagher, Thomas. The Doctors' Story. (New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1967)
R747.C7 G13 1967
"Historical Sketch of the Origin, Progress,
and Present State of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of the University,
New-York," in The American Medical and
Philosophical Register, v.4, no. 1 (July 1813), p. 105-152.
Serials A
Archives & Special Collections
Humphrey, David C. "The King's College Medical School and the Professionalization of Medicine in Pre-Revolutionary New York," in Bulletin of the History of Medicine, v. 49, no. 2 (Summer 1975), p. 206-234.
Serials B
Lee, Frederic S. "The School of Medicine" in A History of Columbia University, Book
3, chap. 1, p. 307-334. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1904)
LD1248.H62
McCaughey, Robert A. Stand, Columbia: A History of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1754-2004. (New York: Columbia University Press, 2003). Chapters 1-2, 11, and 20 have the most detail about P&S.
LD1248.M33 2003
Noring, Sonja. A Biographical History of the College of Physicians and Surgeons,
1767-1976.(New York: Office of Professional Communications/Audio Visual
Service, College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1976)
Archives & Special Collections
Reference
R153.N67 1976
Rappleye, Willard C. The Current Era of the Faculty of Medicine, Columbia University,
1910-1958. (New York: Columbia University, 1958)
R747.C7 R18 1958
Shrady, John. The College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, and its Founders,
Officers, Instructors, Benefactors and Alumni; A History..
2 v. (New York: Lewis Publishing, 1903)
R747.C7 Sh8
Stookey, Byron. America's Two Colonial Medical Schools. New York: New York Academy of Medicine, 1964 [reprint from Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, 2d Series, v. 40, no. 4 (Apr. 1964), p. 269-284]
R745 St7 1964
Stookey, Byron. A History of Colonial Medical Education in the Province of New York, with its Subsequent Development (1767-1830). Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 1962.
R746.N48 St7 1962
Walsh, James J. "College of Physicians and
Surgeons of New York (Columbia University)" in History of Medicine in New York, vol. 2, part 2, chap. 1, p.
413-451. (New York: National Americana
Society, Inc. 1919)
R291 W16
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II. School of Nursing
Goldenberg, Gary. Nurses of a Different Stripe: A History of the Columbia University
School of Nursing, 1892-1992. (New York: Columbia University School of
Nursing, 1992)
RT80.N72 N545 1992
Lee, Eleanor. History of the School of Nursing of the Presbyterian Hospital, New
York, 1892-1942. (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1942)
RT81.N483 L51
Lee, Eleanor. Neighbors, 1892-1967: a History of the Department of Nursing, Faculty
of Medicine, Columbia University, 1937-1967, and its Predecessor, the School of
Nursing of the Presbyterian Hospital, New York, 1892-1937. (New York:
Columbia University-Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Assn.,
1967)
RT81.N483 L51 1892-1967
Columbia University-Presbyterian Hospital
School of Nursing Alumni Association, Inc.
"A Celebration of 100 Years of Excellence in Nursing Education, 1892-1992." in
The Alumni Magazine, v. 87, no. 3 (Fall 1993)
Archives & Special Collections
Core Collection
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III. College of Dental Medicine (School of Dental and Oral Surgery)
Kurtz, Michael D. "Columbia University and
Those that Made it a Mecca of Dental Education," Bulletin of the History of Dentistry, v. 26, no. 2 (Oct. 1978)
Mandel, Irwin D. "Columbia University School
of Dental and Oral Surgery: The First 75 Years." Unpublished manuscript, ca.
1992.
Archives & Special Collections
Vertical Files.
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IV. Mailman School of Public Health
Ramírez de Arellano, Annette B. and Samuel Wolfe. " 'For the Study of Disease and the
Prevention Thereof.' Origins of the Columbia School of Public Health,"
American Journal of Epidemiology, v. 147, no. 3 (1998)
Ramírez de Arellano, Annette B. Public Health at Columbia: From the Delamar Legacy to the Mailman School of Public Health. (Privately published, 2004)
Archives & Special Collections
Reference
RA440.7.C6 R35 2004
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V. College of Pharmaceutical Sciences (1829-1976)
Ballard, Charles W. A History of the College of Pharmacy,
Columbia University. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1954)
RS111.N48 B21 1954
Rusby, Henry H. The College of Pharmacy of the City of New York. (New York: The
Faculty, 1895?)
RS111.N48 R89 1895
Wimmer, Curt P. The College of Pharmacy of the City of New York, included in Columbia
University in 1904. (New York: The College of Pharmacy of the City of New
York, 1929)
RS111.N48 W71 1929
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VI. Presbyterian Hospital (1868-1997)/Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center (1928-
1997)
Delavan, D. Bryson. Early Days of the Presbyterian Hospital in the City of New York. (New York?: Privately printed, 1926)
Archives & Special Collections
Reference
M-RA982. N48 P92
Lamb, Albert R. The Presbyterian Hospital and the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, 1868-1943: A History of a
Great Medical Adventure. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1955)
RA982.N48 L16 1955
Peterson, Glenn A., editor-in-chief. Seventy-five Years of Healing on the Heights: Columbia University Medical Center Celebrates the 75th Anniversary of Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, 1928-2003. (New York: Columbia University Medical Center, [2003])
RA982.N5 C65 2003
Yalof, Ina. Life and Death: The Story of a Hospital. (New York: Random House,
1988)
RA982.N5 C649 1989
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VII. Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York (Babies Hospital)
Editorial
Committee of Babies Hospital Alumni for the Commemorative Volume. The McIntosh Era at Babies Hospital, 1931-1960: A Commemorative Volume to Honor Rustin McIntosh. (New York: Babies Hospital, 1960)
RA982.N48 M18 1960
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VIII. Eye Institute
Wheeler, Maynard C. The Eye Institute in New York. (New York: Cooper Square Publishers, 1969)
RE46 W56 1969
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IX. Neurological Institute of New York
"Chronological Account of the Neurological Institute of New York City;" compilation by an anonymous editor of documents relating to the history of the Neurological Institute; though undated, there is nothing beyond 1947.
Vertical Files
Archives & Special Collections
Elsberg, Charles A. The Story of a Hospital: The Neurological Institute of New York, 1909-1938. (New York: Paul B. Hoeber, 1944)
Reference
RC445.N48 EL7 1944
Pool, J. Lawrence. The Neurological Institute of New York, 1909-1974: With Personal Anecdotes. (Lakeville, CT: Pocket Knife Press, 1975)
Archives & Special Collections
Reference
RC328 P78 1975
Quest, Donald O. and J. Lawrence Pool. "A History of the Neurological Institute of New York and Its Department of Neurological Surgery," Neurosurgery, v. 38, n. 6 (June 1996), p. 1232-1236.
Riley, Henry Alsop. "The Neurological Institute of New York: The First Hospital in the Western Hemisphere for the Treatment of Disorders of the Nervous System. The Intermediate Years," Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, v. 42, n. 8 (Aug. 1966), p.654-678.
Stookey, Byron. "Historical Background of the Neurological Institute and the Neurological Societies," Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, v. 35, n. 11 (Nov. 1959), p. 707-729.
Stookey, Byron. "The Neurological Institute and Early Neurosurgery in New York," Journal of Neurosurgery, v. 17 (1960), p. 801-814.
Stookey, Byron. "What is Past is Prologue," A.M.A. Archives of Neurology, v. 1 (1959), p. 467-474.
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X. Sloane Hospital for Women
Speert, Harold. The Sloane Hospital Chronicle: A History of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. (Philadelphia: F.A. Davis, 1963) [a "2nd Centennial Edition" was published by Presbyterian Hospital in 1988]
RG16.N48 Sp3 1963
RG16.N48 Sp3 1988
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XI. New York Orthopaedic Hospital
Smith, Alan De Forest. The New York Orthopaedic Hospital: A Century of Progress in Orthopaedic Surgery.. (New York: J.B. Watkins, 1966)
RA982.N48 Sm5 1966
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B. BIOGRAPHIES, AUTOBIOGRAPHIES & MEMOIRS
Atkins, Harry. The Dean: Willard C. Rappleye and the Evolution of American Medical Education. (New York: Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation, 1975). Rappleye was Dean of the medical faculty and vice president in charge of medical affairs at Columbia, 1930-1958, and was involved in many other aspects of American health care and medical education.R154.R18 At5 1975
Bishop, Louis Faugères, P&S 1925. Myself When Young: Growing Up in New York, 1901-1925. (New York: K.S. Gininger, 1985). Chapter 9 tells of his years at P&S. Bishop was a pioneer cardiologist.
R154.B55 B54 1985
Chargaff, Erwin. Heraclitean Fire: Sketches from a Life before Nature. (New York: Rockefeller University Press, 1978). Chargaff was professor of biochemistry at P&S for 40 years before retiring in 1974.
QP511.8 C26 1978
Cournand, André. Dickinson Richards: Physiologist, Physician, Medical Leader, Historian, Humanist and Man. (s.l., s.n., 1975?). Richards was professor of medicine at Columbia and was co-winner with Cournand of the 1956 Nobel Prize in Medicine.
Archives & Special Collections
M-R154.R39 C83 1975
Cournand, André. From Roots.to Late Budding: the Intellectual Adventures of a Medical Scientist. (New York: Gardner Press, 1986). Autobiography of Cournand, who was a long-time member of the Dept. of Medicine. With his Columbia colleague, Dickinson Richards, he won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1956. This work has little to say about what P&S was like, but much about his research in cardiac catherization that led to the Nobel.
RC666.72 C68 A34 1986
Langstaff, John Brett. Doctor Bard of Hyde Park, the Famous Physician of Revolutionary Times, the Man who Saved Washington's Life.. (New York: Dutton, 1942). Biography of Samuel Bard (1742-1821), a member of the founding faculty of the medical school and for many years its Dean.
R154.B18 L3 1942
Morris, Robert T., P&S 1882. Fifty Years a Surgeon. (New York, E.P. Dutton, 1935). Chapter 2 is about his medical school experiences.
R154.M83 M83 1935
Orland, Frank J. William John Gies: His Contributions to the Advancement of Dentistry. (s.l.: William J. Gies Foundation for the Advancement of Dentistry, 1992). Gies, who was on the faculty of P&S for many years, was an outstanding biochemist with an interest in dental diseases. He was instrumental in the establishment of Columbia's School of Dental and Oral Surgery in 1916 and served on its faculty.
RK43.G54 O75 1992
Potter, Howard W., P&S 1913. Fact-Fantasy-Faces.. Discusses his medical school days as well as his career as a psychiatrist, much of it spent on the P&S faculty.
Unpublished manuscript
Archives & Special Collections
Stout, Arthur Purdy, P&S 1912. Notes on the Education of an "Oncological Surgical Pathologist." Stout was director of the surgical pathology laboratory at Presbyterian Hospital and professor of pathology at P&S.
Unpublished manuscript
Arthur Purdy Stout Papers
Archives & Special Collections
Whipple, Allen O., P&S 1908. Memoirs.. Whipple was head of surgery at Columbia-Presbyterian from 1921 to 1946.
Archives & Special Collections
M-R507.W.57 W57 1970
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