Reminiscences of Waldo Emerson Nelson, 1995.

Biographical Note

Pediatrician.

Scope and Contents

Nelson, Waldo Emerson (1898-1995). Childhood and education, McClure, Ohio; Wittenberg College 1918-1922; Medical College of [The University of] Cincinnati: student 1922-1926, Assistant Medical Director 1929-1940, faculty of, structuring of, role of Fleishman and Procter families, A. Graeme Mitchell, William C. Procter, pediatric diseases, diabetes, polio, tuberculosis, treatments of; Chairman Department of Pediatrics, Temple University School of Medicine 1940-1964, structure of Department and School of Medicine, St. Christopher's Children's Hospital, pediatrics in Philadelphia; American Pediatric Society, election to; American Academy of Pediatrics; recipient Howland Award; Society for Pediatric Research; European travels, comparison of European and American pediatric practices; editor, The Journal of Pediatrics 1959-1978; Textbook of Pediatrics, 4th Edition, 1941, editing of further editions (4-13).

Subjects

• Clark, Mary Marshall, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Diabetes.
• Interviews.
• Kaufmann, Felice A., interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Mitchell, A. Graeme (Albert Graeme), 1889-1941.
• Nelson, Waldo E. (Waldo Emerson), 1898-1997--Interviews.
• Nelson, Waldo E. (Waldo Emerson), 1898-1997.--Textbook of pediatrics.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Pediatricians--Interviews.
• Pediatrics--Study and teaching.
• St. Christopher's Hospital for Children (Philadelphia, Pa.)--Interviews.
• Temple University. School of Medicine. Department of Pediatrics--Interviews.
• Tuberculosis.

Access Conditions

Copyright held by The American Academy of Pediatrics, 1996