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Collection DanW : Walter Edward Dandy Collection

Description

Key

34827

Reference Code Element

DanW

Dates

1905-1946, inclusive

Extent

35 linear feet

Creator

Personal name, Dandy, Walter Edward, 1886-1946.

Administrative/Biographical History

Walter Edward Dandy was born in Sedalia, Missouri in 1886. He received his A.B. in 1907 from the University of Missouri and his M.D. in 1910 from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dandy spent a year working with Harvey Cushing in the Hunterian Laboratory at Johns Hopkins before beginning his internship and residency at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He joined the faculty of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1914 and remained there until his death in 1946. One of his most important contributions to neurosurgery was the method of air contrast ventriculography, where cerebrospinal fluid is replaced by air to form X-ray images of the ventricular spaces within the brain. This technique was extremely successful in revealing lesions and defects in the brain. Dandy also pioneered advances in operations for Ménière's disease and glossopharangeal neuralgia and published studies showing the involvement of protruding discs in sciatic pain.

Chronology

Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1911-1946

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1914-1946

Scope and Content

The Walter Edward Dandy Collection spans his entire career. Series include correspondence, manuscripts, scientific notes, student notebooks, patient lists, and reprints. Manuscripts pertain to such topics as aneurysms, general brain surgery, benign tumors in the third ventricle of the brain, and intracranial neoplasms in children. Of special interest are Dandy's scientific notes on hypophysectomy experiments. Also included in the collection is a plaster-cast mask of Dandy. The collection is a strong resource for studying the development of the field of neurosurgery.

Related Archival Material

See also the Thomas Wolfe Collection.

Language

English

Administration

Date(s) of Descriptions

1983, 2013

Processing Information

The Walter Dandy Collection was originally processed by Harold Kanarek in 1983. The project was supported by a grant from the NIH National Library of Medicine (LM 03594). In 2013, Medical Archives student assistant Victoria Sommerville converted the collection inventory to the Medical Archives catalog, and Dr. Francis Milligan processed and described unprocessed parts of the collection, under the direction of Phoebe Evans Letocha.

Archivist's Note

The Walter Dandy Collection was organized and catalogued by Harold Kanarek in 1983. The project was supported by a grant from the NIH National Library of Medicine (LM 03594). The Medical Archives has received additional Dandy material since 1983, which has been added to the collection by Marjorie Winslow Kehoe.

Accession

2010-105

2010-098

2009-069

2006-111

2004-116

2003-052

2001-144

2001-137

2001-135

2001-106

1999-080

1998-031

1997-049

1997-037

1994-075

1993-008

1990-163

1990-075

1989-049

1989-038

1989-013

1987-070

1987-025

1985-054

1985-053

1985-033

1985-030

1984-080

1984-070

1981-021

Composed Of

Found 7 record(s)

Reference Code and Titlesort by Reference Code and Title ascending	Key (Collection)sort by Key (Collection) ascending	Dates	Record Levelsort by Record Level ascending	Hierarchysort by Hierarchy ascending
1- Correspondence	34828		Series	CollectionDanW- Walter Edward Dandy Collection
2- Manuscripts	195772		Series	CollectionDanW- Walter Edward Dandy Collection
3- Scientific Notes and Lists of Patients	115551	1889-1946, 1914-1946	Series	CollectionDanW- Walter Edward Dandy Collection
4- Student Notebooks	195773	1908-1945	Series	CollectionDanW- Walter Edward Dandy Collection
5- Biographical Materials	195774		Series	CollectionDanW- Walter Edward Dandy Collection
6- Reprints and Clippings	195775	1910-1946	Series	CollectionDanW- Walter Edward Dandy Collection
7- Photographs	146741		Series	CollectionDanW- Walter Edward Dandy Collection

Related Artifacts

Found 5 record(s)

Available Actions	Artifact Numbersort by Artifact Number ascending	Titlesort by Title ascending
	1398A	Head Lamp
	1419A	Ventriculostomy Needles
	2808A	William Stewart Halsted
	4268A	Mask of Walter Edward Dandy
	8527A	Compression Forcep

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