Archival Materials

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1- Correspondence: The Archives contain 180 correspondence

2- Reprints (copies of research articles provided by journal publishers): The Archives contain 40 reprints

3- Photocopy Materials (from books and journals)
-A History of Chemistry by F.J. Moore, Professor of Organic Chemistry, M.I.T. : Chapter V, The Later Phlogistians-The Discovery of Oxygen (North Carolina, McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1918, PP. 33-59)
-Copy of pages from The British Medical Journal (August 1, 1868, PP. 114-115; May 30, 1868, p. 548; October 16, 1869, PP. 412-413)
-On the Urari: The deadly arrow-poison of the Macusis , an Indian Tribe in British Guiana, by Richard Schomburgk (Adelaide: E. Spiller, Acting Government Printer, North-Terrace, 1879, PP. 2-18)
-The influence of partial pressure of nitrous oxide on the depth of anesthesia and the electro-encephalogram in man, by Albert Faulconer, John W. Pender and Reginald G. Bickford (from Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn., Sept. 1949, PP. 601-609)
-History of Chemistry: Chapter VI, Lavoisier (pp. 47-59, date?)
-One Hundred Years of Indiana Medicine, 1849-1949 (published in connection with the centennial of the Indiana State Medical Association, 1949, pp. 92, 100, 138)
-The Study of Cyclopropane, by Dr. William Neff (Anesthesiology, Sept. 1974)
-Harding of Iowa, by David Davis and Jack Moyers (Clinical Anesthesia, Chapter 6, pp. 68-76, date ?)

4- Bulletins:
-California Society of Anesthesiologists (Vol. 33:1, Jan. 1984 and Vol. 45:2, March-April, 1996)
-Medical Bulletin of the U.S. Army, Europe (Vol.12:7, July 1995)

5- Newsletters:
-Viewsletter: An occasional publication by the Boston Medical Library (Vol. 12:2, Fall 1985)
-Clinical Courier: A newsletter reporting the events of clinical and biomedical meetings (Far Hill, N.J., Gardiner-Cardwell SynerMed, Vol. 2:4, July 1984)

7- Programs and Agenda for Meetings and Symposium:
-American College of Surgeons, Sectional Meeting Program for Medical Profession (San Francisco, CA, Fairmont Hotel, April & and 8, 1947)
-Preliminary Program for the Second International Symposium on the History of Anesthesia at the Royal College of Surgeons of England (London, 20-23 July 1987)
-Program for the First International Symposium on the History of Modern Anesthesia (Rotterdam, The Netherlands, May 5-8, 1982)

8- Technical Documents:
The Archives contain 10 different documents regarding the technology of anesthesia

9- Photographs:
The Archives contain 11 photographs

10- Postcards:
The Archives contain 8 postcards

11- Handwritten Notes:
The Archives contain 14 handwritten notes

12- Research Papers:
-The Influence of Ralph Waters on the Development of Anesthesiology in Sweden, by Torsten Gordh, Prof. emeritus (Stockholm, Sweden, date ?)
-Short-Acting Narcotics in Neurosurgical Anesthesia, by Robert McKay (Dept. of Anesthesiology, University of Alabama in Birmingham, date ?)
-Halothane Hepatotoxicity, by James R. Trudell, Ph.D. (April 18, 1983, date?)
-A tribute to Wesley Bourne, first chairman of the McGill Dept. of Anesthesia, by Richard Gilbert (Montreal, Quebec, May 24, 1977)
-Recollections of John Lundy, by John Adriani, M.D. (Place of Publication?, date?)
-Relief of Pain, Release from Fear, William Neff, with attaches (Place? date?)

13- Research Articles:
-Anesthesia and Analgesia...Current Research (Journal of the International anesthesia Research Society, Vol. 52:5, September-October, 1973)
-History is not bunk! by M. Rosen (Anesthesia, Vol. 39, 1984)
-Control of Intractable Pain with Subarachnoid Alcohol Block, by Ethem Kuzucu, William Derrick and Stewart Wilber (JAMA, Vol. 195:7, Feb. 14, 1966)
-The Origin of Thiopentone, by Dr. William Neff (Anesthesia, University Hospital of Wales, Health Park, Cardiff, United Kingdom)

14- Biographies:
-Philip Dudley Woodbridge, 1895 - 1978 (Notes on his life, philosophy and interests by his son, Dudley Hooker Woodbridge, August 1981)
-Joseph Priestly, the Discoverer of Oxygen, 1733-1804 (miscellaneous biographical documents)

16- Funeral Certificate:
-Vieira Flying Service certify that the cremated remains of May Edith Neff scattered West of Pillar Point, Half Moon Bay (May 13, 1991)

18- Memorandum:
Anesthesia Seminar Announcement: Thursday, Feb. 27, 1986, 6:30 a.m., Dr. William Neff, "Taming the Flying Death"

19- Advertising:
-Drug Advertising: Long Operations Made Safer: Squibb - A name you can trust (Name of Publication?, date?, p. 81)
-Book Advertising: Nitrous Oxide by Humphrey Davy (Butterworths, Legal Medical and Scientific Publishers)

20- Newsclips:
-Three newsclips regarding Dr. Neff' army service in Germany and translation of a report as it appeared in the German Herald, Berlin, Sept. 18, 1954 (The Foregger Co. Inc. Sept. 21, 1954)
-Painstaking Work: Anesthesiologist Finds Job Highly Satisfying but Very Demanding, by N. R. Kieinfield (Wall Street Journal, Vol. XCVI, No. 48, 1981)

21- Miscellaneous Documents:
-California Society of Anesthesiologists, Inc.: Statement as to why nominee (M. Katheen Belton) should receive award
-Nuffield Department of Anesthetics: Suggested Plan for book
-A New Life for the Canaan Inn (Mascoma Week, Sept. 8, 1972)
-Guedel Memorial Lecture: tubular and Peripheral Vision in the Practice of Anesthesia, by Stuart C. Cullen (1958, Page 1 only)

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2- Framed Photographs, Diploma, Certificates, Membership, etc.:
-Handwritten: Best Wishes for success and happiness to Bill Cassels, signed Ralph Waters
-Dr. Neff Certificate issued by Sociedad Mexicana De Estudios Sobre Tiberculosis (July 24, 1946)
-Dr. Neff Certificate issued by The American Board of Anesthesiology for his achievement as a specialist in Anesthesiology (No date)

-Dr. Neff Framed Honorary Membership issued by The Anesthesia History Association (San Francisco, October 13, 1985)

- Framed Photograph: Montreal Anesthesia Society Meeting (No Date)

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Framed and Non Framed Degrees, Awards, Certifications, etc.:
-Dr. Neff Framed Diploma in Anesthetics issued by The Royal College of Physicians of London (July 1947)
-Dr. Neff Framed Admission Certificate issued by the Royal College of Surgeon of England
-Dr. Neff Distinguished Service Award of the California Society of Anesthesiology for Outstanding Contribution to Anesthesiology (1978)
-Dr. Neff "Medicinae Doctoris" issued by Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia (copy and original, in Latin, June, 12 1930)
-Dr. Neff Degree of Bachelor of Science issued by Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia (1929)
-Dr. Neff Honorary Membership issued by College of Homoeopathic of Physicians & Surgeons of Montreal, Province of Quebec (May 30, 1931)
-Dr. Neff License issued by The Medical Council of Canada (October 18, 1931)
-Dr. Neff Degree issued by "La Septima Asamblea National de Ciruianos" (Mexico, 1946)
-Dr. Neff Certificate of Merit, The Selective Service Medal issued by Congress of the United States (no date)
-Dr. Neff Certificate of Appreciation Awarded by the President of the United States of America (no dates)
-Dr. Neff Certificate of Appreciation Awarded by the President of the United States (October 23, 1941)
-Dr. Neff appointment as Reserve Commissioned Officer, Grade of Lieutenant Colonel in the Army of the United States (March 18, 1953)
-Dr. Neff Fellowship Certificates issued by The American Society of Anesthetists (1948)
-Dr. Neff Membership issued by Army Hospital in Berlin (7 January, 1955)
-Dr. Neff Award issued by Hahneman Medical College of Philadelphia (1930)
-Dr. Neff Graduation Certificate issued by The Board of Medical Examiners of the State of California (July 9, 1937)
-Dr. Neff Certificate issued by Hospital Estadual Jesus, Estado Da Guanabara -Brisil, for attending the conference on Inaloterapia No Hospital Moderno (January 19, 1972)
-Dr. Neff Certificate of Completion of Associate Medical Officers Course, issued by European Command, Medical Tainting School (September 16, 1953)