Guide to the Preston Kyes Papers, 1898-1947, undated
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Preston Kyes Papers, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections and Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine.
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Preston Kyes was born on January 24, 1875 in North Jay, Maine, to Ebenezer and Caroline Cooledge Kyes. He prepared for college at Wilton Academy, then graduated "Cum laude" from Bowdoin in 1896. After receiving his M.D. from John Hopkins in 1900, Kyes taught anatomy, pathology, and preventive medicine at the Medical School of the University of Chicago, becoming professor emeritus in 1940. He was also associated with the Memorial Institute for Infectious Diseases in Chicago, and the Royal Prussian Institute for Experimental Therapy in Frankfurt, Germany. Kyes had a teaching fellowship at Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research in New York City from 1902-1906, and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Bowdoin in 1921. He also wrote articles of original research, and edited scientific publications. Preston Kyes died at his home in North Jay on December 27, 1948. He was survived by his wife and several cousins.
The bulk of the collection consists of handwritten medical journals and notebooks. There are lecture notes on pathology and other medical subjects, and several undated journals with laboratory data concerning cobra venom and serum. Also included is a journal with patient histories from the Cook County Hospital, notes on pneumonia, and notes on lens immune recations and liver literature. There are also typed lecture notes and reports as well as scientific drawings which seem to be from Kyes' students. In addition, there is miscellaneous correspondence and printed ephemera.
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First chronologically then alphabetically by title if undated.
The series includes lecture medical journals on pathology and obstetrics etc (1898-1899). It also contains journals describing multiple animal experiments performed by Kyes (1901-1936). There is a patient history journal from Cook County Hospital with patient records from 1917 and undated notes on multiple diseases.
Journals 1 and 2: Pathology (1), Jan 3 1898-Mar 28 1898; Pathology (2), Mar 3 1898-Dec 16 1898
Journals 3 and 4: Obstetrics (3), Oct 5 1898-Mar 14 1899; Lecture (4), Mar 15 1899-Nov 2 1899
Journals 5 and 6: Experiment Journal (5) Jul 8 1901-May 14 1902; Pneumonia (6) Apr 15 1907-Apr 15 1910
Journals 7 and 8: Cook County Hospital Journal (7), Jan 15 1917-Feb 22 1917; Experiments (8) Jul 17 1902-Aug 27 1902
Journals 9 and 10: Experiments (9), Mar 9 1903-Apr 4 1903; Experiments (10), Apr 8 1903-Jun 27 1903
Journals 11 and 12: Experiments (11), Aug 10 1903-Jan 26 1905; Rattlesnake venom experiments (12), Nov 3 1935-May 23 1936
Journal 13: Lens Immune Reactions Journal, 1933
Journals 14 and 15: Lecture (14) undated; Liver Literature (15) undated
Drawings by Katherine Hill, 1909
Lecture Notes, 1930
Reports on Work on TB by John C. Rogers, 1930
Miscellaneous Drawings
Notes
Printed Ephemera