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The Henry Swan Papers

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	Biographical Information Medical Training, Wartime Surgical Experiences, and Early Career, 1935-1949 The Cold Heart: Hypothermia and Cardiac Surgery, 1949-1962 Learning from the Lungfish: Studies of Hiberation, 1963-1988 Glossary Further Readings


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Biographical Information

[Henry Swan, age 2]. Photographic Print. 1 Image. [April 1915].

[Henry Swan and his older sister Carla ("Teddy")]. Photographic Print. 1 Image. [1920].

[Henry Swan, his sister Carla ("Teddy"), and their dogs]. Photographic Print. 1 Image. [1920].

[Henry Swan and Mary Sabin]. Photographic Print. 1 Image. [Fall 1925].

[Henry Swan and his grandfather, W. E. Swan on a hunting trip]. Photographic Print. 1 Image. [August 1927].

[Henry Swan on horseback in Pinehurst, NC]. Photographic Print. 1 Image. [December 1928].

[Henry Swan in tennis uniform at Phillips Exeter Academy]. Photographic Print. 1 Image. 1931.

[Henry Swan's senior high school portrait at Phillips Exeter Academy]. Photographic Print. Portrait. 1 Image. 1931.

[Henry Swan with his daughter, Edith]. Photographic Print. 1 Image. [May 1938].

[Portrait of Henry Swan]. Photographic Print. Portrait. 1 Image. [ca. 1981].

Medical Training, Wartime Surgical Experiences, and Early Career, 1935-1949

[Swan, Henry]. [Family Christmas card designed by Henry Swan]. Card. Photographic Print. 1 Image. [December 1941].

[Henry Swan in U.S. Army uniform]. Photographic Print. Portrait. 1 Image. [ca. 1943].

The Cold Heart: Hypothermia and Cardiac Surgery, 1949-1962

Central Studios. [First meeting of the American Academy of Pediatric's Surgical Section]. Photographic Print. 1 Image. [October 1947].

[Henry Swan in the operating room at Colorado General Hospital]. Photographic Print. 1 Image. [1948].

[Swan, Henry]. [Family Christmas card designed by Henry Swan]. Card. Photographic Print. 1 Image. [December 1949].

[First picture of the inside of the heart in open operation]. Photographic Print. 1 Image. [February 1953].

[Henry Swan and Mason Morfit on Alaska fishing trip]. Slide. 1 Image. [August 1956].

[Portrait of Henry Swan]. Photographic Print. Portrait. 1 Image. [1956].

[Henry Swan on horseback in Argentina]. Photographic Print. 1 Image. [2 March 1958].

[Henry Swan performing surgery from a wheelchair]. Photographic Print. 1 Image. [ca. January 1960].

Learning from the Lungfish: Studies of Hiberation, 1963-1988

[Swan, Geraldine F.]. [Henry Swan holding a lungfish in Kampala, Uganda]. Slide. 1 Image. [ca. May 1964].

[Swan, Henry]. [Lungfish lying on a slab of concrete]. Slide. 1 Image. [May 1964].

[Swan, Henry]. [Native workers looking for lungfish in river bed in Uganda]. Slide. 1 Image. [May 1964].

[Henry Swan and family at Cob's Nest family cabin]. Photographic Print. 1 Image. [1965].

[Henry Swan in his kitchen]. Slide. 1 Image. [ca. 1970s].

[Henry Swan with grandson Christopher]. Slide. 1 Image. [ca. 1970s].

[Henry Swan with Helen Taussig]. Slide. 1 Image. [ca. 1970s].

[Henry Swan fishing]. Slide. 1 Image. [ca. 1980s].

[Henry Swan standing by his home's solar panels]. Slide. 1 Image. [ca. 1980s].

[Stained glass window designed by Henry Swan]. Slide. 1 Image. [ca. 1980s].

[Portrait of Henry Swan]. Photographic Print. Portrait. 1 Image. [ca. 1981].

[Attendees of the First Annual Henry Swan Visiting Professorship]. Photographic Print. 1 Image. [19 May 1982].

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