Title:

Portrait of Michael DeBakey (with glasses)

Date:

[ca. 1940]

Description:

In the early 1940s, Dr. DeBakey was investigating the surgical treatment of heart disease and lung cancer. After the United States entered World War II, he also became involved with problems in battlefield surgery, including blood banking. See, for example, his articles "The Surgical Treatment of Coronary Disease," "Primary Pulmonary Malignancy: Treatment by Total Pneumonectomy," "Bronchoscopic Aspects of Early Bronchiectasis," "The Management of Chest Wounds: Collective Review," and "The Plasma Bank."

Location:

Box: 27

Rights:

Courtesy of Katrin DeBakey.

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Genre:

Photographic prints
Portraits

Format:

Still Image

Extent:

1 pages

Relation:

The Surgical Treatment of Coronary Disease, 1938
Bronchoscopic Aspects of Early Bronchiectasis, 1939
The Plasma Bank, 1942

Legacy ID:

FJBBBF

NLM ID:

101743405X4

Profiles Collection:

The Michael E. DeBakey Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101743405X4

Story Section:

From Tulane School of Medicine to the U.S. Army, 1928-1946