Fielding Hudson Garrison
Fielding Hudson Garrison (born November 5, 1870 in Washington, DC , † April 18, 1935 in Baltimore ) was an American librarian and medical historian.
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Garrison was the son of a tax clerk. He received his BA from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore in 1890 and his MD from Georgetown University in Washington DC in 1893
In the Library of the Surgeon General's Office he worked from 1891, first as a secretary, from 1899 as an auxiliary librarian and from 1912 as the main auxiliary librarian. His military rank was Major (1917), Lieutenant Colonel (1918) and Colonel (1920) in the Medical Corps of the Officers Reserve Corps. In close collaboration with John Shaw Billings, he cataloged medical literature and contributed to the compilation of the Index Catalog of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office. From 1903 to 1912 he was co-editor and from 1912 to 1917 editor of the “ Index Medicus ”. From 1927 to 1929 he was co-editor of the Quarterly Cumulative Index Medicus.
Garrison's best-known work is his “Introduction to the history of medicine…”, which appeared in numerous editions from 1913 and was translated into Spanish in 1921. From 1930 to 1935 he was librarian at the Welch Medical Library and lecturer at the Institute of the History of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore .
Works
- Bone called “Luz”. With notes on medical allusions in the poems and literary remains of Samuel Butler . McGill University Library, New York 1910 (digitized version)
- The historical collection of medical classics in the Library of the Surgeon-General's-Office . American Medical Association, Chicago 1911 (digitized)
- John Shaw Billings . A memoir . GP Putman's Sons, New York & London 1915 (digitized)
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An introduction to the history of medicine with medical chronology, suggestions for study and bibliographic data . WB Saunders, Philadelphia 1913 (digitized version) ; 2nd improved and expanded edition 1917 (digitized version) ; 3rd improved and expanded edition 1921 (digitized version)
- Introducción a la historia de la medicina . Calpe, Madrid 1921 Volume I (digitized version) , Volume II (digitized version)
- An Epitome of Fielding H. Garrison's History of Medicine. 1942 (digitized version)
- Notes on the history of military medicine . Association of Military Surgeons, Washington 1922 (digitized version)
- History of pediatrics . WB Saunders, Philadelphia 1923 (digitized version)
- A medical tour in Europe . New York Academy of Medicine, New York 1930 (digitized version)
literature
- Zachary Cope. Fielding Hudson Garrison (1870-1935) . In: Ciba Symposium 10 (1962) 98-103
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Garrison, Fielding Hudson |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American librarian and medical historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 5, 1870 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Washington, DC |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 18, 1935 |
| Place of death | Baltimore , Maryland |