Resources used by Matas Librarians for biographical information of physicians for public users.
Jones Hall, Room 202, across the street from the main Howard-Tilton Library.
The Rudolph Matas history of medicine in Louisiana by John Duffy (editor), Matas, Rudolph, 1860-1957.
The sanitarians : a history of American public health by John Duffy.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press, 1966.
History of the Orleans Parish Medical Society 1878-1928, by A. E. Fossier. Illustrated with views of meeting places and portraits of members.
Medical School bulletins, catalogs, and yearbooks are the sources of biographical information for medical physicians, dentists and public health professionals that graduated from Tulane University. These materials are available in print and the Matas Library and also in University Archives. The "annual bulletins" list graduates for that academic year. Additional materials in the Matas Historical Collections are graduation announcements, composites and other publications relating to the academic program. There is a card file of Matriculates based upon the Medical School bulletins with name and year. Generally the searches of the print resources are hand searched by the Matas Library Staff.
Alphabetical List of all Graduates in Medicine and Pharmacy, 1834 to 1901.
Jambalaya yearbook (1896-2008), as well as issues of the T-Wave, the yearbook of the Tulane University School of Medicine which began publication in 1982. Available in digital format via the Internet Archive.
Douglas R. Lincoln. Rudolph Matas Library, 2007.
Howard-Tilton Special Collections. Includes the papers of Rudolph Matas, M.D. and more 19th Century Louisiana Physicians.
Tulane Manuscripts - Medical Heritage of New Orleans :Preserving the medical heritage of New Orleans and Louisiana is a special mission of the Tulane Manuscripts Department. The Tulane Manuscripts Department contains more than thirty collections relating to medicine, including the papers of physicians and the records of hospitals and professional medical societies.
Fossier, A.E. History of medical education in New Orleans, from its birth to the Civil War.
Fossier, A.E. History of medical education in New Orleans, from its birth to the Civil War. New York : Hoeber, [1935?] Original pamphlet. Reprinted from: Annals of Medical History, 6(5):427-447 1935.
Catalogue of the Alumni, 1834 to 1901 Inclusive, of the Medical Department of the Tulane University of Louisiana.
Rudolph Matas history of the Louisiana State Medical Society / edited by Mary Louise Marshall.
Rudolph Matas: a biography of one of the great pioneers in surgery by Isidore Cohn with Hermann B. Deutsch.
French-language newspaper in New Orleans (1823-1925) with editions in English and Spanish also published for certain years.
Civil War Era contains the earliest editions of the Daily Picayune (later Times-Picayune) from 1840 to 1865.
19th Century American Newspapers collection contains digital facsimile images of both full pages and clipped articles for the Daily Picayune (later Times-Picayune) from 1861-1899.
Tulane University School of Medicine was founded in 1834 as the Medical College of Louisiana, in 1847 the Medical College of Louisiana became the Department of Medicine of the University of Louisiana. it has been called Tulane University since 1884.
Medical College of New Orleans was granted a charter in 1835, however it failed to materialize.
New Orleans School of Medicine was founded in 1856 and closed in 1870.
Charity Hospital Medical College was organized in 1873 and extinct since 1877.
New Orleans University in 1889 opened a medical department for blacks, in 1901 it was renamed the Flint Medical College. The College closed in 1911.
Shreveport Charity Hospital (1876), the hospital was renamed Confederate Memorial Medical Center (CMMC).
Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans was established in 1931.
Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Shreveport (1965) was established and became affiliated with the CMMC. CMMC was renamed Louisiana State University Medical Center Hospital and in 1999, the entire complex was renamed Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center.
Duffy, John. (1958) The Regulation of Medicine and Pharmacy in Louisiana, In The Rudolph Matas History of Medicine in Louisiana, Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, v.II., p. 103-121.
For additional information consult: Duffy, John. (1958) The Regulation of Medicine and Pharmacy in Louisiana, In The Rudolph Matas History of Medicine in Louisiana, Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, v.II., p. 103-121.
Published:Baton Rouge, 1885. (PDF Version) Print is in historical collection: Louisiana. State Board of Health. Selected publications, 1855-1925.
Introduction. Includes names registered as practigin without a diploma refer to practitioners who have been licensed in accordance with the Act of 1882. Parishes Acadia-St.Landry.
St. Martin - Winn, p.529 Permanent Members of the Louisiana State Medical Society. Abshire, J. T - Youn, F.F.
Includes Parish of residence, time joining, College of Graduation and date of graduation.