Isaac Starr notebooks (unprocessed)
Collection
Identifier: 1986-11
Scope and Contents note
This is a collection primarily of laboratory notebooks relating to Starr's work with the ballistocardiograph. Notebooks include lists and graphs of experiment data, notes and calculations, patient information, typed summaries of experiments, notes for papers and presentations, and correspondence with other cardiologists and with medical records archivists. The collection also includes a number of rolled ballistocardiograph printouts on photographic paper; printing blocks for illustrations for articles; photographs of Starr in his laboratory; instructions for performing tests; illustrations of equipment; and reprints related to the history of cardiography.
Dates
- 1931-1980
Conditions Governing Access note
The collection is open for research.
Biographical/Historical note
Isaac Starr (d. 1989) was a pioneering researcher and teacher in the field of cardiovascular disease. Starr graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1920. He was noted for his use of physics to measure the efficiency of the heart and for his research on the physiology of congestive heart failure. In 1939 he developed the first practical ballistocardiograph, an instrument that measures the blood output of the heart and is used to predict and measure the course of heart disease. He retired in 1961 but continued his research until 1986. He received the Albert Lasker Award of the American Heart Association in 1957, the Kober Medal of the Association of American Physicians in 1967 and the Burger Medal of the Free University of Amsterdam in 1977.
Extent
17.33 linear feet
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Provenance: Gift of Isaac Starr.
Year acquired: 1986
Accession number: 1986-11
Year acquired: 1986
Accession number: 1986-11
- Title
- Isaac Starr notebooks 1931-1980 1986-11
- Date
- 2012
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
- Sponsor
- This collection-level EAD record is a product of the Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries (PACSCL) Consortial Survey Initiative, which was funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Repository Details
Part of the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Repository
Contact:
19 S. 22nd Street
Philadelphia PA 19103 United States
215-399-2001
library@collegeofphysicians.org
19 S. 22nd Street
Philadelphia PA 19103 United States
215-399-2001
library@collegeofphysicians.org
