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| Title: | Senn, Nicholas Papers |
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| Dates: | 1866-1908 |
| Manuscript Number: | Crerar Ms100 |
| Size: | 40 linear feet (159 boxes) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | Nicholas Senn (1844-1908) surgeon, professor of surgery, and author. The collection includes more than 150 manuscripts documenting Senn’s studies and career, primarily handwritten manuscripts for articles, books, and lectures. Also include case histories, studies of cancer, lectures on the history of military medicine, and notes taken by students after lectures and clinics led by Senn. |
The collection is open for research.
When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Senn, Nicholas. Papers, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
Nicholas Senn was born in on October 31, 1844, in Sevelen, Switzerland, in the canton of St. Gallen. His parents were Johannes and Magdalena Senn. In 1852, at the age of eight, Senn emigrated to the United States with his family and settled in Ashford, Wisconsin. Senn was educated at a local high school.
In 1865, Senn enrolled in the Chicago Medical College. Upon his graduation, Senn was awarded with a competitive residency at Cook County Hospital. Following his residency, Senn began to practice medicine in Elmore, Wisconsin, near his childhood home. Wanting to continue his education, however, Senn travelled to Munich, Germany in 1877 to study bacteriology. By 1878, he had graduated and received his second M.D.
Senn’s career following his trip to Germany was illustrious. Back in the United States, Senn was appointed as Professor of Surgery at Rush Medical College in Chicago, Illinois, in 1878. In 1884, Senn accepted the position of Professor of Surgery at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Chicago. Some of Senn’s most well-known experiments occurred in 1886. Seeking to test a diagnostic technique for gastrointestinal perforations, Senn used rubber hosing to inflate the intestinal tract with 15 liters of hydrogen gas. While he had previously carried out these experiments on dogs (something to the point of rupturing their intestines), Senn eventually tested his apparatus on himself. His successful findings were later published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Additionally, in 1901, Senn sought to test whether cancer was contagious, going so far as to insert a piece of cancerous lymph node from a patient into his own skin. When the transplant began to fade weeks later, Senn concluded that cancer was not contagious.
In 1887 until 1888, he served as the Vice President of the American Surgical Association. In 1890, Senn returned to Rush Medical College as a professor of practical and clinical surgery and surgical pathology. By 1891, he was name the head of the department of surgery. In 1891, he founded the Association of Military Surgeons and the United States, which served as the professional organization for all active and reserve healthcare professionals. In 1893, Senn simultaneously worked as the attending surgeon in Presbyterian Hospital, surgeon-in-chief of St. Joseph’s Hospital, professor of surgery at the Chicago Polyclinic, and lectured on military surgery at the University of Chicago.
In 1897, Senn was awarded his Ph.D. by the University of Wisconsin. He also served as the president of the American Medical Association from 1897-1898. The Spanish-American War then broke out and Senn was appointed as chief surgeon of the United States Sixth Army Corps. He achieved the rank of lieutenant-colonel and chief of staff. Additionally, during the years from 1890-1906, Senn served as a delegate to the International Medical Congress at Berlin, Moscow, Madrid, and Lisbon.
In addition to his illustrious career, Senn was a prolific writer. Senn published 25 books in his lifetime as well as countless scholarly articles. Throughout his life, he also amassed a collection of over 20,000 items relating variously to medicine and surgery from the 1500s onwards. His collections are stored in the John Crerar Library at the University of Chicago and the Newberry Library of Chicago, Illinois.
Senn married Aurelia S. Millhouser and together they had two children, Emanuel John Senn and William Nicholas Senn. He died at the age of 63 on January 2, 1908, in Chicago, Illinois.
The Nicholas Senn Papers contains a wide variety of materials documenting Senn’s career as a practicing surgeon and as an educator. A large portion of these are original manuscripts of papers that Senn contributed to professional journals, including the Journal of the American Medical Association, the Journal of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States, and the American Journal of Medical Sciences, and many others. The collection also includes texts of speeches and lectures given by Senn before professional organizations, university audiences, and organizations throughout Chicago and the world. The subjects of his publications and lectures include medical studies on carcinoma, cystitis, the history of military medicine, diseases of the pancreas, peritonitis, and surgical procedures, as well as historical and travel accounts related to the medical profession (trips to Africa,1906; Antarctica, 1907; Arctic, 1905; India, 1905; Siberia, 1901; South America, 1907, etc.). Also included are case histories, patient records, studies of cancer, lectures on and notes taken by students after lectures and clinics led by Senn, including notes from Senn's lectures delivered at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1887-1888.
The “Senn numbers,” assigned to many of the manuscripts as part of the holdings of the John Crerar Library have been recorded with each manuscript description.
| Box 1 Folder 1 | Senn No. 1, Surgical anatomy notes and drawings, 1894 |
| Box 1 Folder 2 | Senn No. 5, “The Human Side of Warfare,” N. Senn, published in JAMA, vol. 34, 1900 |
| Box 1 Folder 3 | Senn No. 6, “The Good Samaritan,” N. Senn, manuscript with corrections, undated7 |
| Box 1 Folder 4 | Senn No. 8, “The Red Cross Society of Japan,” N. Senn, manuscript with corrections, 1904 |
| Box 1 Folder 5 | Senn No. 10, “The Final Triumph of Scientific Medicine,” N. Senn, delivered before the Medical Association of Alabama, April 17, 1907 |
| Box 1 Folder 5 | Senn No. 10, “The Final Triumph of Scientific Medicine,” N. Senn, delivered before the Medical Association of Alabama, April 17, 1907 |
| Box 1 Folder 6 | Senn No. 11, “The Physician as a Scientist,” N. Senn, published in JAMA, vol. 35, 1900 |
| Box 1 Folder 7 | Senn No. 13, “Baccalaureate Lesson,” N. Senn, delivered to graduating class of Rush Medical College, June 1, 1901 |
| Box 1 Folder 8 | Senn No. 15, “Importance and value of Experimental Research,” N. Senn, doctorate address delivered at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, February 21, 1887 |
| Box 1 Folder 9 | Senn No. 17, “Of Surgery in Rush Medical College,” N. Senn, introductory address delivered April 11, 1891 |
| Box 1 Folder 10 | Senn No. 19, “Life and Work of the Late Professor Christian Fengler,” N. Senn, memorial address delivered at Rush Medical College, April 4, 1902 |
| Box 1 Folder 11 | Senn No. 20, “The Life and Work of the Late Professor Christian Fengler,” N. Senn, typed, April 4, 1902 |
| Box 1 Folder 12 | Senn No. 22, “Dr. Fernand Henrotin: A Commemorative Address,” N. Senn, typed manuscript with corrections, 1906 |
| Box 1 Folder 13 | Senn No. 29, “The Status and Functions of the Medical Department of the Illinois National Guard,” N. Senn, published in the Transactions of the American Surgical Association, vol. 2, 1884 |
| Box 1 Folder 14 | Senn No. 35, “An Experimental Inquiry Concerning Elastic Constriction as a Haemostatic Measure,” N. Senn, manuscript and typed copy, delivered to National Association of Railway Surgeons, May 28, 1892 |
| Box 1 Folder 15 | Senn No. 36, “Some Further Remarks on Elastic Constriction as a Hemostatic Measure,” N. Senn, published in Medical Record, vol. 43, 1893 |
| Box 1 Folder 16 | Senn No. 37, “Thrombosis,” N. Senn, undated |
| Box 1 Folder 17 | Senn No. 41, “The Etiology, Pathology, and Diagnosis of Intestinal Tuberculosis,” publish in the Maerican Journal of Obstetrics, vol. 30, 1894 |
| Box 1 Folder 18 | Senn No. 43, “Complications and Sequelae of Gall-stones,” N. Senn, delivered to Chicago Medical Society, March 2, 1898 |
| Box 1 Folder 19 | Senn No. 44, “Diseases of the Pancrea (and Operative Treatment),” N. Senn, handwritten manuscript with printed pages from “Surgery of the Pancreas” (Senn, 1886) pasted in, undated |
| Box 1 Folder 20 | Senn No. 45, “Classification of Acute Peritonitis,” N. Senn, handwritten manuscript, 1897 |
| Box 2 Folder 1 | Senn No. 46, “Classification of Acute Peritonitis,” N. Senn, typed manuscript, 1897 |
| Box 2 Folder 2 | Senn No. 48, “The Therapeutic Value of Rontgen Ray in the Treatment of Pseudoleucaemia,” N. Senn, holograph with corrections, 1903 |
| Box 2 Folder 3 | Senn No. 52, “Necrosis and Its Treatment,” N. Senn, published in the Transactions of the Wisconsin State Medical Society, ca. 1872 |
| Box 2 Folder 4 | Senn No. 53, “Chronis Sinuous Abscess of Bone,” holograph manuscript, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 5 | Senn No. 56, “A Case of Hydrophobia,” N. Senn, delivered to the Rail Road Medical Society, May, 1879 |
| Box 2 Folder 6 | Senn No. 57, “Actinomycosis,” N. Senn, typed copy, ca 1890s |
| Box 2 Folder 7 | Senn No. 62, “Lipomyxoma of the Neck,” N. Senn, published in St. Paul Medical Journal, January 1, 1898 |
| Box 2 Folder 8 | Senn No. 63, “Pathology and Treatment of Cancer,” N. Senn, holograph manuscript, ca. 1870s |
| Box 2 Folder 9 | Senn No. 64, “Alveolar Carcinoma of Omentum,” N. Senn, holograph manuscript, ca. 1870s |
| Box 2 Folder 10 | Senn No. 80, “The Mission of the Association of the Military Surgeons of the National Guard of the United States,” N. Senn, published in JAMA, vol 18, 1892 |
| Box 2 Folder 11 | Senn No. 92, “Three Rare Case of Dislocation,” N. Senn, holograph manuscript, 1872 |
| Box 2 Folder 12 | Senn No. 93, “On the Frequency of Cryptorchism and Its Results,” N. Senn, manuscript, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 13 | Senn No. 94, “The Surgical Treatment of Traumatic Hemorrhage of the Spleen,” N. Senn, published in JAMA, vol. 41, 1903 |
| Box 2 Folder 14 | Senn No. 95, “The Treatment of Inflammation of Joints by Permanent Extension,” N. Senn, holograph manuscript, ca. 1880s |
| Box 2 Folder 15 | Senn No. 98, “Skull, Perforating Tumors of,” N. Senn, holograph manuscript, signed, ca. 1880s |
| Box 2 Folder 16 | Senn No. 99, “Pathology and Treatment of Epulis,” N. Senn, read before the Odonatological Society of Wisconsin, July 21, 1880 |
| Box 2 Folder 17 | Senn No. 100, “Treatment of Chronis Empyema of the Antrum of Highmore by Temporary Osteoplastic Resection of the Anterior Antral Wall,” N. Senn, published in Pacific Medical Journal, vol. 40, 1897 |
| Box 2 Folder 18 | Senn No. 109, “The Surgical Treatment of Volvulus, N. Senn, published in the Medical News, vol. 55, 1889 |
| Box 2 Folder 19 | Senn No. 115, “Supra-pubic Cystotomy in Two Stages,” N. Senn, published in the Medical News, vol. 63, 1893 |
| Box 2 Folder 20 | Senn No. 118, “Lumbar Nephropexy Without Suturing,” N. Senn, published in the Hot Springs Medical Journal, vol. 7, 1898 |
| Box 3 Folder 1 | Senn No. 119, “The Purse-String Suture in Gastrorrhaphy for Gunshot wounds, an Experimental Contribution,” N. Senn, published in JAMA, vol. 39, 1902 |
| Box 3 Folder 2 | Senn No. 120, “The Proper Perineal Prostatectomy Incision,” N. Senn, published in JAMA, vol. 41, 1903 |
| Box 3 Folder 3 | Senn No. 121, “The Treatment of Fracture of the Neck of the Femur by Immediate Reduction and Permanent Fixation,” N. Senn, read before the Wisconsin State Medical Society, later published in JAMA, vol 13, June 4, 1889 |
| Box 3 Folder 4 | Senn No. 122, “Bloodless Amputation at the Hip Joint, by a new method,” N. Senn, read before the Surgical Section of the Suffolk District Medical Society, February 1, 1893 |
| Box 3 Folder 5 | Senn No. 125, “Iodized Catgut,” N. Senn, published in JAMA, vol. 40, 1903 |
| Box 3 Folder 6 | Senn No. 128, “A new Incision for Arthrectomy, Resection and for Reduction of Irreducible Dislocation of the Shoulder Joint,” N. Senn, published in the Philadelphia Medical Journal, vol. 1, 1898 |
| Box 3 Folder 7 | Senn No. 129, “Transplantation of Bone,” N. Senn, published in Transactions of the Wisconsin States Medical Society, vol. 9, 1875 |
| Box 3 Folder 8 | Senn No. 132, “Abdominal Surgery on the Battlefield,” N. Senn, published in the St. Louis Clinique, vol. 7, 1894 |
| Box 3 Folder 9 | Senn No. 134, “Conservative Surgery on the Battlefield,” N. Senn, typed copy with minor corrections, 1901 |
| Box 3 Folder 10 | Senn No. 137, “Lapro-Hysterotemy, Its Indications and Technique,” N. Senn, published in the American Journal of the Medical Sciences, vol. 106, 1893 |
| Box 3 Folder 11 | Senn No. 138, “The Early History of Vaginal Hysterectomy,” N. Senn, delivered before the Chicago Medical Society, March 18, 1895; later published in JAMA, vol. 25, 1895 |
| Box 3 Folder 12 | Senn No. 146, “Flowers,” N. Senn, holograph manuscript, ca. 1890s |
| Box 4 | Senn No. 2, Extracts from clinical cases; medical and surgical, student case notes, 1866-1867; patient death records, 1881-1882 |
| Box 5 | Senn No. 3, Case book, volume 1, Surgical case notes, January 1868-November 1868 |
| Box 6 | Senn No. 3, Case book, volume 2, Surgical case notes, February 1869-August 1870 |
| Box 7 | Senn No. 4, The Pathology and Morbid Anatomy of Tubercle, report to the Wisconsin State Medical Society, printed in the transactions of the Wisconsin State Medical Society, vol.16,1882; and afterwards as a separate, Milwaukee, 1883. |
| Box 8 | Senn No. 7, The Japanese Red Cross Society, undated |
| Box 9 | Senn No. 9, The Final Triumph of Scientific Medicine. The Jerome Cochran lecture. Delivered before the Medical Association of Alabama, April 17, 1907 |
| Box 10 | Senn No. 12, Miscellaneous Papers, vol. 1, undated
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| Box 11 | Senn No. 12, Miscellaneous Papers, vol. 2, undated
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| Box 12 | Senn No. 12, Miscellaneous Papers, vol. 3, undated
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| Box 13 | Senn No. 14, The American Medical Association, its past, present and future, published in JAMA, 28 (1897), and afterwards as a separate, Chicago, AMA Press, 1897 |
| Box 14 | Senn No. 16, The Scientific and Practical Value of Hospital Internship, Printed in the Journal of the American Medical Association, vol.50, May 1908 |
| Box 15 | Senn No. 18, Around the World via India. A Medical Tour, holograph manuscript with manuscript editorial and typesetting notations, 1904 |
| Box 16 | Senn No. 21, Dr. Fernand Henrotin. A commemorative address, 1906 |
| Box 17 | Senn No. 23, Tribute to the memory of Dr. Nicholas Senn from the medical staff of the German Hospital, Chicago, January 20,1908 |
| Box 18 | Senn No. 24, Manuscripts and portrait in portfolio, Typescript biographical note in English. Laid-in: copy of Dr. Senn's inaugural-dissertation, Variocele, 1955 |
| Box 19 | Senn No. 25, Travel notes from South America, 1907 |
| Box 20 | Senn No. 26, In the heart of the Arctics, vol. 1, holograph manuscripts with manuscript corrections in another hand, published by W.B. Conkey Company, Chicago, 1907 |
| Box 21 | Senn No. 26, In the heart of the Arctics, vol. 2, holograph manuscripts with manuscript corrections in another hand, published by W.B. Conkey Company, Chicago, 1907 |
| Box 22 | Senn No. 26, In the heart of the Arctics, vol. 3, holograph manuscripts with manuscript corrections in another hand, published by W.B. Conkey Company, Chicago, 1907 |
| Box 23 | Senn No. 27, Medical affairs in the heart of the Arctics, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, vol. 45, 1905 |
| Box 24 | Senn No. 28, Experimental Researches on Cicatrization in Blood Vessels after Ligature, "extracted from the Transactions of the American Surgical Association, vol.2, 1884." Philadelphia, Collins, printer, 1885 |
| Box 25 | Senn No. 30, Medical Legislation. The Annual Address before the Wisconsin State Medical Society, published in Transactiosn of the Wisconsin State Medical Society 13 (1879); afterwards as a separate by the Sentinel Co, Milwaukee, 1879 |
| Box 26 | Senn No. 31, First Aid on the Battlefield, published in Journal of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States, 18 (1906); afterwards as a separate, Carlisle, PA, The Association of Military Surgeons, 1906 |
| Box 27 | Senn No. 32, Digitalis purpurea, holograph manuscript, 1868 |
| Box 28 | Senn No. 33, Away with Koch's Lymph!!, published in Chicago Medical Recorder, 1 (1891); afterwards as a separate, Chicago, Press of R.R.McCabe & Co., 1891 |
| Box 29 | Senn No. 34, Specielle Therapie im Sommersemester 1820 vorgetragen vom Hofrath Himly, vol. 1, Gottingen, Germany, 1820 |
| Box 30 | Senn No. 34, Specielle Therapie im Sommersemester 1820 vorgetragen vom Hofrath Himly, vol. 2, Gottingen, Germany, 1820 |
| Box 31 | Senn No. 38, An experimental and clinical study on air-embolism, published in Transactions of the American Surgical Association, 3 (1885); afterwards as a separate, Philadelphia, Collins, printed, 1885 |
| Box 32 | Senn No. 39, A case of splenomedullary leukaemia, successfully treated by the use of Rontgen ray, holograph manuscript, with manuscript editorial corrections and typesetting instructions, 1903 |
| Box 33 | Senn No. 40, The Surgical Treatment of Intestinal Obstruction, a paper read before the Congress of American Physicians and Surgeons, Washinton, D.C., 9/18/1888; published afterwards as a separate, vol. 1 |
| Box 34 | Senn No. 40, The Surgical Treatment of Intestinal Obstruction, a paper read before the Congress of American Physicians and Surgeons, Washinton, D.C., 9/18/1888; published afterwards as a separate, vol. 2 |
| Box 35 | Senn No. 42, The etiology, pathology, and dianosis of intestinal tuberculosis, published as part 1 of his Intestinal tuberculosis, in JAMA 30(1898); also in Transactions of the Ohio Medical Society, 1898; afterwards as a separate, Chicago, AMA Press, 1898. |
| Box 36 | Senn No. 47, Classification and surgical treatment of acute peritonitis, paper read at XII Congress de medicine, Moscow, August, 1897 |
| Box 37 | Senn No. 49, The etiology and classification of cystitis, read before the American Surgical Association, April 1898. published in JAMA, 30 (1898); afterwards as a separate, 1898 |
| Box 38 | Senn No. 50, Varicocele, undated
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| Box 39 | Senn No. 51, Hydrocele, holograph manuscript, 189? |
| Box 40 | Senn No. 54, Tuberculosis of the bones and joints, vol. 1, manuscript, published by the F.A Davis Co., Philadelphia and London, 1893 |
| Box 41 | Senn No. 54, Tuberculosis of the bones and joints, vol. 2, manuscript, published by the F.A Davis Co., Philadelphia and London, 1893 |
| Box 42 | Senn No. 54, Tuberculosis of the bones and joints, vol. 3, manuscript, published by the F.A Davis Co., Philadelphia and London, 1893 |
| Box 43 | Senn No. 54, Tuberculosis of the bones and joints, vol. 4, manuscript, published by the F.A Davis Co., Philadelphia and London, 1893 |
| Box 44 | Senn No. 54, Tuberculosis of the bones and joints, vol. 5, manuscript, published by the F.A Davis Co., Philadelphia and London, 1893 |
| Box 45 | Senn No. 55, Coxa vara and differential diagnosis between it and other static, inflammary and traumatic affections of the hip joint, published in JAMA, 44(1905); afterwards as a separate, Chicago, AMA Press, 1905 |
| Box 46 | Senn No. 58, The pathology and surgical treatment of tumours, vol. 1, holograph manuscript, blue pencilled editorial markings in another hand, 1895 |
| Box 47 | Senn No. 58, The pathology and surgical treatment of tumours, vol. 2, holograph manuscript, blue pencilled editorial markings in another hand, 1895 |
| Box 48 | Senn No. 58, The pathology and surgical treatment of tumours, vol. 3, holograph manuscript, blue pencilled editorial markings in another hand, 1895 |
| Box 49 | Senn No. 58, The pathology and surgical treatment of tumours, vol. 4, holograph manuscript, blue pencilled editorial markings in another hand, 1895 |
| Box 50 | Senn No. 58, The pathology and surgical treatment of tumours, vol. 5, holograph manuscript, blue pencilled editorial markings in another hand, 1895 |
| Box 51 | Senn No. 58, The pathology and surgical treatment of tumours, vol. 6, holograph manuscript, blue pencilled editorial markings in another hand, 1895 |
| Box 52 | Senn No. 58, The pathology and surgical treatment of tumours, vol. 7, holograph manuscript, blue pencilled editorial markings in another hand, 1895 |
| Box 53 | Senn No. 58, The pathology and surgical treatment of tumours, vol. 8, holograph manuscript, blue pencilled editorial markings in another hand, 1895 |
| Box 54 | Senn No. 59, On brancial cysts of the neck, holograph first draft, 1884 |
| Box 55 | Senn No. 60, On brancial cysts of the neck, copy in another hand with a few corrections in Senn's own hand, 1884 |
| Box 56 | Senn No. 61, The Surgical treatment of cysts of the pancreas, read in the Section on Surgery and Anatomy at the 36th annual meeting of the American Medical Association, 1885 |
| Box 57 | Senn No. 65, The cancer question from a popular standpoint I-IV, holograph manuscript, 190? |
| Box 58 | Senn No. 66, The present status of the carcinoma question, published in JAMA, 37, August 23, 1901 |
| Box 59 | Senn No. 67, A plea for the international study of carcinoma, printed in the JAMA, 46 (1906); afterwards as a separate, Chicago, Press of the American Medical Association, 1906 |
| Box 60 | Senn No. 68, Tuberculosis of the genito-urinary organs, male and female, vol. 1, published by W.B. Sanders, Philadelphia, 1897 |
| Box 61 | Senn No. 68, Tuberculosis of the genito-urinary organs, male and female, vol. 2, published by W.B. Sanders, Philadelphia, 1897 |
| Box 62 | Senn No. 69, On leprosy, holograph manuscript, undated |
| Box 63 | Senn No. 70, Langenbeck's chirurgie, vol. 1, manuscript notes taken by W. Baum, Gottingen Germany, 1820 |
| Box 64 | Senn No. 70, Langenbeck's chirurgie, vol. 2, manuscript notes taken by W. Baum, Gottingen Germany, 1820 |
| Box 65 | Senn No. 70, Langenbeck's chirurgie, vol. 3, manuscript notes taken by W. Baum, Gottingen Germany, 1820 |
| Box 66 | Senn No. 71, Chirurgica medica, lecture notes of W. Baum, Gottingen Germany, 1821 |
| Box 67 | Senn No. 72, Allgemeine chirurgie, vorgetragen vom dr. fr. Th. Frerichs, manuscript lecture notes, Gottingen Germany, after 1848 |
| Box 68 | Senn No. 73, Synopses of lectures delivered at the college of physicians and surgeons, Chicago, 1887/88, inscribed: "a token of respect and admiration from a grateful student to a worth teacher. D.B.W.(D. Baldwin Wylie?). To Dr. Senn, Milwaukee, Wis. April 29, 1888." |
| Box 69 | Senn No. 74, Principles of Surgery, vol. 1, before 1891 |
| Box 70 | Senn No. 74, Principles of Surgery, vol. 2, before 1891 |
| Box 71 | Senn No. 74, Principles of Surgery, vol. 3, before 1891 |
| Box 72 | Senn No. 74, Principles of Surgery, vol. 4, before 1891 |
| Box 73 | Senn No. 74, Principles of Surgery, vol. 5, before 1891 |
| Box 74 | Senn No. 74, Principles of Surgery, vol. 6, before 1891 |
| Box 75 | Senn No. 74, Principles of Surgery, vol. 7, before 1891 |
| Box 76 | Senn No. 74, Principles of Surgery, vol. 8, before 1891 |
| Box 77 | Senn No. 75, Practical surgery for the general practitioner, vol. 1, holograph manuscript interspersed with typewritten pages and tipped-in extracts from other Senn works, plus illustrations; editorial & typesetting notations in other hands, 1900 |
| Box 78 | Senn No. 75, Practical surgery for the general practitioner, vol. 2, holograph manuscript interspersed with typewritten pages and tipped-in extracts from other Senn works, plus illustrations; editorial & typesetting notations in other hands, 1900 |
| Box 79 | Senn No. 75, Practical surgery for the general practitioner, vol. 3, holograph manuscript interspersed with typewritten pages and tipped-in extracts from other Senn works, plus illustrations; editorial & typesetting notations in other hands, 1900 |
| Box 80 | Senn No. 75, Practical surgery for the general practitioner, vol. 4, holograph manuscript interspersed with typewritten pages and tipped-in extracts from other Senn works, plus illustrations; editorial & typesetting notations in other hands, 1900 |
| Box 81 | Senn No. 75, Practical surgery for the general practitioner, vol. 5, holograph manuscript interspersed with typewritten pages and tipped-in extracts from other Senn works, plus illustrations; editorial & typesetting notations in other hands, 1900 |
| Box 82 | Senn No. 75, Practical surgery for the general practitioner, vol. 6, holograph manuscript interspersed with typewritten pages and tipped-in extracts from other Senn works, plus illustrations; editorial & typesetting notations in other hands, 1900 |
| Box 83 | Senn No. 75, Practical surgery for the general practitioner, vol. 7, holograph manuscript interspersed with typewritten pages and tipped-in extracts from other Senn works, plus illustrations; editorial & typesetting notations in other hands, 1900 |
| Box 84 | Senn No. 75, Practical surgery for the general practitioner, vol. 8, holograph manuscript interspersed with typewritten pages and tipped-in extracts from other Senn works, plus illustrations; editorial & typesetting notations in other hands, 1900 |
| Box 85 | Senn No. 75, Practical surgery for the general practitioner, vol. 9, holograph manuscript interspersed with typewritten pages and tipped-in extracts from other Senn works, plus illustrations; editorial & typesetting notations in other hands, 1900 |
| Box 86 | Senn No. 76, Emergency surgery, address in surgery delivered before the Georgia State Medical Society, 1899. |
| Box 87 | Senn No. 77, The choice of a profession. Address delivered before the graduating class of Omaha Medical College, Medical Department, University of Nebraska, holograph and typewritten manuscripts, May 23, 1907 |
| Box 88 | Senn No. 78, Surgical notes from four continents and the West Indies, vol. 1, 1902-1903 |
| Box 89 | Senn No. 78, Surgical notes from four continents and the West Indies, vol. 2, 1902-1903 |
| Box 90 | Senn No. 79, On some of the limits of the art of surgery, delivered at 47th annual meeting of AMA, May 1896 |
| Box 91 | Senn No. 81, The surgical clinic of today, its status and methods of teaching, holograph manuscript, 1905 |
| Box 92 | Senn No. 82, The relation of microorganisms to injuries and surgical diseases, vol. 1, holograph manuscript, 1889 |
| Box 93 | Senn No. 82, The relation of microorganisms to injuries and surgical diseases, vol. 2, holograph manuscript, 1889 |
| Box 94 | Senn No. 83, The relation of microorganisms to injuries and surgical diseases, typescript, 1889 |
| Box 95 | Senn No. 84, Recent progress in surgery, holograph manuscript, editorial and typesetting markings in another hand, 1881 |
| Box 96 | Senn No. 85, Wounds, published as Ch.VI of his practical surgery, 1901, 1900 |
| Box 97 | Senn No. 86, Diagnosis & treatment of gunshot wounds of the stomach and intestines, holograph manuscript, with insertion of printed pages from one of Senn's works, 1890 |
| Box 98 | Senn No. 87, The Modern treatment of gunshot wounds in military practice, published in JAMA, 31(1898); afterwards as a separate, Chicago, AMA Press, 1898 |
| Box 99 | Senn No. 88, A contribution to a knowledge of fracture of the rim of the acetabulum, based on the reports of 27 cases and experiments on the cadaver, manuscript, 1880 |
| Box 100 | Senn No. 89, Fracture of the neck of the femur, with special reference to bony union after intra-capsular fracture, printed in the Transactions of the AMA, vol.1, 1883; afterwards as a separate, Philadelphia, Collins, printer, 1883 |
| Box 101 | Senn No. 90, A new method of direct fixation of the fragments in compound and ununited fractures, President's address delivered at the meeting of the American Surgical Association, 30, May 1893. published in the Annals of surgery, 18 (1893); afterwards as a separate, Philadelphia, 1893. |
| Box 102 | Senn No. 91, Compound fractures, undated |
| Box 103 | Senn No. 96, On the healing of aseptic bone cavities by implantation of antiseptic decalcified bone chips, published in American journal of the medical sciences, 124 (1889); afterwards as a separate, Philadelphia, 1889 |
| Box 104 | Senn No. 97, Surgery of the brain and nerves, various papers, vol 1., 188? |
| Box 105 | Senn No. 97, Surgery of the brain and nerves, various papers, vol 2., 188? |
| Box 106 | Senn No. 101, Fractures of the skull, published in American journal of surgery and gynaecology, 14(1900); also in Cleveland journal of medicine, 5, 1900 |
| Box 107 | Senn No. 102, Subcutaneous drainage in the surgical treatment of hydrocephalus internus, published in the Alienist and neurologist, 24, 1903 |
| Box 108 | Senn No. 103, Perative treatment of pleural exudations, holograph manuscript, 187? |
| Box 109 | Senn No. 104, The surgery of the pancreas, as based upon experiments and clinical researches, published in Transactions of the American Surgical Assn.,4(1886); afterwards as a separate, Philadelphia, W.J. Dornan, 1886 |
| Box 110 | Senn No. 105, The present status of abdominal surgery, paper delivered at the 37th annual mtg. of AMA, 5 May 1886; published in JAMA, 6(1886); afterwards as a separate, Chicago, printed at the Office of the Association, 1886 |
| Box 111 | Senn No. 106, An experimental contribution to intestinal surgery with special reference to the treatment of intestinal obstruction, read in Surgical Section of the 9th Intl. Medical Congress, Washington, 5 September 1887. published in Annals of surgery, 7(1888); afterwards as a separate, St. Louis, J.H. Chalmers, printer, 1888 |
| Box 112 | Senn No. 107, Rectal insufflation of hydrogen gas an infallible test in the diagnosis of visceral injury of the gastro-intestinal canal in penetrating wounds of the abdomen without laparotomy, read in the Section at the 39th annual meting of the AMA, 9 May 1888; published in JAMA, 10(1888); afterwards as a separate, Chicago, Office of the Association, 1888 |
| Box 113 | Senn No. 108, A plea in favor of the early laparotomy for catarrhal and ulcerative appendicitis, with the report of two cases, published in JAMA, 13 (1889); afterwards as a separate, Chicago, office of the association, 1889 |
| Box 114 | Senn No. 110, Two cases of resection of the caecum for carcinoma, with remarks on intenstinal anastomosis in the ileo caecal region, read in the Section on Surgery, 41st annual meeting of AMA, 21 May 1890; published in JAMA, 14 (1890); afterwards as a separate, Chicago, office of the association, 1890 |
| Box 115 | Senn No. 111, The surgical treatment of pyloric stenosis, with a report of fifteen operations for this condition, |
| Box 116 | Senn No. 112, The surgical treatment of intussusception, undated |
| Box 117 | Senn No. 113, The surgical treatment of intussusception, read before the Ontario Medical Assn., 3 June 1891; published in the Canadian practitioner, 16(1891); afterwards as a separate; not identital to MS Senn 112, which bears identical title |
| Box 118 | Senn No. 114, Gastrostomy, read before the Chicago Medical Society, 21 December 1891 published in the Chicago medical recorder, 3 (1892); afterwards as a separate, Chicago, 1892 |
| Box 119 | Senn No. 116, Enterrorrhaphy -- its history, technique & present status, President's address, delivered at meeting of the Association of Military Surgeons of the National Guard of the United States, 8 August 1893. published in JAMA 21 (1893); afterwards as a separate, 1893 |
| Box 120 | Senn No. 117, The surgical treatment of intestinal tuberculosis, published as part 2 of his Intestinal tuberculosis, in JAMA, 30 (1898); afterwards as a separate, Chicago, AMA Press, 1898 |
| Box 121 | Senn No. 123, Himly's Ophthalmologie, lecture notes of W. Baum, Gottingen, Germany, circa 1820 |
| Box 122 | Senn No. 124, Prophylactic hemostasis, published as chapter IV of Senn’s Practical surgery, 1901 |
| Box 123 | Senn No. 126, Iodin in surgery with special reference to its use as an antiseptic, published in Surgery, gynaecology and obstetrics, 1905, vol.1, p.1-10; and in Columbus medical journal, 29, 1905 |
| Box 124 | Senn No. 127, Tendon tissue versus catgut, published in the Military surgeon, 20 (1907); afterwards as a separate, Carlisle, Pa., The Association of Military Surgeons, 1907 |
| Box 125 | Senn No. 130, Lectures on the history of military surgery, holograph manuscript, undated |
| Box 126 | Senn No. 131, Lectures on the history of military surgery, typewritten version of MS Senn 130, except that 3 holograph leaves of additional text have been inserted in lecture I, and that lecture II has been excised, undated |
| Box 127 | Senn No. 133, Conservative surgery on the battlefield, holograph manuscript, published in JAMA, 25, 6 & 13 July 1895 |
| Box 128 | Senn No. 135, Surgical technic, a text book on operative surgery by Fr. Von Esmarch,…, and E. Kowalzig,…, Translated by professor L.H. Grau,…, and Wm. N. Sullivan…, vol. 1, typewritten, with copious corrections and emendations in NS's hand; published by the Macmillan Company, New York, London, 1901 |
| Box 129 | Senn No. 135, Surgical technic, a text book on operative surgery by Fr. Von Esmarch,…, and E. Kowalzig,…, Translated by professor L.H. Grau,…, and Wm. N. Sullivan…, vol. 2, typewritten, with copious corrections and emendations in NS's hand; published by the Macmillan Company, New York, London, 1901 |
| Box 130 | Senn No. 135, Surgical technic, a text book on operative surgery by Fr. Von Esmarch,…, and E. Kowalzig,…, Translated by professor L.H. Grau,…, and Wm. N. Sullivan…, vol. 3, typewritten, with copious corrections and emendations in NS's hand; published by the Macmillan Company, New York, London, 1901 |
| Box 131 | Senn No. 135, Surgical technic, a text book on operative surgery by Fr. Von Esmarch,…, and E. Kowalzig,…, Translated by professor L.H. Grau,…, and Wm. N. Sullivan…, vol. 4, typewritten, with copious corrections and emendations in NS's hand; published by the Macmillan Company, New York, London, 1901 |
| Box 132 | Senn No. 135, Surgical technic, a text book on operative surgery by Fr. Von Esmarch,…, and E. Kowalzig,…, Translated by professor L.H. Grau,…, and Wm. N. Sullivan…, vol. 5, typewritten, with copious corrections and emendations in NS's hand; published by the Macmillan Company, New York, London, 1901 |
| Box 133 | Senn No. 136, First dressing on the battlefield, published in the Journal of the Association of the military surgeons of the United States, 13, 1903 |
| Box 134 | Senn No. 139, Around the world via Siberia, vol. 1, holograph manuscript; editorial and typesetting markings in another hand; originally published in Chicago Tribune, 1901 |
| Box 135 | Senn No. 139, Around the world via Siberia, vol. 2, holograph manuscript; editorial and typesetting markings in another hand; originally published in Chicago Tribune, 1901 |
| Box 136 | Senn No. 140, Around Africa via Lisbon, vol 1, 1906 |
| Box 137 | Senn No. 140, Around Africa via Lisbon, vol 2, 1906 |
| Box 138 | Senn No. 140, Around Africa via Lisbon, vol 3, 1906 |
| Box 139 | Senn No. 141, Around Africa via Lisbon, first draft, 1906 |
| Box 140 | Senn No. 142, Around Africa via Lisbon. A medical tour by Nicholas Senn, 8 essays pubilshed in JAMA; published in JAMA, 64-47 (1906); afterwards as a separate, Chicago, Press of the AMA, 1906 |
| Box 141 | Senn No. 143, War correspondence (Hispano American war). Letters, vol. 1, holograph manuscript with tipped-in portraits and clippings, Cuba, Chickamauga, 1898-1899 |
| Box 142 | Senn No. 143, War correspondence (Hispano American war). Letters, vol. 2, holograph manuscript with tipped-in portraits and clippings, Cuba, Chickamauga, 1898-1899 |
| Box 143 | Senn No. 144, Around South American, (in the year 1907), holograph manuscript, 1907 |
| Box 144 | Senn No. 145, Treatment of hemorrhage, published as Ch.V of his practical surgery (1901), 1900 |
| Box 145 | Senn No. 147, Lecture notes, vol. 1, holograph notes by Senn, circa 1888-1891 |
| Box 146 | Senn No. 147, Lecture notes, vol. 2, holograph notes by Senn, circa 1888-1891 |
| Box 147 | Senn No. 147, Lecture notes, vol. 3, notes on Senn's lectures, 1888 & 1889, "Coppied [sic] from the short-hand notes of William Scott Payne, M.A. Senior student in Rush College" by Alfred A. Knapp, Rush college class of 1891,” circa 1888-1891 |
| Box 148 | Senn No. 148, Clippings related to the life and death of Nicholas Senn, collected by E.J. Senn; includes newspaper articles on his travels in Russia, Siberia, and China; published memorials, 1901-1908 |
| Box 149 | Senn No. 149, Clippings from medical journals, vol. 1., clippings from medical journals w/ correspondence, 1887-1888 |
| Box 150 | Senn No. 149, Clippings from medical journals, vol. 2, brain tumors and abscesses - clippings from medical journals, with correspondence, 1887-1888 |
| Box 151 | Senn No. 150, Memorial resolution passed by the board of directors of the John Crerar Library on the death of Dr. Senn, 1908 |
| Box 152 | Senn No. 150A, Album of diplomas and certificates, medical forms and letters, circa 1880s-1900s |
| Box 153 | Senn No. 151, Quotations compiled by Nicholas Senn, 1890s |
| Box 154 | Senn No. 152, Notes of lectures, circa 1880s-1900s |
| Box 155 | Senn No. 153, Protest against the resignation of Dr. Senn from the chair of surgery of Rush Medical College, undated |
| Box 156 | Senn No. 154, Tuberculosis of Bones and Joints, study of bone growth, with extensive notes, tipped in includes photographs of patients suffering from bone conditions interleaved, 1892 |
| Box 157 | No Senn No. Senn’s reading notes in John Todd’s Index Rerum, published 1861, Senn’s notes, undated |
| Box 158 | No Senn No., Address to the graduating class of the Mary Thompson Hospital Training School for Nurses, Chicago, manuscript, 1905 |
| Box 159 | No Senn No., Diseases of the bones, manuscript, 1895 |