![]() His work in the hospital's clinics and wards attracted many physicians to seek training with him and collaborate in his research. Back in Boston in 1919, White soon became chief of the Out-Patient Department at Massachusetts General Hospital, in addition to his continuing work as physician in charge of its Cardiac Laboratory and Clinics. During World War I, he served with the British and American Expeditionary Forces in France, and at war's end went on to Greece as a member of a Red Cross mission to control typhus. Upon his return, he was one of the first to introduce the electrocardiograph (ECG) in the United States. During that time, White trained with Thomas Lewis in London, England in the newly-established specialty of cardiology. In 1913, Harvard awarded White a Sheldon Fellowship which allowed him to spend a year abroad. ![]() At that time, the field of cardiology was in its early development. Following his medical school graduation in 1911, White interned at Massachusetts General Hospital. He then attended Harvard College and Harvard Medical School. White attended Roxbury Latin School, Boston, Massachusetts, where he studied classics and history. Herbert was a physician in Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, and he helped to found New England Baptist Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. He was identified as white in the 1900 U.S. Paul Dudley White was born on Jin Boston, Massachusetts, to Elizabeth and Herbert White. ![]() Eisenhower, President of the United States, which gave him a platform for his messages about heart health. ![]() He received a burst of media attention after providing medical care to Dwight D. White advocated non-smoking, daily exercise, and moderation in eating and drinking alcohol. He was a physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts and a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Paul Dudley White (1886-1973), A.B., Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, M.D., 1911, Harvard Medical School, was a cardiologist who helped develop the specialty from its early days and promoted international scientific cooperation and world peace (1). The collection includes patient records, correspondence, card files, notebooks, photographs, audiovisual materials, and research records. There are also records generated by an archivist who worked on the White papers and records generated by Oglesby Paul, one of White’s biographers. Records pertain to White’s work at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston his involvement and leadership in professional organizations, including the American Heart Association and state heart associations his writing and publishing activities his subject interests, such as cardiological research topics, physical health and fitness and his personal life and biography, including his family, his World War I service, and his time as a student at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Some records from the first half of the twentieth century are also scattered throughout the collection. ![]() The bulk of the records are from the end of White’s life, 1950s to 1973. The Paul Dudley White papers consist of records produced by White during his career as a cardiologist and humanitarian. ![]()
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