Scope and content
Jacob Sarnoff's writings on surgery, professional ethics, first aid and other medical subjects, Library of Congress catalog cards for films he produced for use in teaching surgery, pamphlets pertaining to these films, photographs of plastic surgery patients, and copies of his published works.
Dates
- 1925-1958.
Creator
- Sarnoff, Jacob, 1886- (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Physician and surgeon. Jacob Sarnoff, father of Dr. Stanley Sarnoff and singer and speech consultant Dorothy Sarnoff, practiced plastic surgery in Brooklyn, New York. He is the author of the books "The Human Body in Pictures" and "Better Health, Longer Life" as well as many articles for medical journals and was a pioneer in the use of motion pictures for teaching surgery.
Extent
9 cubic feet. (9 cubic feet.)
Language of Materials
English
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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