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Jacob Sarnoff papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3155

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

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