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1 audiocassette (30 min.) , 1 transcript (11 pages), 1989 November 24

 File — Folder: 1036

Scope and Contents

From the Collection: This interview with Dr. Evelyn J. Basile (1917-2009), a board certified pediatrician of Las Cruces, New Mexico, discusses her life and career as a New Mexico physician. Among the subjects discussed in this interview are Dr. Basile's medical education and post-graduate training experiences; the Las Cruces medical community in the early 1950's; Memorial Hospital's general lack of a pediatric unit and her establishment of a nursery for premature infants; osteopathic and ancillary health professionals in Las Cruces; long-distance consultations; public health "well-baby" clinics; sanitation concerns during the polio epidemic in the early 1950's; the first exchange transfusion in Las Cruces; and others.

Dates

  • 1989 November 24

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 1 Folder

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center Repository

Contact:
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Albuquerque New Mexico 87131 United States
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