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:
MSC 09 5100
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque New Mexico 87131 United States
505-272-2311
hsc-archivist@salud.unm.edu
MSC 09 5100
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque New Mexico 87131 United States
505-272-2311
hsc-archivist@salud.unm.edu