1 audiocassette (60 min.), 1 transcript (11 pages), correspondence, 1 color photoprint (9 x 13 cm, 3.5 x 5 in.), 1983 October 27
File — Folder: 803
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This interview with Dr. Victor E. Berchtold (1901-2007) of Santa Fe, New Mexico, provides a broad overview of his half century in medicine, from his student days at Creighton University through forty years of practice in Santa Fe. The interview provides information about the following subjects: the Santa Fe medical community of the 1930s and 1940s; the importance of the tuberculosis industry in New Mexico; the development of Dr. Berchtold's specialty focus on urology; and St. Vincent's Sanatorium/Hospital. Discussed at lesser length are Dr. Thomas P. Martin of Taos, New Mexico; public health services in the state; the impact of the Great Depression; the development of urological surgery; Bruns General Hospital (Santa Fe); malpractice insurance; and other subjects.
Dates
- 1983 October 27
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