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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:
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