Bertram M. Bernheim by unidentified photographer; black and white photograph, c. 1918.

Collection Summary 

Creator
Bernheim, Bertram Moses

Dates
15 Feb 1880-28 Nov 1958

Institutional Affiliation(s)
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
1909-1958

Johns Hopkins Hospital
1927-1958 

Date Range of Collection
1900-1956

Volume of Collection
3 linear feet

Biography

Bertram M. Bernheim was born in Paducah, Kentucky. He attended the Johns Hopkins University for both undergraduate study and medical school, receiving his A.B. in 1901 and his M.D. in 1905. In World War I he served as an operating surgeon at the Johns Hopkins Hospital Base Unit Number 18 and held the rank of captain. He did pioneering work in blood transfusion and cardiovascular surgery, performing the first laparoscopy in the United States. Bernheim was an early advocate of patients' rights and a founder of the American College of Surgeons. He was the author of several books, including the partially autobiographical A Surgeon's Domain and The Story of the Johns Hopkins 

Scope and Content

The Bertram M. Bernheim Collection spans his entire career. It consists of unpublished manuscripts, including No Parades: A War Surgeon's Story and a collection of short stories with hospital settings; correspondence regarding Bernheim's publications, Surgery of the Vascular System, A Surgeon's Domain, and The Story of the Johns Hopkins; a Johns Hopkins Hospital photograph album (1902-1903); and several scrapbooks. Records of Bernheim's surgical practice include three case books (1908-1915), notes from the Hunterian laboratory (1912), two notebooks on anastomosis (1908-1909), and a private ledger from Hebrew Hospital (c. 1920-1925). World War I materials include photostats of orders, letters of commendation, and a scrapbook.

Policy on Access and Use

This collection may contain some restricted records. Materials pertaining to patients, students, employees, and human research subjects, as well as unprocessed collections and recent administrative records, carry restrictions on access. For more information about the policies and procedures for access, see Policy on Access and Use.

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