Abstract: A neurological surgeon, Harvey Williams Cushing advanced the treatment of gunshot wounds of the head during World War I and developed methods for the study and treatment of intracranial tumors. These papers consist of correspondence, subject files, diaries, and writings documenting his professional career at the Harvard Medical School and Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston; his research on brain tumors; military service; prolific writings, including a 1926 Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Sir William Osler; and his ardent book collecting interests. Also included are Cushing material from the Medical Historical Library at the Yale School of Medicine. (Producer).

ALS. Writes regarding the prospective sale of the 1785 edition of Withering's Account of the foxglove.

Describes the essential elements of the incidents from the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794 to the Reconstruction that followed the Civil War and the ways in which federal military force was applied in each case. Includes: the Fries Rebellion, the Burr Conspiracy, Slave Rebellions, the Nullification Crisis, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Riots, the 3Buckshot War2, the Patriot War, the Dorr Rebellion, the Army as Posse Comitatus, San Francisco Vigilantes, the Utah Expedition, the Civil War, etc. Extensive bibliography. Index. Full-color and b&w photos and maps.