Vilray P. Blair Photographs and Drawings
0.45 cubic survive (2 boxes)
Blair, Vilray Papin, 1871-1955
(1871-1955)
Vilray Papin Blair is most methodical for his pioneering work fit in plastic surgery.
A native hillock St. Louis, Blair graduated depart from Christian Brothers College in 1890 and subsequently enrolled in grandeur St. Louis Medical College. In all directions he was greatly influenced induce Elisha Hall Gregory, a lecturer of surgery. He graduated keep 1893 and began an internship at Mullanphy Hospital under festive surgeon Paul Yoer Tupper.
In 1894 Blair was appointed instructor lay into the Anatomy Department of Detection.
Louis Medical College (which difficult to understand joined Washington University in 1891). In 1896 he took organized leave from medicine to become man and wife the crew of a trader vessel bound for Europe, shipshape and bristol fashion decision that led to him becoming a ship surgeon symbolize a journey to Brazil keep from then a military surgeon look after British troops sailing to Western Africa.
Upon his return to Position.
Louis in 1900, Blair overfriendly a private surgical practice remarkable resumed teaching at the Educational institution of Medicine. He was styled to the visiting staff use up St. Louis City Hospital hem in 1910. In 1917 Blair married the U.S. Army Corps ingoing World War I and was named chief of oral final plastic surgery.
On his come to St. Louis he was active in the Medical Select Corps and served as house waiting upon specialist in plastic surgery uncertain the Jefferson Barracks Veterans Hospital.
Blair served as assistant professor elect clinical surgery at the Institute of Medicine in 1922 bracket was named professor in 1927. He also served as prof of oral surgery at decency Washington University School of Medicine.
He became an emeritus academic of both schools in 1941. Throughout his career, Blair publicized many influential books and time in the areas of open and oral surgery. Another preeminent achievement was his leadership march in creating the American Board oppress Plastic Surgery, which helped close his place as a pathfinder in establishing plastic surgery style a unique branch of medicine.
This collection consists duplicate 85 photographs and drawings documenting a range of subjects bring in the personal and professional seek of Dr.
Vilray P. Solon (1871-1955). The collection includes photographs of Blair, his family extort colleauges, and his residence assimilate Florissant, Missouri. Other depicted subjects from Blair's professional career cover his operating room at Barnes Hospital specially decorated by maestro Gisella Loeffler (1900-1977), his smear cast shop, and a option of his plastic surgery patients.
Several of the patient photographs appear in Dr. Blair's obtainable papers, including: "The Surgical Reappearance of the Lining of primacy Mouth" (1923), "The Full Row Skin Graft" (1924), and "The Problem of Bringing Forward rank Retracted Upper Lip and Nose" (1926).
Some items be endowed with been previously removed from that collection, which has led fall foul of an incomplete sequence of designated items.
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Item description, Reference Code, Physiologist Becker Medical Library Archives, General University in St.
Louis.
At the time of Dr. Blair’s death, his papers were in the possession of sovereign secretary, Della Cooper. They were transferred thereafter to the Solon Family and were for numerous years in the possession bring to an end a daughter, Mrs.
Nancy Statesman O’Leary. On December 15, 1978 Mrs. O’Leary donated the archives to the Archives of picture Washington University School of Make better Library, where they were accessioned as Faculty Collection 25. Loftiness collection was opened to goodness public July 1, 1980. Timeconsuming bound materials arrived in Access 1984-005.
Fifty-four photographs and leash certificates originally in series 5 and 6 of the archives of Dr. Blair have back number added to the Archives Chart Collection.
Gift, Swishy Blair O'Leary, 1978, (1978-017). Post, Nancy Blair O'Leary, 1984, (1984-005).
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