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Papers, 1903-1956
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Archives and Modern Manuscripts Program, History of Medicine Division
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| Collection Number: | MS C 313 |
| Creator: | Gibbon, John Heysham |
| Title: | John H. Gibbon Papers
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| Dates: | 1903-1956 |
| Quantity: | 6 boxes and oversize items |
| Abstract: | Dr. John H. Gibbon invented the first artificial heart-lung machine and performed the first human open heart operation. The collection includes material on this subject as well as some biographical and genealogical data. |
John Heysham Gibbon (1903-1973) was born in Philadelphia, PA, and was a fourth generation physician. He received his A.B. from Princeton University in 1923 and his M.D. from Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia in 1927. He also received honorary degrees from the Universities of Princeton, Buffalo and Pennsylvania, and Dickinson College. As a member of the faculty at Jefferson Medical College, he held the positions of Professor of Surgery and Director of the Department of Surgery (1946-1956) and was the Samuel D. Gross Professor and Chairman of the Department of Surgery (1946-1967). He was widely recognized for his pioneering efforts in surgery and the invention of the heart-lung bypass machine. His awards include the Lasker Award (1968), Gairdner Foundation International Award, Distinguished Service Awards from both the International Society of Surgery and the Pennsylvania Medical Society, the American Heart Association's Research Achievement Award, and election into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was named an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons and retired as Emeritus Professor of Surgery, Jefferson Medical College Hospital. Dr. Gibbon was also president of several professional societies and organizations including the American Surgical Association, American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Society of Vascular Surgery, Society of Clinical Surgery.
The death of a young patient in 1931 first stirred Dr. Gibbon's imagination about developing an artificial device for bypassing the heart and lungs, allowing for more effective heart surgery techniques. He was dissuaded by all with whom he broached the subject, but he continued his experiments and invention independently. In 1935 he successfully used a prototype heart-lung bypass machine to keep a cat alive for 26 minutes. Gibbon's World War II army service in the China-Burma-India Theater temporarily interrupted his research. He began a new series of experiments with dogs in the 1950s, using IBM-built machines. The new device used a refined method of cascading the blood down a thin sheet of film for oxygenation, rather than the original whirling technique that could potentially damage blood corpuscles. Using the new method, twelve dogs were kept alive for more than an hour during heart operations. The next step involved using the machine on humans, and in 1953 Cecelia Bavolek became the first to successfully undergo open heart bypass surgery, with the machine totally supporting her heart and lung functions for more than half the duration.
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Correspondence, photographs, typescripts, reprints, printed matter, and diplomas, certificates and awards. The collection includes material on the heart-lung machine, as well as some biographical and genealogical data.
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Restrictions
Collection is not restricted. Contact the Reference Staff for information regarding access. For online customer service, please visit http://www.nlm.nih.gov/contacts/custserv-email.html.
Copyright
Copyright to the collection was transferred to the public domain. Contact the Reference Staff for details regarding rights. For online customer service, please visit http://www.nlm.nih.gov/contacts/custserv-email.html.
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| These terms are indexed in the National Library of Medicine's on-line catalog LocatorPlus. Researchers wishing to find related materials should serach the catalog using these terms. |
| MeSH Subjects |
| | Cardiology |
| | Heart-Lung machine |
| | Physiology |
| | Surgery |
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Gibbon, John Heysham. John H. Gibbon papers. 1903-1956. Located in: Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD.; MS C 313.
Gft of Mrs. Gibbon (1976) and Dr. Ada Romaine Davis (1992), Acc. #225, 772.
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Papers, 1903-1956
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| Box |
| 1 | | Curriculum Vitae and Biographical Data |
| 1 | | Genealogical Data |
| 1 | | Academic Appointment |
| 1 | | Retirement |
| 1 | | "Memories of the Early Development of Heart-Lung Machine" - Correspondence |
| 1 | | Portrait Presentation, May 1963 |
| 1 | | Photograph: Dr. Gibbon and His Heart-Lung Machine |
| 1 | | Portraits: Gibbon |
| 1 | | Portraits: Group |
| 1 | | Photographs: Hanoi |
| 1 | | Correspondence, unidentified |
| 1 | | Correspondence, A-W |
| 1 | | Heart and Lung Foundation - Correspondence |
| 2 | | Degrees and Diplomas, 1957-1967 |
| 2 | | Certificates and Awards, Etc. |
| 2 | | Plaque |
| 2 | | Reprints, undated, 1970 |
| 2 | | Heart and Lung Foundation, Correspondence, 1957-1967 |
| 2 | | Talks |
| 2 | | Clippings, 1953-1965 |
| 3 | | Lasker Award |
| 3 | | Agreement re: Samuel D. Gross Professorship |
| 3 | | Shaffrey Award |
| 3 | | Helen B. Tausig Citation (with Photo), 1967 |
| 3 | | The Dickson Prize Talk , 1972 |
| 3 | | Medical Club |
| 3 | | Presidential Address - College of Physicians |
| 3 | | Medical Library Association |
| 3 | | Presidential Address - College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 1966-1967 |
| 3 | | Remarks on receipt of Strittmatter Award - Phil. County Medical Society, 1963 |
| 3 | | Lake Foundation - Correspondence |
| 3 | | Jefferson Medical College - Correspondence |
| 3 | | Jefferson Building Fund Payments, Correspondence |
| 3 | | Research Corporation - Correspondence, 1956-1969 |
| 3 | | 40th and 45th Reunions - Correspondence |
| 3 | | American Friends Service Committee |
| 3 | | Memoir of J. Parsons Schaeffer |
| 3 | | S. Weir Mitchell Associates - College of Physicians - Printed Matter |
| 3 | | National Academy of Sciences |
| 3 | | Committee of the John Scott Award |
| 3 | | Mexico and Buca Trips |
| 3 | | Philadelphia Award, 1962-1964 |
| 3 | | Philadelphia Award (Correspondence), 1970-1972 |
| 3 | | Franklin Watkins |
| 3 | | Society of Sigma XI - Lectures, 1969 |
| 4 | | Duke University Lecture - Correspondence |
| 4 | | Buffalo Surgical Society - Correspondence |
| 4 | | Baylor University |
| 4 | | Surgical Society - Correspondence |
| 4 | | International Surgical Group |
| 4 | | Southern Surgical Association |
| 4 | | International Sugrical Group - Trips: Finland, Russia, Scotland, 1971 |
| 4 | | College of Physicians - Reception: Art of Phil. of Medicine |
| 4 | | Presidential Address - Society for Vascular Surgery |
| 4 | | Gibbon, Nebraska Centennial |
| 4 | | ibid/News Articles |
| 4 | | 2nd J.H. Gibbon Lecture - Hans Engell |
| 4 | | Comments on Medical Education |
| 4 | | Society of Clinical Surgery |
| 4 | | The Development of Surgical Research in the U.S. |
| 4 | | Surgery of the Chest, Correspondence, 1960-1969 |
| 5 | | Current Research Data re: Heart Lung Apparatus |
| 5 | | Heart Lung Machine Illustrations |
| 5 | | Metabolic Studies Heart-Lung Machine Patients |
| 5 | | Artificial Circulation |
| 5 | | Heart-Lung Publicity |
| 5 | | Unpublished Heart-Lung Manuscripts |
| 5 | | Blueprints of Oxygenator - Operating Instructions, Photographs, Parts, and Designator Lists |
| 5 | | Commencement Citation - Mary Lasker, 1966 |
| 5 | | International Business Machines Corporation |
| 5 | | Mark Company |
| 5 | | Carcinoma of the Lung and Tumors of the Thoras - Correspondence |
| 5 | | Clinical Diagnosis of Lung Cancer Including Bronchoscopy |
| 5 | | Obliteration of the Pleural Cavity for Pleural Malignancy |
| 5 | | Problems in Hemostasis with Extracorporeal Apparatus |
| 5 | | Support of the Failing Circulation..... |
| 5 | | The Complete Surgeon |
| 5 | | The Normal Heart & Temporary Substitutes for the Heart & Lungs |
| 5 | | Paralysis of the Left Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve.... |
| 5 | | Review of Surgery - Heart-Lung |
| 5 | | Changing Concepts in the Therapy of Carcinoma of the Esophagus |
| 6 | | Complications of Both Pulmonary Resection & Thoracoplasty |
| 6 | | Carcinoma of the Lung & Tumors of the Thorax |
| 6 | | Plans for New Pumps and Oxygenators |
| 6 | | Mayo-Gibbon Pump Oxygenator |
| 6 | | Miscellaneous Printed Material |
| 6 | | Miscellaneous Notes |
| 6 | | Heart Transplantation - Printed Matter |
| 6 | | Internal Pacemakers - Printed Matter |
| 6 | | Modern Medicine Article |
| 6 | | The Courts Tennis Club |
| 6 | | Reprints - by Other Authors |
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| Other John H. Gibbon papers, including early heart-lung machine designs, are located at the Jefferson Medical College University and Special Collections, MS001. |
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