Frederick Gudernatsch, PhD Papers

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Identifier: US-NNCORMA-RGPPM-040

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Scope and Contents

The Frederick Gudenatsch papers are organized into six series: General Correspondence (1952-1958), Societies Correspondence (1940-1958), Speeches and Lectures (1917-1954), Reprints (1907-1960), Drawings (1930's), and Miscellaneous (1897-1962).

Dates

1897 - 1960

Conditions Governing Access

Historical records in the Medical Center Archives are protected by HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996), internal policies requiring protection and confidential handling of PHI (protected health information), FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act), or other institutional polices regarding internal or confidential records, and may require additional permissions prior to access. Some records in this collection are restricted and require additional permissions prior to access. View the container inventory for more information and visit the Medical Center Archives website for the most updated policies and procedures regarding access to historical materials containing restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Materials from this collection cannot be reproduced outside the guidelines of United States Fair Use (17 U.S.C., Section 107) without the advance permission of the Medical Center Archives of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine or the copyright holder. In the event that anything from the collection become a source for publication, a credit line indicating the Medical Center Archives of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine is required.

Historical records in the Medical Center Archives are protected by HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) and internal policies which require protection and confidential handling of all protected health information (PHI). Materials containing PHI, personally identifiable information (PII), and/or student information (protected under FERPA) have been restricted and require additional permissions prior to reproduction and use.

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Biographical / Historical

Dr. J. Frederick Gudernatsch was born on January 8, 1881 in Eisenach, Germany. He received a PhD in Science from the German University Prague in 1910 and a PhD from University of Munich Medical School in 1912. He immigrated to the United States in 1907. From 1907-1920, he taught anatomy, histology, physiology, and endocrinology at Cornell University Medical College. He started as an instructor and was promoted to an assistant professor in 1915 and full professor of anatomy in 1920. From 1920-1943, he worked at the Hoffman LaRoche Laboratories in Nutley as a scientific advisor and later starting in 1929 the scientific director. From 1928-1946, he was a visiting research professor of biology at New York University. From 1950-1959, he worked at the Arctic Aero Medical Bibliographic Service at Cornell University Medical College.

His main areas of interest were the field of comparative physiology with an emphasis on endocrinology and chemistry of normal and pathological growth. In 1912, he was the last person to use tadpoles to measure the amount of thyroid hormone in an unknown solution to study the effect of the thyroid hormone on development. He also worked with Dr. Eugene DuBois, Chairman of the Physiology Department at Cornell University Medical College, on the exposure to cold and on the Arctic Aero Medical project based in Alaska.

He died in October 1962.

Extent

2.29 Linear Feet (6 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Dr. L. Dreyfus donated the papers in August 1989.

Processing Information

This collection was processed and finding aid was written by Elizabeth Shepard in 2008. Minor modifications to the finding aid were made during migration to ArchivesSpace in 2024.