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Box 2

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Contains 14 Results:

Retrolental Fibroplasia Malpractice Lawsuit: Berkowitz-Burton Correspondence, Pre-Trial, 1975-1980

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Series:

New York Hospital and Dr. Mary Engle were involved in a malpractice lawsuit regarding the hospital's participation in a 1952 Co-op study researching the relationship between oxygen and Retrolental Fibroplasia, an illness that causes blindness in premature infants. Another malpractice lawsuit was Anderson vs. New York Hospital in which a pediatric cardiac patient sued Dr. Engle. She lost both cases. The series is arranged chronologically.

Dates: 1975-1980

Retrolental Fibroplasia Malpractice Lawsuit: Dr. Engle's deposition/examination, transcript, 1977

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Series:

New York Hospital and Dr. Mary Engle were involved in a malpractice lawsuit regarding the hospital's participation in a 1952 Co-op study researching the relationship between oxygen and Retrolental Fibroplasia, an illness that causes blindness in premature infants. Another malpractice lawsuit was Anderson vs. New York Hospital in which a pediatric cardiac patient sued Dr. Engle. She lost both cases. The series is arranged chronologically.

Dates: 1977

Retrolental Fibroplasia Malpractice Lawsuit: Personal letters written after the trial, 1981

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents From the Series:

New York Hospital and Dr. Mary Engle were involved in a malpractice lawsuit regarding the hospital's participation in a 1952 Co-op study researching the relationship between oxygen and Retrolental Fibroplasia, an illness that causes blindness in premature infants. Another malpractice lawsuit was Anderson vs. New York Hospital in which a pediatric cardiac patient sued Dr. Engle. She lost both cases. The series is arranged chronologically.

Dates: 1981

Retrolental Fibroplasia Malpractice Lawsuit: Statement of Dr. Thompson and Dean Meikle made after the trial, 1981

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents From the Series:

New York Hospital and Dr. Mary Engle were involved in a malpractice lawsuit regarding the hospital's participation in a 1952 Co-op study researching the relationship between oxygen and Retrolental Fibroplasia, an illness that causes blindness in premature infants. Another malpractice lawsuit was Anderson vs. New York Hospital in which a pediatric cardiac patient sued Dr. Engle. She lost both cases. The series is arranged chronologically.

Dates: 1981