(left to right): Frederick Amasa Coller (1887-1964), Claude Schaeffer Beck (1894-1971), and Cassius James Van Slyke (b. 1900)

Summary

Frederick Amasa Coller (1887-1964) was in the Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School; Case Western Reserve professor Claude Schaeffer Beck (1894-1971) had performed the first defibrillation; and Cassius James Van Slyke (b. 1900) worked for the U.S. Public Health Service and had become director of the National Heart Institute in 1948; they were attending the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Heart Symposium at the Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C., January 21, 1950.

Subject

• Beck, Claude S (Claude Schaeffer) 1894-1971
• Coller, Frederick A
• Van Slyke, Cassius James 1900-
• University of Michigan Medical School
• Case Western Reserve University
• United States Public Health Service
• National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
• National Heart Institute (U.S.)

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-0997

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

January 21, 1950

Restrictions & Rights

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Topic

• Medicine
• Cardiology

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-0997]

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