Description: Up for auction a RARE! "Neuropathology" Nolan D. C. Lewis Hand Signed 3X5.5 Card. ES-9258 Dr. Nolan D. C. Lewis, a former director of the New York State Psychiatric Institute and an internationally known figure in neuropathology, died yesterday at the Frederick (Md.) Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. He was 90 years old and lived in Frederick. Dr. Lewis was an expert in a broad range of neurological and psychiatric disorders, specializing in schizophrenia. At the time of his death, he was preparing a book on symbolism in schizophrenic art. Active on scores of committees, organizations and agencies concerned with mental health, Dr. Lewis divided his time between academic and public responsibilities. In 1946 and 1947, he was a psychiatric consultant at the war crime trials in Nuremburg, and, on a special assignment, he did research for the United States Government on Nazi medical experiments. He also participated in studies of the medical effects of the bombing of Hiroshima. Dr. Lewis was appointed professor of neurology at Columbia University and an associate director of the Neurological Institute of the Columbia‐Presbyterian Medical Center in 1936. He had been assistant director of the Institute for several months, while he was director of laboratories at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Washington. He had been director of clinical psychiatry at that hospital from 1923 to 1933. A 1914 graduate of the University of Maryland Medical School, Dr. Lewis did postgraduate work in psychology and biology at Johns Hopkins University and then spent a year at the University of Vienna. Dr. Lewis was professor of experimental pathology at George Washington University from 1923 to 1924 and professor of clinical psychology from 1925 until his appointment at Columbia. He was named medical director of the Neurological Institute of New York in 1936 and remained in that post until 1953. From 1953 until 1958, he was director of research in neurology and psychiatry for New Jersey's public hospitals and agencies. Dr. Lewis was the author of more than 200 articles and 10 books in neuropathology and psychiatry. He was also an editor and contributor to many scientific journals and a board member or officer of more than a score of professional societies.
Price: 499.99 USD
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
End Time: 2025-01-10T21:34:03.000Z
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