University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections3379 (Accession No. 3379-003)Bodemer, Charles W.Charles W. Bodemer
Papers1824-198411.23 cubic ft. (11 boxes)Collection
materials are in
English.Papers of UW
professor of biomedical history documenting his wide range of research
interests and professional activitiesCharles W. Bodemer was born in Denison, Iowa, in 1927. He received a
B.A. in zoology from Pomona College, and a Ph.D. in anatomy from Cornell
University. While a member of the U.S. Marine Corps from 1944-1947, he was
stationed in Japan, China, and the South Pacific.
Bodemer joined the faculty of the University of Washington in 1956. He
began his career in the Department of Anatomy. In 1963 he became assistant dean
of medicine, and in 1965 he became an associate dean. Bodemer's greatest
contribution to the University of Washington came from his work with the UW
School of Medicine's Department of Biomedical History, which he founded in 1967
and chaired until his death in 1985. He was considered a very fine lecturer and
teacher, and was highly regarded as a speaker on the history of medicine. He
was also a prolific writer, publishing over 50 books and many articles and
papers.
Bodemer's academic and research interests ranged from medical history
to cultural studies, and included art, music, literature, religion, law, and
philosphy. He had a particular interest in the history of medicine in the
Northwest region of the United States, and in the history and philosophy of
traditional medicine in China. He spent time at Yenching University and studied
oriental affairs at Claremont Graduate School. His other medical history
interests included 17th- and 18th-century medicine, societal attitudes toward
madness, reproductive medicine, and the history of surgery.
The papers of Charles W. Bodemer document his wide range of research
interests and professional activities. The arrangement of the papers reflects
Bodemer's own filing system. The largest series are general correspondence,
speeches, writings, and research files. Bodemer organized his correspondence
into a few smaller subject areas, including correspondence with professional
journals, publishers, and academic and research societies. Other series cover
curriculum files for courses on biomedical history taught by Bodemer,
conferences, seminars, grants, and photographs and illustrations.
Correspondence files often include other materials related to the
correspondent such as brochures, fliers, and directories. Often there are two
folders for a given speech, one containing a copy of the text, and the other
containing information about the event at which the speech was to be given.
Folder titles can reflect either the subject of the speech or the location or
event of the speech. The bulk of the writings are manuscripts, which
occasionally relate to speeches or lectures given by Bodemer. The writings also
include two collected volumes of Bodemer's work from 1980 and 1981. The
consultation files cover instances in which Bodemer served as a consultant to
other writers or members of the media.
There are three sections of research files. The first contains
summaries, notes, and quotations from a variety of authors. The second, and
largest, group of research files contains clippings, articles, illustrations,
correspondence, photographs, and other materials related to Bodemer's writings
and is organized by subject. Bodemer's interest in the history of medicine,
especially the history of medicine in the Northwest, is well documented in this
series. Many of the documents in the second research files series are
photocopies. The third section of research files consists of magazine article
clippings and reprints.
The bulk of the photographs series consists of reproductions of
illustrations used by Bodemer in his writings. Several folders contain images
relating to the history of medicine in the Northwest. There are few original
photographs in the series.
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The creator's rights were transferred to the University of Washington
Libraries according to a deed of gift dated Sept. 28, 1987. Rights to the film
Medicine and the Physician in Western Civilization
are held by the University of Southern California.
This collection was received in two installments: from Sandra
Courtney, Sept. 15, 1987, and from the University of Washington Biomedical
History Dept. via Karyl Winn, August 1986.
Processed in 2003, this accession is a merger of Accessions nos.
3379-88-17 and 3379-2-90-66. Photographs of the Wayside Hospital were
transferred to PH1477 in 2017.
University Archives/Faculty Papers (University of Washington)Bodemer, Charles W.--ArchivesAmerican Association for the History of MedicineAmerican Association of AnatomistsSociety for Developmental BiologyWashington State Medical AssociationUniversity of Washington. School of Medicine. Dept. of Biomedical HistoryUniversity of Washington. University ArchivesCollege teachers--Washington (State)--Seattle--ArchivesMedical historians--Washington (State)--Seattle--ArchivesMedicine--HistoryMedicine--History--17th centuryMedicine--History--18th centuryMedicine--Northwest, PacificMedicine--Study and teaching (Graduate)--Washington (State)--SeattleMedical colleges--Washington (State)--SeattleMedicine, Chinese--HistoryPhotographsSeattleWashington (State)Medicine and HealthPhotographsColleges and Universities
1Biographical Features1956-1984General CorrespondenceProfessional Journals1Anatomical
Record19791Annals of Internal
Medicine19781Bioscience19661Bulletin of the History of
Medicine1965-19681CLIO Medica19821Episteme1966-19741Gynecologic
Investigation19741Isis1965-19821Journal of the American Medical
Association1965-19841Journal of Family
Practice19791Journal of the History of
Behavioral Sciences1965-19681Journal of
Morphology19651Medicine
Northwest1983-19841Northwest Environmental
Journal19821Resident and Staff
Physician19811Rocky Mountain Medical
Journal1978-1979Publishers1Aldo Garzanti Editore19711Arete Publishing Company (Academic American Encyclopedia)19791Charles C. Thomas, Publisher1961-19711Dictionary of American Medical
Biography (Greenwood Press)1979-19801Edizioni Scientifiche e Techniche1970-19711Encyclopedia
Americana19711Holt, Rinehart and Winston1965-19781Idaho
Yesterdays19791Johnson Reprint Corporation1966-19701Journal of the American Medical
Association19801Journal of Family
Practice19791Martin Kaufmann, Dictionary of
American Medical Biography1980-19831J. Kouri Biomedical Publishing Services19821Oxford University Press19781People's Health Press, People's Republic of
China19811Salvat Editores, S.A.1967-19741University of California Press19781University of Chicago Press1970-19731University of Washington Press19731Washington State Medical Association
Reports1979Publisher's Series1Culture et
Civilisation1970-1971, n.d.1Medical Heritage Society, Aesculpius1971-19721Medical Heritage Society, Medallic Tribute to
Surgery19711Medical Heritage Society, Medallic History of
Medicine1969-19711Medical Heritage Society, Miscellaneous19711Medical Heritage Society, Permanent Advisory
Board1971SocietiesIncludes brochures and directories.
1Academie Internationale d'Histoire de la
Medicine1969-19851American Association for the History of
Medicine1967-19851American Association of Anatomists1964-19871American College of Surgeons19821American Historical Association19681American Men of Science19682American Society of Anesthesiologists19842American Society of Zoologists1964-19852British Society for the History of Science1968-19852Chinese Historical Society of the Pacific
Northwest1968-19852Guild for Natural Science Illustrators1980-19832Henry N. Harkins Surgical Society, University of
Washington1983Archival material.
2History of Science Society1968-19852History of Science Society, Henry Schuman Prize
Committee19682Institute of the History of Medicine1979-19852International Academy of the History of Medicine
Symposium, Vienna19732International Society of Developmental
Biologists1970-19812New York Academy of Sciences19692Snohomish County Medical Association19732Société Internationale d'Histoire de la
Médicine1971-19852Society for Developmental Biology, Inc.1964-19822Society for Health and Human Values1975-19842Society for the Social History of Medicine1970-19852Washington State Medical Association1972-19752Washington State Medical Association,
Conference19742West Coast History of Science Society1981-19832Western History Association1976-19842Belle Lettres1967-19732Regarding the Death of C.W. Bodemer19852Condolences1985Speeches2KING-TV Good Company19852Chinese Medicine in 19th Century America19842Northwest Summer/ KOMO-TV 419842Health Sciences, Health Forum19842Northwest Regional China Council19842Children's Orthopedic Hospital19842King County Academy Family M.D.s19842Neurosurgery Chairmen's Association19842Animal Medicine19842Ballard Rotary Club19842Washington State Chinese Medicine Society19842P'ing Hsing Lu19842American Society of Anesthesiologists19842American Medical Writers Association19842Pierce County Medical Society19832Aesculapius Beseiged: Changing19832University of Washington Medical School, Visiting
Committee19832Walla Walla County Medical Society19832Group Health Human Subject Review Committee19832Pacific Coast Fertility Society19832Bioethics and the Future19832Oregon Public Health Association19832Washington State Society of
Anesthesiologists19832Conquest of Pain: Unexpected Dividends19832Department of Surgery, School of Medicine: A Brief
History19832Harkins Society Dinner19832Kittitas County Medical Society19832The Evolution of Combined Treatment in Clinical
Psychiatry19832Historical Perspective on Combined Treatment19832University of British Columbia - Family
Practice19832Whatcom County Medical Society19832Northwest Group19832Columbia Basin College Symposium19833Douglas County Medical Society19833Old Wine in New Bottles: Traditions and Challenges in
Medicine19833France, Fundament and the Rise of Surgery19833History of Colon-Rectal Surgery19833Bremerton Rotary Club19833American Pediatric Association19833Nervousness: The National Disease of Victorian
America19833Tacoma Community College19833KOMO-TV Town Meeting19833A Time to Die -- Between Patient and
Physician19823New Faculty Orientation/Reception19823Denver Centennial Seminar Series19823History of Medical Education in the United
States19823Independent Study in Medical Science19823Seattle Academy of Internal Medicine19823Schilling Retirement - Surgery19823Roots: Surgical Training in 18th and 19th Century
Europe19823Forum for Science and Human Values19823Financial Donors Reception19823Pelts, Pills and Profits: Medicine in the Early Pacific
Northwest19823Clark County Medical Society19823Gray's Harbor County Medical Association19823Symbols and Images of the Physician19823Ethics in Medicine: Historical Development and Modern
Challenge19823The Evolution of an Ethical Profession19823Northwest Women's Law Center19813Baron Dominique Jean Larrey: Napoleon's
Surgeon19813Provider Competition -- Is It Really New?19813Lasher Retirement - Biological Structure19813Historical Interrelationship19813Children's Orthopedic Hospital Medical Staff 25 Year
Awards Dinner19813An Old and a New Testament for Medicine, Charles E.
Odegaard19813Symposium on Reproductive Biology, Richard J.
Blandau19813Sunset Club19813Art, Literature and Medicine19813American Society of Zoologists19803Hydra and 18th Century Biological Thought19803Family Medicine Fellows Seminar19803WAMI Conference at Rosario19803Symbols, Myths and Medicine19803Swedish, Doctors and General Hospitals, Staff
Conference19803Historical and Ethical Perspectives19803What Kind of People Are We ...19803Museum of History and Industry19803Clinical Scholars Program19803American Medical Writers and Editors19803Medicine and Literature19803French Science Today19803Seattle Academy of Internal Medicine19803Historical Images of the Physician19803Disease and History19793ARC19793Futuristic Look at Medicine in the Year 200019793Medicine in the Developing Pacific Northwest19793The American Medical Heritage19793Beginning of American Medicine and Orthodox Medicine in
19th Century America19793Little Orthopedic Club19793Futures19793Health Care in Historical Perspective19793Genetics, Genetic Medicine19783Ethical Challenges of Medical Technology19783Montana Medicine During the 19th Century19783Medicine in the Developing Northwest and
Montana19783Portrait of the Pre-Listerian Surgeon19783German Romantics and 19th Century Psychiatry19783Glory, God and Gold: Medicine in the Early Pacific
Northwest19783Historical Interpretations of the Uterus19783Medical Authority and Modern Law19783Continuing Medical Education Program19773Human Reproduction [series], I: Science, II: Abortion,
III: Genetics19773Historical Aspects of Medical Malpractice
Legislation19773Historical Development of Concepts of Reproduction and
Family Limitation Methods19773Medicine: Past, Present and Future19773General Surgery in the Post-Listerian Era19773History of Pre-Listerian Surgery19773Historical Development of Concepts of Reproductive and
Family Limitation Methods19773Emergence of Hospitals in Washington State and King
County19773Childhood and the Child During the Medieval and Early
Modern Periods19773Historical Perspectives for the Future19773History of Surgery and Medicine in the
Northwest19773History of General Surgery During the Pre-Listerian
Era19773Early Development of Medicine in the Pacific
Northwest19773Society: Institutions and Psychiatry in Historical
Perspective19773History of Surgery and Medicine in the
Northwest19773Early Development of Medicine in the Pacific
Northwest19763Medicine, Humanism and the Pre-Med19763Early Development of Medicine in the Pacific
Northwest19763Development of Medical Institutions on the Pacific N.W.
Frontier19763Historical Patterns in the Care and Treatment of the
Mentally Ill19763Natural Religion and Generation Theory19763Early Development of Medicine in the Pacific
Northwest19763Early Origins of Pacific Northwest Medicine19763Introduction to Clinical Medicine19763An Historicoethical Perspective on Health Care in
America19763Seattle Society of Hospital Pharmacists19763Ethical Challenges of Modern Medicine19763Medicine in the Early Pacific Northwest19753Historical Perspective on Ethical Issues in
Medicine19753The Physician in History19754The Emergence of Hospitals on the Northwest Frontier,
or, How to Stay Sick on a Dollar a Day19754Pioneer Physicians of the Pacific Northwest19744Disease and History: The Black Death19744The Physician as Pioneer: The Mission, Mishaps and
Monuments of David S. Maynard, M.D.19734The Patient-Physician Relation in Historical
Perspective19734Doc Maynard: Portrait of a Successful
Failure19734The Early Modern Origins of Pediatrics19734Historical Perspectives19724M.F.X. Bichat: Glory, the Food of Talent19724Impact of Cultural and Economic Background on Programs
to Recruit Negroes for Medicine19694Académie Royale des Sciences, Paris in the 17th and 18th
Centuries19654Origins of the Medical Curriculum19644Scientific Views of Reality19634Bio-Medical Research and Research Training at the
UW19634The Idea of Progress in the Historical Development of
Biological Science19624Historical Perspective on Combined Treatmentn.d.4Interpretation and Treatment of Pathological Behavior in
Historical Perspectiven.d.4King Louis XIV and Medicine: Nature of Medicine at the
Beginning of XVIIn.d.4The Lesson of the Mothn.d.4The Mold of Twentieth Century Sciencen.d.4Pain in the Pastn.d.4Vascular Pattern in the Developing Brainn.d.4Reprintsn.d.Includes "List of Reprints" in the first folder.
WritingsManuscripts4Traditional Chinese Medicine in Nineteenth Century
America19844Salladay, Susan A.19834France Fundament and the Rise of Surgery. Diseases of
the Colon and Rectum19834Historical Perspectives on Combined
Treatment19834Pelts, Pills and Profits: Medicine in the Early
Pacific Northwest19824Some Aspects of the History of Psychiatry19824By Apollo Physician and Aesclepius and Hygieia and
Panaceia: Ethics and Medicine in the Course of Centuries19824The Uroscopy Chart: Medical Illustration in the Aid of
Diagnosis19814A History of Medical Illustration and the Early Use of
Graphic Methods in Anatomy19814Dr. Faustus, Frankenstein and Medicine19804Interpretation and Treatment of Pathological Behavior
in Historical Perspective19804Piss-Pot Casters and Poets19804Medicine as a Social Barometer19794Doctors and the Dying: An Historical
Sketch19794The Endeavor of Marie Francois Xavier
Bichat19784Medicine in 19th Century Montana19784Hippocratic Oath19785Historical Aspects of Bioethics Programs19765Natural Religion and Generation Theory in Colonial
America19765Concepts of Reproduction and its Regulation in the
History of Western Civilization19765Garzanti Encylopedia "Biologia"19755John Turberville Needham19755The Historical Development of Concepts of Reproduction
and Family Limitation Methods, Chapter 219755The Endeavor of Marie Francois Xavier
Bichat19755The Microscope in Early Embryological
Investigation19745Biography of George Richards Minot19745History of Embryology19735Historical Interpretations of the Human Uterus and
Cervix Uteri19735Microscope from Spermatozoa to Visualization of
Fertilization19735Embryology During the Romantic Era
(1800-1848)19735Embryology During the Positivistic World
(1848-1914)19735Glory, God and Gold: Medicine Comes to the Pacific
Northwest19725Developmental Phenomena in 17th Century Mechanistic
Psychopathology19725Chemical Embryology in 17th Century
England19725Material and Neoplatonic Influences in 17th Century
English Embryology19715Biomedical History at the University of
Washington19715Articles written for Biographic
Encyclopedia of Scientists and Technologists Born Before
187519715Morton, Willam T. G. Enciclopedia Biographica19715Minot, George R. Enciclopedia
Biographica19715The History of General Biology. Enciclopedia Biographica19715Catesby, Mark. Enciclopedia
Biographica19715Conklin, James Grant. Enciclopedia Biographica19715Clements, Frederick Edward. Enciclopedia Biographica19715Carroll, James. Enciclopedia
Biographica19715Wheeler, Willam Morton. Enciclopedia Biographica19715Child, Charles Manning. Enciclopedia Biographica19715Audubon, John James. Enciclopedia Biographica19715Withering, William. Enciclopedia
Biographica19705Whytt, Robert. Enciclopedia
Biographica19705Needham, John Turberville. Enciclopedia Biographica19705Catel, James McKeen. Enciclopedia Biographica19705Thompson, Sir D'Arcy. Enciclopedia Biographica19705The Biology of the Blastocyst in Historical
Perspective19705Hamburger, Viktor. Enciclopedia
Biographica19695Embryological Thought in 17th Century
England19685Who Should Teach the History of Medicine?19685The Mammalian Oviduct19675Overtures to Behavioral Science - 18th and 19th
Century Ideas19675Evocation of Regrowth Phenomena in Anuran19645Regeneration and the Decline of Preformationism in
18th Century Embryology19645A Stereotaxic Atlas of the Golden Hamster19635Cortical Localization Patterns in the Somatic Sensory
Cortex of the Opossum19635Effects of Micro-Quantities of Ribonuclease on the
Amphibian Limb Regenerate19625Sites of Ribonucleic Acid... Uridine H319625Uridine H3 in Limb Regeneration19625Medicine and Antiquity19625Localization of Newly Synthesized Proteins in
Regenerated Newt Limbs19595Evolution of Medical Institutions on the Pacific
Northwest Frontiern.d.Consultation Files5Generaln.d.5Health Care in the Region has Late Start1982Book Reviews5Physiology- Past and
Present, Declan Anderson, Ed.n.d.5Molecular and Cellular Aspects
of Development, Bell, Eugene (ed.)n.d.5History of Embryology in Russia,
19th and 20th Centuries, Bliakher, L.n.d.5The Historical Development of
Physiological Thought, Brooks, C. McC., Cranefield, P. (eds)n.d5Investigations into Generation,
1651-1828, Gasking, Elizabethn.d.5Regnier de Graaf on the Human
Reproductive Organsn.d.5Robert Boyle on Natural
Philosophy: An Essay with Selections from His Writings, Hall, Marie
Boasn.d.5Regeneration in Animals and
Related Problems, Kiortsis, V., Trampusch, H.A.L. (eds.)n.d.5"Aldrovandi on Chickens:" The
Ornithology of Ulisse Aldrovandi, Lind, L.R.n.d.5Advances in Reproductive
Physiology, Vol. 2, McLaren, Annen.d.5Heat and Life: The Development
of the Theory of Animal Heat, Mendelsohn, Everettn.d.5Ideas in Modern Biology,
Moore, John A.n.d.5A History of Embyrology,
Needham, Josephn.d.5The Chemistry of Life: Eight
Lectures on the History of Biochemistry, Needham, Josephn.d.5Methods for Teratological
Studies in Experimental Animals and Man, Nishimura, H., Miller, J.R.
(eds.)n.d.5Essays in the History of
Embryology and Biology, Oppenheimer, Jane M.n.d.5The Legacy of Phillippe
Pinel, Riese, Waltern.d.5Overtures to Biology,
Ritterbush, Philip C.n.d.5Embryopathic Activity of
Drugs, Robson, Sullivan, and Smithn.d.5Medical Casebook of Doctor
Arthur Conan Doyle: From Practitioner to Sherlock Holmes and Beyond,
Rodin, Alvin., Key, Jackn.d.5Matter, Life and Generation:
18th Century Embryology and the Haller-Wolf Debate, Roe,
Shirleyn.d.5The Biochemistry of Repair and
Regeneration in Vertebrates, Schmidt, Anthonyn.d.5Autobiographical
Writings, Sigerist, Henry E.n.d.5Embryologie: Ein Lehrbuch auf
allgemein biologischer Grundlage, Starck, Dietrichn.d.5The Growth of Medicine,
Steen, Frederick (ed.)n.d.5Medicine in the Intermountain
West, Studt, W., Sorensen, J., Burge, B.n.d.5Huang Ti Nei Ching Su Wen, The
Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Embryology, Veith, Ilzan.d.5Foundations of Experimental
Embryology, Willier, B.H., Oppenheimer, J.M.n.d.5Teratology: Principles and
Techniques, Wilson, J.G., Warkany, J. (eds.)n.d.5Theorie von der Generation in
zwei Abhandlung erklärt und bewiesen. Theoria Generationis, Wolff,
Caspar Friedrichn.d.5Advances in Teratology, Vol.
1, Woollam, D.H.M.n.d.Compilations of Selected Speeches and
Writings5Essays in the History and Biology of Medicine, Vol.
IX19805Essays in the History and Biology of Medicine, Vol.
X1981By Others5Young Naturalists and Concluding Remarks1985Bibliographies5Opus, Previous Indexes1980-19836Research Files IResearch Extracts. Summaries, notes, and quotations pertinent to
Dr. Bodemer's research interests.
Research Files IIResearch Materials. Articles, notes, correspondence, photographs,
illustrations, and clippings collected and categorized by Dr. Bodemer for his
writing.
6Acupuncture Notes19816-7Bioethics Series, KCTS/TV1975-19797Chinese Medicine and Culture1977-19847Ethics in Medicine1975-1983History of Medicine7Father Damien19847Death and Dying1888, 1971, 1973, 19797Doctors of the Old West1975-19767General1920-1981, n.d.7Harvard Medical Alumni Bulletin19757Concepts of Regeneration in the 17th and 18th
Centuries and Their Relation to Theories of Generation and Development of
Animals1963, n.d.7Baron Dominque-Jean Larrey19827Dr. Jesse W. Lazear (Yellow Fever)19477Manuscript Extracts, A-Bn.d.7Manuscript Extracts, C-Gn.d.7"Mayo Clinic, Early History" by C.H. Mayon.d.7Medieval Medicinen.d.7Monstrositiesn.d.7National Medical Library19657Natural History and Generation Theory1976, n.d.7Dr. Alfred A. Strauss19807Medical Personnel Forecasts1981History of Medicine, Northwest7-8Northwest1885-19808 Alaska1899-19588 British Columbia Physiciansn.d.8Eastern Washington Medical Society18828Hudson's Bay Company1957-19768Idaho1913, 1938, 19478Indian Medicine1932, n.d.8Mother Joseph and the Sisters of
Providence1976-19818King County Hospital19708King County Medical Society1965, n.d.8King County Medical Society
Bulletin1948-19678Librariesn.d.8Licensure1961-19638History of Medical Groups1940-19658Medical Study Club, Seattle1908-19288Mental Illness Care1883-19658Montana1917-1978Oregon8Chinese Medicine in John Day19758Historical Societies19578Hospitals1875-18908Medical Journal19768Physiciansca. 1800-19608Physicians, Aupslund-Holmes Trial18958Pacific Medical Record18938Physician Education1890-1971Seattle8Seattle1916-19778Ear, Nose, and Throat Specialists19678Health Department19088Hospitals19808Dr. David S. Maynard1852-19708Dr. David S. Maynard, Photos and
Negatives18658Maynard Hospital1962-19778-9University of Washington Medicine School1849-1978Washington9Death Statistics Sources19659Historical Societies19659Hospitals1863-19659Immigration Association Map18969Physicians1855-19759Physician Education1900-19709Washington State Medical Association1824-19629Research Files IIIArticles clipped from periodicals, categorized by C.W.
Bodemer.
PhotographsHistory of Medicine, Northwest64Dr. Ferguson, Alex; Dr. Harsha; Dr. Henning; Dr.
CaseMiscellaneous Photos9Portraits1978, 1979, 19849Biomedical History Department19759Illustrations for Manuscriptsn.d.10Grant Files1979-198710-11Conferences1967-198411Seminars1971-197911Curriculum Files1966-198311Poster198312Film, 16mm197912Medicine and the Physician in
Western Civilizationn.d.