Association of Internes and Medical Students, Harvey Cushing Chapter records, 1946-1949 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:The Association of Internes and Medical Students (AIMS) was organized by local chapters. The Harvey Cushing Chapter, the Yale School of Medicine chapter, compiled or collected the documents in this collection. The chapter organized lecture series with talks by prominent health professionals and explored such issues as the distribution of medical care, blacks in medicine and medical care of minorities, universal health insurance, and health care in other countries. Documents include correspondence by members of the chapter, especially Lewis P. Rowland (YMS, 1948) and Ruth Leyendecker (YMS, 1951); an annual report and incomplete chapter minutes; documents related to national conventions, and memoranda distributed to the chapter; and issues of the AIMS journal The Interne, 1948. Some of the documents relate to the International Union of Students, the National Society for Medical Research, the National Youth Assemby Against National Military Training, and the American Medical Associaiton. Halsted R. Holman (YSM 1949), president of AIMS, responded to criticism by the AMA