Harvey Society Lectures

The Harvey Society was founded on April 1, 1905, by New York scientists and physicians who met at the home of physiologist Graham Lusk. The group included Samuel J Meltzer, William H Park, Edward K Dunham, James Ewing, Frederick S Lee, Christian Herter, Simon Flexner, George B Wallace, Theodore C. Janeway, Phoebus A. Levene, and Eugene L Opie.

The stated purpose of the society was to forge a "closer relationship between the purely practical side of medicine and the results of laboratory investigation."

Since its founding, the Harvey Society has sponsored an annual series of lectures given by leading biomedical researchers, including more than sixty scientists from The Rockefeller University. The lectures reflect "the evolution of physiology and physiological chemistry into biochemistry and the development of molecular biology from the roots of bacteriology and biochemistry.”

Presented here are Harvey Society Lectures delivered by Rockefeller University faculty.

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Wendell M. Stanley, 1938

The Rockefeller University

Dr. Wendell M. Stanley. The Isolation and Properties of Tobacco Mosaic and Other Virus Proteins

Lecture delivered March, 17th, 1938

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Herbert S. Gasser, 1937

The Rockefeller University

Herbert S. Gasser. The Control of Excitation in the Nervous System

Lecture delivered March 18th, 1937

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Max Bergmann, 1935

The Rockefeller University

Dr. Max Bergmann. Proteins and Proteolytic Enzymes

Lecture delivered October 17th, 1935

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Peyton Rous, 1935

The Rockefeller University

Dr. Peyton Rous. The Virus Tumor and the Tumor Problem

Lecture delivered December 5th, 1935
Richard E. Shope, 1936

The Rockefeller University

Dr. Richard E. Shope. The Influenzas of Swine and Man

Lecture delivered March 19th, 1936

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Detlev Bronk, 1934

The Rockefeller University

Dr. D. W. Bronk. The Nervous Mechanism of Cardio-vascular Control

Lecture delivered May 17th, 1934

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Thomas M. Rivers, 1934

The Rockefeller University

Dr. Thomas M. Rivers. Filterable Viruses with Particular Reference to Psittacosis

Lecture delivered April 19th, 1934

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Louis O. Kunkel, 1932

The Rockefeller University

Dr. L. O. Kunkel. Similarities Between the Diseases of the Vegetable Kingdom and Those of Man and Animals

Lecture delivered November 17th, 1932

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Michael Heidelberger, 1933

The Rockefeller University

Dr. Michael Heidelberger. Contributions of Chemistry of the Knowledge of Immune Processes

Lecture delivered March 17th, 1933

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Winthrop J.V. Osterhout, 1930

The Rockefeller University

Dr. W.J.V. Osterhout. Electrical phenomena in the living cell

Lecture delivered April 17, 1930

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Alfred E. Cohn, 1928

The Rockefeller University

Dr. Alfred E. Cohn. The Development of the Harveian Circulation

An address delivered before the Harvey Society of New York on the occasion of the tercentenary of the publication of "Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus" by William Harvey in 1628

Lecture delivered May 11th, 1928

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John H. Northrop, 1925

The Rockefeller University

Dr. John H. Northrop. The Dynamics of Pepsin and Trypsin

Lecture delivered November 14th, 1925

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