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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Simon Flexner, 1911

The Rockefeller University

Simon Flexner, M.D. Local specific Therapy of Infections

Delivered October 7th, 1911
Jacques Loeb, 1910

The Rockefeller University

Prof. Jacques Loeb. How Does the Act of Fertilization Save the Life of the Egg?

Delivered November 19th, 1910
Eugene L. Opie, 1910

The Rockefeller University

Eugene L. Opie, M.D. Inflammation

Lecture delivered February 10th, 1910
Christian A. Herter, 1906

The Rockefeller University

Cristian A. Herter, M.D. The Common Bacterial Infections of the Digestive Tract and the Intoxications Arising Therefrom

Lecture delivered November 3rd, 1906
Samuel J. Meltzer, 1906

The Rockefeller University

Samuel J. Meltzer, M.D. The Factors of Safety in Animal Structure and Animal Economy

Lecture delivered December 15th, 1906
Phoebus A. Levene, 1905

The Rockefeller University

P. A. Levene, M.D. Autolysis

Lecture delivered November 18th, 1905
Theobald Smith, 1906

The Rockefeller University

Theobald Smith. The Parasitism of the Tubercle Bacillus and Its Bearing on Infection and Immunity

Lecture delivered March 10th, 1906