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Dr. Lewis A. Sayre Casebooks

This guide provides an introduction to the casebooks of Dr. Lewis A. Sayre, which are housed in the Lillian & Clarence de la Chapelle Medical Archives at NYU.

Bibliography

Dr. Lewis A. Sayre: Biographical Information and Medical Innovations

Levine, David B. “The Hospital for the Ruptured and Crippled: Knight to Gibney, 1870–1887.” HSS Journal®: The Musculoskeletal Journal of Hospital for Special Surgery 2, no. 1, (February 2006): 1-6. https://doi:10.1007/s11420-005-0138-7.

Rojanasopondist, Pakdee, Joseph D. Zuckerman, and Kenneth A. Egol. "Lewis A. Sayre and Lessons in Orthopedic Innovation from 170 Years Ago." Bulletin of the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases 79, no. 2 (2021): 141-146.

Zampini, Jay M., and Henry H Sherk. “Lewis A. Sayre: The First Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery in America.” Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research vol. 466, no. 9 (2008): 2263-7. https://doi:10.1007/s11999-008-0349-6.

 

Published Lectures by Dr. Lewis A. Sayre

Sayre, Lewis A. A Clinical-Surgical Lecture: Delivered in Bellevue Hospital Amphitheatre, December 24, 1879. New York: A.G. Sherwood & Co., 1880. https://archive.org/details/clinicalsurgical00sayr/page/n3/mode/2up.

Sayre, Lewis A. Lectures on Orthopedic Surgery and Diseases of the Joints: Delivered at Bellevue Hospital Medical College, during the session of 1874-1875. New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1885. https://archive.org/details/lectureso0sayr/page/n7/mode/2up.

 

Additional Background on the History of Bellevue Hospital and Medical Treatment in the 19th Century

Dobbs, Matthew B., et al. “Treatment of Idiopathic Clubfoot: An Historical Review.” The Iowa Orthopaedic Journal 20 (2000): 59-64. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1888755/.

"Informed Consent: I. History of Informed Consent." Encyclopedia of Bioethics. Encyclopedia.com. https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/informed-consent-i-history-informed-consent.

Oshinsky, David. Bellevue: Three Centuries of Medicine and Mayhem at America's Most Storied Hospital. New York: Doubleday, 2016.

Oshinsky, David. "Bellevue Hospital Pioneered Care For Presidents And Paupers." Interview by Robert Siegel. All Things Considered, NPR, November 16, 2016. Audio, 7:52. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/11/16/502301891/bellevue-hospital-pioneered-care-for-presidents-and-paupers/.

Rosenberg, Charles E. The Care of Strangers: The Rise of America's Hospital System. New York: Basic Books, 1987.

Trickey, Eric. "Inside the Story of America’s 19th-Century Opiate Addiction." Smithsonian Magazine, January 4, 2018. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/inside-story-americas-19th-century-opiate-addiction-180967673/.