Fielding Hudson Garrison

Fielding Hudson Garrison (1870-1935) was an American librarian and historian of medicine.

Life

Fielding Hudson Garrison was born on 5 November 1870 in Washington, DC. He received an A.B. degree from Johns Hopkins University in 1890 and a M.D. degree from Georgetown University in 1893.

Garrison worked at the Army Medical Library (which became the National Library of Medicine) as: Clerk 1891-1899; Assistant Librarian 1899-1912; Principal Assistant Librarian 1912-1917. He was assigned to index medical literature and worked closely with John Shaw Billings on this project.

He served in the Officers Reserve Corps as Major 1917-1918; Lieutenant Colonel 1918-1920; and Colonel, Medical Corps 1920-1930. Garrison became Librarian of the William H. Welch Medical Library, John Hopkins University 1930-1935. In 1925, he was appointed consulting librarian to the New York Academy of Medicine. He also served as Director of the Institute of Medical History as well as resident lecturer in the history of medicine. Garrison died in Baltimore on 18 April 1935.

At the Army Medical Library, Garrison was assigned to index medical literature. He worked closely with John Shaw Billings on this project. He helped create and compile the Index-Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office. His editorial experience includes: Index Medicus: Associate Editor 1903-1912; Editor 1912-1927; Associate Editor, Quarterly Cumulative Index Medicus 1927-1929.

Contributions

In addition to his work as a librarian, Garrison:

Served for many years as Associate Editor (1903-1912), then Editor (1912-1927), and Associate Editor (1927-1929) of the Index Medicus.
Wrote the first comprehensive treatise on the history of medicine.
Prepared plans and collected material for the history of the U.S. Medical Department in World War I

Publications

Eponymic expressions in medical literature. Boston : D. C. Heath, 1909. Repr. from the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal 161, no. 18 (Oct. 28, 1909): 618-622. [1]
An Introduction to the History of Medicine, with medical chronology, bibliographic data and test questions. Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Company, 1913. [2]
John Shaw Billings, a memoir. New York: Putnam, 1915. Includes material by and about Billings.
⁨History of pediatrics".⁩ In: Pediatrics, by various authors. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders, [1923], pp 1-170. [3]

Offices

Fellow of the American College of Surgeons American Association for the History of Medicine, Pres.; Medical Library Association, Pres.

Awards

Papers

National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD. Fielding Hudson Garrison Papers. MS C 166. 1910-1957

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University of Michigan, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections (Ann Arbor, MI)

PAPERS DATES: 1931-1934

SIZE: 10 items

INCLUDES: Look under Garrison, Fielding Hudson, 1870-1935, Letter, 1931-1934. Physician, librarian, editor. Letters to William Gordon Shules (1874-1947), written during summer vacations while librarian of Welch Memorial Library, Baltimore, MD, concerning library administration matters, Garrison's bibliographical work, and personal news. Gift of Dr. F. A. Coller, 1949.

FINDING AID: NUCMC, MS 82-958.

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INCLUDES: Additional papers can be found at NLM. Garrison is mentioned as a correspondent in the following NUCMC entries: MS69-2062, MS76-945, MS82-1331.

SOURCE: NUCMC