Harvey Cushing, the pioneer and father of neurosurgery, was born on April 8, 1869 in Cleveland, Ohio. Cushing Rotunda The rotunda of the Yale Medical Library (now the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library) is decorated in honor of Harvey Cushing and was the gift of Cushing's Class of 1891 which was celebrating its 50th reunion. © 2009 Cushing/Whitney Medical Library. Harvey’s father, Kirke Cushing, was a physician himself, which is probably how Harvey developed an interest and eagerness towards the subject. Cushing Rotunda The rotunda of the Yale Medical Library (now the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library) is decorated in honor of Harvey Cushing and was the gift of Cushing's Class of 1891 which was celebrating its 50th reunion. Learn about our remote services and resources or contact AskYaleMedicalLibrary@yale.edu * The smaller version is found in most of Cushing’s books donated to Yale. Front row: Henry, Kate Cushing, Barbara. The bookplate on display is a later revision adding Kirke W. Cushing, son of HC’s brother Harry. In honor of his legacy and dedication to teaching, the Yale Cushing attended Yale College from 1887 to 1891.
In his first year he rented rooms with his cousin Perry W. Harvey in a rooming house at 166 York Street, a building that is still standing. The hours of operation, address, amenities, and other information about the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University. Box 208014, New Haven, CT 06520. (203) 737-4065, 785-5354 Sterling Hall of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, P.O. He graduated from Yale University in 1891, studied medicine at Harvard Medical School and received his medical degree in 1895. Box 208014, New Haven, CT 06520. The architect was Grover Atterbury, Cushing's classmate friend since college. © 2009 Cushing/Whitney Medical Library. Along the sides were the initials of the Cushing doctors and the years they received their degrees: David, Erastus, Henry Kirke, Edward F., and Harvey Williams Cushing. The architect was Grover Atterbury, Cushing… In 1891, Harvey graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from one of the Ivy League institutions, Yale University. As one of the “fathers of neurosurgery,” Yale Sterling Professor, Dr. Harvey W. Cushing (1869-1939), pioneered the development of many fundamental neurosurgical techniques, allowing neurosurgery to become the autonomous surgical discipline it is today. Below is the one picture we have showing Harvey Cushing with his family.

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(203) 737-4065, 785-5354. The Cushing Family spent summers at Little Boar’s Head on the shore of New Hampshire, though typically Kate Cushing would take the family while her husband remained at work or traveled abroad.