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[Identification of item], Charlotte S. Holt Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
The Charlotte S. Holt Papers were received by the Duke Medical Center Library as a gift in 1992 and transferred to the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library in 2011.
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Encoded by Willeke Sandler, January 2012
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Charlotte S. Holt (1914-1990) worked for forty years as a medical illustrator, sculptor, and exhibit designer. Together with her professional partner Dr. Frederick Falls, head of the OB/GYN department at the University of Illinois, Holt created thirty-six major medical exhibits for the education of physicians and surgeons. Holt's illustrations focus on gynecological and obstetric cases, and her bas relief sculptures show the diseases and conditions most frequently fatal to mothers and babies. Holt and Falls also produced a medical atlas, entitled
Collection consists of the exhibit detail book, probably produced in the 1950s or 1960s, containing text and illustrations for the exhibit "Ostetrical Forceps Delivery," curated by Dr. Frederick H. Falls and illustrated by Charlotte S. Holt, as well as five exhibition panels. The exhibit consisted of five sections: Anesthesia; Technique; Management of Newborn; Pathology; and History and Indications. Within each section, Falls and Holt present examples of situations leading to a forceps birth, correct technique for the use of forceps, the issues arising from this method, and the treatment of the newborn after this procedure. Acquired as part of the History of Medicine Collections at Duke University.
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Collection consists of the exhibit detail book probably produced in the 1950s or 1960s containing text and illustrations for the exhibit "Ostetrical Forceps Delivery," by Dr. Frederick H. Falls and illustrated by Charlotte S. Holt, as well as five exhibition panels. The exhibit consisted of five sections: Anestheia; Technic; Management of Newborn; Pathology; and History and Indications. Within each section, Falls and Holt present examples of situations leading to a forceps birth, correct technique for the use of forceps, the issues arising from this method, and the treatment of the newborn after this procedure. The five exhibition panels are 39.5 x 26.5, and include color drawings, text, and photographs of models.