Robert Campbell Tarbell, MD (March 3, 1871 – April 15, 1945) graduated from the Medical College of Ohio in Cincinnati in 1897. In 1898 he applied for the position of assistant physician at the Columbus State Hospital, a psychiatric institution. He worked there until 1901 when he went to New York City and undertook further education at the New York Post-Graduate School of Medicine. Tarbell focused on mental and nervous diseases, and he would go on to specialize in psychiatry. By late November 1901 he had returned to Columbus and went into private practice; he may have been associated with the Ohio Sanatorium Company which owned the Park View Sanatorium in Columbus. In 1912 he established his own psychiatric establishment, Glenrest Sanitarium, which was located in Worthington, Ohio. He was also associated with the state prison located in Columbus.
Tarbell married Mabel Sara Richards, MD (March 4, 1886 – September 28, 1967) on her 28th birthday, March 4, 1914. Mabel Richards graduated from Columbus Central High School in 1904, and received her MD from Starling-Ohio Medical College in 1908. They had one child, Mary Sallee Tarbell Carlile (1915-2001).
The Robert C. Tarbell, MD Papers (approximately 1 linear foot) contains information about patients he treated. This collection is restricted.
The collection is arranged alphabetically.
The collection is open to the public and is available for viewing in the Medical Heritage Center. Materials do not circulate and must be used in the supervised reading room. Restrictions, including copyright, may exist and some materials may be too fragile to photocopy or digitize. The MHC charges for duplication services, which must be performed by staff.
[Identification of item], Robert C. Tarbell, MD Papers, SPEC.201124.TARBELL, Medical Heritage Center, Health Sciences Library, The Ohio State University.