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        <eadid mainagencycode="OhCoMHC" url="https://library.osu.edu/collections/SPEC.202561.MEANS/"
            >2025-07-03</eadid>
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            <titlestmt>
                <titleproper>Finding aid for the W.J. Means, MD Papers</titleproper>
                <author>Finding aid prepared by Lisa Wood</author>
            </titlestmt>
            <publicationstmt>
                <publisher>Medical Heritage Center</publisher>
                <address>
                    <addressline>376 West 10th Ave, 5th floor</addressline>
                    <addressline>Columbus, Ohio 43210</addressline>
                </address>
                <date type="publication">July 2025</date>
            </publicationstmt>
        </filedesc>
        <profiledesc>
            <creation>Finding aid encoded by Lisa Wood in <date>2025</date></creation>
            <langusage>Finding aid written in <language langcode="eng"
                >English</language></langusage>
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        <did>
            <head>Overview of the Collection</head>
            <repository label="Repository:" encodinganalog="852$a">
                <corpname>Medical Heritage Center</corpname>
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            <origination label="Creator:">
                <persname encodinganalog="100">Means, William J.</persname>
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            <unittitle label="Title" encodinganalog="245$a">W.J. Means, MD Papers</unittitle>
            <physdesc label="Extent" encodinganalog="300$a">1 file folder</physdesc>
            <abstract label="Abstract" encodinganalog="520$a">The W.J. Means, MD Papers (1 file folder) contains a letter on Ohio Medical University letterhead from W.J. Means, MD of Columbus, Ohio, to Dr. Horatio Bigler describing an operation on a patient.</abstract>
            <unitid encodinganalog="035" label="Collection Code" repositorycode="OhCoMHC">SPEC.202561.MEANS</unitid>
            <langmaterial encodinganalog="546" label="Language">The records are in English
                    <language>English</language>
            </langmaterial>
            <unitdate>October 2, 1901</unitdate>
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        <bioghist encodinganalog="545">
            <head>Biography</head>
            <p>William J. Means, MD (1853-1929) was the first dean of The Ohio State University College of Medicine from 1914-1916. He was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery in Columbus, Ohio.</p>
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            <head>Scope and Content</head>
            <p>The W.J. Means, MD Papers (1 file folder) contains a letter on Ohio Medical University letterhead from W.J. Means, MD of Columbus, Ohio, to Dr. Horatio Bigler describing an operation on a patient.</p>
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            <head>Restrictions on Access</head>
            <p>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.
             </p>
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            <head>Preferred Citation</head>
            <p>[Identification of item], W.J. Means, MD Papers,
                SPEC.202561.MEANS, Medical Heritage Center, Health Sciences Library,
                The Ohio State University.</p>
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            <head>Detailed Description of The Collection</head>
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                    <container type="Item">1</container>
                    <unittitle>Letter from W.J. Means, MD to Dr. Horatio Bigler</unittitle>
                    <unitdate>October 2, 1901</unitdate>
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