Career

When starting his private practice of surgery in Saint Paul, MN he lived and worked at Anoka State Hospital with Peggy and young children. Anoka housed the criminally insane there and many patients had Tuberculosis. This was the pre-antituberculosis drug and pre-antipsychotic drug era. Many patients required surgery for TB and many had mental illness symptoms that were out of control. It was at Anoka State Hospital that he performed surgeries referred to in his list of publications. He practiced for 40 years at Lowry Medical Arts, died in 1996 of B-cell Lymphoma.

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Great ages of Man

Here is Coleman Connolly's Vintage Great Ages of Man eBay listing:
Time Life Books tells history in pictures in this 19 volume library bound set. Not only a reference for students, homeschoolers or history buffs these books will inspire creativity with their illustrations of objects and art. Each volume has a special pictoral essay of relevant topic as well. This is a substantial and handsome vintage addition to your library. An excellent index is included in "Twentieth Century" with selected subject reading suggestions. (Click on any picture to start the Blogger Gallery of  35 scans)
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Sunday, February 13, 2011

Clinoptikon Visual Guide to Anatomy for Patients

Coleman Connolly saw more Tuberculosis Patients than many as a physician in the 1950s to 1980s. He frequently operated on TB  patients as medications were not available or effective in the 1950s. At Anoka State Hospital he operated on mentally ill patients as well, apparently this was not the usual routine. More about the history of Tuberculosis here: http://www.umdnj.edu/ntbc/tbhistory.htm

These color plates are from a small Schering Drug Company sponsored book to explain tuberculosis and other lung diseases to patients. It was probably used frequently in a chest surgeon' office.

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Fellow of American College of Chest Physicians 1951


This picture was taken in 1951 in Chicago and is labeled as FACCP. Coleman Connolly is standing in the front row, second from center isle wearing a bow tie and dark suit. This is a ceremony for candidates becoming Fellows in the American College of Chest Physicians. He never used "F.A.C.C.P." after his name as he considered it pretentious.
This room was also pictured in the collection of the Museum of Surgical Science with a similar number of probably doctors receiving fellowship designation. The Museum is affiliated with the International College of Surgeons so probably Fellows of American College of Surgery, "F.A.C.S.". If you know more please leave a comment. More about Museum of Surgical Science on Lakeshore Drive in Chicago here: https://www.imss.org/exhibits.htm

Friday, January 28, 2011

Owen H. Wangensteen Rejection

Coleman J. Connolly published "Hernia Due to Non-Penetrating Trauma" in Journal of Armed Forces Med. Dept. in August 1955. He was drafted into the Korean War although 4F for his tracheal problems because he was a physician. This article was rejected for publication in the journal Surgery by Owen H. Wangensteen for unclear reasons as there is only a handwritten "sorry". More on Wangensteen at http://wangensteen.lib.umn.edu/benefactor.

Monday, January 24, 2011

Publications

F. John Lewis, J. F. Perry, B. Zimmerman, Coleman J. Connolly, and F. F. Callahan, Pulmonary Resection in Mental Patients with Tuberculosis. Dis. Chest. 27:563, 1955 Pulmonary Resection in Mental Patients
Coleman J. Connolly and Robert Hardaway. Hernia due to
Non-penetrating Trauma, J. Armed Forces Med. Dept., 6:1202-1206 August 1955
Melvin Reeves, Ivan Baronofsky, Lyle Tongen, Coleman J. Connolly and F. John Lewis, Resectional Surgery for Pulmonary
Tuberculosis, Minn. Med. 39: pp 577-582 Sept. 1956
Melvin Reeves, Suad Naizi, Coleman J. Connolly, F. John
Lewis: Simultaneous Bilateral Thoracotomy for Bilateral
Spontaneous Pneumothorax, Ann. of Surg. 146:6, Dec. 1957 Simultaneous Bilateral Thoracotomy for Bilateral Spontaneous Pneumothorax
Coleman J. Connolly, Spontaneous Pneumothorax, Minn. Med.
40:861, Dec. 1957.

Albert Mowlan, Coleman J. Connolly and Bernard Zimmerman:
The Surgical Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in the Mentally
Ill.   Surgery, ~ pp. 913-925 June 1958

J. R. Medina, C. J. Connolly, Hannon, D. W., Edwards, J. E.:
The Treatment of Experimental Heart Block.
Eighth International Congress, Mexico City   Oct. 1964

Coleman J. Connolly, Donald W. Hannon, and Jesse E. Edwards,
Experimental Induction of Chronic
: Complete Heart Block,
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery,
            St. Louis,    49:2 pp. 313-316, February 1965


Coleman J. Connolly and Donald W. Hannon.
The Removal of a Pharyngo-Esophageal Diverticulum
Under Local Anesthesis, Diseases of the Chest: 47:4 April 1965 Removal of a Pharyngoesophageal Diverticulum

Coleman J. Connolly, Donald W. Hannon and Jesse E. Edwards,
Pacemaker attachment to tm cardiac conduction system in
experimental heart block, American Heart Journal, St. Louis
Vol. 74. No.1, Pages 77-79, July 1967.

Hannon, D. W., Connolly, C. J., Edwards, J. E.: Complete Heart Block. Minn. Medicine 50: 1791 Dec. 1967