Esther Silveus Explained

Esther Silveus
Other Names:Esther Carlson
Birth Date:January 14, 1903
Birth Place:Swissvale, Pennsylvania
Death Date:April 27, 1980 (aged 77)
Death Place:Cambridge, Massachusetts
Occupation:Physician, radiologist, medical researcher
Spouse(S):Elmer Carlson

Esther Silveus (January 14, 1903 – April 27, 1980) was an American radiologist and medical researcher based at the Lahey Clinic in Boston from 1942 to 1967.

Early life and education

Silveus was born in Swissvale, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, the daughter of John G. Silveus and Ura Malnor Williams Silveus. She completed teacher training at Slippery Rock State Normal School in 1921,[1] [2] and graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1926,[3] and earned her medical degree at the University of Pittsburgh in 1932.[4] She was president of the Pittsburgh chapter of Zeta Phi, a medical sorority.[5]

Career

Silveus had a medical practice in Mercer, Pennsylvania after medical school.[6] From 1939 to 1941, she served a residency in radiology at the Western Pennsylvania Hospital. She was chief of the x-ray department at Good Samaritan Hospital in Lebanon, Pennsylvania in 1941 and 1942, when male specialists were called away to serve in World War II.[7]

In 1942 Silveus joined the Lahey Clinic in Boston,[8] and continued there as a radiologist until her retirement in 1967. She had staff privileges at several Boston hospitals, and was president and secretary of the Boston chapter of the American Medical Women's Association.[9] She was a member of the American College of Radiology and the Radiological Society of North America. In 1973, she was honored as an Outstanding Alumna of Slippery Rock State College.[10]

Publications

Silveus published her medical research in academic journals including Radiology,[11] Surgical Clinics of North America,[12] JAMA Internal Medicine,[13] and The Journal of Clinical Investigation.[14]

Personal life

Esther Silveus married Elmer S. Carlson in 1948. They restored a farm in Groton, Massachusetts, and gave much of the farm's produce to her colleagues at the Lahey Clinic.[18] She died at a hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1980, aged 77 years.[19]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Slippery Rock State Teachers College . The slippery rocket . 1918 . [Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania] : Slippery Rock State Normal School . Allen County Public Library.
  2. News: 1921-06-05 . Slippery Rock Normal School to Graduate 97 . 73 . The Pittsburgh Press . 2022-03-04 . Newspapers.com.
  3. Bryn Mawr College, Class of 1926 (1926 yearbook): 108. via Internet Archive
  4. April 1962 . A Herculean Job . Journal of the American Medical Women's Association . 17:4 . 340 . Internet Archive.
  5. News: 1932-06-11 . Women May Rule Medical Field, Says Zeta Phi Head . 13 . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . 2022-03-03 . Newspapers.com.
  6. News: 1938-11-09 . Bradford Meeting of Interest Here . 7 . Warren Times Mirror . 2022-03-03 . Newspapers.com.
  7. News: 1941-06-03 . Dr. Silveus Becomes Hospital X-Ray Chief . 1 . The Daily News . 2022-03-04 . Newspapers.com.
  8. News: 1942-06-01 . Dr. Seabold in Charge of X-Ray Department . 4 . The Daily News . 2022-03-04 . Newspapers.com.
  9. News: 1962-01-29 . Medical Women's Group to Meet . 8 . The Boston Globe . 2022-03-04 . Newspapers.com.
  10. News: 1973-05-10 . College Alumni Cited . 28 . New Castle News . 2022-03-04 . Newspapers.com.
  11. Hare . Hugh F. . Silveus . Esther . Smedal . Magnus I. . 1949-02-01 . Roentgenologic Diagnosis of Pituitary Tumors . Radiology . 52 . 2 . 193–198 . 10.1148/52.2.193 . 18110229 . 0033-8419.
  12. Silveus . Esther . 1956-06-01 . Hysterosalpingography and Tubal Insufflation . Surgical Clinics of North America . Symposium on Surgical Technique . en . 36 . 3 . 773–777 . 10.1016/S0039-6109(16)34902-7 . 13324665 . 0039-6109.
  13. Thompson . Willard Owen . 1929-09-01 . The Cerebrospinal Fluid in Myxedema . Archives of Internal Medicine . en . 44 . 3 . 368 . 10.1001/archinte.1929.00140030067007 . 0003-9926.
  14. Thompson, Willard Owen, Phebe K. Thompson, Esther Silveus, and Mary Elizabeth Dailey. "The protein content of the cerebrospinal fluid in myxedema." The Journal of Clinical Investigation 6, no. 2 (1928): 251-255.
  15. Silveus . Esther . Adams . Ralph . June 1947 . Benign Mediastinal Tumors: A Report of Six Cases with Analysis of Diagnostic Criteria and Advocation of Surgical Removal . Surgical Clinics of North America . en . 27 . 3 . 596–604 . 10.1016/S0039-6109(16)32140-5. 20242247 .
  16. Hare . Hugh F. . Silveus . Esther . Ruoff . F. A. . 1948-06-01 . Esophageal and Gastric Varices, with Report of a Case . Surgical Clinics of North America . Symposium on Diseases of the Spleen, Biliary Tract, Liver and Pancreas . en . 28 . 3 . 729–732 . 10.1016/S0039-6109(16)32448-3 . 18861532 . 0039-6109.
  17. Silveus . Esther . June 1958 . Late Changes in Spleen and Liver Due to Thorotrast and Their Significance . Surgical Clinics of North America . en . 38 . 3 . 771–774 . 10.1016/S0039-6109(16)35496-2. 13556576 .
  18. Web site: Flowers . Carl . 2012-12-21 . Groton's Anonymous Mistress . 2022-03-03 . Nashoba Valley Voice . en-US.
  19. News: 1980-04-29 . Dr. Esther Carlson, 77; Was Radiologist at Lahey Clinic . 50 . The Boston Globe . 2022-03-04 . Newspapers.com.

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