Amos U. Christie

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Title

Amos U. Christie

Subject

VUMC History, Pediatrics, Obstetrics/Gynecology

Description

Amos Christie (1902-1986) was a pediatrician, child health advocate, professor, and administrator at Vanderbilt University Medical School. Dr. Christie is best known for his research in histoplasmosis, known as the "Vanderbilt disease," but he also conducted research in reticuloendotheliosis, immunization, and physical defects of children. He was instrumental in integrating Vanderbilt's pediatrics ward in the late 1940s.

Creator

Anonymous

Source

Vanderbilt University History of Medicine Collections Photographic Archive

Date

1960 (circa)

Rights

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Type

Still Image

Identifier

224

Item Type Metadata

People Depicted

Ordered left to right as they appear in the image, starting from the top left.

Original Format

Photographic print

Physical Dimensions

5 in. x 7 in.

Contribution Form

Online Submission

No

Collection

VUMC People

Citation

Anonymous, “Amos U. Christie,” VUMC Through Time: A Photographic Archive, accessed August 6, 2026, https://eblthroughtime.library.vanderbilt.edu/items/show/1941.

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